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j b raiNTiNi.
W l ire made arrangements by which
do ' r have done all kind -f plain
i! t:.cr .1 -li Printing, such as Books.
!-.;.:,?. S Card. Bill ami Ixttei
, H mdt-ilU. CircuUrs, Ac., in the Kt
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G
E I S A R E U T II ,
JahKilonn, Pa ,
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS
am noon iu!di::i.
kA rhWfn I'RKRS OF RLAXK F.O0KS,
roUTK-MONAIS. 1'AI EH IiOXES
AND LOOKING U LASSES.
I.i kin G! an i Picture Fraui always
cb b!id, aud n-ade u order. A larjte and
r t r mplttf asortrnent of Drawing Ru bi
t-d MiPce!!anevU3 1'ictnre. oonuij-tiiif; of
C. !,, P;iintiij! in Oil, Stc-I Plat Ba
jc :! el , Pi iu and Colored Lithccraphs,
1 .1 rrintf, Phott graphs Mid Wood Cuts.
'":.: c.l:ti"ti--n ernfirxces a selection of large
'H tfiMrh pictures of Landscape and Do
c 'tic Scenes and Portraits, and 6,000 dif
fiTfi.t TarieriMof Card PhutoRiBphi of prnj
iufnt tr.en, comic arid sentimental sctnes and
f piivi i.f subj-rts by celebrated artitM. We
:( lii a variml assortment ff BIP.LKS,
PilAYKll. HYMN and SCHOOL HOOKS.
I'lVlORIKS, I5I0GRAPHIES, NOVKLS.
Hrli:ious Print aud Emblems in great
ri:v. and the larext and most complete
:). of STATIONARY erer bronxbt to this
county. 600 ne and beautiful stjles of
V'ALL PAPIER, including an assortment of
rV;t,-r's celebrated Knglii-h make, fur which
a- cole aenti in this locality. These
Wli papers are handsomer in deijtn, su pe
ri -t in finish, and 21 inches wider than any
'tr,r make.
Tl,e'citir.'-ns of F.bensbnrg and Tlciaity are
rpf tfnllv notifil that we make BtlOK.
BIN DING and the manufacture of BLANK
h''' fS a speciality. All work promptly
executed at moderate rates.
Jrt-Stors en corner of Clintcn and Tycnet
'r-et8, im'i.ediatf ly npp'itfl Fsster UoOfe.
J'Li:t.town, Oct 24. lP7.-tf.
X-OTHER NEW WRINKLE I
BOOTS AND SHOES
r OR ALL AOES AND BOTH SEXES.
la e lditioa to his large stock of the beat
Eastern made
SHOES, BUSKINS, GAITERS, Ac,
Fur T.a-lies'' and Children'a Wear,
t-e subscriber has ju.t added to his ao r
mcnt a full and complete invoice of
Booh and Shoes for Men and Youths '
:c:i
ue win not only warrant to oe aupe-
11 to any pxula of like eharacter now bing
-erel m this market, but vastly better in
'Try respect than the fclop-shop work with
w''iich the country is flooded. Remember
thit 1 ofiVr no article for sale which I do
n"t Ruariutee to be regular custom made, of
tr.e Jjw-t triatrial and superior finish, aud
.:i.e l do not preteud to compete in prices
ith the dealt-rs in auction goods. I know
Jjst I ran furnish ROOTS. SHOES, &o.f
tUt will give more service for less money
i ,n D' t-ther dealer iu this community, and
I-iee n.yself to repair, free of charge, any
articf that rr.ay give way after a reasonable
:e an,J reas nible usage. Everybixly is
rpectfudy invited to call and examine my
a,:i1 ',c:irn my prices.
f 1 be subscriber is also prepared to mann
vture fj order any and all work in his line.
Vie Vurv uet material and workmanship,
3 at prices as reasonable as like work can
ohuuied anywhere. Fiench Calf, Com
pa Calf, Morocco and all ether kind ef
father constantly on hand.
rv r S,tora 0Q Maia treet, next deor U
Crawford's Hotel.
T, , JOnN D. THOMAS.
Pisburg. Sept. 26, 18C7.
R J. LLOYD, fiucceoaor to R7&
yNlf 'n Drvyt, Jfedicin,
ta.'.i'. S';ort!on Main street. oppoite
VManwoa Hr u. Ebensbarg. P;
k :
ih at
GIFfS Fi CHRISTMAS & M mi I
A SimtB STOi K . F. fink GOLD a 1
SILVi R WATCHES. ALL WaRR NT
ED TO HUM, -AND THOROUGHLY
REGULATFJI). AT THK LOvV PKICK
OF S10EACII. AND SATIsifACTION'
GUARANTEED.
