THE COLUMBIAN, OUJMBU1XM0CHAT, MAR OPTUS NORTU AND C0LUM MAN CONSOLIDITEU.) issued weekly, every Friday mornlnff, nt IlUIOMHllUKll, COLUM1I1A COUNT?, PA. To dollars ror Inr' pavelite In advance, or ltirlmr thnjear. Aftcrtlio ovplratlonof tho year DM will lio elianrcil. To RtibscrliKTS out Si tlio county the terms ore 11 per year, htrlctly In advance 11 U II not paid In ailumco anil t J.oi) payment be diiUyed beonil tlio j cor. No i paier discontinued, oxctpt at the option of the nuolllstiers, until all arrearages aro paid, but lorn? continued credits after tlio expiration of tlio Ilrst veur will not bo (five n . Alllpaporssentoutof thostato or to distant post ofires must bo paid for In ndianee, unless a respon sible person in Columbia county assumes lopay the subscription due on demand. rosTAUK Is no longer exacted from subucrlbersln he county. JOB FS,I3SrTI2SrO-. The Jobblcif uepartment of tho Columbian Is vcr complete, and our J b PUnllng vt 111 compare favora y with that of tho largo cities. All work done on mand, neatly nnd at moderate prices. Columbia County Official Directory. president Judge William Elwell, Associate Judges f. K, KrlcHbauin, P. I.. Hhuman. l'rutlionotnry, c. II. I'runk Zurr. Cjurt Monographer s. N. Walker. lleglstcr a liueordcr Williamson II, Jacoby, District Attorney tolin M. Clark, Klierirf John w. llortman, Hurveyor IsaaoDewltt, Treasurer Dr. II. W. stcticynolds. Cjmmlssloncrs John llerner, it. W. McIIcnry, Joseph sands. UommRslonprs' Clerk William Krlckbaum. Auclitors-.M. V. II. Kline, .7. II. Casey, K. 1). Drown. Coroner Charles (1. Murphy. Jury Commissioners Jacob II. Fritz, William II. Utt. County Superintendent William II. Snyder. lilooml'oor District Directors o. I'. Knt, Scott, Win. Kramer, llloomsburg and Thomas Itccce, ricott, o. 1'. Ent, Secretary. Bloomsburg Official Directory. llloomsburg Hanking company John A. I'unston, President, H. II. ciroiz, Cashier. first National Ilank-Charlesn. raxlon, President J. 1". Tustln, cashier. Columbia County Mutual Saving Fund nnd Loan Assoclatlon-K. II. Utile, President, C. W. Miller, (Secretary. llloomsburg Tlulldtng and Saving Fund Assoclat Ion -Wm, peacock. President, J, 11. Koblson, secretary. llloomsburg Mutual Saving Fund Association J. J, nrower, President, C. O, Itarkley, Secretary. CHUUCn DIRECTORY. BAFTIST C1I0RC1I. llev. J. r. Tustln, (Supply.) Sunday services wyt a. ml nnd titf p. m. Sunday school 9 a. m. Prayer Meetlng-Every Wednesday evening at cys clock. soais free. Tho public aro Invited to attend. ST. MATTHEW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH. Minister llev. J. McCron. Sunday Services I0)f a. m. and 0p. hi. Sunday school 9 a. in. I'ravcr Sieeilug Every Wednesday evening nt 0)f clock. Scats free. No pew9 rented. All are welcome. rRRSDYTKRlAN cnCRCH. Mlnlster-Hev. Stuart Mitchell. Sunday Services lotf a. m. and G p. m. Sunday school 9 a. in. Pravcr Mooting Every Wednesday evening at cjf o'clock. beats free. No pows rented. Strangers welcome. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CI1CBCIT. .Presiding Klder-llev. N. 8. Ducklngham. Minister ltcv. J. S. McMurray.i .Sunday Services 10 nnd 6tf p. m. Knmlnv Nc.hnnl 1 n. m. lilblo ciass-Everv Monday evening at ox o'clock. Voung .Men's Prayer Meeting Every Tuesday evening at ox o'clock, (leneral Prayer Meeting Every Thursday evening , O'CIOCK. REFORMEP CnURCn. Corner of Tlilrd and Iron streets. I'astor llev. (1. D. Ourley. ilesldence Central Hotel. Sunday Services 10tf a. in. and J p. m. Sunday School 9 a. in. l'rayer Meeting Saturday, 7 p. m. All aro Invited Thero la always room. ST. i-aul'3 ciiuitcn. Hector Itev L. Zahner. Sunday Services lux a. m., lys p. m. Sunday School 9 a. m. Vlru, Unniliii'ln flu, tnnntti. lTnltf fVimmiinlOn. Services preparatory to Communion on Friday evening before me si Sunday in eacn moniu. Pews rented ; but ever) body v elcome. EVAN0KL1CAL CHURCH. Presiding r.ldcr-ltev. A. L. Itocscr. Minister llev. J. A. Irvine. Sunday Service 3 p. m.. In tho Iron street Church, Pra er Meetlng-Every Sabbath at a p. m. .Ml aro Invited. All aro welcome. THK CHURCH OF CHRIST. Meets . .ui.. mi), n.1.1. Hl.i.n.l, nn thn 1ilU. I known as -s the Welsh Baptist Church on Hock PJ" castor iron. Hegular meeting for worship, every Lord's day af ternoon at 3X o'clock. Seats freo; and tho public aro cordially Invited to attend. BLOO-MSBURO DIRECTORY, SCHOOL ORDERS, blank, just printed and neatly bound In small books, on hand nnd for salo at tho Columbian onlcc. Feb. w, 1875-tl ILANK DEEDS, on l'arclirant and Linen i raper, common anu lor aiuiuiiisiiuluis, tvu- tors and trustees, for salo cneapat me columbun Offlco. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES just printed and for salo at tho Columbian omce. Minis ters of the (lospel nnd Justlcrs should supply them selves Wliu uiesc lieceaBary uruuica. TUSTICESand Constables' Fee-Bills for sale fj atT.nO COLUMBIAN UllieU. IllUJ, tuuwuit uw wi- rectcd fees as established by the last Act of the Leg alature upon the subject. Every Justice and Con stable should have ono. VENDUE NOTES just printed and for sale cheap at tho Columbian office. BOOTS AND SHOES. EM. KNORR, Dealer in Boots and Shoes, . latest and best styles, cornerMalnandMarkct streets, in tho old post offlco. CLOCKS, WATCHES, SC. IlQet E. SAVAGE, Dealer in Clocks, Watches and Jewelry, Main St., Just below the Central PUOFESSIONAL CARDS. CO. BARKLEY, Attorr.cy-at-Law. Office , lu Brower's building, 2nd story, Booms 4 5. Oct. 15, '76. TMl. WM. M. KEIIER. Surceon and Pliysi U clan, omco S. E. corner llock and Market streets. I . clan, (omco and Itesldenco on Third street, eurner jenerson. " B. McKELVY, M. D., Surgeon and Phy- sician, norm siae uain street doiow Aiuriieu B. ROBISON, Attorncy-at-Law. In nartman's building, Vain street. Office HROSENSTOCK, Pliotograplier, . Clark 6 Wolf's Store, Main street. MISCELLANEOUS. "TAVID LOWENUERO, Merchant Tailor U Mala St., above Central Hotel. S. KUHN, dealer ih Meat, Tallow, etc. Centre street, between Second and Third. WHEN YOU WANT A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE or anything In tho TONSOHIAL LINE b" iv JAMES REILLI'S BAUBElt SHOP, .THE BEST IN TOYN, Under Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg, Fa. Oct, 13, '16 OATAWISSA. WM. n. ABBOTT, Attomey-at-Law, Main Btreet. "WM- h' EYERLY, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Catawlssa, Pa. Collections promptly made and remitted. Office B. KN1TTLE. W. n. ABBOTT Importaut to Farmers. and everybody in want of LIME, LUMBER, AND COAL We bare erected kilns at or near the Paper Mlll.on the D. i. w. It. it. and are now prepared to sell tee at very reasonable prices and of good quality, Orders by the car promptly ruled and shipped to any Btatlon on the above road. A ruU line of LUMBER, of all kinds, dressed or In the rough, Shingles, Lath and bill Timber to whlcn we Invite the attention of custo mers. Lorjerg received and filled for all kinds of Family ! .. .