THE COLUMBIAN. COtCUtUA DIXOCItAT, STAR OP TnS NO HI II AND COLCH MAN COVSOMOATliD,) Issued weekly,orory Friday morning, at HLOOMSUUllO, 0O1.UMUIA COUNTY, I'A. two to!.i.ns per year, payabiu In advance, tr nttiitf tnnyear. After tho expiration of the year IJ5H will ho ciirced. 'I'o subscribers out pt tho uiinnty ma terms tiro ti perscnr, strictly In navnnco -M tiilf not paid In advance and IJ.iiu If pa) went lie delayed beyond llio ear. No p.iper illiconllntiod, oxcept nt tlio option tif ttio niiiilllsliers, until all arrearages am p.ud, hut lone continued crcilits nttcr tho oxplrntlou ot tho first year will not bo given. All.pap,rsseiiloutof thoHtato or to distant post oniccs must ho paid for In advance, unless a rcHpon Blbio person In Columbia county assumes to pay the sutocrlptlon duu on demand. rosTAdK Is no longer exacted from subscribers In tho county. job 3?s,i3sro:i3sra-. The JoubtCIf Hepartlnent ot tho Coi.emman 14 very complete, and our J b 1'rlnllni; w 111 compare favora bly with that ot tho largo cities. All work done on demand, neatly and at moderate prices. Columbia County Official Directory. President -ludiro William Klwcll. Associate J inlges-1. K Krlcklmmn, F. I,. Nlmman. Vrolhonotarv. sc. II. l'rnnk Zarr. Court Htcnograpiier h. N. Walker. Iteirlster lleoorder Williamson II. .lacoby. Distilct Attorney liMirrt it. Little. Hheriii John w. ilorrman. Hurvevor saniuel Nejhsrd, Treasurer Dr. II. W. llelteynolds. Ui nmlssloneraioiiu ilerner, 8. . Mcllcury, Joseph Hands. Commissioners' Clerk-Wllllnm Krlckbauin. Audltors-.M. V. II. Kline, J. 11. Casey, K. 11. Iirown. Coroner Isaiah Ycager. Jury Commissioners Ml Jlobblns, Thcodoro W. ouu'tv Superintendent William 11. Snyder. lllooin Poor uwrlcl lllroctors K. 8. lint, Scott, Win. Kramer, Illoomsburg and Thomas Itecce, Boott, secretary. Bloomsburg Official Directory. President of To n Council (1. A. Herring, clerk-Paul K. Wirt, cider ot I'oilcu Jas. V. sterner. President of lias Company S. Knorr. Hccrclary-C. W. Miller. lUoomsburg llanklnif company .Tohn A. Funvnn, President, II. II. croiz, cashier, John Peacock, Teller- - .... i-'lrs' N.vlonal Hank Charles It. 1'axlon, President J. I'. Tustln, cashier. Columbia Coiinly Multial Sailng 1 iindjind Loan AssocUiton-K. II. Little, President, C. V. .Miller, llloomsburs HulldlnsandSnHnB Fund Association Win. Peacock, President, .T, 11. Iloblson, Secretary. lllooinsbnrir Mutual Hating Fund Association J, 1 Drawer, President, C. (1. liarkley, Secretary. CIIUKCU DIKECTOKY. HATTIST CIlUltCH. ltev. .1. 1'. Tustln, (Supply.) Sunday Kervlrcs lir a. m: and i p. in. Sunday School 9 n. m. ' . , I'rnjer Meeting Kvcry Wednesday evening atf Saats'frce. Tho public nro Invited to attend. 8T. MATTHBW'S l.tlTIIKIIAN CIIUKCU. Miniver ltev. o. I). S. Mat-clay. Sunday Services I0M a. m. and Ttf p. m. Sunday School aa. in. l'raver Mecilng i:vcry Wednesday evening at IX clock. Seats frcp. Nopews rented. All aro welcome. PKKSUYTEMAN CIIL'KCII. Minister Her. Stuart Mitchell. Sunday Services lOtf a. in. and o)f p. m. Sunday School 9 a. in. Prav cr Meeting Every Wednesday evening at otf o'clock. ' " HeatBfree. No pews rented, strangers welcome. MKTH0D1HT lll'ISCOPAI. CIIUKCU. Presiding Elder Hov. W. Kvans. Minister ltev. M. I- Smjser. Sunday Services lux and BX p. m. Huodav Schonl-i p. m. lllblo Class-Kvcrv Monday evening al Otf o clock. Young Mcn'a Pravcr Meeilng-Kvery Tuesday C7eulng al OJrf o'clock. flcnernl Prayer Mcctlng-Kvcry Thursday evening T o'clock. llKFOIlMEIICHTOCIl. Corner of Third and Iron streets, pastor Itcv.W. L. Krebs. itesldcnco Central Hotel. Sunday Services li) a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school a a. in. Prayer Meeting Saturday, 7 p. ra. All aro Invited There Is always room. BT. PAUL'S CIICIIC11. Hector ltev L. Znliner. Sunday servlces-lUtf a. m., 7X p. m. Sunday school 9 a. in. First Sunday In tho month, Holy communion. Services preparatory to Communion on Irtday evening licforo the st Sunday In each month. Pews rented! but everybody welcomo. KVAM1KL1CAI. CHUIICU. rreslrtlng F.lder-llev. A. I lleeser. Minister llev.. I. A. Irvine. Sunday Service 3 p. in.. In the Iron Street Church. l'rni er Meeting l.very Sabbath at 2 p. m. AU are Invited. All aro welcome. TIIK CIIUKCU OP ClIltlST. Meets In "the little lirick Church on the hill," known as tho Welsh liaptlst Church-on llock street cast ot lion. ltegular meeting for worship, every Lord's day af ternoon at 3tf o'clock. seats free ; and tho public aro cordially Invited to attend. JSLOOMSIiUUO DIRECTOKY. SCHOOL OKDE11S, blank, just printeil and neatly bound In small books, ou hand and for sale at the columhian omcc. rI,ANK DEEDS, nn l'arclini.'nt'iiml Linen Ij Paper, common and for Adinlnlsi rators, Uxecu fiirs ana trustees, for salo cheap at tho Columbian uwce. TVrAItUlAGECEKTIKIcATIuSjiuti.rinua 111 and for Halo at tho Columbian Dlllce. Mlnls ers of tho liospel and .lusilces should supply them selves with these necessary articles. TIIKTIOKS ami Constables' Fee-Kills for sale I at tho Colombian ofllcit. They contain the cor rected fees as established by tho last Act of the l-og-riMirftiinAn tim Kiibieet. Kverv Justice and Con stable should have one. ENDUE NOTES just printed and for sale Cheap at tlio Columbian ouice. 1'ltOFKSSIONAL CAltDS. CO. UAltKLEY, Attorncy-at-Law. Oilico , In Ilrower's building, 2nd story, liooms Ui DM. WJI. M. KEIIEU, SurKeon and Physi cian, onicu S. K. corner llock and Market streets. It w va at n c... l im...: clan, (unico and Kesldencu on Third street, Jit. McKELVY, M. IX, Surgeon and I'liy . slclan, north sldo Main blrect, below Market, II. ltOllISON, Attorncy-at-Law. In Hartman'HbulIdlng.Maln street. Office KOSENSTOCK, riiotoKraplier, over WttlMV tt UJl O OLUI V, J)iULU bLI I'll, , MISCELLANEOUS. ,.VID LOWENBEItG, Merchant Tailor Alain St., abovo central Hotel. 8. KUIIN, dealer in Meat, Tallow, etc., lcuiiij biieri, ivuvcuu Dl'luuu una mini. HUSINEfcS CAltns. JT E. WALLEU, Attoi-iioj'-at-Tjaw. Increase cf Pccslcns chained, Coilecticn: made, Ofllee, Second doorfiom Ht National Hank. 11 LOOMS UUUO, I'A. Jan. 11, 1SJS jyt. J. C. HUTTEI!, I'll YSICI AN & SU1KIEON, onice, North Market btreet, Mar.!7,71 Illoomsburg, Fa. mVEU KNOKIt. A T T 0 V. N K Y-A T-L A W, IILOOM81IUIK1, FA. onice, Ilartman's lilotl:, cot uer Main and Market Directs U. l'UNK,' At.t oi noy-nt-Lnw, Incrcato of l'cuslons Olilaiucd, Collections Mado. HLOOMSllUllO, FA. onice In l'.aVa lli'luiiNU. TTVll, I. L. ItAHIl, PltACTIOAL DENTIST, Main street, opposite Episcopal Church, lllooins tit- Teeth extracted without pain, aug u, -77-ly, JltOCKWAY & ELWELL, A T TO It N E Y S-A T-L A .W, Columbian Uciuiixa, Illoomsburg, Fa. Members ot tho United StaUB Law Association. Collections made In any part ot America or L'urope p R.