100 Solid Gold Ilt's Watches, $250 to $1060
100 Magic Cased Gold 260 to 600
iuu Lames y atclies, enamcPd, 100 to
200 Gold Hunting Chronometer
Watches, 250 to
200 Gold Hunt'g Eng. Leveis. 200 to
800 Gold H'g Dupiex Watches 150 to
500 Gold Ht'g American- 44 100 to
600 Silver Hunting Levers, 60 to
500 Silver Hunting Duplexes, 75 to
600 Gold Ltdies' Watches, 60 to
1000 Gold Huutinsi Lfpines, 60 to
1000 Miscell'ud Sil ver Watches 60 to
2500 Hunting Silver Watches, 25 to
6000 Assort'd Watchcs.all kinds 10 to
aoo
300
2S0
200
250
160
250
,250
75
100
50
75
The above stock will le disposed of oa
the popular one-prick pi.as, giving every
patron a fine Gold or -solid Silver Watch for
$10, without regard to value!
Wright Bro. & Co.. 1C1 Rroadway, New
York, wish to immediately dispose of the
above magnificent stock. Certificates, nam
ing the articles, are placed in sealed envel
opes, and well mixed. Holders are entitled
to the articles named in their certificate, up
on payment of Tea Dollars, wheiher it b a
watch worth Si, 000 or one worth lesR. The
return of any of our certificates entitles you
to the articles named thereon, upon pay
ment, irrepective of its worth, and as no
article valued Ie.-s than $10 is named on any
certificate, it will at ence be teen that this
is no lottery, but a straight forward legiti
mate traDsaction. which may be participated
in evrn by th? most fastidious.
A single certiCcata will be ent by mai',
post paid, upon recipe of 25 ifiits, five f..r
fl. eleven for 82. thirty-thr.-e ar.d elegant
premium for $5. f-xfy-nx aud mere valua
ble premium f -r $10. cne hundred and most
snperb Watch f $15. To agent or those
'shing employment, this is a rare oppor
tunity. It is a legitimately conduc ed busi
ues, duly authorized by the Government,
and open t th most carefl hcrutiuy.
Watches sent by Express, with bill for col
lection oo delivery, so that no dissatisfaction
can poyeihly occur, Trv U. Address
WRIGHT. RR0. & CO , Im potter?,
Oct 81-Stn. 1C1 Broadway, Ntw York.
WANT SUPPLIED AT LAST I
THE OKLV f LOTHI.XG STORE
FALL &L WINTER STOCK
There is no need now of goin? to any place
distant from home to purchase
Ready-Hade Clothing,
as the subecribers have not only ia store on
Main street, three door east of Craw
ford's Hotel, a full line of
Overcoats, Fkock fe Dress Coats,
BlSIXZSS AND O THER C OA T3.
Carbimere and D ehkin Pantahons, Panta
loons for every dy wear, Vests of all
styles and textures, and Gen
tlemen's FURNISHING
GOODS, to suit all
pnrchaers, as well as
Trunks, Valises, Carpet-Sacks,
Ladis and Gent's Traveling Bsgs,
&., but we are prepared to sell goods at as
Reasonable Price
as like article can be purchased from riy
dealer in this section of the State. Our
STOCK IS UP AND PRICES DOWN
to the times, as any person can natisty him
elf who visits our establishment.
fc?-Remember ihat this is the only regular,
first-clas Clothing Store in Ebensburg, and
in variety, extent and cheapness of stock it
will be found anrlvalled. Everybody is in
vited to tve us a call.
ect.l?.'67. J. A. HAGCIRE A CO.
OLLIDAYGBUHG I
JACOB M. PIRCHER,
FASHIONABLE
CLOTHIER & TAILOR,
Has just opened a full assortment of well se
lected arid most desirable
FILL iXD WINTER GOODS.
Gents and Bovs furnished with CLOTII
iKfl TI a tj vi in ITU .-. r.t .. !..
tyies and best ma.eriai, at the lowest
A V AItlCTY OF PICCC GOODS,
which will ba sold by the yard or made to
order in the most approved manner.