- VD' Btrlo attention 10 ouamesd wo uope iu uenv Of pUDUO piWWV. Anlin. V Sl.lSje.- Catawlssa, J!a. ,r ike U'arklna flu.-We aro now prepared to (uraiaa ui with constant employment at homr.Uie whOoi Ihe time, or for their spare mo menta. Business now, light and profitable. Persona of enter kx easily earff from w cents to ts per MUMr, uu a proporUonai mm by devoUng their MhoUltUMiBo buslnes.WU and girls earn nearlir u ttuchas men. That all wlw see this noUce inayw luiUieu- address, and test the bUBlsosswe na?,ii1"'PAraUedoilcn to bucu as are not wall utlnt4 Wvita tend one dollar to pay for the troubi. m b,im, Kuli partlcularB, samples worth several aoiiir. V,invnm work no. and a copy of Home 'wm njcgyg one of the largest and best liubiratta pjLiicauoiu, all sent tree By matt Head t. H y8" wm permanent, profitable work, address it, uroti rOaud, ueon Bepl Co., l-orl Ualce, 0. Z.ELWeS7' SUtoittdPnpriatm. 1IUSINE&S OABDS. Jlt. J. C. IlUTTKIt, vmawiAH ssuiiOKON, OITlce, North Market street, Mnr.iT,l74- llloomsburg, ra. E. ORV1S, ATTortNEY-AT-LAW. Orxic-rtoom No.l, "Columbian" Building. Hept, 1S.1878. gAMUKL KNOItlt. ATTOENI3 Y-A T-L A W, ni.ooMsnuno, pa. omco, nartman's Block, corner Main and Market Streets Oct. 8, '75 Q W.MILLKK, ATTOIINET-AT-LAW Ofilco In Brower's building, second floor, room No. 1. Bloomsburg, I'd. July1,78 L. E. WALLER. FUNK & WALLER, Attornoys-at'Law, BLOOMSBUIiU, PA, Office In Colcubian licn.nixa. Jan. 19, '77-ly p It. & W. J. I1UCKALUW, ATTOllNEYS-AT-LAW, Bloomsburg, Pa. omco on Main Street, first door below Court Houso Mar.o,'74 E.1 it J. M. CLARK, ATTOIINEYS.AT-I.AW, Bloomsburg, I'a. April lo,'74 omco In Ent's Building. A. CREVELINO SMITH. riERVRT EWIKO SMITH. A CUEVEUXG SMITH & SON, ATTOItNEYS-AT-LAW, Bloomsburg, Pa, JfAll business entrusted to our carowlllreclevo rrompt attention. uiyi,',3 F.1'- IilLLMEYER, ATTOltNEY AT LAW. Ofkice Adjoining C, 11. & V. J. Buckalow. Bloomsburg, l'a. Apr. 14,'7C. E. 11. LITTLE. ROB T. R. LITTLE. E.u- & R. R. LITTLE, ATTOItNEYS-AT-LAW, Bloomsburg, l'a. tsr-Buslness before theU. s. PatentOfflco attended to. omco in tho Columbian Building. 33 T ROCK-WAY & ELWELL, A T TO R N E Y S-A T-L A W, Columbian Builpino, Bloomsburg, Pa. CMembera of tho United States Law Association, ollectlons made in any part of America or Europe, "y 1LLIAM BHYSON, ATTnimuV.AT.I.AW ' .j Centralis, Pa. Fsb IS, '76. MISCELLANEOUS. HOWE L I), DENTIST. Ofilco In nartman's Block, second floor, corner Main and Market streets, BLOOMSBURO, PA, May so ly. TiROWN'S HOTEL. Bloomsburg. l'a., II. I stohner, Proprietor. Accommodations llrst- octooerB, -la-u 1 M. DRINKER, GUN and.LOCKSMITII, lowing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re paired. OrERA House Building , Bloomsourg, l'a. u;t. i, to THORNTON wnuid announce to thd citizens of Blooms- btirg and urir and vicinity that ho has lust received a full and compiciu uasuriuicui, ui WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES, FIXTURES, CORDS, TASSELS, and all other coodslnhls lino of business. All tho newest and most approved patterns of tho day are always to be foundlnhls cstabUshment.Maln street, below Market. oct, 8.16 JjJXCHANQE HOTEL, Opposite tho Court House, BLOOMSBURO, PA. Tho Laboest and Best In all respects In the county W. B. KOONS. Proprietor. Oct. S.W -yyiLLIAM Y. K ESTER, IVlllil-tCJi-IAJN X TAILUK corner of Main and West streets, tlirco doors below , K. uyer'a store, uioomsourg, i'a. All orders oromntly attended to and satisfaction guorumei'u. April zi, i, -ii REAS BROWN'S IN8URANCE AGEN CY, Enchango Hotel, liioomsourg, i-a. Carltal, 3tna, Ins Co., of Hartford, Connecticut... 6,500,000 Liverpool. London and Ulobo 20,uui,otx Uoyal of Liverpool 13 600,000 1 jinrAHBhlrft . Kins Association, Philadelphia.... Atlas of Hartford .. 8,100,000 600,000 .. 1,000,000 70,000 ... 5,6(10,000 ... 17,000,000 farmers Mutual 01 uanvuio Danville Mutual Home. New York. , Commercial Union , $173,(68,000 March M.IT-y THE UNDERSIGNED, representing several nt thn tnnitt connervatlve and reliable Ameri can Fire Insurance Companies, would beg leave to offer his services to the citizens of Bloomsburg and vicinity, requesting a reasonable share of the public paironago. ,, IT. Ut 1 W AUK Bloomsburg.July IS, 1676. Office lu Brower's Block. Julyil J. H. MAIZE'S MAMMOTH GROCERY contains the largest stock of TEAS, GKOCERIES QiiEEDSMfi, Glassware, Woiflenw are, Canned FruitSi Dried Traits, CONFECTIONERIES, &c. to be found In Columbia county, A Complete Ausorfiueut always on hand. Call and examine. Jan 1.1S17. TjyAINWRIQIlT 4 CO., wuoLEaaxs uuocsiis, H, B. Corner Beoend and Arch Btroo)i, PaiUDiuuiA Dealers In TEAS, SYHUl'S. COFFKB, SDOAlt, H0LA6BE9 BICI, 81-lCIS, B1CABI SODA, AO., tO. ivorders will receive prompt attention, tt. APER BAQB FOR HA LB AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE, lie THE JLUNGS CONSUMPTION. Hits dlstrcsslnir and dangerous complaint, and Its premonitory symptoms, neglected cough, night sweats, hoarseness wasting flesh fever permanent ly i.uiuu uy ui, "Bwajiio 8 compouuu ovruu ui n iiu Cherry." 11I10NCI1IT18 a Premonltor of Pulmonary Con- sumption, Is characterised by Catarrh or Inllamatlon of tho mucuous membrnno of tho air passages, hoarseness, pains In the chest. For all Bronchial affections, sore throat, losa of voice, coughs, DH. SWAYNK'S Compound Syrup of Wild Chorry 13 A SOVEREION REH ED V llcmmorrhaira orsnlttlne of blood, mav nroceed from tho larynx, trachla, bronchia or lungs, and uritu iroin various causes, nunuuuuirjMciucxcruon, plethora, fullness of tho vessels, weak lungs, over, ttralnlngot tho voice, suppressed evacuation, ob struction of tho spleen or liver, c. Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry strikes at the root of disease by purlfj Ing the blood, vlcoratlnir the nervous syslein. rrmunnir ine hut aim Kiuneys 10 ueaiuiy acuun, in- fts is marvelous bower notonlv over everv chronic disease where a gradual alterative action is needed. Under Its use tho cough Is loosened, tho night sweats diminished, tho pnln subsides, Ihe pulse re turns to Its natural standard, thcstomaehls lmDrov. ed In Its power to digest and assimilate tho food and every organ has a purer and better quality of blood supplied to It, out of which new recreative and plas tic material Is made DIt. SWAYNE trrnduatod nt ono of tho best Medl- cal colleges In tho U, S., and was engaged In an nc tlv e practice for many v ears, thus guaranteeing that his prepnrat Ions aro pi epared upon strictly scientific principles. Kcliable Evidence. 1IOMK TESTIMONY. I)it. Hwatnk Dear Sin 1 feci It to tm duo to you anil fiUflerinB humanity to plvo tho roliowlnf? testi mony respectlni: the wonderful curative powers of your L,ompounu n.vrup oi iiu i nurry unu DurHiipu rtlta nnd Tiir nils. I wns nmtcted with ft violent coURh, p.iln3lntlie side nnd breast, night Bwcnts, pore throat, my boweH were costive, nppetlto nearly pone, and my stomach to very weak that my physi cian was at a loss to know what to do for me, as cv erythlnc I used in tho Rhape of medicine was reject ed , spit different times a pint of blood, 1 remained for months in this u mi condition, ami pave up au hopes of ever recovering. At this time you recom mended the use of your syrup and puis, which Im mediately began to soothe, comfort and allay tho lolencoof the cough, strengthened and healed mv tigs : in snort, ic nas mano a pericct cure 11 d I am now ablo to pursue my d.Uly labor. person doubting tho truth of the above stit m- in pieusu cu i uh ur iuiuit&i niu, ut. tuv luuYy, EDWAUI) 11. HAMSON, Engineer of tleo. sweenej's Pottery, ltldgo Hoad, below Wallace, l'lil.a. over 2n vears liavo elansed. and Mr. Hamson still remains a hearty man to this day September soth, ls"5. PHYSICIANS RECOMMEND IT. Dr. Thomas J. B. Ilhoads. Iloyertown, Berks Co., i.. writes: Yourcomnound sirunof Wild Cherry esteem verv hlnhlr : have been sclllnc and refom- mending It to my patients for many years ami It al wnvs moves cnicnclous In obstlnafe couclis. bron chial and nsthmatlcal affections. It has made somo remarkable cures in tins section, aim j con&iueru the iH'st remedy Itti which I am acquainted. Price!. SlxlHjltles forffl. If not sold by your druggist, we will forward halt dozen by cxpiess, frelirhtpiild on receipt of price. Iff iii-srrttie symptoms In all communications, and address letters to lilt. SWAYNC & SON. 330 North sixth btreet, Philadelphia, Nocliaigo will bomade for advice. Sold by druggists and dealers In medi cines generally. LIVEBC0MPLA1NT That dreaded ulsease.from which so many berso n suffer, Is Ircquently thc.causo of Headache, Indioestion, DvsrErsiA, Is speedily relieved, and are often pcrmancntlycured by Swayne's Tar anflSarsapanlla Pills. lVvrrH nrn nftnn nrnvpnlfd liv thn nso of thfsfl SarsnparUla Pills, ns they curry orf.ttirouifh tho blood the Impurities irom which they arise. For uostUe- news there Is nothing1 so effectual as Swayne's Tur liih uniiuriLitis irum which liicy uuau. rur tuaimi' neas mere is nuuung nnd Karsfinnrlllfi l'ULs. Thev are nurHv Veeetflblo.and act sneclallv on tho Liver as lltue Mass or Calomel, wltnout any had re sults irom taking. Address letters to Dir. SWAYNR KOx. rhllaucl- nhla. No chartrororadlce. Kent by mall on receipt or price, l'rice 25 centa a box; live boxes lor $t, Atk Itching Files Is trenerallv nrcceded bv a moisture, llko ncrsDlra- Hon, distressing Itching, as though pin worms were crawling In or about tho rectum, particularly at nlghtwhen undresslng.or In bed after getting warm. It appears In summer as well as winter, oftentimes uumvy llsl'll tllumiu iiiu jhivulu (ju in, uiiu m iiui, v.uii lined to maleB only, but Is nulto as frequent that fe males aro sorely anilcted, particularly In times of pregnancy, extending lciomo vagina, provin e dls rcsslng almost bevond lo powers of endurance. ,'ases of lonir standing, pronounced Incurable, have been permanently cured by simply applying Swayne's Ointment, HOME TESTIMONY. I was sorely afflicted with one of tho most dlstres. Mntr nf all al&eases. Irurltus or Prurigo, or moro commonly knonnus Itching Piles. The Itching at umes was aimuui. imeiuiuuiu, mviuiuiuii uj m.iuii:ii inL. nnd not unfreouentlv becarao oulto sore. 1 bought a box of Swayno's ointment i Its use gave hck rener. ana in a snorc umu maue a peneci cure, tan now sleep undisturbed, and I would advise all ho aro suHerinir with this dlstres&lne: complaint to procure swayne's Ointment at once. I hart tried pvebcrlptlons almost Innumerable, without finding any pcrmuncnt. mit-i. JOSEPH W. CI1UIST, Firm of itosdel 4: Christ, Hoot and Shoo House, 3M h'ortn second street, i'liuaueipnu. SKIN DISEASES. Swayno's AU-Hsaline Ointment Is also a specific for tetter, itch, Halt rheum, scald head, erysipelas, barber's Itch, blotches, all scaly rriiftv. cutaneous cruDtlons. Perfectly safe ant harmless, even on Ihe most tender Infant. Price 60 cents, or six boxes for fl.vs. bent by mall to any aaaress on receipt wi puts, jitpuicu wnjr v DIt. SWAYNK .SON,330N.GthBt.,l'uliaaeipiiia. CATAERH, SYMPTOMS AND CUKE. mtnrrh la an flfft'ctlon of the mucus membrano of the nose, throat, elicit, 4c, accompanied with dull. heavy neaaauie, uusiruuuuu ui mo uuaui j-umustro, V.CUK eyes, waiery mm iuuuun.-u, iiucjviuk i -wku' inrr tnfipnr thn ihroat. exnoctoratlon of offensive feellntrln tho head, incessant Diowinp 01 menus?, mill rithpr Kvmntnms ara likelv to amear very dls- trebSlntf, ana no dl&easo Is moro common, and nono lesa understood by rhyelclans. Nino-tenths ol the cases of offensive breath aro occasioned by uatarrn, "Sunyne'N Cntarrli Remedy" Is a certain and permanent cure, and warranted In mprvrjufl. nn matter haw obstinate or lonir btand- liitr. It can b obtained only by addressing Hit. HWAYNK & SON, 330 North bUth btreet. I'hlladel. phia. waiiea 10 any aauress oa iob receipt vi JllCfj UUU UU1IOI mm iuuuiiw,uuuimii iwvj uU account or ino origin una naiuro 01 huh uibucu- cifivinmn A nt. we rowatit i it la nevona an com- mrion tne nesi remeay ior uaiarrn ever aiaiuvciru. vnirmbor! itcan beobtalned onlv by addreRslnij DH. MWAYNB & bON, 830, North blxth Street, 1'hll rdelphta. Mth a remittance, as wo do not place It In the bands or dealers, the saino as wo do our other preparations. In writing for our 'Catarrh Kemedy" umUan" Bloombburg Why Dye ? No