& W.J.BUCKALE'j ' ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Illoomsburg, Fa. Ofllee on Main Street, first door below Court House T F. .1-J. M. CLAIIIC, ATTOItNEYS-AT-LAW Illoomsburg, Fa, omco In Ent's Dutldlng, jP P. UILLMEYEK, ' ATTOIINEY AT LAW. Omci In Horman's liullding, Main street, liloombburg, Fa. K. II, UTTU. KOBT. V. UTTLI, Tf? II. & It. It. LITTLE, ATTOHNEYH-AT-LAW, Illoomsburg, l'o. I viiualnesa before the TJ. 8. Fatcnt OOlee attended to.omceUiUieooiiunliUuuuUdlng. ss o:iSLitv,prf rT EUVEY E. SMITH, ATTOltNEY-AT-LAW, omco In A. J. Evan's New lluiLm, iiLooMsutmn. i'A. Member nf Commercial Law and bank ConcctloB As sociation. Oct. 14, '17-tt Q W.MILLKK, AI1U1I.1ISI.AT.LAW Ofllee In Brewer's bulldlnjr, second flocr, room No. Illoomsburg, ra. . II. Abbott. W. II. Khawk. ABBOTT & RHAWN, Attorney s-at- Law. CATAWI8SA, TA, Fcnslons obtained. dec 91, -77-ly MISCELLANEOUS. -y II O W E L Ii, i) jj: in tist, tmico In Harlnian's Illock, second floor, corner Main and .Market Streets, BLOOMSBUHG, I'a. IayM ly. p M. UIHNKEK, OUN ami LOCKSMITH. "sew Ing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re paired, opeka llousii llullduig, moomeburg, ra. T Y. K ESTER, MEHCH ANT TAILOK, over Maize's stokk, Illoomsburg, Fa. npill in, ls.s. E HITISIl AMKI1ICA ASSURANCE CO NATIONAL KIUK INSUHANCK COMPANV. Thp nhsrtR of these old corooratloiiH aro oil vested in MiLID seoUIUTIKs and aro liable tollio lia7iird of nie only. iMOUtraio JineB ou xne ucbl nsksaro iiioup c-i)it:u. Ixiscs rnoiiiTLY and iionkbtlv adjusted and paid nft RfM ii an rirlprinlnpd bv CUHISTIIM F. KNirr. Spe cial J (frill nnu ajusicr, u oomaounr, i'tnn , ri hf i nt7ir.H nf ('nlntn)ila rountr '&tiould Datrontze the netney w here losses, if any, are adjusted and paia uy one oi uieirown eiuzeas. uuv.io, n-ij KEAS BUOAVN'S INSURANCE AGEN CY, Exchange notel, bloomsburg, ra. Capital. utnn, Ins Co., ot Hartford, Connecticut... ,boo,coo Liverpool, ixmaon anauioDO 2u,wu,uuu Itoyalof Liverpool lasoo.ow Ijincanshlro lo,oo9,'00 'lro Association, I'niiaaeipuia s.iuu.irnj Armers Mutual of Danville 1 .000.000 Danville Mutual TS.OOO Home, New York 5,600,000 I80.CS 1.000 As the nireneles ore direct, policies are written for ho insured wltnout any delay in the onice at UlooinH- UUTK. Marcn iiot'ii y E V. 1IAKTMAN BEIBESKNT8,TBK TOLLOWIHO AMERICAN 1KSUKANCE COMPANIES: Lcointni?or Muncv Fennsvlvanla. -Norm American of FliUadelpbla, Fa ranKuu. or " 1 ennsjlvanlaof " 1- anners of Vork, Fa. anoerot New yoric M anliattan of omco on .Market street no. o. BioonuDurg, ra, oct. so, "77-ly. CATAWISSA. M. Ij. EYERLY, AllUlUJXX-Al-UiW, Catawlss, Pa. collections DrornDtly made and remitted, omce onposuc cauiwissa ueposu nana. voi-m All). L. KAL'B. JNO. B. FRYMIKK. CBAS. B. IBWAXBS, WM. R. HAGENBUCH, wiTn liauli, Frymlcr ebEdvrarda, (succoKbors to Benedict Doreeyi sons,'t!))tarket so ecu , . importers ana aeaicrs in CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWABE, 923 Market Street, Fblladclpbla. Constantly on hand Original asd Assorted Packages June 23, 77-ly Oraiigevillc Academy. EEV.C. K, CAHFIELD.A. M.,Principal. It you ivant to patronize a, FIRST CLASS SCHOOL, WIIKltE DOAItH AND TUITION A HE LOW, five us a trial. Next term begins MONDAY, APBIL 15, 1878 For Information or catalogue apply us THE PHINCIPAL, July 27, '77-ly Orangevllle, Fa. The Seaside Library. Choice books no lonuer for tho few only. The best standard novels within, tlio reach of every one. Hooks usually bold from ti tow given (unchanged ana unannugeu) lor in ana xu cenia. lM. Tlio Count of Monte-crlsU), Alex Dumas 150. Tho King's 0n, by CapL Marrvat lai, iiuuu nnu uiuve, uy Aiueua it. Aunuiuj 15S. Treasure Trove, by Samnel Lover 169. Tlio Miantom t-blp, by Captain Marryat leu. 1 ho Mack Tulip, by Alexander Dumaa nil, '1 ho world well i.om. 1. 10 nn union ldj. Kinney, cnarioue iironm mi. r i mi. A j'rank MUdmay, by Captain Marryat l young w lfo'a btary, Harriet Howrn l Modern Minister (Vol. 1.) Cuevely No 16&, A Modern Minister (Vol. 1.) Cuevely Novel ica The I ast Aldlnl, by George bana 107. The Oueen's Necklace,,by Alex. Dumas bw. Con Orcgun, by I harles Lever loo. St. Fntnck's Ke, by Charles Lever 170. Nevton Horsier, by Captain Marryat 171. Hostage to Fortune, by Mlsa llraudon 172. Cbetaller dn Mal.OD Itouge, by Dumas 173,.Iaphet In t-earch of a Father, by Captain Mam at SOO 174. Kate OTionoghue, by Charles Lever 200 175. ! he Pacha ot Many Tales, capl aln Marryat lue 170. Feielval Ueeno by Captain Mam at 10c lit. fieorge Canterbury's will, by Mrs. Henry 178. Hare (lood Luck, by II. E. FranclUlon OOU liu. i ne iiiMory omi rime, uy iwiur uugv IHi. Armalade. by Wllkle Collins 181. 'I lie countess do Charny, Alex Dumaa 182, Juliets Guardian, by Urs. Cameron 13. Kenllworlli, by tlr Walter bcott .Mi It t. , ,1 ,.. 1. ...... ntnl.. Uamrn. 1S3. "uo(t-lije hHci theart." by lihoda llrougton loo 1KB, naviu Lopperueia, uy inarica uicaena 1-.7. Nauon, by Alexander Dumaa 200 IOC IOC lH, -i nit rn is I'umiiy iiuunihua lsu. Henry lumbal, b Mlsa Hraddon Hie, JlcinoliB ot a I'll) slclan, by Alex Dumaa 11)1. 'I he 'Ihreo Cullers, by t'aptaln Marryat 11' 1. 1 ho conspirator, by Alexander Dumaa lu.i. Heart of Midlothian, Mr Waller bcott 1U4. No Intentions, b Florence Marryatt IV,'). Iml'd of Uaiarla, bv .Alexander Dumaa loo toe lte IOC 80C IOC 100 too lte lta mo. nicuoias r.ic-hieuy, uyuaneaiiicaviui ItiT. Xaupv liv Itlioda llruuehton 1W. ettlera In Canada, by Cantaln Marryat mv. cloltiers and the Hearth, by Chaa heads 2oo, 'I ho .Monk, by Matthew U. Lents, M, toe IMnnk li.utsr. loo For salo bv all Booksellers and Newadraltn. or Bent pofaiuge prepaui. uu reeeipv ui unec. (lEOKOE xVuNllO. IuWlalir, F. O. Hoi U57. 