Having given full satisfaction to his cus
tomers for more than twentt fitk tears,
he guarantees the same to all who may favor
him with their patronage In the luture.
fcJ-Store on the west tide of Montgomery
street, below Blair, next door to Masonic
Hall, Hollidayaburg, Pa. lmy28.1y.J
ipUBLIC SALE. The subscriber
will offer at Public Sale, on the premi
ses, on Jlturtday, Dec. 1&A, inst..a VAL
UABLE FARM, eituated in Cambria town
ship, 1 miles south-east of Ebensburg, con
taining 120 Acres, one hundred of which are
cleared aud iu a good state of cultivation.
There are upon the premises an excellent
FRAME HOUSE. BANK BARN, WAGON
SHED. CORN CRIB and btone SPRING
HOUSK, besides two good Apple Orchards,
a never-failing runnirg pump ol water, and
all other conveniences.
Also, at the same time, will be offered for
ale. COWS, YOUNG CATTLE, SPRINO
CALVES. SHEEP. THRESHING AND
MOWING MACHINES. Two Horse Spring
WAGON. Two Horse SLED, and many
otiier far rain; utensils. Sale to commence
at 10 o'clock A. H , when terms will be made
known by ISAAC CRAWFORD.
Ebensburg, Deo. 6, 18(i7.
NY PERSON intending to build a
Hoass or Barn, can buy Nails anel
Hardware abeef) by paying cash at
EBENSBURG, PA.,
somethihq to wEA3.
'. BY WM. nCBBARD, or THE BVCTRCS FORCM.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, of Vanity Fair,
Has a Bupt rabun.iance of something to wear :
A- A ...... "
a gorgeous austirtment o! Ueautilul things'
Camel's hair, and poiut laces, and diamond
rinws,
And trinkets, and gauds till the catalogue
seems
Like the fabulous tale of Arabian dreams.
Did the wife of a rail-splitter eVr before shine
In silkB from far India aud gtiU froro-lbe
mine ?
Did ever a fiat-boatman's i. ow possess
In auch lavish profusion the loiics of dn-s?
More than all, did a "rosy qu,'tu"ever before
Take off her nice clothes iu a pawnbrokei's
store 7
Till the Georgian costume (shirt-collar aud
Bpurs).
With but fl.ght very slight variation was
fcer's !
And imagine, while piling the pawnbroker's
tbelf.
She her friends was exposing much move
than herili ;
For of gimcracks, and gewgaws, and laces
bereft.
What. I pray, save her chignon aud gaiters,
were left 7
'Did you ever 7" "Oh. fhocking I" "Such
awful disgracj f"
"How immodest!" "How rhamelees"
"How brawn her face!"
Were the wild exclamations of wonder and
. hate
Showered now on a woman ah! how flat
teTeJ of late I
Mrs. Shoulderstraps frowned Mrs. Oilwell
o'erflowed
Mrs. Shoddy "sich brp.telesscese nver Lad
k no wed !"
Mr. Fybe, (of Cipe Cod) Mrs. SmytLe,
(famous theue
For "attainments in letters" the y' and
the e's)
And JTrs. DeShraggc, Mrs. Tabba, Miss Jo
hones, And the twins, Misses Eppy and Dermis Da
Bones,
(All of whom were "stuck up" in the Lincoln
regime).
Raised thur dninty red hand3 with a parve
nue scref.m.
Every preacher found text and pratext for a
lie
In his Sunday remarks to Lis friend the
Most High!
Mr. StorinLeaveu'i sermon made brimstone
advance.
(Or "look up," to employ the reporter's
parlaiitx).
Mr. Maworm "exhorted the people" pgain,
Till they aid : "The gooxl man haa a cal
it is plain."
Mr. Poundtext implored the Almighty to
curse
Mrs. L. as disloyal, at leat, If not worse.
Republican editors, swift to defame,
Voided venom and spuie ou the poor wo
man's name ;
By old Wee.T, my Lord Thurlcw that cut
purse expert ;
By Truodore Tiltm that sinctifiwl squirt;
By Sleek, of the Tribune, and (none t lorpet)
By the venal Commercial and villain Gazette,
Double-leaded, - sensational missiles were
thrown
At the poor widowed wornan. difeneeless
and lore !
Now, why all thi bother? Sure never before
Did p!si;j Lira. Olaih. tX paw iil-rokr' Urs,
Ssliing sv.c.iid-baud clothing, such a rumpus
create,
As was tu far ted near, ia some circles cf
late.
We will tell you : these dresses, and laes,
and lings.
And gewgaw, aud gimcracks, and trinkets.
and things,
Were the price, the bribes, by which oCke
was gained.
When the sr.inted martyr, evreit Abraham.
reigned !
And 'twas feared that while liid oa tho
pawnbroker'.! s-helf.
Eich tn-gtit gie to the clerk some account
of itself.
