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IIB 18 A FREtMAS WHOSI THE TRUTH JIAKB FREE, AMD ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE,
n. JOI2STO, Editor
II. A. 31'PIKC, Pabllsber
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1868.
VOLUME 2.
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THE SUiATAXCE FADES.
Pictures for the Million
Having located in Ebensburg, I would re
spectfully it f'rni the public that I am pre
pared to execute PHOTOGRAPHS in every
jyle of the ait, from the smallest card Pic
ture to the largest sized Cr framing. Pic
tures taker, in any kind of weather.
1'llOTOORAPUS PAISTED IX OIL,
IS VIA LK OH WATER COLORS.
Every attention given to the taking of
Children's pictures, but in cleir weather only.
Special attention is inviteil to mv stoek
of Urge PIUl Ulli: FitAMKS and PHOTO
GRAPH ALBUMS, which I will sell cheap
er than they can lie bought elsewhere iu
town. Copying and Enlarging done on rea
sonable terms. 1 ask compuiscn and defy
ompvtiJi.'n.
Thankful for past favors, I solicit a con
vince of the same. Gallery on Julian street,
(ttu doors south of Town Hfll.
T. T. SPENCE. Photographer.
Ebensbnrg, Nov, 14, 1867.
AlMFOR SALE". The sub-
wriber offers at Private Sale Ids valua
ble FARM, situated in Cambria township,
two miles east of Ebcnshurg, on the roap
leading to Lorctto. The Farm consists of 80
Acres, more or less, about 54 Acres ot which
are cleared, under good fence, and in a good
state of cultivation. The balance of the land
is well set witti sugar, chestnut, locust and
other marketable timber. There is a com-,
fortable Fbajik IIousk and a Fkame Barn
on the premises, and an Orchard of choice
Fruit Trees that have never jet failed to
lear. There is also a never-failing spring
of pure water and other necessary convent
onces on the premises. The Farm will be
sold on fair terms and easy payments, and
an iudi.-putable title will be given. What
is known as Bradley's Station, on the E. &
C. Hail Road, is located on this land.
Further information can be obtained by
applying to CHARLES BRADLEY.
EVEItE THE MEMORY OF
FHIEXDS DEPARTED !
MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, &c.
The pulscriler still continues to manufacture
of the best material and in the most
workmanlike manner, at the
Lore tto Marble Works,
all kind of MONUMENTS AND TOMB
STONES, as well as TABLE tind BUREAU
TOPS, and all other work in his line. None
but the best American and Italian Marble
used, and perfect satisfaction guaranteed to
all cases at prices as low as like work can
be obtained in the cities or elsewhere. Call
and see specimens and judge for yourselves
as to the merits cheapness of my work.
JAMES WILKINSON.
Lorettn, March 12, 1868.1y.
JOSEPH ZOLNER
HAS just opened, and offers for salelowe
than thevcan be bought
elswhere, a splendid lot of Qtr 7
eiehtdavand twenty-four hour fed
CLOCKS, fine WATCHES of4&.-iV'-i2:.
every description, ACCORDEONS, JEW EL
11Y, and a variety of all articles in his line.
Repairing of Clocks, Watches, and all kinds
of Jewelry, done on short notice and moat
reasonable terms. All work warranted.-
Call at his shop. High street, opposite Public
School House, Ebensburg. fsep.5,'67.J
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BOYD &, STROUD,
Importers and Dealers in
QUEENSWARE, CHINA and GLASS,
No. 32 Nobth Fouktii t
Four doers 1j1qw ilerchants' note, PIIILA
From N. T. Metropolitan (Campaign) Record.
DARBY DOUD.
CCU CORRESPONDENT JOINS THE CHASE.
Washington. June 17, 1861.
Tti will be sorry to hear- that my last ef
fort to save the country was not a success.
A wealthy and patriotic gentleman sent
me a note, of which the following is a copy :
Dear Sir: Knowing your influence among
vour tellow citizens, and believing jyu to be
sincere patriot and admirer of stales ma nship
and profound ability, I earnestly request that
you will exert yourself in behalf of the distin
guished gent eman now occupying the high office
Zi the Uniied States, 'as au eminently proper
candidate- for the Piesidency. Please call a
Chase nieeting, and endeavor to make it as
enthusiastic as possible.