21, u and m, Vaodewater it, N. T. M. C, SLOAN & BR0 lILUOMSnVUG, VA, Manutacturtn of Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Sleighs, J'LATFOKM WAGONS, Jtc, First-cla&s work,alwayson band. ItEl'AlIHNG NEATLY PONS. Prices reduced to suit the times. Jan. 6, 1S77-U An PLATtuwATCii ata. cbupMt lnth kaowa world, SaittpU ITatcAVM l VUglll 11-17 VEGETINE I?mifics tlic blood, ron- ovates and invigor ates tho whole System. its medical rnopKiiTins Ann AUcnitive, Tonic, Solvent Diuretic. mill Vegetlno Reliable Evideuco. Vegetine Vegetlno Vegetine MR. II. It. PTETKXS. near Mr-i vm most, ciieeriuuy nun mv testimony lo tho treat mniiher ou liavo already recited In favor ofjuur creatomi good meiitc ne. veirei ne. for I do not think enough cm b xnldlnlts praise ; ior i was irouoieu over iniriy ears with that drendlll! dUens,' Catarrh. ,and had such bad cougliliig-ipells thnt It vvoui'i seem us inoiign i never eouiu Vcgcllne Vegetine trentne any more, and veci'tlne ha.s icmeil me : mid I do fei I to thank God all the time that there U so trood a mod e as Vegetine. nnd I nlo think It one ot the best m-nieines for eouciis nnu weak. slnktnir feelltiin nt tho stom.ieh. anrl ad. wso eer.wiony 10 mKo ine veenne, ior I can assure them It Is one of tho best Vegetine meuicines in.it ever was. Jilt's. L. GOIIK. Vegetine Vegetine Cor. Magazine a- walnut Ms., uamonuge, .iass. HEALTH, SWIIENGTH ajnu ArrF;iirj;. My daughter has received great bene' lit from the use of Vec-etlne. Her de Vegetine icllnlng henltli was a source of great anx- Vegetine, Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine leiy 10 an ner irfnin. a lew ooiues ni veirctino restoreu ner nea in. sireniriii uuu aiipeiue. ,t ii . i i i,i '. Insuranco t: Heal Estato Agent No. 4'J Hears Ilulldlng, lioston .Mass. CANNOl' UK EXOEJ,ED. CiiAiu.r.sTOWN, -Mass. n. It. Stevens. Dear sir This Is to certify I hat I ha o used jour 'dll'iiM Fienar.lt Ion" In my lamuv ior several .venrs, nnu iiuiik inai for bcrofuU or Cupkerotis Humors or iineumatH' Aneetions. it ennnot ihm-v cello d: and, as a blood purltler or spring ineuieine, 11 is me uesi iiuug I u:ie rur used, and I have used almost everything i can Litcc riuiiv reco nine 111 il iu any one in need oi pucn u ineuieiue. Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine ours respectfully. Mrs. A. A. DINSMOlir. No. 19 missel MreeL 1T If A . Valuablo Remedy. bOlTH lloaiov, Feb. 7, 1S70. Mil. RTRVKNS! Hear Sir 1 have taken several bottles of your vegeiine, and am convinced It Is a valuable remedy for livspep-l.i.Kliliiey complaint, and general debility of the Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine sysiem. I can heartily recommend It to all suf tenng irom mo nuovo Loinpiainis. oura respectfully, Mrs. MUNllllE FAIIKI'.ll. so Alliens blrect, VEGETINE Is reparua uy H. R. STEVENS. Boston. Vegetine is sold by all Druggists, The Great New Medicine! Health-Giving Power PURIFIES THE BLOOD, INVIGORATES THE LIVER, PROMOTES DICESTION, nnd STRENGTHENS THE NERVES, Thus efl riuallv curlnir itUrnio nf Mluit over nnme or mttiirv. II 1m woithy uf a trial itr.t,iB(.r giinrunieeii. U AGnEEAULK to 1hu4ui(t. GHATI1FU1 to ine toinncn, uiifl act it (llit'leiitly an i CATHARTIC, AliTEUATlVK Utitl 1I1U HICTIC. lt acllun in mil ulteiiilett Mitli ny unulantiiiit fvelluu, itwl(litia U liui- gnur nor debility exitt'i ltin'(I, but on tlw lontrnry. refrftUment a ml Invlcni ui Inn, III I in m fill it elTert upon tlttt iti(;rtlo ortfam, wlietlier Immilrrtl iy tlitiiH or ii ,Kuitel from any cuue, I to int iennH lion, the npnntltH hf loir liicit'UNftt ul onrt iiieir imf m ui uhmiiiiiiiiii thoivi alTectfil Itli tin mcorufil con illtlon of the liver, a If lltititkiif km, cliiir- ucierizeu uy n uiiim)-loiiipiuxion, u c oaf ea 1onKe u putty, had taste In t lit moiitli(u cnprlcloua appetite and nIucUIi aitlon of the toueli, vltli u ieiu of fiillui km In thr head am! of mental diillne( VlOOll KN'iS prove mott alitahle Its effect upon the kidney U no less nanny, a turbid, Irrltattiig urine i q 11 Irk I y cleared up by It. Inflammiitory and Chionlr 111IKUMA- Tiini will soon (lUuinifur by a pei-ltiieut lie of Vl(iOHE,K. for ine cure orsuiii iiiiraMex nnd Krup tlom of all klmli, VKJOHICM; lu moit certain. VI GO HE NIC Is couipoied of the active Brapertlesof IIKUUS, UttOTS, (iU.MS und AKKH. that Natuie alone fiimlal.fn. great care belnjf taken by iu that they are gathered at the right neaion uf the year, and that they poru their native virtues. That VIOOltKNK hut the power to I'Ult IFY TIIK UliUOl), IN VllHUtATi: the l.IVKll, und STIMULATK the )IUEST. IVK OMOAKS, i lndliputably proven by thote who have given It a trial and liuto been permanently cured "We do not ask ou lo try u dozen bottles to experience relief, fur mc (JUAltATKK yon will feel better from the Jlrst few dotes. VlGOItENia Is astoulnhlnt- the world with Its cures, and U thrott lug all other TONICS, ALTKHAT1VEK and 1NV1GOU A1VT8, Into the shade. Put up iu tuige bottles, double strength, ltequlres small noses, mm is jueasani iu iuhc. Price, $1.00 per llottle. WALKER &. BADGER MFG. CO,, Prop's. ' l! 3.U t.t lUr Tcrk, iti Jtriey XI. J, TUB OBJXOT OV EAT1NQ,m a new book every on ihouU red, tent rt upon receipt of a ona For Sale at I J. rK,XJC3- STORE, lSlOOlllSlMU 151 5 Jsn.18, is.-ly. S. W. Douglass, Civil and Mining Engineer, ASHLAND, PA. Goneral Survojing and EnEiueering BusineBB attended to with Oaro and DiBpatclh I am prepared lo make drawings, 1'laus and Models In Wood, Iiraas, Iron, or the atoo materials combined as soceaaary of SrUges, Mines, Eresifrs, SMUtp, Erlncs, l'VMl'f, and al kinds of machinery lor u of oiaea at Court or for'arp-tcallous to ttvuie i aleils. l'uii uu M i uu ,1 march sv,( EOAh KtAKKH OK ALL KINDS J ON HAM) AT TIIK CULlallllAN OH1CK A BLOOMSBU11G, PA., Select Story. MIS INVISII!I,K llllOTIIKIt. l'ar into tlio soft slimmer nlclit I nt with ittlo Susio Nnc'iy nn tho piazzn of tlio llelle jiko r.ivillon. Our talk had not u powor- ;'ul smaelc of sentiment, though the moon light on (he water, a lniv,slglilng breeze from tho South, vague cadencei of distant sing ing from a yacht on the lake, and tho seclu sion nf our vino.enibuwerrd corner, all com bined to lend an air nf romance to the in terview, Hut Susie and I never flirted witli each other, wliateverwq might do with some, wc had, in tho course of long acquaintance ship, islabli-hoJ a dcligbtlul and uiiuiual relation, a sort of fraternal ami Platonic tontlm.nt, quite chivalrous, quite linrmles.--, quite novel, pud nltugrtlirr charming. So well win thli understand that -Mrs. N'aieby lelt not the least anxiety on leaving her daughter in my hand.'', only bringing out a thick shawl to 'wrap the llabio Hunting in,' nut leaving in with u parting injunction not to go on the wet grasi. Cio-Mping away liken couple of kuty-dids, about everything and everybody, wo came to speak of a certain Charles Selwin, a young gentleman of fortune then sojourning at tho Pavilion. 