And the clerk to some fiieud indibcrettly
might bluri
Tho "Tdts of a Ni-ht cown," or "Song cf a
Shirt,"
And no secret canstfslybekept In New York,
Where Bennett and Bonner (busy B's) ar
. at work.
So Weed my Lord Thnrlow made haste
to explain
These bad looking fcts in good Abraham'3
ie?ga:
"Once Washington (sacund) declared vrith
a friiwn.
' 'Oa this dicker of fc;rn I c!iill bsr to thet
dov.'n!'
"lit was sitting meanwhile with ona hand
at his nose,
"Employing the other te toy with bis toe.
" Snet down I' BaH fcls tpoase; 'will job
shet down on me 7
" 'Yon had better shet up, yon old sksotix 1
said she.
So the martyr 'shet np' and the 'dicker'
went on,
"And the gifts that brought office now are
iu pawn I"
Oh, Snobbery I Jobbery! Robberr list!
From thia tempetst of scorn and derision
desist I
She's woe-worn and sad she is desolate now.
With the aognish of widowhood atamed on
her brow
A woman and old with no arm to defend !
Let this last phase of infamous loyalty end !
Bribes she took! but vJio gave them t the
world ouht to know.
And the scoundrels outlawed wherever they
go!
Bribes she took ! but P. M.'s and small
hunters of place
Don't have camel's hair shawls, diamond
rings and point laee I
What Cab.net member (now hide in the dark;
Bought his seat by his gifts to you. fair
Mrs. Clarke?
What opulent presents were made in advance
By seekers of missions to Russia aud France 7
VU, nepuuueau qucvu 4 Bit tu ujuui.ieia
proclaim,
Aoi Jbrca them to bslp beir JW? Vnrdva of
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1867.
STRAKGS CAPTURE.
Some yearB aso I commanded one of
ln. l..:. r ..
I iici ii iimiiiu iaj;siy a cn.riittcli gun vea
j eli, stalioned on the slave tradi. : In the
couietj ot two year? tbos enijajied we bad
!is uual done ver Iiul coo'd vA lost a
great number ol men by t oast fever and
sickness gtnr:dly A fer towIj bad
been cnpliircd, but many more lit1 Flip
ped thrcugli our P-Mgerp, by reason of th
treachery of the mformer oir shore,- most
ot hoeTt-tnH4lysjrmed i7l-bj irthe
py arid Interests of ihe flve deulera
IheMavfrcnptaina, too, l;Hd 'bveomc erv
Kiiovimg ; tucy W(rt' mostly old lu.nd? at
the bu5':nes. nnd contrived 0 give the
slip in many diff-rent xva!.
For inManee in ebaMng thm on a dark
night, they wonl.I show a bii-ht light ovr
the stern, and afier we had followed this
a a a
.i . '
i-r some nours, they wonM drop Iar,re . "ir.oke. When tliey were sufficiently
Mai. u.:.t. It I I f.. ...'"111. , . J
x "'" n iizioe.i oom rn niii-.i to if, Rt
the same time putting out their own light,
It wj g eay for them to alter tht ir course
and double back and sail away in the dark-
nep, leavirg no intent on watching the
fills light. This stratapem generally suc
ceeded when the riip;ht were very dark.
Or. when hotly pursue.! in the daytime,
tliey frequently practiced n most inhuman
trick to increase their distance. When
we were close up n them th
iey i:
;.'el to
ink for
throw a slave overboard with
P
him to cling to, or very often without that
I hey well knew that a Uritish man-of-war,
would not pass a poor wretch strug
gling in the water and leave him to drown.
Thus while sail was being shortened, the
h:p hove to, boats lowered, the man
picked up, and, the vespel got on her course
ajrnin, they contrived to get a fine start
ahead, for these maneeuvers, even in the
smartest Fhip, will take considerable time ;
in thif way as much ground was lost as
would take many hours to recover, for a
stern chase is a long one.
The luck had been against us for a long
time, and after many false informations
and fruitless chases, we succeeded in cap
turing a slaver in a most singular manner
without any chase at all.
It happened in this way. One fine
morning, when cruising off tho coasts of
Loango Cono, the cfiicer of the watch re
ported a fail in sijiht. I vvent'on deck,
took my plass. and there, surely enough,
was a very sp;eious looking craft right
ahead. It was a dead calm, and we soon
steamed up to her.
She was a clipper barque of about four
hunniid tons. From her taut spars great
clouds of snowy canvass ' flapped heavily
against tho rigping as her long low hull
rolled slowly from eide to side on the glas
py surface of the heaving ground swell.