Very truly vours,
l'tTti Morgan Tnosirsrx.
In accordance with Mr. Thompson's re
quest I did call a Chase naotiug.
It was enthusiastic.
In fact, I may say it was the most enthu
siastic meeting 1 ever saw.
I hi'eJ a good-sized ball, and it was pretty
well filled with my Democratic fellow-citizens.
There was some difficulty about getting a
chairman, several persons whom 1 rtque t d
to act iu that capacity regretting previous
engagements, so I finally concluded to take
the chair myself and call the meeting to order.
As the first business was to state the ob
ject of the meetiug I got up and said ;
"I aui rejoiced, gentlemen, to see so many
enlightened and noble-hetrted Democrats
present on this tccasion. We have assem
bled to proclaim our devotion to that upright,
dignified and honorable man whose name is
a synonym for purity and integrity need I
tell you whose name I mean?"
The meeting intimated by a hearty "No !
no ! " that it was not necessary, so 1 went on:
You show by your enthusiasm that th$
name of Salmon I'. Chase is as dear to your
hearts as that of Andrew Jackson, aud "
"Not by a d d sight!" extUimed a pro
fane man in the back part of the hall, aad
the meeting burst out Wit'.ijoud applause.
"My lellow Democrats, iu the person of
the distinguished gentleman whose name has
evoked so much "
"He be hanged!" interrupted another
man ; but I went on :
"Whoae name has evoked so much enthu
siasm in this patriotic assemblage, we have
all the qualities requisite in a candidate for
the suffrages of the steadfast Democracy. It
uny le true that he has tot leen with us
heictoforc ; it may be true that he will not
coine over to us now ; but why should these
coi sideraii. n deter us fiom embracing him?
If Mr. Chase Mill not come to us why should
wc not go to him. If "
I was again interrupted by a man who
wanted to know how much I "expected to
maka out of this meeting but without
deigning to :eply to so disrespectful a ques
tion I proceeded with my aJdieas :
"If Mr. Chase does not agree with the
Democratic pai ty on the question of suffrage,
what is to prevent the Democratic party from
agrceiag with Mr. Cha&c in his ideas on that
question 1 What is to prevent us from
throwing away our principles and accepting
ins ? Can we not got over to
Another interruption by a man who was
inquisitive as to my pro.-pects for a post
oflice, but I tcurned to notice htm :
"Can we not go over to him aud embrace
his theories ? He has made more out of
them than the Democratic party, clinging
to the planks of the Constitution, have made
out of their principles. In olden times Ma
homet commanded a mountain to go to him.
It would not obey, so Mahomet went to the
mountain. That did very well in the olden
times, but we have changed things since.
Instead of giviug Mahomet the trouble to go
to the mountain now, the mountain will go
to Mahomet."
"Not if the mountain knows itself," said
a mau quite ne;.r me, and he looked as if he
meant it, too.
"The gentleman says, 'not if the mountain
know itself.' Uoes the mountain know it
self?" The same man remarked, "I think she
do."
"The gentleman says he thinks the moun
tain does know itself. I am very glad to
hear it. In fact, I never doubted it. I have
the highest regard for the mountain. I am
part of it myself, aud I know it to be a good
mountain. But to coma back to the ques
tion. In Salmon P. ChVc we have "
"A man who proposes to cram the Dem
ocratic party into his breeches pocket" this
was another interruption.
"Well, gentlemeu, we won't discuss that
question at present. I will read you some
resolutions and ask your action upon them :
Whereas, The main object of a political par
ty is to secure power ;
Whereas, All means leading to this end are
meritorious and patriotic ; aud
W hereas, The Democratic party should not
be altove making some sacrifice to get into
power again ; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we did not mean anything
when we opposed the principles represented by
Salmon P. Chase and the party of which he has
so lonj been an illustrious member.
Resolved, That we repudiateall former Dem
ocratic platforms and announce our willingness
to take anything Mr. Chase may give us.