1-or reason that will transpire, I could, not abido Mr.SelwIn on any lerms,and wiHorry to find that he had succeeded in interesting little Susie more than a good and pretty girl should be. iu a brainiest idler. Stupidly enough I spoke straight out, giving my opinion of the gentlemau without minc ing words. 01 course, woman-fashion, she defended In tn strongly, and, in searching foi nrgiiincnts,discuvcrcil new merits iu her sub ject. 'You can't deny that he is very handsome,' urged Susie,; 'such rosy cheeks, and nico brown hair curling around the forehead do think that ti line complexion and large clustering ringlets arc too splendid 1' When Selwin first caiiui to Itello Lake, lie anil I went iu Hwiminiiiir together one day. On coming out of the water, I observed that his "fine complexion" was washed oil", leav ing a sort of whitcy-purple. nshes-of-roses t-olor, much prettier fora inoiro antique than for a man face. His 'largo clustering ring lets,' too, were non cst,and in their place his hair hung in stringt over his eyes. Shortly aflcr I saw him iu the barber shop, where ,loa was operating upon his head with the curling tongs. His cheeks were still tho color of a Iro.eu turnip,-but in half an hour at dinner, the ruddy glow had returned, more brilliant tlinu ever. I really had too much regard for my sex to confess, even to Susie, that any man ver painted his face ; and if I had, I might have been unable to produce positive proofs of the statement, oo I contented myself with derid ing hit lisp nnd drawl. 'A sweet style of talking, hasn't he, my dear 1 'Aw, Mith Natheby, aw, what thpleendid thenery, aw I" 'Just as if he could help that. He was born with a peculiar throat, I suppose. And, after all, it doesn't sound so bailly,whcn you know it isn't affectation,' 'Yes ; hut I know it is affectation.' 'Xow, William 1 I never.knewyou so un charitable before. What has Mr. Selwin ever done to you ?' 'My dear child, you aro a sensible girl, so lean speak plainly to you. I should not have thought twice about this young person, had he not made, apparently, a good in pression upon you, as 1 believe, by false and Meeting shows, for woman's illusion given. I consider him a humbug and a puppy, who has made you admire him for what he does not possess- Are you satisfied, ma chere?' 'Yes, nion cher. I am satisfied that you are entirely mistaken about Mr. Selwin, and very obstinately pnj'uiliced generally. You have only seen him u few times, yet you think because he is not one of your feather a literati i journalist a quill driver a Iiohemian or whatever vou aie that he is not good enough for you 1 I say ho is hand some, accomplished, elegant, amiable, geu tlemiiuly ' 'brteet, lovely, splendid, delightful, pretty nice young man Hush 1 I won't allow you to say another won! about him 1' Of course, I had to yield. I simply de termlned to keep an eye on Selwin, and to seo that ho did not gain too powerful au ascendancy over Susie'ti susceptible heart Concealing my prejudice, then, I made myself somewhat intimate with him, but discovered iu him only a well-dressed non entity. Sometimes I detected n low-bred cunning in tho cheap artifices by which ho Imposed upon Susio and her mother, but I had no good opportunities to expose him, and he went on, through all the long August clays, playing tlio rolo ot coiinnerinir heio He knew how to listen to long stories from old ladies ; how to talk politics with old gentlemen ; how to kill time for himself aud others at a watering place. burely, as I mean to rrusli him titUrly, helore I get through, let me do him justice now. t.ei mo not forget the least of his at tractions. How bravely he led tho German, aud how graceful his position iu the Lanciers 1 What prowess he displayed at tho hoard, where reg iments of bottles went down empty ; and the youtus oi urlstocralic taste, who weie hannv enough tn 'know Selwin," often weutdown full 1 How well and freely he disbursed the incomo of five thousand n year, aud how nimbly and sweetly it recommended him to everybody I How promptly were hiabllh paid -how heavy they were! A prime fa vorito with the host was he, aud tlieuuder lings knew well the surety of a "tip" every time they camo iu coutact with him. Who could resist the fasiuatlng.Slbo daslilng, the splendid Selwin The faction that held out against him was smalt indeed consisting.in fact, of myself, solitary and alone. One afternoon I was agreeably surmised by the appearauce of au excellent frieud Of miue, a ueavy leather dealer, doing business iu ine classlo locality known as tho Swamp This gentleraan.Mi. Colwell firm of Tread- I i t . I ti . iey re coiweii was talcing a week or two of relaxatlou, and had chosen llelle Lake as the Held for his rustication. Just as we ex changed salutations, the great Selwin, mon arch ot all ho turveyed, tame down tho piazza iu gorgeous array, with Susie Naseby and auotheryouug lady. Colwell looked at them a moment aud uttered a long, low whittle. 'Well, I never I' 'Whul's the matter f" I asked ; 'anything extraordinary V 'I believe you, my boy. Do you seo that young swell with the two blondes?' FMDAT , JULY 19. seonim I mizht sny we bftven't seen I n. - I llllfT olan It, anmo lt,H Tl. -, l f I 7n i 7. V 7 . , '""r J""lB wiianesoe win .no a ino. i mutch of tho i iu iiiuumuu i vr r. vm np. nn u sonic agreeable. He has tho whole com- mun tyat hls cel.' There, don t say any more I You take "i my breath away, Selwin? He's no more Selwin than you are. Ills name is Pollock, and he s a humbug. Five thousand a year, hy, I could buy and sell him for a , I five-dollar bill, and have a packet of small t i r, m l change loft over?' Yo, must be mistaken. He certainly has oney-he spends any amount of It.' iNo, lean t be wrong, I know him of money ' old tin ,r,nbo . I ..v. in..!. ,.io iiiuney maue some out of me bf tliecheapestklnd of a swindle, urn in gite mm a ian now. Walt till a cnance comes, l ll astonish him.' After dinner we were smoking our cigars In front of the house, when Selwin lounged out ii, ne LHinu uown ine steps, colwell hailed him 1 1 alio,. Pollock I Hill Pollockl' He was startled, sure enough. His con fusion was evident enough to excite atten' Ii..., r.nln nil . n-l ii i I I- ........ inceiii, uiweu nnu iubub .1 telling shot, but it was nrematurclv ., . ' ' . lischarged, and the conqueror was too much for us yet. Old Tamden came along Old Tamden came along at the moment, and, seeing Sclwin's cm barrassment, asked him what was tho mat ter 'Your namo isn't Pollock, is it?' said lie. The cool inipassability of the youDg man returned, and with the sweetest sincerity he explained that he had a twin brother closely resembling himself, who, under the assumed name of Pollock, was leading a ruinous disorderly life, 'Ho 1,., l,-0 !,,. i.,,l,l i. fnmlly .' said injured innneoneo nnH h.-rini, J "vv.. t.uuw.u .uu 1 his name suddenly has disturbed me. I fancied he mM,l have, com- he,., to Wr, me into rrivincr him money, ns ho someti,nes 1 , 1 o D rf, I Al th t. said with a nerfect air of truth, and coming Irom the admired and respected Selwin. carried conviction to the nublie mind at once. Even Colwell was staecered. and thouirht it miirbt be true. Sclwin's triumph, then was complete- The anti-Selwin nartv was annihilated, and he was more popular than ever. Under a pretext of passing a part of his timo with his invalid mother, this young gentleman absented himself from Belle Lake every Wednesday nii?ht. returning on Satur day Mv belief wns thnt he then transaeied some business of a more or less questionable nature, and that tho money he spent so free- ly was earned or made, by "hook or by , crook, out of somebody- from weejj 0 weeCi I saw, however, that it was of no use to at tempt to overthrow him, this season, at Belle Lake ; and, as business required my return to town, I gave up the whole affair. Susie and her mother remained some time longer, and from occasional reports I learned that Selwin's (success with the poor girl was considered indubitable. Feeling sure that she, was lielne- deluded into n marrlaoe that i.i .,i,. i,.tnn m!on-nv,io .i!..n,!nfmnnt """"""J ' fa .....v. In l.eriolf nnil fnmiU- T ilptermlnerl tn mnlrp one more eff-rt to prevent it. Susie was too nici a L-irl to throw herself away on such a fellow and in the capacity of ami de familie I thought I would take the affair in my own hands. With this intention I sought the Swamp. and found my friend Colwell. I inquired of him the particulars of his relations with the 'Hill Pollock' he had mentioned, and the swindle practiced upon him by that person, 'I'm almost ashamed to tell you about that,' said Colwell ; 'but if you think my experience will be of any value to you, you are welcome. This Pollock, or Selwin, or whoever he is, is a 'spiritual medium.' A year or n ago I heard so many stories about his wonderful 'tests' that Treadley and I concluded to go and see what he amounted to. Wc went to his rooms in Amity street, but he wasn't visible ; and a boy who at tended the door told us it was necessary to makn nn appointment, at Mr. Pollock's time was always engaged for two or three days in advance. We put down our names, paid our $.1 apiece in advance, according to the gen tleman's rulp, and, when the time came, I went to seo him. Treadley backed out, but I thought I might as well get my money's worth. Pollock was a very quiet, polite young fellow, tho very image of that Sol- win, except that lie wasn't quite so much of a swell, aud didn't squeak his words out like a sick mouse. He did some very strange tilings, and told mo some news from the oth- et world which might or might not have been true. Finally, when he had got me pretty well interested, and a good dial surprised, he olfered to produce a portrait of my mother, who had been dead about eight years, There is no picture of her in existence, and I have always wanted one, so I -agreed to pay him $50 in advance, like adoublo dunce ns I was, if he would produce one. He took! the money, and told me to call at the end of a month, when the portrait would be ready for me. I did so, and found an easel in the room, with a picture upon it, carefully cov - ered up. Pollock made a great ado removing the drapery, nnd when lie had done placed tuo tiling in a goou ngut and loiu me to iook at it. it was a iriglitnil uaiiu, sucn as you rnay see in any of the cheap picture auctions; a picture oi a young gin wiiu long uair ian- ing over nersnouiutrs, ana uer nanus ciasp- ed over her breast. I was taken all aback, low, the republican manager, by which the written assurance, and that, having prepar but Pollock was equal to the occaslou. 'You state was to be counted for Hayes and Drew, a ietter t0 lllt enJ) )le sent It by Weben aro surprised,' says he, to see her represented und he went iu the morning before they i, v it tn her in e'nrrv i u.vi,m..i so young nun neauniui, nut mis you musi i t .tr l , . ., . reiueiuoer is mo way sue now iooks in uer ivauace ana tola mem that tha.repul.llcaiis be satisfied with the oral assurance of so dls present celestial state i' I think became wouldu't iubmlt to this, aud tho state had to tlngulshed a representative of the republican vorV tlPlir liPtlillir l'nnM-,.,1 nn.-.,.,., t.e. h. .mini J Altl.a.r.. II.... ...l il . . .. ' . 1 . " v ft ......., ... .iw". jusi men, uui, somenow, ue cauinveu 10 .11., Aia nJ 1. ,.,.1. ir ...ti "l', uui was icii wuu my spiriiuni art speculation, wuicn i inconii- uently thrust Into the grate." The boy out- side opeued the door for me very politely, but he needn't have done so-I felt small iiiugu iu creep tiirougmue xeynoiei- Audyouuever tried to recover anything m Pollock r No, I was heartily ashamed of the whole business,' 'Is he still in the city,' 'I guess so,' 'I will go and have a dash at him, I don't think he will sell me any pictures, A brief search brought Pollock's card to light. 'William Pollock, Test Medium, No, Amity street, lteceptlons ; Thursday and Friday. Sessions five dollars per hour, (Kngugeuieuts can bo mude several days iu advance.)' Thur.uays aud Fridays I Tho very days Selwin always passed in tho city I I began lo see the beginning ol the end. 1878. T liaalenml ir. . ....i. . .. ni. Hlit'UIUVIllCIII, UllU .... . . 11 ' " Hour agreed upon presented myself be- fore rollock. As I liaj expected, l,o and sn w n n.A. it mi .ww. mi uiid auu uih nnmo, 1 1 ere was. ao.no little attempt at change-hls hair wa, out of curl, and hi. style of dres, was totally different, but there could be no mistake about I.I. (rl.ntlt.. He was irreatlv troubled b m ,,nr. auce. but I evinced no ,1 of reem-niil. and tin nmlnM. o.h....i i.: ir .i.. t .h i " '."J llllUSril till,, A UlU not know him lln..... i,. i ..ii...i -" luntiiyii ii u iiiiuir,umtriy announced tW (h ...! .f I,. l,l.i i! the dk7aM tate WdiZb whence tho light wa-s carefully excluded. Here he gave me a communication from a cons n nl in no , a young lady, who, when living, had been i a fast friend of Susio Nate- by. Of course I understood where ho cot the little nolnts nf Infnrmnitnn. ei. win, which this minmiinlNiliin i... l.nU n,i which might have surprised me much had I not known all the circumstances. Then fol- lowed a string of moral platitudes in the usu- al style of such messages, containing strong advice against the prosecution of those who have never harmed me, and winding up visors of registration. They both made pro with nn exhortation to remove tho beam tc8t', 'n Isew Qrleam, or parts of protests. witli an exhortation to remove tlin lie.nn l,nmmn...l.x ..!. in. ... .i,i. .i. ..uu ...j ui,u vjv,uuiU U!CUU1IU WlllllUei mote in mv brother's. That will do. Selwin. said I -. 