iTrr In FirA. rr.? 4. JlTlKt Editor and lublilier. OLUME 4. E u' A H R I V A L a r THE EBENSBURG I0?E, HARDWARE, AND CONSISTING OK Th: Lvi:jr.ST Assortment of F LEIGH BELLS tr InjirjJtl to Ebeitsburg I .!.;. ) J 1 Tl T J T KT brought iJfiK MR III GiUi to Ebeu burg T.T il LAWH'ST 3IVCK t F W SKATES AND SLEDS i'rcT lion-j'it to Ebaizburg! iu-c f..,k of chopping axe. r ;H MARKETS. SO A I' rf ION K Ca ICE ,;:!)I.LS. HO!tK( OI-!.AIK HOIisH j r.A HOliSM ,HUE N AILS. ock & Heating Stoves, ij:i.era! usiortT.opt of ill uilielea in mv lifce of iillailiCHS. lILMIUf F8ICASH. GEO. HFNTLEY. "er.ibi:r?, IVc. 2. I Mia. 3 m FARMERS, Look to Your Interests, M Bl'T UVI. JF j '-" A. i' V . j V . mm m Jm,tm .-W aa.l.(a Ht B?T A0 OXI.V I'LRri.fTLT COMBIMD Torlc and Kaifa Manufactured. iili'rliei number c hi be iunvlieJ for -1 - ui:'v, .r!i'r f.n if w f'eii Uruf ed ill. F.:k nnd Kui:e -hould he ie:ii in eat !y to llItEYJE.?A. S::t Jjitxt fir Cambria County, i nr. r.'40 fr.py WOODEN PULLEYS. "" ie fl! ! Prinr l.i tr.m l.,ll.., ... t--l ,:KA! ('I TS tor I'aKtrninii'p Pu!vs "r. i-vrs the most convenient fa'a u: itr'nj'! "''-. aa tliev can l,e put up J.ina ; i, u t!.c r.sa" of la.iders. '3ENSEURG" FOUNDRY -. ii uu, iti. tsr i W FI3M, NEW BUILDINGS, &c. VV 1.'.,.'I':r' ' known KB- : G. R'1 NI)liY from Mr. Edw. Ki .U-v.lt and eidnrfxei it a'most en '-; i-!'.t in- i; m;u-h;:ierT, ' .f! a i ....... . l . r- , WA.'.LUR $ HEAT IX G SIX) VES. ' -V-'tI. n:u' !,10St approved patterns 1, :f-:;"! V' ATETI WHEEL? of rv-rr 'r;r:?--!,,U,V FKXCIXO. I-LOUGHS 11 - .d CASTINGS, and in fact ad ''t fTV nvin"-t .re.! in a first class JubWkof all kind attended to .,, ! ! l't""'-' " of Farmers is invited cd fOUC.HS which we .V"U r".'u fo manufacture and fell ,' aw: which are admitted to te :'itr";',d to the putdic. .....'S "u,p:e- capdIe of performing t-' T? 1:1 e in t!l lnnit sati.-tactorv nr. k,1"in; that ne can do work at ::C fT r wec,nfiJiitlyJiopethat i'.rr '"r1"1 rtiiy of liberal ratronage. :?'T! e ' r m"lp, wholesale dealer. ''-'r'lCt i'lice paid in cash for old uT.R M1"-aPven in exchange, t;r "'""C1Y CASH OR col-vt. r v.-.t.....t?-NVEl". Y1NUOE & CO. ' A R V E It's AND OTHERS I!,1'LDS0TFAII.T0GKT E0F THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED , ,l,a Uouble-Rearccl SAWING MACHINES. fOU WHICH fEOBGE HUNTLEY, . - UUIIIUI IH UUUIIIJII ' Orpl'l; Avomirrr n.nv ACP it , "'ii.i-iivu.x i' tt. '1:iViiI purrhased the tools ;' Mr. T. W. Williams, and leased .:. -i- i . ' ' ceupieu ny 5. Sins'eton, - r'.'t--rroi'cthe?tr.reof Zihm L"'-'.n. 0r p. "la re?pectiuny ii.iorm 1-' i n. tl,e!1sbut j5 arid parts adj ieent Zlk Yiy,1'' '"itih -11 ki"d TIN, his guar fully mi ur. ' r'nca as like articles nr Jf kin ' H,,d P,lttif,e "P : sold by Special at- p 5fOUT- mv work t:,f but .n'f11 solicited, an.l I hr '' ho i C:" P'VB ent:re satisfaeti iaro action 'v ir.e with WC ArVT N E I-UTTRI NGF.R pi REI riKEil FIRE!!! DO YOU HEAR THAT. FIREMEN ? 1 AKD ARB TOW PKEPARtD TO OBEY THE SUMMONS! Tliis vou are iitft, unless you h ive been to Wolff's Clothing Store, and have bought one of tliose superb F I R R JI .4 X ' S (! O 4 T 3 , to keep you wnrm nnd dry. Woiff makes I tt.em at from to :--'(), and miv Otlier g;ir- irent yon want vou can have made to order at ; short iiotioe. vzrxu fit. xo ciiARomzm Mr. WOLFF has jnst returned from the East, und his HEADY MAlK CLOTHING DEPARTMENT now contains the largest as-ortiiient, the most juried hssori ment. and nlto'-ther the most pleasitjc assortment of VI5TEH 6AHMEITS F3H ME8'& BDTS EV F.R DISPLAYED IN ALTOO.VA. 3F"OY F.RCO ATS. from the lowe?t r'iced C t-iiuere to the tii-est Beaver all Me-. tS""Fuii Su'uo; ciotiiiniT at in i in -fy to 5:10. Fants from $1,50 to $'J. Ve.