Resolved, That we pledge our hearty Bupport
to Mr. Chase, and we call upon cur brother
Democrats throughout tlu country to coaie for
ward and sustain him aa one man.
"All in favor of these resolutions will "
A movement in the crowd caused ma to
suspend the question, and before I knew
much about anj-thing a score of Democrats
had taken possession of the platform and ex
pressed their intention to organize a Demo
cratic meeting.
I tried to leave the platform, but they Said
T should remain and they would show mo
something.
Which they did.
They made me take the chair again, and
then they began to make speeches.
One of them said the Democratic party
was not going to sell out to any man.
Another said he believed in principles, and
he would rather stick to them than to Old
Greenbacks.
The third speaker observed that it was
better for the Democratic party to be right
than to make a President, and sneeringly
asked why the chairman did not propos
Wendell Thillips and Anna Dickenson as a
good Democratic ticket.
The next speaker said he believed in
standing on the platform of justice, and he
meant to stand there or nowhere.
All the speakers were in their working
clothes, and looked like mechanics. The
meeting cheered them so much that it was
hard to hear anything they said.
In fact, as I have already 6bserred.it was
the most enthusiastic meeting I ever saw.
Then one of them proposed some resolu
tions about the Constitution, the rights of
the States, and the government being in
tended for white men, and those were .unan
imously adopted.
1 had to vote for them myself.
At first I objected, but I subsequently
found that it would be better to vote with
the crowd.
It was rather mortifying, but Democrats
are not safe customers to fool with.
The meeting adjourned with three groans
for turncoats, and three cheers for the Con
stitution and the White Man.
1 have concluded not to call any more
Chase meetings at present.
My influence with my Democratic fellow
citizeus did not turn out ts well as I ex
pected. If things go on as they are now I may re
tire fiom public life pretty soon.
And you will then have to get some other
person to save the country.
Dabby Djdd.
P. S. Allow me to remark that the Cam
bria Freeman is the best newspaper in the
United States.
It copwa my letters and credits them to the
Metropolitan Record
Which is a creditable proceeding.
I want no better proof of the. superiority
of the Freeman to any other journal in the
world than the simple fact that it copies
my letters.
And I think this testimony to its ability
and good taste should be satisfactory to any
reasonable person.
The CunsUtutional Union is another excel
lent paper.
Next to the Freeman I think it is the best
in the United States.
It would probably be as good a paper as
the Freeman if it gave credit to the RkcoRD
as well as to me for the portions of my letter
which it is knowing enough to copy.
It is always lively, but c tnsiderably more
so when it draws on my depaitment for some
thing to fill up with.
Colonel Florence is unquestionably one of
the most accomplished journalists in the
world, and I don't mind yemr telling him so.
The other papers that take my best jokes
anJ give no credit at all have not entitled
themselves to any particular notice from me.
and I do not mean to give them any until
they learn better manners.
Which I hope will be pretty soon.
D. D.
A Tough Story about Tiventy
turee Egfs.
A writer for Our Young Folks vouches
for the truth of the following story :
At eight years old I was as wide awake,
and saw as many things between daybreak
and nine o'clock at night, as any boy in the
country, and was, withal, very fond of tell
ing quite as much as I saw, and now and
then a good deal more.
My mother sometimes suspected me of
great powers of exaggeration, but as, on
looking at my statements, she could never
detect me in a direct lie, I was little likely
to receive the correction which I was often
conscious of deserving. This came to rce
in an unexpected manner, and the way I
was helped out of the worst and last false
hood I ever told has always been a mystery
to me.
I was loitering in the kitchen one morn
ing, where my mother was working, mak
ing tarts, when tarts suggesting cake, and
cakes eggs she turned to me and said : "I
don't eee as your new-fangled chickens
turned out any better than the old ones.
We don t seem to have any more eggs."
Here my mother touched a tender Bpot.
I had bought the chickens with my own
money, and on the positive assurance of
their beinjr magnificent layers.
"Yes, they do," I said,not stopping to
think what my hasty vindication might
cost me, "yes, they do ; they lay splendid
iv. I lound a nest wiin ever so many eggs
in it this morning."