matter botrdray or Ilarali Ihe Hair may bo, It can bo restored to Its original color and youtuiui appearance, vj uaeiui; London Hair Color Kestoror. London Ixndon Ixmdon London Ixmdon London London London London A Remedy to Rein- Hair Hestorer Hair Hestorer Hair I(storer stata the Human Hair In all Its youthful color, lustre, softness Hair Hestorer Hair Restorer HalrltesLorer Hair Restorer HalrltesLorer and beauty. Hair uoktorer All pci'HoiiN ivlio UBiiIro to Ilcauty of personal appearance, should not neglect that natural necessity, the hair. Vy many It lias been neclccied until H has become thin, gray or entirely fallen off, The London Hair Color Restorer restores natures losses, and Imparts a healthy and natural r.inr thickens the hair, cures daadrufT and all Itchy, scaly eruptions on the scalp, inaltlnir It white and clean, and Insuring a luxuriant growth of hair lu its natural jouturui color, rrice 10 cents, rnn clpal depot for tho U, S., .830, north bUth street, I'uuaaeipmo. SOLD BY ALL DUUUUISTS. Juno u lHy BLOOMSBUKG, PA., Poetical. TUB NEW CUUSAIIK. A.CLEVF.LANICOXE. In tho days of tho voico of the seventh nngel when ho shall begin to sound, the mj story of ood should bo finished, as Ho hath declared to Ills ser vants, tho prophets. ltcv., x.. 7. I. Trump of tho Lord-I hear It blow ! Forward tho Cross s tho world shall know Jehovah's arm's against the foe. Down shall tho cursed Crescent go I To arms to arms t Ood wills It so. II. Ood help the Kusb 1 nod bless the Czar 1 Shamo on the swords that trade can mar I Shamo on tho laggards, faint nnd far, That rlso not to the holy war. To arms to arms I Tho Cross our Star. 111. How long, o Lord I for thou art Just : Vengeance Is Thine In Tlieo wo trust. Wake, arm of Ood, and dash to dust Those hordes of laplno and of lust. To arms to arms I Wake, swords that rust. IV. Forward the cross. Break clouds of Iro Break with tho thunder and tho flro 1 To new Crusades let Faith Inspire : Down with tho crescent to tho ratro I To armt to arms, To vengeance dlro I V. Forward tho Cross. That night recall, of ravished maids and whes withal, With blood I hat stained Sophia's wall, When Christians saw the Cross down fall. To arms to arms, Yoiatlons all I Vf. To high Stamboul that Cross restore I (Hitter Its glories as of yore. Down with tho Turk. Trom Europe's shoro Drlvo back tho Paynlm drunk with gore. To arms to arms, To arms onco more. VII. Forward tho Ciws. Uplift thai Rlgn I Joy comelh with Its morning shine, Blossoms tho rose and teems the vino ; Tho olUe Is Its fruit benign. To arms to arms I Comopeaco divine! UNhOVKI) AXI) AUINK. JOAQCIK MIILEK. Tho sea dove some twin shadow has, l.lio lark has lov es In seas of grass, The v lid beast trumpets back his vow, The siulriel laughs along his bough ; Hut I, I am as alone, alxs 1 As yon v lilt? moon when white clouds pass. As lonely and un'oved, alas I As clouds that Meep and drop nnd pass. Oh, maiden, singing sliver sweet, At cabin door, In Held of corn. Where woodbines tnlno for thy retreat Sing sweet through all thy summer morn, For love Is landing at thy feet, In that fair Isle In seas of corn, Hut I, I am unloved and lorn, As winter vt Inds of v inter morn. The ships, black-bellied, climb the sea, Tho seamen seek their loves on land, And love and lover, hand in hand, !o singing, glad as glad can be. Hut neermoro shall love seek me, lly blowy sea or broken land, By broken wild or willow tree, Nay, nevermore shall love seek mo. Miscellaneous. THE MODEL DETECTIVE. RHINO Tlir. ONLY TRUP. ACCOUNT OF Tim TATT. OF rAUL PIHRA, "Murder will out, sometime, sure 1" ex claimed Daniel WonJer, to a few hearers, as he, laid down a paper from which ho had just been reading aloud a case of mysterious murder, tho perpetrator of winch had been discovered alter years of ingenious and tortu ous search. "I have many a timo noticed it. It is according to the laws of nature, and must be so, if not right oil', by-and-by ; if not to-day, to-morrow, next day, then a year ten, fifty, perhaps a hundred years hence, The murder and tho murderor are sure to come out. If I was on a plank alono with a man in the middle of the ocean, and was murder him, and sink him, with no ship in sight I couldn't feel Bafe ! Some time or other something would bring me out. If I didn't tell of myself, asleep or awake, his bones would rise, or " "Or hh sperrit?" suggested somebody. "No j I don't believe in spirits but his bones, clothes, or the plank or it might bo somebody was looking at me from a ship out of sight, through a powerful spyglass, or perhaps from another plank, or perhaps happening to pass by overhead in n silk balloon, and see me do it and so I should feel sure I was not safe uutii at last I was led out to be hung. You sco there is always a chain of evidence between the murderer and the murdered. It may bo short or long. It may bo broken into many separato links; but in time one man picks up one link here, another a link there, and another, and so 011 until all the links are found and put together and they are strong enough to hang the man.' "It does Beem so," said one of the listen era, in thougutlul awe. "Seems so I It is so I I always know that murder will out, and have seen many slngu lar cases of it. But the most singular case I ever heard of was the fate of Paul Piera, of Mos9creek, a clerk in a dry goods btore, and so covered up, according to report, that no evidence was supposed to be left of it. He was unexpectedly missed one day, and his body was not found till three years after ward, People gave up all hopes of hearing about the poor fellow,how he came to death, or where, or what for, or who or where his murderer was until a traveler came to Moss, creek and hearing of the murder of poor Paul Piera, he undertook to find tho body or at least the real criminal, and bring him to justice, This traveler's name was Solo mon Foxpaw, and he prided himself on his detective powers his penetration and per severance and he had a restless, rolling. staring, snappy kind of eye, that seemed to take In everything about him at a glance, People wished him success, but they didn't expect It, But he didn't care for what they expected. He set to work to find some links for a chain of evidence." "But I don't see" "You can't see anything yet. You must wait and see, Solomon Foxpaw made iu' qulries for a month, but ascertained just about nothing which would lead to the first link. He then'sut down reflected aloue for three days and finally he Bald to himself, 'Here is a piece of woods out here, and Paul Piera was said to bs poorly. What moro likely than he should walk in the woodi for his health and there be murdered ?" FRIDAY, MAY 25. "Do sure I Wliat, Indeed?" "With this Idea, Sol., without saying a word to anybody bccau?o ho liated Inter rtiplion M bad at I do wnlks out alono In to tlio wood, and ticks about among tho dry leaves, and examines tho ground, and the rocks, and tho trees, with strong sus picion." "To And a clew V" "Why, of course, to find a clew." "But I don't see" "You never will see, if you don't wait, and follow his ideas. Ho jiretty soon found various letters, carved on various trees initials of names, porhaps and among thcra all at last ho discovered, on a treo by them selves, tho letters, '1'. IV" "Perilous Place, I suppose." "Perilous Place, you suppose ! No. Paul Piera ho supposed, for ho knew what to sup pose. 