Judging by her rakish appearance and
her being a great deal out of the usual
track of homeward or outward bound yes
sel8 in fact being in a very suspicious lo
cality one very i;ttnr:d!y came to the
conclusion that she must be n slaver. I
hoped very soon to have the pleasure of
lifting her hutches to ascertain whether
this assumption was correct or no. As a
preliminary Mep, the demand to shew her
colors whs made. To my great annoyance
she hoisted the stars and stripes of Amer
ica. This precluded the right of search.
However, I resolved to board her and try
to detect some signs of her having a black
cargo. With lhai object in view I had
the gig manned, and in a few minutes was
alongside the doubtful craft.
Tho captain, a tall, gaunt Yankee, re
ceived me at the gangway, and without
wailing to b asked, produced his papers
which seemed to be all regular enough.
The b.irque was tho Independence, of
llotton, Maoixchusetts, Robert Stormont,
master, from New York to the Cape of
Good Hope, and back on a trading voy
age. She was now homeward bound and
rrea twenty-seven days out from the Cape,
eo the captaiu informed me.
llaviny taxed him with being out of the
usual route he explained that this w&s a
new notion of his tie sept well over t
the eastward so to male a fir wind of
the northeast trudes, whvn he mould Meet
them.
Whilst pointing out to him tke fallacy
ot this idra, 1 took a few turns up r.nd
down tint deck with him and succeeded
in drawing hira into a long argument.
Whila thus engaged, I noticed that all the
hatches wereiudeed fastened tightly down;
but that there whs no things stowed on
tue top of them, as is usually the case
in merchant vessels, whose hatches are
never required to be open during the voy
age. This ttrengthened my suspicions,
and with the captain's extreme eagerness
in satisfying all my inquiries, L had very
little doubt as to the nature of his cargo.
It was certain that if he had slaves on
board, those hatchways could aot remain
closed for an .hour without suffocating
them. If they were oened during thar
time, the presence of the slaves would be
easily perceptible, and in that cas the
vessel would bo a lawful, prize.
Considering these things, I sat on the
taffrail, and taking out a bundle of choice
Havanas, proposed to eruoke. This the
Yankee agreed to, and we smoked away
and got tolerably social, although at the
same time it was amusing to ree how
fidgety be was getting.
In the course ef conversation it turned
out that be bad been in China, and as
that was the last station on which I had
served, we were enabled to compare notes
on that subject. He interested me very
muob by giving an account of the clever
that broke out in hi? ship, on her la."t voy
age. It uppenred that he was chartered
to take three hundred Chinese coole,'the
very drops of the population, from I long
Kong to Californi-i.
t
It occurred to these c-letiai vnrabond.
'"tne time after the e?sel had put to tea,
to murder the otfi. era and crew and run
away with the ship. In order to effect
thf-ir purpose they adopted a highly in
pet dim s expedient. Severn 1 large bon
fire wer ni id? on the low-r deck, ard a
tiy iif "Fir,, n-.r tvhs r:d ; the Chi
Humeri tl.ii.ltr.tr that the orfu-ers and crew
would all r ish dow n b;dow to put the fire
, out, nd then they would be ea-t!y ab!e to
j Ml upon them with knives, sod m.irdi-r
j them all simultaneously. Hut our friend,
I the captain, fur too wi" awake for t!it',
' cimply bad all the huioh-s tiattened down,
; and smothered the Chinamen in their
.
; cnokeu ami ttiun reduced to subjection, he
j demanded that they fchoul 1 drliver up 'the
', ring-Iradera of the mutiny. This thev
i did, and without any trial he knn thc.-a
six in number, at the foreyard arm the
: same day.
i We continued thus spinning yarns and
j smoking some time lunger, when o breeae
jspiungup; and the Yankee thinking to
! shake me off said :
i a al, stranger, guess we've got the
! w,nd at last I'm tsirry you must say
. fci'ii-u(it, uui i iiiuii i muni nu away
and go on my course, for I can't afford to
stay here ail day talking "
"Don't mention it, my dear friend," r
replied. "You see, there is no necessity
for that. I may just as well go your
way as any other ; for I'm only croisinir.
Here, take another ciar, and settle down
again."
I then shouted to the first lieutenant to
keep within hail, on the same course as
the barque. Upon this the Yankee's lonsr
sallow face darkened and grew longer; he
was evidently much put out.