'that's nuito enough.' Selwin 1 What do you mean, sir ?' I ac- knowledge that my name is Selwin, but it is mauy a year since I have been so called. How did you learn my name ? perhaps you mistake mo for my twin brother, who still bears it,' hie hail a brother r Yes, it is very well played, but about played out. It won't do. Charles; I knew from the first, and now I have proof. No doubt you would like to ,, , . , ,. I oe" me 0 l""ure ,nr cousin i out really, 1 J not care to 9Ptcula'e "' direction, 80 1 wil1 blJ vou Eood dy. promising that if J0" continue J0"' ention to Miss Naseby, T ahnll a-,nan l.-f 1 I ll 1 I out.,, cmusu juu UC1U1G lier UUU Hll UCr 'rienus. 1 turne'l t0 E. but he seized me andswore '" take f 1 didn't promise secrecy, Fortunately, I had expected trouble, aud wa8 orepared lor it. The sight of a six 9noo'eri loaded and cocked, brought my fine Ie"ow u0wn at once- be suggestion that a visitation irom ine ponce might be unpleas- ant for him seemed to have a sedative effect, and to allay all violent tendencies on his part, The humiliation of a fellow creature is a I painful spectacle always, and certainly Sel- win de9Cended 'o 'he lower depths of self- auase'ue'"- wuineu anu ueggeu auu ai- , , , , . . - . m08t wePl 10 019 an8er ana ,eari evcn going I so lar as 10 oner lo snare ousie niaseDy's lor- tune with me, if I .would connive with him. Sick of such a wretched scene, I left him advising him to hang himself, as the most economical way of rendering justice to soci ety. I fancied that he was thoroughly dis posed of, but I had not yt learned the full extent of his brazen coolness. He went to 16 UB posl na9le lnal very uay-anu III. 1, - T.L . ... .l. .. 1 i U3ea everv Puble endeavor to persuade I Susie to elope with him at once, and to make ,.. ... n in I "cl-"' virecu neuillllg puny. Her good sense saved her. She refused, ot cue,and 'be ballled 'medium 'sailed for i,B" "".eau8 lUB uy, wuere ne sun I,l"'8Ue' ''is gentle art. I had tho malicious pleasure ot saying the inevitable 'I told you 80 ,0 &usle. un'" the almoat 'breatened to m'T me instead of feclwin. As a reward or punishment ? I asked. Th I'mml I'smaiMl 1 A Washington correspondent of the New York Jlerald thus sums up the result of the Potter committee investigation : 1. The Presidential election could only be carried for Mr. Hayfs bv countiuc his elec- tors in both tho states of Louisiana and Florida. In Florida the canvassing board assumed without warrant of law to exercise discre tionary powers and to alter the results ap pearing upon the returns. This the courts have since decided to be unlawful, and their determinations have been that iu Unit state at least, Ti'den, and not Hayes, was elected upon the votes returned. 2, Testimony taken in Florida and Wah ington shows that in respect to the votes re turned there were the grossest frauds. It is established on uiiimpeached testimony that in Uaker county the canvassers first counted one or two disputed returns and later dis carded the returns they had once counted and counted the returns from that county they had previously rejected for no reason except to make the figures come out for Mr. Hayes. In Alachua county' it is shown that the election officers brought tho returus to Mr, Dennis, chairman of the republican county committee, and upon his upbraiding them with ,the showing they proceeded in his house to add 219 fictitious names and as many fictitious republican votes to the re- turns. This was the county in Mr. Noyes1 chargo, aud it is established that when he proposed to call Dennis as a witness about I these returns Dennis told him he would ru 1 in the republican case, and must not be re quired to testify, and he was, accordingly, not required to do so. lrii-,.oyes fiy main wus not oecause oi lear oi ine cause, uui oi lear tor uennU personally, that ho did not call him. So Deunis says that just ueiure me cauvassers were to take ac- non ne neard mere was a bargain with liar .1 ... . .. were up lo the room occupied by oyM aud out. iu. i,r- uuu uitiiiin ui iiiuen anu U(ft, ma isoyes aim Wallace I il i. .. i - it. .i ... . t i luougui u mucu oi tnis cney gov Biraigni oui oi ueu anu went and dismissed Harlow. This JKoyes explains by saying he did not want Deunis dissatisfied. M'LIn.ono of the slate canvassers, says they canvassed the re- turca unuer positive assurances ol reward, which Noyes deuies but it Isuuderstood Wal- lace admits. Hut In this connection it is most significant that every one connected with the Florida frauds got oiuce. royes whs made minister to t ranee, Kassou minister to Austria, M' Lin justice of New Mexico, Stearns comnfis iloner of the Hot Sprlugs, Dennis went into the supervising architect's office, where he nad nollitng to do but draw his pay. Cess na, the county judge, who took the affida vits iu Alachua, was made a postmaster. Hlack und Vance, the cauvassers there. went, one into the treasury and the other 11 7n V ""wen, wno wa, clerk- or llaker county, was made collector of customs. Howels, wio was election olh. cer in L ton county, where the democrats THE COI.UMMAN. VOL. XII, NO. 28 COLUMMADEMUCIIAT, VOL. X LI I, NO. M claimed there was a fraud of soventy-fonr votes, went into the treasury. Hell, another county judflo in a contested count, wai made a timber agent. Humphreys, one of the electors, was made collector of Pensacola. Leons, Stearns' secretary, was put Into the treasury. Maxwell, a republican detective, was made lieutenant in the" army. Phelps went to Paris with M'CormicV. Varnumi one of StearnV cabinet, became n receiver In the land oflice, where Taylor, one of the clerks of the county court, found a haven also. In short, wherever there was n fraud "'ZTl 7Z with it. ' In Louisiana tho election connect ed substantial- 'V depended upon tho parishes of Ei ast and n est I'cllciana. No