'He certainly cut those letters,' Fox paw felt convinced ; and ho put dawn 'P. V.' as his first link. 'Now,' says he, 'I'vo got something to work on,' and he felt encour aged. Looking about him a little sharper, as if Providenco had directed him, he found a rusty jackknife, which had had ten blade?. It had three now j a big one, a little one, and a saw blado. Tho horn was gone, but ho felt a conviction that this knife was a second link, and ho put it in his pocket. Looking about still further ho saw a crack "Heard a crack." "No, saw .1 crack a wide crack between somo rocks. Something suddenly told him thero was .1 cavo there, and that he would find the body of Paul Piera in that cave. Ho did find a cave, a very cavernous cave, and he went and borrowed a spade, entered and dug for sovcral hours, till ho struck something hard." "A box containing the bones of Paul." "No. Uo thought so at first, but it prov ed to bo nothing but solid rock. He dug here and ho dug there, hut all was rock, and now, being much tired, ho paused, nnd be gan to suspect that he was on (he wrong scent. A less resolute man would have de- paired ; but 'No.' says Foxpaw, 'I'll dig mother way.' And so ho dug off back to town ngalu.aud made further inquiries about what Paul Piera said and did tho last time he was seen ; and showed tho jackknife con fidentially. "Nobody had seo Paul have such a knife, but Sol Foxpaw happened at last on an old lady who remembered she had bought some mixed yarn of Paul the day he was mised. lie seemed sick and unhappy, and said he wanted to go to sea for his health. This was all Foxpaw could paw out of her. It seems little, but he thought it a good deal. Wanted to go to sea. That's another link?' says Sol. 'A man who goes to sea naturally goes to a vcsel in the first place. Moscrcek is a seaport place. I will go down and in quire among tho vessels.' So ho went down and by good luck ho soon discovered that for years past tlio bchooncr Flying Turtle had been in tho habit of bringing stock from tho city for tho dry goods store. 'Another link,' says Foxpaw. 'What is more likely than that Paul, knowing the skipper, went 111 tho Flying Turtle that day to tho city ? "So he asked the captain, who said ho was not sure he didn't; and that sometimes ho had; and he wouldn't wonder. 'Hero is half a link more,' says Foxpaw. 'I will go 111 the ! lying Turtle, and make further in quiries. "It was during this trip, only a day's voy age, that ho added threo or four more links to his chain. On closely questioning the captain tho latter remembered that on the fital day one of his passengers from AI0S.-1 creek to the city was a raw-boned, swarthy, ugly-looking man, who had a dissipated nosi and a several-bladed jackknife. He remembered a saw-blade in it, because it was the first lie ever saw, and had said at the time that if he was as homely as tho owner of the knife, ho should cut his throat with it, and leave tho consequences to other people. Foxpaw now showed the rusty knife, and he said it might be the same and added that tho stranger's name was Murd 111.111, or Murkman, and that on landing in the city, he had seen him at the Jolly Tar tavern at the head of the wharf." Seen Paul Pisra?" said ono listener, much gratified. "Why, no I Pay attention ! Seen this ugly fellow don't you see?" "Yes, I see, but I don't see " "But you must wait and see, or you will certainly lose the links. Up goes Solomon Foxpaw to the Jolly Tar, as interested as if he had been Paul Piera's only brother " "Did he have a brother?" "Nono of your business and asked tho landlord to let him look at his arrival book of three years before. Tho landlord sent to tho garret for it, and they overhauled it to getlier ; and suro enough I there stood the name, at the proper date, in a fierce, big hand, of Mike Murdman and "Paul Piera." "No! What do you know about it? Mike Murdman and Friend.' 'This is the biggest link of the lot,' says Sol to the land lord I)o you recollect what kind of a look ing man his friend was?" " 'No,' says tlio landlord, 'but I recollect that next morning tho two had a quarrel. They had slept together, and Murdman was charged by the other with stealing his mon ey 111 tno nignt. nut jJiunlman sworo 110, and as proof said ho hadn't enough money to pay his own bill ; and they went out quarreling, without paying. And that's the lust I ever saw of tho other fellow, to my knowledge.' " -.More lints I'm getting a chain 1" says Foxpaw. 'Went out together, quarreling, about robbery. And did you ever seo Murd' man again r" u yes,' says tne landlord. 'lie a cap tain 01 a brig now. lie came back a year afterward and paid his bill, and now he stops here every three months every return trip he makes. It is timo for him now brig was due yesterday j if you stop, I'll lu troduce him to you." "Was'the man hung?" "Well, this beats all, I declare I" cried Daniel Wonder, exasperated. "Hero you are, wanting to get to the end of the chain before I've got the links fastened together, You would never make a detective." "I don't care anything about the liuks. AU I want to know Is, was the man hung? You've got mo so excited I can hardly keep my seat. It would be a satisfaction to know If the man was hung at the start," "Well, he wasn't huug at tho start, am never would have been, If Sol Foxpaw had been as Impatient as you are. Have you no Interest lu the philosophy of the thing?" 