"Then, why didn't you bring them in V
"I nad no basket, and thzn I forgot it :
but there's a hole there, under the cow's
rack, and I counted twenty-three eggs."
That was a stunner, but my mother did
not drop htr roiling pin, nor give any sign
that she discredited my assertion. Stte only
said quietly : "Take a basket, Bridget, and
go with Harry to the barn."
I took the bisket and marched out, half
a rod ahead of BriJget, straight to the cow's
rack. I did not expect to find anything.
but I must go ahead till I had to stop ; that
was always my way. So I went to the
rack ; when, sure enough, there was the
hole, and thrusting in my arm, I felt au
egg ! I put it in the basket and tried again
another, till twenty-three eggs had been
taken out of the wendtrful ho'.e. Just
twenty-three, and no more !
Never was prcfounder astonishment in
ono little breast, and the worst of it was, it
had to be kept there. It was a big charge
of powder in a small rock. I was terribly
afraid it would explode, but it didn't. I
took the eggs to my mother, and went out
whistling my mother saying to herself
dear soul : "How foolh.ll I was to doubt
him."
Poor me ! how I ached to confess the fic
tion for the sake of telling the stranger truth.
I had not the courage to do this ; but the
qfiect upon me, of the amazing verification
of my falsehood, was never lost. I had been
so strongly confronted, face toface, withjmy
lie, as if the evil one bad whispered : "Have
it as you say !" that I determined it should
b3 my last. And it was. I became strictly
truthful; so noted, indeed, for exactness,
that the time hap at length come when I
can safely tell the story of my twenty-three
egg.
Englishmen should not boast of their na
tional greatness before Canadian Indians.
In reply to one who repeated the boast that
the sun never sets upou the Queen's domin
ions, Mr. Redskin said that was because
Heaven was afraid to trust an Englishman
lathe dark."
JOSIX BILLLGS.
DIS OPINION OF LAGER BEER.
I have finally cum tew the conclusion
that lager beer as a beverage is not intox
icating. I hav bin told so by a german who eed
he had drunk ic awl nite long, just to try
the experiment, and was obliged tu go
home entirely sober in the morning. I
bar seen this same man diink sixteen
glasses, and if he was drunk he was
drunk in gi rjaan, and nobody could un
derstand it. It is proper enufF to state
that this man kept a lager beer saleon,
and could hav no object in stating what
was not strictly thus.
I believed him tew the full extent ov
my ability. I never drunk but three
glasses ov lager beer in mi Hie, and that
mace mi bed ontwist as tbo it was hung
on the end of a string, but I was told
that it was owin to mi bile bein out ov
place ; and i guess that it was so, for i
never biled over wuss than i did when i
got hum that nite. My wife thot that i
was goin tew die, and i was afraid that i
shouldn't, for it did seem as tho every
thing i bad ever eaten in mi life wuz
cummin to the surface, and i do really
believe that if mi wife hadn't pulled off
mi boots jest as she din, they woyd hav
cum thunderin up too.
OI how sick i was! 14 years ago,
and i can taste it now.
I never had so much experience in so
short a time.
If enny man shud tell me that lager
beer was not intoxicating, i shud beleve
him ; but if he shud tell me that i wasn't
drunk that nite, but that mi sturamick
was out ov order, shud ask him tew state
in a few words, jest how a man felt and
acted when he was well set up.
If i wasn't drunk that nite i had sum
ov the most natural simptums that a man
ever had, and kep sober.
In the first place it was about 80 rods
from where i drank the lager beer to mi
house, and i was over 2 hours on the
road, and had a hole bustid thru each
one ov mi pantloon neez, and didn't hav
any hat, and tried to open the door by
the bell-pull, and hickupped awfully,
and saw every thing in the room trying
tu get on the back side of me : and in
set tin down in a chair i didn't wait long
enuff for it to get exactly under me when
it was goin around and l set down a little
too soon and missed the chair about 12
inches, and couldn't git up aoon enuff to
take the next one that cum along ; and
that ain't awl : mi wife sed i was az
drunk az a beesr, and az i sed before, i
began to spin up things freely.
If lager beer is not intoxicating, it used
me most almighty mean, that i know.