He certainly did not appear to appre
ciate this act of courtesy on ray part. I
kept on talking, and tried to involve him
in another argument, anything for an ex
cuse to pass away the time. Hut he was
trying equally hard to put an end to the
conversation by sullenly replying yes"
and "no" to everything, and never volun
teering a remark or comment of his own.
Hut, in nowiso put out by his broad hints,
I commenced a series of long winded sto
ries, keeping him at the same time well
supplied with cigars.
It was delightful to see how excessively
nervous and fidgety he was. He well
knew that if this lasted much longer his
cargo would not be worth much; so he
kept on giving me the strongest hints to
go, all of which I pretended not to under
stand. At length he appeared to be losing
his temper and the more cross be got the
more obtusely good natured and urbane I
became.
I now very quickly brought matters to
an issue by hailing the gig that was tow
ing astern.
"Gig there T"
"Go on board and get your dinners,
and tell the fust lieutenant to send the
boat back with some more cigars in an
hour's time and say that I have found tiit
captain such a remarkably agreeable man
that I intend to spend tho afternoon with
him. D'ye understand !"'
"Ay, ay, sir,"
When our friend the Yankee heard this
he let fly a volley of oaths, and then said
resignedly :
"Guess it's no use, captain. I'm fairly
smoked out thia time ; the ships' yours, I
reckon," and then turning toth mate,
"Here Nathan, haul duwn that flag and
pit them hatches tip, and let them unfor
tunate casstn git somi air, for I reckon
thet 're smoibfied pretty consid-rbIe.
This is a dodje t I never heard tell on
afore."
!She hMi m t.rly six hundred slaves on
board 1 am glad to say none died of
suf?lx'atior. t brooch my ruse. She was
the brt prize that we took during that
corn minion.
Con.is'T Hka Prosperity. There
is a cln?s of men of whom it is truthfully
stid, they caauot bear prosperity. When
fortune goes against them they conduct
themselves with correctness; but let the
tickle dame smile on them, and they rush
at once into all sorts of folly. Prosperity
has ruined people who, so long as they
had to struggle with the world, were ex
cellent and exemplary members of society.
There was a singular illustration of this
in the police court the other day. A
good-for nothing looking wietch was
brought up, charged vith drunkenness.
It was a clear case. The testimony
showed be had been on a spree for a week.
He was aked what ke had to say for
himself. "Well, yer bonor," said he, "me
aud ray old woman never did live easy
together."
"That's ao xce ftr getting dnk,"
said the court.
"You're rifht, yer honor, and ao it
aint. We used to fight like cars aad
dogs together."
"Drinkiug only caade it worse," put
in the court.
That'e true ; ek-e discouraged the life
out of me and kept ue poor, until last
week, when "
"Well, what did she do last week !'
"She died, yer honor."
"And you have been drunk ever since!"
"Yes, yer honor ; I never could bear
Curia iHThenomennn on l.Skke j
I notice in ihe Ititpatch, of tho 11 oh
. J
int., the following paragraph :
'The atfi.terr.eut that a steamer was seen
biitiiiii oil Kiie on Tueniay i.ijtht, is Corml -1
-orated t-yscVeial persons living on the bgh
laud, wh.) sv they saw it."
Oo the Tuesday evening mentioned,
Oi t. 29ih, at about 7 o'clock my ate tion
was cal e I by one of the fimily to a b ight
light ou li.; lake, having very much the
Bppetrane 'of verl on fire. .ringing
several objects inlu range, I watched the
lisiht for hoDie time to ne rtain wheiher
there was any perceptible motion
The wind wh blowing hard at the time
down the Uhe, and a vessel would natur
ally drift rapidly to leeward, at all events
as so-n as the propelling power should be
interfered with by the fi:e. No motion,
however, in any direction was to be dis
covered, and I at or.ee concluded that it
was nothing more than the "mjstetiou
Pght" which for many year.- pst, t long
er or shorter intervals, has been seen by
the inhabitants at this point on the lake
shore. The liht has made its appear
ance generally, if not always in the fall
of the year, and usually in the month of
Noveoiber, and almost always during, or
immediately after a heavy blow from the
souihwest. The most bi illiant exhibition
of the light I have ever seen was during
the night of the 24th or 2oth. as nearly
as I recollect, of November, 1859. It had
lei a my fortune to witness the burning of
fe fcteame." Erie, near Silver Creek, sev
eral years before, and the resemblance
which this light bore to that of the burn
ing steamer was so strong, that I confi
dently expected the arrival of the boats
from the wreck duiing the night. Others
with myself warched tho light for perhaps
two hours, and with the aid of a good
niht-glass obtained what seemed to be a
very distinct view of the burning vessel.