1877. "No," said the man, nettled : "and I don't care, now whether tho man was hung or not; I hope ho wasn't; nnd I hope Paul Piera was cut into as many bits as thero aro links In your story I" 'Oo on, Daniel, go 011," said tho others, "and if he interrupts you again, wo'll iiang him." "So, do. Well Foxpaw walled threo days, patiently, for tho next link, and then the brig came to port, and Murdman came to tlio tavern, and the landlord Introduced him to Foxpaw, over a glais, and they fat down to talk. Sol was usually a cool fel low, but, as ho afterward said, ho had his scruples about sitting down and talking with a murderer, and ho felt very palo and ner vous considering the critical business ho was on. Sol eyed him carefully all over, nnd ho seemed to look homelier nnd hom llcr tho moro ho examined him. Ho thought of poor Paul Piera, and felt asham ed of himself because ho had been drinking in a friendly manner with this monster, who for three years has escaped being hung, and who no doubt imagined he should escape forever. '"I have drunk with him,' thinks Sol, 'but it was a means to an end ; and as that end is a rope's end, I shouldn't feel ashamed but I must begin to gather up more links, however, I feel.' And pretty soon he had .1 good opening." "Do you chew ?" says Miko Murdman. "I do," says Sol holding out a plug "and If you don't liko to bite it off hero's a knifo to cut it." And ho pulled out tho rusty jackknife ho had fouud in tho woods. "What's this," says Mike, staring at tho knife,just as Sol expecting ho would. "Only a knifo I found," says Sol. "Per haps you've lost one. Does it belong to you 7" "lo mo I" said Mike, looking at it with a shudder and coloring up. 'I guess not. Take it back. Horrible. I don't cut tobafk co with such a knifo as that." "You needn't be afraid. It is rustv but you don't think there's blood on it, do you?" liloour says Hike with another shud der. "Yes, blood !" repeats Sol, severely. 'As I told you, I found that knife; and who knows but there's blood, and human blood on it, which makes it so rusty? The mur derer might have thrown it away after lie had done the deed, mightn't lie, and thought nobody could find it?" "How should I know." "It is nn old knife," continues Sol. "but an older head owned it, I reckon. Y'et the oldest heads aro liable to get out of their latitude and longitude. Now, you are a seafaring man, and have you ever been to Mosscreek?" "Mosscrcek! Well, I may. say I have once. '"And more too." "No. Only once." "Only once. And what did you go there for?" "I didn't go there fori ' says Mike, with a kind of sneer ; as if he was mad to bo so questioned; and Sol said he looked confused, '1 didn't go there for anything. I got drunk stepped aboard tho vessel by accident." "By accident? A stranger there? Then you ilon t remember a young clerk I'atil Piera?" "No." "Nor the woods nor tho cave?" "No." "I thought not. Short memory, I nip- pose.' "You ask a great many questions," now savs Mike. "Are you crazy V You are very pale." 'It is you are pale," says Sol ; "and I want you to answer me somo more ques tions." Not another word, till you take more brandy," says Mike. "You need it." "Ono word for mo and two for himself. though Sol. "His guilt made him faint, and ho wants a glass to stiffen him up. I'm willinc. More drink will make him less cautious." "So ho agreed, and they drauk two or threo times more. Ho seemed to gulp it down like a fish," Sol said, "and I thought I should soon get him drunk. But instead of that I got iloored myself. I lost all con sciousuess, and was put to bed, and next day I was unable to find him anywhere. Suspecting that he had got the start of me, and had fled out of my reach for tho present, I now thought," says Sol, "that the best thing I could do was to go back t Moss creek for a day, and have a talk with Paul's M nmnU,,., .ml i, a ln,. o 1 liftr! 1 1 oa Snlnmnn Fnxnaw did back and told ' - ' 1 o them all that he had discovered and heard and what do you think? They actually laughed in his face, and said that all these links which he had taken so much pains to get together, amounted to nothing 1 "lliat was all they knew!" exclaimed Daniel Wonder's indignant hearers, "But how did Solomon Foxpaw get'hold ot the slippery murderer at last? "He didn't get hold of him, said Daniel Wonder. "No?" "No What tho authorities said discour aged him, and he then resolved that he would not pursue the tearch auy further." "But who did get the murderer." "Nobody." "Then, who found tho body of Paul Piera?" Everybody, For on the very day when Foxpaw gavo up tho search Paul Piera came back to Mosscreek, safo and sound," "What I Then lie wasn't murdered at all." "Why, no I I told you in the first placo that it was a report. But it seems he had got a letter in the city, calling him in a hur- ry, as uia uiumer was uying, a long way on. He went home and she died, and he Inheri- 1.1 . .1 ..!, . n. icu a ricn property, anu not caring a tig lor tno pcopie in jiosscreex, ue never wrote to them "Not murdered after all 1" cried the dis appointed hearers. "Where was the slngu lanty you spoke about, then?" "In the perseverenco of Solomon Fox paw." rsiiaw ! u, pshaw What did you work us up so tor i" "That Is what Solomon Foxpaw said to tuosewno nad excited lilmsojbut they said to mm, as i Bay to you, that it was so reported anu mat no Had expected to work a miracle, without reason-namely, to find uw u swucuvo v mi, mo ueuu ooay oi uiun wuo wus not ueau. And ho was dist-atisfied as you are that the man turned up alive. But still, as I said before, mur uui uui, nun no uouot ii mat alike . 