Still, i hardly think that lager beer iz
intoxicating, for i hev been told so ; and
i am probably the only man living who
ever drank enny when, his life was not
plumb.
I don't want to say anything - agin a
harmless temperance bevridge, but if i
ever drink any more, it will be with mi
hands tied behind me, and my mouth
pried open.
I don't think lager beer is intoxicating,
but if i remember right, i think it tastes
to me like a gla?s of soap suds that a
pickle had bin put tew soak in.
HE DISCOCRSETH OF THE TOMATO.
It is now about 8 or eleven years since
folks began to hanker after the tomato.
About that time some doktor ov pills dis
sekted one of these fragrant vegetables and
diskovered some doktor 6tuff in 'em.
As soon az the folks found out they was
fisick tha begun to be very sweet on the
tomater.
At that time they were in the habit ov
growing in sly places, where they wan't
afraid, over behind stone walls among b-o-ken
jugs, ded kats, and old injin rubber
boots, for people wouldn't let them grow
in gardens anny more then they would a
Kanada thissell.
They were vagabond weeds, and even
a good hogg wouldn't eat one ov the ber-
reys that grows on them anny quicker
than he would a bawl of red stocking yarn.
Hut it was decided that there wuz sum
pills in them, and they were put tew nuss
in pots and vases, and lived on the phat
ov the land, in hot houses, alongside ov
tiger lilys and roses of sharon.
It took most folks about 18 months of
perseverance and sea-sickness to get the
tomatoze to go quietly down, and from a
vile weed, more smelly than a deceased
klam, the tomater hez aktually got to be
hornorated more than a buk-wheat slap
jack, or even a pumkin pL
This shows what love and efTekshuo
will do.
I havn't anny doubt that if Professor
Ratsbane would say, professionally, that
wasp nests was good to make a moustash
grow black, half the men in the kountry
would get a wasp and go into the nest
bizziness.
I don't brieve a tomater will keep a
man anny more healthy than red clover,
but I am just like every one else, I want"
ed to get sum better than I wuz, and I
went to skool to the tomato, and have got
learned how to eat them, if they are filled
with salt and pepper, and soaked well in
good sider vinegar.
But tomatoes have worked themselves
up into a necessary, and i am not the man
to injure reputashun, for I beleave an in
nocent humbug haz az mnch right to win
(if it kin) az enny other man,
I hare seen folks pick them oph from
tb vines in the garden, and eat them rjjfyt
down alive. I would as soon undertake
to eat a handful of putty.
There is one thing I do hope, that no
body will undertake tew prove kaster ile
one of the luxurys until after I am ded,
for kaster ile and bed bugs iz 2 things that
I solemnlyjsware I won't have, if I get to
be ever so fashionable.
HE GOES IX ON REAL ESTATE.
I kan sell for eighteen hundred and thir-ty-nine
dollars, a pallace in sweet and
pensive retirement, located on the virgin
banks Of the Hudson, kontaining 85 acres.
The land is luxuriously divided by the
hand of natur and art into parlor and til
lage, into plain and dek'ivity, into stern
abruptness, and the dalliance ev moss
turfted medder ; streams of sparkling
gladness (thick with trout) danse through
this wilderness of beai'ty tew the low
music of the kricket and grasshopper.
The evergreen sighs az the evening zephir
flirts through its shadowy buzzum and the
aspen trembles like the lov-smitten barte
of a damsel. Fruits of the tropiks in
goldun buty melt ou the bows, and the
bees go heavy and sweet from the fields
to their garnering hives. The manshun
iz a diamond set with rubiz and the moth
er ov pearl ; the floors are ov rosewood,
and the ceilings are more butiful than the
starry vault of heaven. Hot and cold
water bubbles and squirts in every apart
ment, and nothing a wanting that a poet
could pray for or art could poi tray. The
stables are worthy of the steeds of Nimrod
or the studs of Akilles, while sombre in
the distance, like the cave of a hermit,
glimpses are caught ov the dorg-house.