-ts from 75 cents to &5. Als'. n ;c?iioi variety of NOTIONS & FJRKISHIWG GOODS, Hals, CaJS, XSootK, Mio'n, UMBRELLAS, SATCHELS. Tlil'NKS, Ac C2In the LADIES' DEFA KTMENT wilt b lound a lull sftot k of FUKS. from the low eat puced Conev t: the finest. Mink and Sable. r.ODFithlY WOLFF, Next door to the 1'ort Otll -e AUoona Citv. II O M A S C A 11 L AND, a i.r.SAi.E m: illk im GROCERIES I QUEENSWARE, WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, STATIONHIiY AND NOTIONS, m mi um cored meats. RACO, fLOlK, FEED AND PROVISIONS, NO 133 YILC.INIA STREET, Between Julia and Caroline, - ALT GO X A All nch pt-.d as Spices. Brushes, Wood siH'i Willow Ware, Shoe Blaclvinj; ;int Station ery will t)e sold from manufacturer's printed price lists, and all oilier oods in my line at Philadelphia. Baltimore. Cincinnati and Pitts burgh current prices. To dealers 1 present tlce peculiar advantage of saving iheni all freight and (Jrayaje, is they are not r ijidred to pay Heights from the pt;iir:pl cities and no !ray iipe diaries are madi'. Dealers may rest as suied that my gooit are of iheliest qua!it anil mv prices as moderate a city rates. By doing a fair, upright business, and lv prorr.ptly atd sati.sf.ic-lorilv Uing all orders, I hope to merit the p:itn n .ge ol retail dealers ami others in Cai'i'-i-ia co'iiity and elsewhere. Order" re sr.ectfuily solicited and satisfaction uartineed in all cies. THOMAS GARLAND. Ahoona, July 29. 1M!!I. tf. GEO. C.K r.AlIM, JAS B. ZAHM. ZAHM a SON, DEALFES IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, Hats,Caps, Eoots,Shoes, AKD ALL OTHER ARTICLES I'stiallj liept In a (ounlry Store. WOOL AND COUNTRY TKODUCE TAKEN' IN tXCHANGE FOR Gl-CDS ! STORE ON MATX STREET, Next Door to the Post Office, June 10, 16C9. KBENSLURG, FA. OOK WELL TO YOUR LTXDCILST.4DI.G$ ! BOOTS AND SHOES For M en's mnl Hoy' Wear. The undersigned respectfully informs his nu merous customers and the public generally that he is prepared to manufacture BOO I S and SHOES of any desired s:zo or quality, from the finest French calfskin boots to the coarsest brogan. in the vtar Btsr manner, on the short est notice, and at as tnodeiate prices aa like work can bo obtained anywhere. Those who have worn BooU and Shoes made at my establishment need no assurance as to the superior quality of my work. Others can easily be convinced of the fact if they will only give ine a trial. Try and be convinced. JJgfRcr airing of Boots and Shoes attended to promptly and in a workmanlike manner. Thankful for pat favor 1 leel confident that my work and prices w ill com mend uie to a con-, tkiuauce and increase of the same. JOHN D. THOMAS. Ebensburg, April 28, 1BCJ. OUNTAIN HOUSE,' 'Ebexsiicrg. It. p. LIXTOS fc CO., Prop'ri. The TABt.fi ia always supplied with the j choicest delicacies ; the Bar is supplied with j choice licjucrf, and the Stable attended by zaraiui hostlers. Iransient visitors accom modated an4- Jaoarders . taken.by, the jWceV, south or year, oo reasonable teroc. feb21 HE IS A FRKKMAS WHOM E B E.N S BURG, FA., It HAL. ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, So. 63 Fourth Avrnne, At!joi,'inS new Merchants" and Manufacturers' National Bank, PITTSBURGH, PA. ESTABLISHED IX 1SG2. JS A AC JONES, rresident. WM. H. SMITH. Yice IWmeut. S. CARR1EII. Sec. and Treaa. B C. PARKK. Accountant. E. B. TODD, Solicitor. TRI 8TEI s : Mon Tho. M Howe. Jacob Painter, Hon J K Mooihead, C. G. Hilary. Harvey CiiilJs. Wm. II. Snihh. Isaac Jones, I). W. C. Bidwell. X'.cholas Voeghtly, Jr. Statement of October 30, 1SG9, ASSETS Bond and Mortjjajres, being firt Fcoa Real Estate $.r)02 9"iT 00 t. S Bond, at nar 2,",t00 I'O V S. 1 ) 4 i Bonds, at par 25 . Mill TO Real Etite - 2.720 47 Offi -e Furniture 418 (0 Cash f,l ,400 3- Total $U i7,4UG J'J LIABILITIES. Amount due Depositors 550,103 71 Interest, Nov. 1, 1819 14.027 7 Contingent Fund ' 43.:ibl b'J Total $;U7,4' .'3D INTEREST ALLOWED on Deposit, at ; IX PEU CENT. PER-ANNUM, payable to Depositors in May n November, which, if not drawn, will be added to the principal, and COMPOUNDED. Open for Deposit from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M., dailv ; also on Saturday Evenings, from G to 9 clock. 3?" Money loaned on Bond and Mortgage oidy. Slips for the use of depositors who can not vihit the city, and copies of Charter and By-J.iws furnished bv mail. "S. S. CARRIER. Secretary and Treasurer, No. K3 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. November 25, 169. 5m. 7"OOI, MORRKLL & CO., WASHINGTON STREET, Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in MM Jffl DOMESTIC DRY GOOES, .1ISL.I.IXSRV GOODS, QUEF.NSVVARK. BOO I'S AN I) SHOES. HATS AND CAPS. IRON AND NAILS CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, GLASS VARF. YI LLOvV WARE. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS, Together 'ith all manner of Western Produce, mien s FLOUR. BACON, FISH, SALT, CA RHON OIL. &c, Ac. Who'ea!e and retail orders solicited : ij . I irornptly tilled on the shortest notice and most leasonaole term WOOD. MORRELL k CO. Johnstown, Apri! 2-, lt-o'J. ly. X DREW MOSES, i MERCHANT TAILOR, Sctpes's BciiMNo, Clinton St., Johnstown, TT AS just ri-ceivel his fall and winter stock xJ. of fine French, London and American CLOTHS. CASSLMERES and YESTINGS, I and a full assortment of Gent's Furnishing I (ioons. i Mr. Moaes has Ieen for eijht years cutter at ood, Moirell Si Go. s establishment, and now desires to inform his friends and the public gen erally that he has commenced business in Sup pes s building, on Cdntoii stieet, with a stock of pood-i adapted to the fall and winter, which he is prepared to make up in the latest styles and at moderate prices for cash hoping by at teution to business to merit a share of public p.tronage, and maintain that success which has heretofore attended his efforts in producing good fitting garment's. Give him a call. Johnstown, Seijt. 2. lfiS.-tf. 'Poor women are on every side, and orphans cry for bread, because husbands and fa thers lived and died uninsured. ' LIFE I.SlilUijE COMPANY OF PIIILAIJELPIIIA. Organized 1 SSO. Alex. W'hii.ldin, Pies . .Jons S. Wiison, Sec. AH policies non forfeitable. All policies are payable at death or b'O years of age. Economt in management. Cake "n the selec tion of risks, Promptni in the payment of death claims, and Secubitt in the investment of its immense funds, are r gidry adhered to and have always characterized this Company. J. . FRANK CONDON, - Special Agent. Nov. 11, 8ti!.-lv. F OREIGX SHIPPING AKD EXCHANGE OFFICE. WE ARE NOvY SELLING EXCHANGE AT SEW YORK RATKS, OK England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Prussia, Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, Htsr.en, Saxony, Hanover, "Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Norway and France.