protest by the precinct o"'cers accompanied their returns. There publican managers claimed that whero it would have been danireroin on tlin snnt tn "IIlke protests they should be received after tlle return wero sent up. This suggestion, of course, opened the way for every form of 'raid. In those two parishes Anderson and euer, two custom House clerks, were super in iew u.rieans, or parts ol molests. It it said now thnt. Ihe.n mn g,avil,l... ' .... liars, but they wero. at the critical moment canvass of tho votes the trusted itcents of the republican party iu that work, and uPon 'I'61" 8l0d 'bo exclusion of those par 's',es - ow please take notice how tho evi ue"ce uelore the committee corroborates An ""son s conlessiou, particularly that of Campbell, tho district attorney, brought by secretary Sherman all the way from Dakota lo contradict Anderson. Accordiuc to Campbell's statement Anderson prepared a paper for protest. Whether he did it volun tarily, as Pitkin says, or at the renuest of , . ff ', as undersoil says, is oi no consc nuence. Any way the protest was piepnred by Anderson, and the last known of it sent by Pitkin to Conkling. Hut Campbell .lanlnrml l...r...n l. i ...... 1. . 1. f . "tt.nt-u uci'ii ine wiiiiiilliit'li mill, llllt pro test was wholly worthless ami contain-d no statement of lacts ofntiy value upon which to excludo the vote of the parish. After he had given this opinion Pitkin desired C urn bell to prepare a protect tlitt would boot some use, nnu lie says ho prepared one in due lorm, leaving .paces to !, lined up itl ine essential averments nt iiicts, and laier went to Pitkin's oflice to take Anderson's verification to this protest and found him in high dispute about itt terms and unwilling ' verify it, and Campbell does not recollect whether Anderson ever verified it. l!u' whether verified or only signed, it was, when i imamii'ieie nun mu- . ... ., .... .... mg in ine essential averments upon wiucu to caciuub me voie oi ine parisn. After the second protest was signed and given to Pitkin all agree that Anderson tried to recall it. Pitkin refused to give it up nnd told Campbell it was In safehands. Campbell tells the committee that Anderson wanted to recall it because he was not satisfied with the pledges of security and reward which lie I.J I 1 1 l- . ., . , , 111 remveu' lum ,urlIler Anuerson complained that it had been forged by ad.H tions made to it without his authority, and .1.:.. .... .1. r !. .- !.. nils pnnesi sum.s u pun us , nee, 11 is sum such addition to its most essential features lho same thing is reported ns appearing mien me. cuer imnni was urougui ueiore the sub committee at .New Orleans, bo tupt, exclusive oi Anuerson s testimony, it. appears by -Mr. buermau s own witness that there was no regular protests for these parishes; that the protests were manufactured without . . ' " rltn nfinnr in rti4nHai narr inn l nra nt tho only parties entitled to make them, and An- oerson lias since cnnies-eu inai mere was no ground lor making protests, and so Don eber told Mrs. Jenks and her brother, "d nothing appears to tlio contrary. 11 H msi-led that K. L. Weber is a liar because ho now admits the swindle about his parish and yet wroto the letter he did just betoro Packard's government fell. That let- ter is really a corroboration of his present slorv. It is just the letter which a reckless nnd excited man, believing some rumor ab"ut ''is brother s death which he had just heard, nnd anxious tn sustain the Packard government, would write to fire the northern heart. How utterly and preposterously groundless and fale it was lie iu the light of better information admits, Ho was not driven out. Don Weber's family was not ili i veil out. They did not sacrifice their property, and they have remained there un disturbed until this day, although the Nich olas government was established, which they so much pretended to dread. That let ter in the light of subsequent lacts is an il lustration of the utter falseness of the whole bulldozing pretense. est rcliciaoa had twelve white people in it republicans, and among those twelve the office rotated, and nothing could he more profitable than for them to cry out year af ter year against, the danger of democratic as cendancy. It now appears that the danger to which Anderson and Weber were exposed was that of losing their ofiiios if tho demo crats came in. i. As regards the Sherman letter Mrs. Jenks is brought forward to acquit the sec retary, and how does she acquit him ? Iiy declaring that everything except tho writing I 0f tlio letter with which iia been charged is lrup. nll( tmt ie ni,ured and promised An ,ipPan n,i Wel,,.r ns rltWd thnt he ...tp,i ti.pm . t.i n,i rnmlsed tiem protection and reward ; that, not satis- fipj w',th his oral promise. Anderson wanted I "- r"- -w . .-b .u iti ie says sin conceived that they ought to nriv. na t hereuiioii to miiet t iem. a in e. hated, with the belli of a renubllonn official . I ' nn 4ow Orleans, a reply which should piss olrftl Sherman's. No nno who ver read this repi.. wollld beeve that it was her produc tioll Hut even if It were it still remains ttlat ai the a9auranco of aid and comfort which Mr Sherman Is cha clven to the the conspiracy by this woman, brought f Sherman of this letter, w which Mr, Sherman is charged with having are substantiated forward to acquit hich, after all, is only one item of evidence to sustain the fact of his action to which she lias testified. - fi. Without either Anderson's evidence or - E, L. Weber's, the conspiracy to count out the Fellcianas, under pretense of vloletice that never existed, Is made out, and the probable cause which appears for assuming that this action was the result of promises and protection from the visiting statesmen Is Ltrm.il,n,l l. il.o f,.i tl.oi l T.m. !!,, as well as In Florida, everybody that was connected with lho fraud Is In ollloe. The ,t is too long to give here. It reaches from the returning board to Mrs. Jenk's brother, No guilty man escapes. RATES OF ADVERTISING inc.. OuelneU..., 111. K. tW. W. ,U.wi 1.H in.oi Dl.dil ll.w vf0.i 6.W rwo Inches Hire, InchcS.i.i.. l'ourlnehes 9.W D.'V 4.1 U 4.tO J.OO IS.") t.no i.ixi .oo is."1' (junncr enlutnii H.00 B.fK) 10.011 16.IW iUl( column lo.en 1.K !'' W' to oo One column Vl.no H.00 BO.M w-vo i."' Yearly mlvertlsement pnyable'nuntterly. Blent nrtvei llwrncnui inuntV jmKI for before Ineertou except where parties hate nceouiitn. Lecal adverllsementa Mro dollars rer Inch for three