Here poets have cum and warbled their
laze, here skulptors have sculpt ; here
painters robbed the scene of dreamy land
skapers, and here the philosopher discov
ered the study which made him the alki
mist of natur. Nex northward ov this
thing ov buty sleeps the residence and
domain of the Duke John Smith ; south
ward, and nearer the spice-breathing
tropics, may be seen the baronial villy ov
Earl Brown and the Duchess Widdy
Betsy Stevens. Walls ov primitmrock,
laid in Iloman sement, bound the estate,
while upward and downward the eye
catches far away the majesta and slow
grander of the Hudson. As the young
morn bangs like a curling of silver from
the blue breast ov the ski, an angel may
be seen each night dansing with golden
tiptoes on the green. (N. B. This angel
goes with the place.)
Diagrams kan be seen at the office ov
the broker. Terms flattering. None but
principals dealt with. Title as pure as
the breih ov a white mat infant, and
possession given with the lark. For more
full diskripshun, read Ovid's art ov Love,
or kail (in yuie carriage) on
Josn Bilungs, Real Estate Agent.
A TIIUILLIXG SKETCII.
In the year 1835, the inhabitants living
in a district bordering on Rock River, in
the northern part of the State of Illinois
were much incensed by the depredations
of a band of horse thieves who infested
that portion of the. country. Every 6x
ertion had been made to discover the men
engaged in the nefarious business, but
hitherto, in vain, and valuable animals
were stolen, and lost to their owners, in
defiance of the utmost vigilance and care.
During such a state of affairs, the citi
zens residing in the region of the thieves
became thoroughly excited, and were
wound up to such a pitch of indignation,
that a body of men were formed styled
Rangers, whose explicit duty was to ex
punge the district of all suspicious char
acters, and endeavor to put a stop to their
depredations.
Shortly after this band commenced ope
rations word was conveyed to the leader
of the Rangers that a valuable horse which
bad been stolen the night previous, could
than be found on the premises of a man
named Burt, locked up in the stable. Al
though Burt, heretofore had been looked
upon as an honest man and an upright
citizen, yet the Captain deemed it his duty
to at least examine his farm and learn
the truth or falsity of the report.
Accordingly he summoned some half
dozen of bis Rangers to meet him at a
spot not for from Burt's bouse, and before
morning set out for the same place him
self. Daylight was hardly discernable in
the east, and The hazy light of coming
dawn had not yet penetrated the bottom,
where the suspicious man resided, as the
Hangers, charged with the fearful mission
of life or death, silently upproached, and
surrounded the dwelling. Leaving three
of the band to guard the entrance, the
Captain opened the door, and found the
missing horse, as had been stated, safely
stalled inside.
Not a lingering doubt now remained of
Burt's guilt, and with a stern determina
tion to make such an example of him as
would deter others from a like transaction,
the Rangers returned to the house. In
the meantime,- Burt had risen, and upon
coming to the door, was seized by those
in waiting, and upon demanding the rea
son was informed that a stolen animal was
found in his stable, and that he w&s con
sidered a thief. Muttering something
about "he knew it would come to this at
last," be quietly submitted to whatever
bis captors had in store for him.
A short consultation was. held, and it
Was resplye4 ta, harig the criminal upqn a
Jargs elm (reft thai grow in front of bis
own btuse, it being deemed that such an
act would strike terror and dismay into
the ranks of the horse thieves
Burt bad asked half an hour to prepare
for his death, and the sun had risen in all
his golden majesty, ere the fatal moment
had arrived which would launch him into
eternity. In vain his grey-headed father
and mother pleaded for bis life, with
trembling tongues they tottering forth
from the dwelling, and kneeling in sup
pliant mood to his apparently merciless
captors. In vain had the wife of his bo
som knelt in tears of agony, aud entreat
ed them as husbands to spare his life, for
each Ranger bad suffered more or less in
person, and they deemed the example ab
6olutely necessary to deter others, and it
seemed as though Burt must die.
The dreadful preparations we're com
pleted the half hour had expired and
the criminal was arranged under the limb
of a stout elm, over which a rope was
thrown, one end being noosed around the
prisoner's neck, and the other held by
three of the Ran ers.