1 ...111 1 ,r- .. . .... Murdman had murdered, and Paul Piera nad been the one he killed, Solomon Fox paw would havo had him, some time, sure I The True Flag, McClcllau, Lincoln, and Stanton. iNNiin HISTORY or TUB PENINSULA CAM PAIGN. (fen. Wm. Ii. Franklin, ono of tho ablest Generals of the Army of tho Potomac,wrltcs to tho weekly 7Tic the following interesting account of tho criminal interference with General McClcllan's Peninsula campaign, which so crippled his plans as to make their failure sure : On tho 8th of March I was ordered to re pair to headquarters. Assembled thero were the Geiicral-iii-chief, tho Chief Kngiueer of tho Army of the Potomac, and all the divis ion commanders, except General Hooker, who was represented by General Naglee. General McClellan submitted to us his plan for tho movement of the army, nnd then left us to ourselves. Upon tho question of ap proval of his plan, tho voto was, I think, nine for approval to three against it, al though it has been reported as eight to four. The numbers aro not material, as the main object of tho meeting was to obtain a con demnation of the plan by tho subordinate generals. Immediately aftcrthis meeting wo wero informed that the President wished to sco us. We went to tho Whlto House, and found thero tho President nnd Secretary of War. They knew tho result of our meeting. Kach ono of us was asked in turn by the Secretary of War our opinion of the time required to transfer tho army to the new base. The general opinion was that a month would bo required, and each one was asked whether he wa3 willing to have this sufl'ering country wait a month longer beforo a blow was inflicted upon the enemy. Wo wcro then asked tho question whether wo thought the army ought to bo organized into army corps or not. We unanimously an swered that wo thought it ought to bo so or ganized. The President then informed us that ho deferred his opinion as to tho proper method of moving tho army to ours. Ho asked us to uso all our energies to help tho country out of its great dangers, and ended by saying to us, "If you aro faithful to me, I, on my part will be faithful to you." He then said he should form the Army of the Potomac into four army corps, and knowing bnt little of tho capacities of the generals suitable lor the command ol these corps, should assign the commands by rank. The meeting was then dismissed. General Johnston having evacuated his position at Cenlrevillo on the 8th of March, the army was immediately moved to Fairfax Court House. Hero the assignment to corps was made, and my division was assigned to General McDowell's corps. Shortly after ward, about the middleof March, we return ed to a position in front of Alexandria to await transportation. It was determined that the bulk of the army should be landed at Fortress Monroe, and move up tho Penin sula between the York and James rivers, and that General McDowell s corps should land on tho north side of tho York river. This 'arrangement required', that General McDowell's corps should move last, and General McClellan with his headquarters, left Alexandria on April 1, he supposing that nothing could occur to change his ar rangemcnts. On the 3d of April I was ordered to cm bark my division. At about eleven o'clock iu tho evening I received orders to move part of the division on the next day, and to call at headquarters for further instructions, Going at onco to the War Department I found General McDowell and General Wadsworth there. General McDowell in formed mo that the Secretary of War had told him about an hour beforo that General McClellan intended to work by strategy and not by fighting, and that he should not have another man from his department, that all tho enemies of tho Administration centered around him, and tho Secretary accused him of political aspirations. Also that he bad not left the number of troops to defend Washington that the President required in other words, that ho had disobeyed the Pre sident's orders. General McDowell remon strated against the step which was about to be taken, arguing that if General McClellan md political aspirations they would be for warded by the very course which the Ad ministration was taking iu this case. He used all of the arguments which ho could bring to bear to convinco the Secretary that he wa3 making a mistake in ordering the de tachment of his corps. The result was Gen. McDowell's corps was detacjied from tho Army of the Potomac, and was marched to Catlett's Station on th'o'.Orange and Alex- nnd"a ll0, where it could do no possi se good. General McClellan's plan of turping Yorktown, by tho movement of McDowell's corps on the north bauk of tho ork river was utterly destroyed. Tho Ar my of tho Potomac was forced to stay a whole month on the Peninsula uselessly, and the capture of ltichmond, which in all human probability would have been made in tlie month of May, had General McClel lan's plan been carried out was deferred for tu ee years. Thus was consummated the first great crime of the war. A general had been sent from Washington in command ef four army corps on the most important command possible, Before ho had been absent forty-eight hours, his largest corps, commanded by his second in command, containing more than one fourth of his army, detailed for duty wlilch was vital to tho success of his campaign, was detached from his command, without con sultation with mm and without his knowl edge. I dD not know whether the perpetra tors of this crime were punished for It in this life, but the ghastly account of bloodshed In Virginia for the next three venr Wv tl,t I .. . - tno innocent country was punished, in a way that will be remembered bv wl.inu- nr. phans for a generation, When Daniel Webster was ill from over, work, but refused to rest, his wife persuaded her physician that she was sick, and that nothing would savo her life khort of a trip to r-urope. ine ruse succeeded. Daniel succumbed, packed up his papers, went off on a European tour to watch his wife's re covery, and came home perfectly well him I self alter the happiest episode in his life. Them is n man In finiitl,lr,i,, c between fifty and sixty years of age. who a lias steadily worked lor lils father until the as iircKPtit Hv. nevir hail ,lnllo l 1,1 I l J i ' - - m I'm et. never went to a church. woiMl - funeral, never was on a car. nevpr in Lr. . . .. i iv. never snoke to a i r ntii n, n ,n day, and yet had his poll tax abated thl - year on account of novertv. wbll hi. fi.il,. I" er's estate la estimated at from J30000to $50,000. $ntc3 of gnU'crlisino. )iiolncli,(lvvelleltlioor l equivalent In Notipi relltypejono orlno tnacrtloiiMl-6'1! thice Intel . srlcs. 