Insertlont. nh at I hat rat for idilltlonnllnseillOD without reference to length; Executor's, AmlnKtrBtorli and Auditor's notice three dollars.. Must bo paid for when inserted. Tianalentor Local notices, twenty centB ftltn. regular adrortlaements half rates. cards In the "nuslncss Directory" column, o dollar per year (or each line, v , S. A to the forged electoral returns. The constitution requires separate TOttts to be cast for President and Vice President and distinct certificates to be mads of these votes. Hut in Louisiana the electors voted for both officers iu one ballot and embraced the return In one certificate. The democrats claim this was constitutionally defective, and that neither congress nor any other tri bunal would have counted the vote of a state thus certified had the fact appeared, and that by some arrangement it did not appear. Whether the difficulty be so serious as this or not it is at least time that the republicans regarded It as most Important, for they open ed the returns in Washington, sent them back to New Orleans and required a new set; and when the new set made in Christ mas week, but dated back to the Oth of De cember came to be signed some of the elec tors were not tn be found and their names were forged. It has been commonly report ed that it was a duplicato of the first set to which the names were forged, but this is an entire mistake. It was the second set, per fect in form to which the names of the elec tors were forged. Hcfond this anything can be believed of officials who would furnish forged papers of such solemnity aud importance. The facili ty with which the na-nes of the absent elec tors were supplied indicates how lightly they would regard tho conspiracy to throw over board tin1 l'Vliciana.s. and with what praise they must have wetomed Anderson's sug gestion to withhold republican votes to af ford a pretense for claiming intimidation and exeludliig the volet of Ihosa'parishes. A'ld lure, again, we find every one con-nei't-d with the") forged return in oflice. ICello.' is ma hi senator, Tom Anderson is made ciUi-ctar of customs, Marks tux collec tor, llrrwslrr surveyor general, Clarke is put in the treasury, Hill maih storekeeper, and now mil on: of them kuowi how these returus were forged. Iiiipii.l Wmwn. When Thomas drove up to a house on Khiib Hi -inet, ji-ierday, to deliver the usual quart of mixture, I lie. gentleman kind ly inquited : " i'hinn.i , hit v many quarts of milk do )ou deliver? ' "Ninety-one, Bir." "And how many cows have you?" ''.Nine, sir." , ; "The gentleman mads sonic, remarks about an early furing, clne nt tuo J.aslern war. anJ tlm M, , lU roaj, and then t.,i oay, Tnouia-i.liow much milk per cow do your cows avi rage X "Seven quarts, sir." "Ah uui," said the gentlemau as he moved olt. 1 ' omas looked alier uim.scratch ed his head, and all at once grew pale as he pulled out a short pencil and began to fig ure on the nagou cover. "Nine corns is nine, and set seven quarts down under the cows and multiply. That's sixty three quarts of milk. I told him I sold ninety-one quails per day. Sixty-three from ninety-one leaves twenty-eight, and noue to carry. Now, where do I get the rest of the milk? I'll be hanged if I haven't given myself away to one of my Deaf custo- raer9i by ieaving a blamed big cavity in tUeoe ugurM t0 b0 filled with water." On one occasion, when on tho confines of ti,B areat Desert, ti traveller asked an old I k i- HUM... i i . tit. n!t ueik, nuamujuu uo wiiu oic peopio ,vl,o il, t.n'i . lnt" u. tl, very practiCal reply : "We set them to ,vatch the camels." 1.1 we uirl, u, please, sir, I've urougnt your shirt 'ome, but mother says she can't wash it no more, 'cos she was obliged to,. paste it up ngeu the wall, and chuck soap suds at it, it's so tender.' Frauco now counts twenty "agronomical" ' stations where farmers can have soils, ma- nures, plants, etc., aualyzed for a very small fee. 1 here are plots of ground attached to these "fields lahorties" where purely scien- Hue agricultural problems me solved by direct experiment. The farm schools aro institutions apart, and are more and more assuming the valuable role of representing (the most improved practices especially adap- ted to the husbandry of their region, There s a total of 1-17 of those stations iu Europe. Poetical. TIIK MOUEH.N CUUUSE UF TUUE LOVE. BV WALTER CIKET. They met amid the ball-room's irlare, Asa only this lud ettber noted. That ne was dsrk and she was fair, When breathless In the waltz tbey lloated. Nut in that Instant Cupid thing A caaln that bound their hearts together, fehe thought thit Uybla tipped bis toneuu AlilioufU no only praised ine weather, To him her spirit seemed divine. Thoufli still she talked but commonplaces ; Iter accents breathed the tuneful Nine, Her lace and Ugureul! the (traces. Ills coat her critic eye approuJ; lte owned iwrfectlon In her bodice ; And it to her a got he riiou-d, To him no less she swam a goddcts. So when they danced it seemed to each Tbelr bliss had brimmed Its fullest measure ; And when they sat In tender speech, Lite held fur tliein no equal pleasure. 80 silting pleased und bent to please, Or w hirling I Urolith the galop's mazes', I'nconsclously by swltt degrees, They slipped through all love's sweetest phases. lie brought her bo jtllen on the stair, Me brought her sandwiches and salad, WIUi her a bint Of deep despair, And there a snatch ot wonil ballad With pensive pauses, shifts abrupt, Aud speaking gaps ot conversation, And so by turns they sighed and supped, And slid from fee i lo nirtallon. He squeezed her hand, sbn blushed and sighed ; Her Hps said "Fte !" but not her glances j Ue told of lovers that hod died, Uf cruel maids lu old romances) He clasped her waist, he stole a kiss ; Her eyes still foiled her Hps' "How dare he 1" They dropped cold "Mr.," formal "illss," And lis was Frank aud she was Mary, Fifteen delicto us minutes passed ; Loie'S star bad reached lis culintaatloa. Twin souls they knew tucitseheiu last, Born tor each oilier from creation. He swore, ere halt au hour went by, bhe was his bosom's only Idol ; As much she owedj with rapturous eje. The glad outb urged an early bridal. Ah sweet, coy maiden sliainnt Comoro ban this Ilia modest Muse discovers They patted at her cairtago door Karlh'a fundctl pair U plighted lottra) With kisses, tears, and vuns to lueet They parted und Lot es llluiu full i Most day she eut him on the street, Aud he, the false one, never knew It I Scribiurfor Junt,