Then came a moment of d.-eadful si
lence ; that awful stillness which nre-
cludes the launching of a fellow-beinsr
into eternity while the three strong men
who held the ropes' end, gazed fixedly
upon the Captain for the signaL It was
given by raising the right arm ; and al
ready the no ;se was tightening around the
doomed man's neck, when the wife of
Burt issued forth from the house holding
an infant, a little more than a year old,
in her arms.
Rushing forward, she fell on her knees
directly in frent of the Captain, and rais
ing the child with arms outstretched,
towards him, she exclaimed, in tones that
would have pierced a heart of steel
"If you will not spare him for the sake
of his grey-haired sire, or the wife of his
bosom, spare him in the name of God,
for the sake of kis infant boy !"
Another dead silence reigned like a pall
over the spot ; then, as though inspired
by heaven itself, the child also stretched
out its little arms towards its father, and
exclaimed, in a voice heard by all the sio-
gie
word.
'Fat her!"
And then, as though despairing of suc
cess, huddled into its mother's bosom,
and burst into a sobbing cry.
It was more than the Rangers could
stand, and after a short consultation, the
rope was taken from the criminal's throat,
and the band left the spot ; and Burt be
came a reformed man through the power
ful effects of hia "Infants AppeaL -Great
West.
A STRAXGC ROJIAXCE.
Evelyn," the New Orleans correspon
dent of the Mobile Sunday Timet writes :
Something like two years ago young
, the son of the wealthiest man
in Louisiana, fell deeply in lore with a
young lady of a neighboring parish. His
love was returned with warmth, and they
were engaged. But now an obstacle came
in their way. M. 's father opposed
the match. For some time he kept this
a secret from his finances, and meanwhile
she was making preparations for her marriage-
She was an orphan, but had been
left a small property, which, valuable be
fore the war, brought her but little over
$3,000. This she expended upon her
trousseau, feeling that, as her intended
husband was rich, she had no necessity
for saving, and that she should make her
appearance worthy of their station. As
the time drew near when they were to be
united, M seemed to change toward
her, aud grew cool and serious. In vain
she tried, with all the arts which love
could suggest, to learn the secret of the
change, but he did not confide in her, and
she could only wait and wonder. At last
the time fixed for the cercmonyc ama, and
M was forced to make a confession.
He said his father forbade the match,
that he had supposed her an heiress when
he engaged himself to bcr, and now he
could not marry her against his dear
father's will. The shock which this gave
the young girl can be imagined. Natur.
ally, one will say that she should have
despised him, and felt herself fortunate in
making her escape ; but, on the contrary,
it was then only that she felt how much
she loved him. She had given herself
without reserve, and, so far as she was
concerned, she was his forever. For the
next year and a half she was in a convent,
entirely excluded from the world ; but
some two months ago she was persuaded
to come to this city, and remained here
for some two or three weeks. One day
she received a letter which seemed to dis
turb her, and on going to her room later,
a friend found her on her knees praying
for the man who had deserted her. He
was very sick in the country, and begged
her to come to him. On that very day
M '8 father died, and the funeral
notice was handed to her as she stepped
into the carriage to go to the cars. For
a week nothing was heard from her, but
yoon we got the finale of the romance.
The girl had gone immediately to M s
bedside, and found him very ill, attended
by his two sisters. He told her that he
was dying, and now that his father was
goqe, wished to make her his wife. They
were married. A will was made by him
giving her one-half of his large fortune,
the other half to his two sisters, and tbo
next day he followed his father from earth
Contrary to the advice of her friends, the
young maiden widow announces her inten
tion of retiring to the convent for lift.
A PUXGEXT LETTER.
A New York correspondent of the Bos
ton CominercUd Bulletin, writes the follow
ing humorous letter : I am stopping at tho
Westminster, Bo-called lejaase it is east of
Broadway, I suppose. Being in (y)eaet is
what mkes it a rising hotel.
All tho great guns stop here except
those that have gone off. Dickens was
here ; I am here.; (The Duke's Motto) and
Burlingame and a cargo of mummies ar
rived last week. It is the Chinese Em
bassy, and the hall of the hotel looks as if
a tea ship had just been discharged there.