The object appeared to bo some two hun
dred or more feet in length upon the wa
ter, and about as high above the water as
nn upper cabin steamer, such as was in
use upon the lake twenty years ago. At
times the flames would start up in spires
or sheets of light, then sway from side to
side, aad then die away, rrecifcly as
would be the cause with Urge fire ex
posed to a strong wind ; and two or three
times there whs tho appearanca of a cloud
of sparks, as if some portion of the upper
works had fallen into the burning mass
below. The sky and water was beauti
fully irradiated by the light during its
greatest brilliancy. The light gradually
subsided, with occasional flashes, until it
disappeared altogether. The liht of
Tuesday evening, although very brilliant
for a time, was r.ot ne;.r y so bnliiant nor
of so long duration as tha'
of 1859.
I am told that the lijht
mariners on the lake as
" r- .-j
is long as fifty jeare
.are that it has ever
A... ...
was seen
by
ago ; but I am not aware
been maui the sul j-ct of philosophic
speculation or investigation, or, in fact
uas ever obtained ttie notoriety ot news
paper paragraph before. The only tLcvry
approaching plausibility I have heard is
that the shifting of the sands caused by
the continued and heavy winds of autumn
has opened some crt-vices or seams in the
rock of the lake bottom, through which a
gas escapes, and that this gas, owing to
sime peculiar condition of the atmosphere
with which it comes in contact, becomi-e
luminous, or perhaps ignited, a-id huininsr
wi'h n positive flame. That there are
what are called "gas springs" in the water
along this portion of the lake shore is a
well known fact, and that a highly inflam
mable gas in large quantities exists at a
comparatively shallow depth on the shore
i nas oeen sumoiently proved by the bor
J ing of wells at different poin's, as at Erie,
Walnut Creek and Lock Haven, aad by
1 .
the natural springs at W estheld and Fre
donia. Hut whatever the cnu??, the light is a
curious fact, and vr;ll worthy the atten
tion of those interested in the investigation
of the phenomenon of nature. Corres
ftondenee cf the Erie Ihrpatch.
IJKACTi:r. Ai.'.iGOXT. Mr. Critten
den was engaged in defending a man who
had been indicted for a capital offense.
After an elaborate and powerful defense,
he closed his effort by the following strik
ing and beautiful allrgory :
When God in his eternal coUnfel con
ceived the thought of man's creation, he
culled to him the three Ministers who wait
constantly upon his Throne Justice,
Truth and Mercy and thus adlressed
them :
"Shall we make man!" Then said
Justice, "O, God, make him not, for he
will trample upon the laws." Trath
made answer, also, "O, God, make hin
not, for he will pollute Thy sanctcaries."
Hut Mercy, -dropping npon ker knees end
looking up through her tears, exclaiued :
"O, God, inte hira I will watch over
kirn with my care throagk all the dark
paths which he may have to tread."
Then God made man, and said to him :
"O, man, thou ark the chili of Uerey
go deal with thy brother."
The Jury, when he bad finished, were
in tears, and against evidence, and what
must have been their own coovictioas,
brought in a verdict cf "not guiity."
A PIBM faith is the lest theology ; a
good life the best philosophy ; u clear con-
.1 L. . t 1. . . I 1
L science mo ucai nn , nuircj i nc uvi pui-
NUMBER 46.
A V:t LvtKT .Minkr. The St . IW
oi extraordinary luck on the part of a rui
ner, nanie-i i eieliell, wlio lml !en pa
tiently hunting for cold in Montana for
about two years. The J'vtst says : In
elfurts ti. rind the preeious nietnl he i o'y
met wiih di-appointtiun. fcnd up to !:.t
J-epteruhor he bad not made a .L.llar lis
had even fniled to get the "oi.r" wL.-h
is found in the bottoms of the wash j tns,
anJ which has lured so many on iicni
mouth to month. Last June l.e com
menced to work in a gulch lend, where he
Imped to lie rewarded w ith better s jccc.-s.
Here be dug day after day. alone i.i tb
mountains, without the ordinary conifor's
of life, and with no near neighbor to dis
pute his squatter sovereignty. Fjrr.erly
(our months he pursued this laborious a-I
unremunerative task. He was alxi jt
abandon it in disgu-t and return home,
having barely enough money to carry bins
to the States He decided to spend t.ne,
more day in the gulch, and if he mat with
no further eneouragement to leave tl
next day. In the afternoon be struck
wlnt miners term a "pocket," which i n
small eaviry in the rock where the ni-it-'
goM find a solid ba-e to check its down
ward flow. Here, to Lis utter aMoo'.s.!
ment, he found a lr.rge quantity of tru
pure metal deposited in "chunks." There
was tcarcely tive dollars worth of dust iu
he whole "pocket," but the qnaty uf
the pure metal was very large. He im
mediately removed all the gold to sifr
quarters, and continued the examination.