1M. SB. SM. ). IV' t!.LO 13.00 f 4 0") lotlO 110.0 onoincu Two inches Three incite. Four Indira 8.B0 B.l'l v.uu le . !M0 T.ou 7.00 BUI1 JW.IW 1100 1J.0II 14.00 ?".0 40.00 80.00 40.00 00.011 IMlO s.oo 1 11.00 onnrter column. ..10.00 80.0" C 00 loo.to ililf column 16.00 is.oo onn column no.nl oo.no Vnnrit. niivnritpmAfiti navablfl nuarlcrly. Tran" slcnt advertisements must be paid for before I nserleu except wnero jiarues nao ut-cuunwi. ..... l.egnl advertisements two dollars pcrlnehforthroo Insertions, and at that rale for additional Insertions without reference to length. Executor's, Administrator's and Auditor's notlcCB threo dollars. Transient or f.ocal notices, twenty cents a lino , regular advertisements half rates. Cards In tho "Huslness Directory" column, ono dollar per year for each lino. Frog Soup. Mr. Beck's father was a rich merchant in Boston, who was agent for tho French gov ernment, and brought Into close connection thus with tho French officers attached to tlie squadron which for a timo was anchored tn Boston Harbor. His house was the resort of the foreigners, who were looked upon with unbounded curiosity by the Boston people, brought for tho first time Into acquaintance with a nation uniformly traduced by the British. It was incredible to them that per sons who were popularly supposed to subsist mainly on frogs should be so plump and well-flavored j but tho original facts were stoutly maintained and supported by tho ru mor that they had been discovered hunting for their favorite food in tho frog pond on. tho Common. "With this last notion In his head, Mrt Nathaniel Tracy, who lived in a beautiful villa at Cambridge formerly Washington's head-quarters, nnd now Mr. Longfellow's houso, mado a great feast for tho admiral and his officers. -Everything was furnished that could bo had'in the country to ornament and give variety to tho cntertainintnt. My father was ono of the guests, and told mo often after that two large tureens of soup wero placed at the ends of the table. The admiral sat on tho right of Tracy, and M. Do l'Etombo on the left. L'Etombo was consul of France, resident at Boston. Tracy filled a plato of soup, which went to tho ad miral, and tho next was handed to the con sul. As soon as L'Etombo put hisspoon in to the plate, he fished np a largo frog, just as green and perfect as if he had hopped from the pond into tho tureen. Not knowing nt first what it was, ho seized it by its hind legs, and, holding it up in view of thowliolo company, discovered that it was a full grown frog. As soon as ho had thoroughly inspected it, and made himself euro of the matter, ho exclaimed, 'AJi I mon Dieul tine grenouille I' Then turning to the gentleman next to him, gave him the frog. He received itaud passed it round tlio table. Thus tho poor erapaud made the tour from hand to hand until it reached tho admiral. The com pany, convulsed with laughter, examined tho soup plates as tho servants brought them, and in each was to bo found a frog. Tho uproar was universal. Meantime Tracy kept his ladle going, wondering what his outland ish gucts meant by such extravagant merri ment. 'What's the matter?' asked he; and raising his head, discovered tho frogs dang ling by a leg in all directions. 'Why don't they cat them ?' ho exclaimed. 'If they knew tho confounded trouble' I had to catch them, in order to treat them to a dish'of their own country, they would find that with me, at least, it was no joking matter.' " Jfurper's Maija:inefor Mwj. An Ainlieiii'e of One. Governor Joseph C. Foster, the veteran American manager, actor and author, somo years ago organized a theatrical company to play short engagements in various cities and towns of the west. They arrived at Bucy rus, Ohio, a small city on the Sandusky river, where bills were issued, a hall rented, and properties engaged. During'their stpy a novel incident occurred. Mr. JFoster was sitting in the hotel, (tho Sim's hotel,) rumt niting, in all probability, upon the full houso ho was to havo, when a stranger en tered tho room with a bill of play for the evening's performance in hand. "Are you tho manager of the theatre?" asked the stranger. "I am, sir,' riplied Foster. "You are to play 'Richard III,,' to-night?" "Yes sir." "Iam and always have been fond of theatricals, but never had an opportunity of seeing Riebard III.' " "Very well, sir, come to-night." "Unfortunately, I leavo town this evening by the G:-t5 train. Now how much money would induce you to pla'y Rich ard III. for me this afternoon ?" Foster thinking the stranger was joking, replied that he would do it for twenty-five dollars. The stranger looked at tho bill again, and inquir ed what would be the extra chargo for the Rough Diamond." To carry out the joke, Foster replicd'Ten dollars." To his surprise, the stranger "pulled out his weasel," count ed out thirty-five dollars, and handing it to im remarked that he would llko to havo the play commence no later than 2 o'clock, 'ostergot tho company together and related the circumstance. The idea of nlavintr Richard" to an audience of one was so ex cessively ridiculous, and so new in their ex perience, that they ono and all consented. wo o clock came and the solitary audience assembled. Choosing an clicible position. and cocking tiis feet upon the back of the seat in front of him, ho waited for the per- lormance to begm. The bell rang, up went the curtain, and tho play commenced. Nev er did actors do better. They all exerted themselves to give iheir patron an entertain ment fully worth tho price paid for it, and they succeeded. The stranger applauded igorously at different points, and at the close of the play called tho Itichard, Mr. Joseph T. tannin, beforo the curtain, who responded in a neat little speech. A dance and a song followed, alter which the farce of tho "Rough Diamond" was played. Tho audience laughed, roared and applauded, and left in time to catch the (1:45 train. Tho bal mumue was first introduced in Paris iu 1710, but was nearly put an end to at once, owing to an incident which took place in 1721. Six men carried a palanuin. nnd made their way to the centre of the. theatre, amid jokes of every nature. There they deposited their burden and withdrew. Becoming impatient at the unknown not drawing aside the curtains, a charming dan leiue in domino peeped inside to invite the occupant to a minuet. She drew back in horror. The crowd tore onen the screen. and beforo them was a corpso, a wan with a dagger iu his heart. Tho mystery was. neycr cleared up. One of tho JIadqia papers, tho Nellgherry CburiVr, mentions a singular sccuo which recently occurred In that place while the Commissioner was holding a court session. A gentleman entered the court with boots creaking so fearfully that tho noise called forth an expression of anguish from, the Bench. The owner pf the boots consider ately walked out of court, took them ofr, and returned holding them In his hands. The Commissioner, uo doubt touched by tho kindly feeling thus exhibited, Inquired the uairie of the gentleman, and desired him to put his boots on again,