Some of the embassy are of the "ton"
of China Canton. Fcrrin has been buy
ing black and tan terriers for the last three
months, in expectation of their arrival
(keeps them in the w(h)ine cellar), and has
contracted for all the last year's birds
neits in Central Park. Some of the ladies
of the hotel have attempted to set their
caps at the Celestials by wearing rats in
their hair.
I give yon the names of the embassy,
copied verbatim from the hotel register :
Mr. Sbueshong, Mr. Flor E. Pekoe, Mr.
Bo Hce, Mr. Hi Yay, Mr. High Son and
Mr. Young ILgh Son, Mr. T. Wankey,
Mr. OoUn, Mr. High Sunskin, Mr.
Teap-Ot, Mr. O. P. Umm, Mr. T. Cad
die, Mr. Teap Ott, Mr. TabTa E. Metik.
One of them registered his residence as
Shanghai, and Chadwick immediately
roomed him on the eighteenth story. John
said he was not room-attic didn't want
to go any High Yah in New York.
Some of the residents of the hotel have
had to change their rooms to accommodate
the embassy, and one of them has moved
so often that he calls himself a flying
roomer.
The chambermaid's namo is Abby, and
Westminster Abby is worth looking at, I
can tell you. She says the Chinese are a
querious people ; says they have looked
into every room in the house ; some of
them are great men at Pekin.
Breakfasted with them the other morn
ing. Cook asked if he should send the
meat up in Chinese junks ; laughed, and
got a piece of mutton in my throat j waiter
asked :
"What's the matter ?'
Says I, 'The chops ticks.
"Better try a fork," said he.
They mind their Ps and Qs pretty well,
but Ferrin say, although they are so
quiet, he has not bad so much broken
China in the house before or since he has
been there.
One Mandarin, who has been unfortu
nate in growing his hair, has engaged
Sylvanus Cobb to have his tale continued
in the New Yory Ledger.
Asked one of them what their principal
entertainment was in China. He said the
Feast of the Lanterns. A sort of light
supper, I suppose. Asked me where ha
could get his tea in the house. Told him
he could probably get his highs-on in the
bar-room.
He went there and took a diink, and
asked why they didn't keep fire crackers
on the counter. Bar-keeper said they had
pilo.-Lrjad, and Jim D ''larfed."
Think there must be some good billiard
players among the embassy, from the cle
ver way in which they handle their queues.
Palmer took them down to see the White
Fawn ; said they thought American legs
much more attractive than Chinese.
They think the Americans a very tardy
race, as most of our countrymen who visit
China come after tea.
They were serenaded the other night ;
the band played 'Polly put the kettle on,
we'll all take tea."
They have been sight-seeing this week.
Went down to Wall street to see the kite
flying, and had a lunch oft the rise in
stocks. Went up to Central Park -saw
Lester Wallack's new drag. Offered to
buy one for them. Said there was no use
sending a drag on-to China.
They want some tables of the showing
of the consumption of tea in this country;
they have seen several tea tables illustra
ted with plates in fact, set down at them
a China set.
Their costumes are somewhaf worn t
much of the service they have Undergone
in China wear however. You may expect
to see them in Boston, soon, so commer
cially speaking look out for a movemeut
in rats, and a crash In gongs may be ex
pectcd, by both buyers and sellers.
Anecdote of Pius IX. On the 10th
of May, while the Pope waa walking
alone through the galleries of the Vatican,
he suddenly came on a young man who
was deeply absorbed in the study of one"
of Raffaelle's paintings. He approached
him and said, 'You are an artist V
Yes, Holy Father," replied the young
man. "You are come to Rome tostudyV
Yes, Holy Father." "Then you be
long to the Academia V "No, I am too
poor ;t study by nsyself, and endeavor to
imitate Kaffaelle," "Well, my young
friend, go to the Academia ; I shall think
about the expense;' "Butj Holy Father,"
said the young man, "you are not aware)
that that" "That what!" replied tha
Pope. "That I am a rro'estanl." 'Oh!'"
said the Pope smiling, "that makes do
difference at the Academia." From that
day forward the young man, George
Johnson, probably an Englishman, enter
ed the Academia to pursue his studies at
the Pope's expense.
Radical Senator Yates is known
the corued beef cf the Rornp.
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