Seeing no further evidence of gold, he
pulled up stakes and started for home,
coming by way of the Missouri river. lie
expressed the main bulk of his gold to the
mint at Philadelphia, to have it assayed
and coined. They have notified him that
it will yield him sixty thousand dollars in
gold. He has some handsome specimens
with him. One of them weighs thirteen ;
ounces, and is almost pure gold. This
chunk alone is worth two hundred and
forty dollars. It is a rough, irregular
formed fragment, and looks as though it ,
had been in a molten state and had run
into a fissure of rock and then cooled.
Romakce ik Kr.Ai. LirE. The four un
fortunate Misses Morgan, who were burn-
ed to death by the dread fnl accident on
the railroad, near Cincinnati, on Thursday
morning last, were ladies of education, ro-
finemenf, goodness and respectability, and,
as we have already stated, daughters of i
the late Mr. Benjamin Morgan, lormerly ;
of the firm of Price & Morgan, merchants
of Philadelphia, and afterwards President;
of the Hank of Louisiana, at New OrJtan.
and interested in large sugar estates. At j
the time Messrs, Price & Morgsin dissol"- j
ed partnership they each poesee-sed a band- !
some fortune, nnd tlipv trmtu tllv u.t,.-...! I
, j
that, in case of pecuniary misfortune or j
loss befalling either of them the other, if a
1 1 V
etui in goou circumstances, was to 'm'ec
his property with the unfortunate oi o. ;
Many yean afterwards Mr. Ciiaid r ;
Price failed in Philadelphia, and M- '
Reir.vniu Morgan transferred to him .n;
fine vow of buildings on TchrKipirmA,? '
street. New Orleans Some ye.rs af-vi,
and alKut the time of Mr. Morgan's ''t-ii':,
the latter became much Mnharru.se.l i
endorsements for his arqiai:iii:vc'. .f n
Price, having in the meantime v u,ri :! '
ted another fortune, after the death oi hi"--old
partner, ivronveyed the same va,
properly on Tchoupitoulas street, t Mor
gan's children. Thi i one t f ti e r;r
instances, in this hfn, of fii.hfol,
ble and undying frien Miip, ;,! q ;;' . .
extraordinary as Ihat all four o
daughters should b killed at on
swoop, a thousand miles f.uia h..ive
Txw$vlle Courier.
Iyvri!u For-svakd An ed'f r -.
exchange is ini!ing in some food ai.-ii
cipation of the freezing weather of tl.
holidays We participate "most -a.v-in
his felling. Here is wlmt be fai-
"With what joy do ws look f .-"r i ;
Merry Christmas and Happy N w Y-r.
and those jolly sleigh rides wlilcii rend ."!.
soul wih happiness supreme, ho ? k- .ki .
for what can come up to a .-.cart o l'u
oa a frosty right, as a fVigl, j :t l,
full of girls! Tke l.i!t litn we v. !;: ..
such a mission, it was i.e i.? he r--!-bs
nights in the memory cf the.n-,.si '.--.i
ious ; so freexingly cold that ti e ir! v- r
compelled to ask us to hug up to eio ;
prevent them from congealing. Did s j '
Why tf rtfLfe? we did. Wc f.rt-i to Vir
like a iuhry dog to three, cents w., th ,-,
liver. After that all was harmony an
jrood feeling, and wha we returned to th
gal's house, there whs a nice, hot uaino
pie, and a jog of cider. 'You bet
pitehed in.
Pi-niT F aTIKSS. It has been well sai '
by Professor Miller, of Edinburg. tin
"alcohol cures nothing ; it covers up
great deal." Dr. Guthrie, in the san:
strain, says : "If you want (e keep deij
maa put him in whisky ; if you want '
kill living man put tha whiskey in I.
him." Wiae is a capital medicine wb
taken in the "original paekaga." If yr
must ttie wine fcr a naedicina take it
tha origin-1 shape. Wine in gran
''wine ) fulls" will asvar hart any bo'1
George HI. writing to his fkvorite M'uim
ter, Lord North, says : I ana Berry f
find your cold is increased, and I strt ai -
reeommend ewUmenee and i
reeommenu avumence ana waur as tl
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