- And Tickets, to and from any Port in England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France, California, New South Wales or Australia. KERR & CO. AUoona, Pa , Jan. 31, 18ti7. OOD, BETTER, BEST. The best tind chea'pA&t Tobaco nd Cigars m town ire at M- L- Outmau'e. Go and tee- TrtK TRCTI1 MAKES FREE, AND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1870. Ejjc pott's grpartnunt. Dear Little fatteriiig Feet. BY STIIXA. I leve the &weet- music discoursed by the brook. The wind and the murmuring sea J And of art. though it is taken from Nature's book. For they sins, mighty Father, of Thee ; But. ah ! there's no music in glen or in glade To n.e that is half so sweet As the l.dest little home-notes that only are ji'ayed By dear little pattering feet. 'lis a limbic that w-ifts on the wings of pure love The heart to its Maker on high '; It soften the sorrows and hallows the love Of all 'neath the o'er-arching sky ; And it lovingly weaves in the dull warp of life Bright scenes that are lasting and sweet. Oh! rainbows of love, in the dark sky of strife. O Are these dear little pattering feet. Oh ! dearest f sounds! sure angels al-ove Never heard sweeter music than this; Every fairy-like note bieathes such volumes of love That the heart is enraptured with bliss. Let uattire and art sing their chivfct of songs ; To me they can never compete With the pit-a-pat music that only belongs To dear little pattering ft-et. Household. Sales, j?uttjts, nccbofts, & c. discovery or mixes. The richest nnd most valuable mines hnve in almost all instances been discovei ed by accident ; often by ignorant person?, who knew not the value of their own dis covery ; and by children. To an Indian iiunter id owed the knowledge of the chief American mines, and to a shepherd the silver mines .f Teru. This latter, leading his flocks to feed on the slopes of the An des, lighted a fire to cook Ids meal, when a p bble, heated by the flani",attnieted his attention by binning like silver. lie found the stone massive and wcightv, and finally carried it to the mint at Lima, where it was tcsjed, and proved to be good ore Aa the .Spanish laws, with a view to en corage mine-discovery, tn ke it the prop erty of iho tinder this lucky -shepherd be came a millionaire. The Sacramento gold fields were dis covered by a Mormon laborer,who worked in n !;nv mill. Again, in North Carolina, in 1799, a child picked up a yellow stone, of which its father, a rude settler, thought nothing ; but because it weighed fifteen pound, used it for a door-fastener for Ids cabin, for he was so poor that the door had no httch. lie showed this stone to one of his few visitors, and he opined it to be a metal of some sort, after which verdict the oivnor used to exibit it as a curious rock specimen. Three years afterward on go ing to "the mar ket at Lafayette, he took the thing to a pddsrniih, and asked fifteen shillings for it, which was willingly paid. It was in reality a nugget worth .375. Thus it took four years to tind out that the yellow stones in the streams of California were gold. It is fair to state, however, that science has occasionally predicted where the pre cious metals have afterwards been found. .Sir Roderick Muchison, for instance, after a visit to the auriferious tracts of the Ural .Mountains, was struck by their great sim ilarity to some rock from East Australia ; and in his address to the (geographical Society in IS 14, prophesied that gold would be found in the latter region. Led by his observation, one Smith, engaged in the Iron worl s at Ilerrima, searched for gold, and found it. He cami to Ihe gov ernor of the colony with a nugget in his hand. "See what I have found,"' said he, "give me five hundred pounds, and I will show you the place ," which the governor declined to do. Again Macgregor, a Scotch shepherd, used to sell grains and nuggets of gold to the goldsmiths of Syd ney, but would never reveal whence he got the ra il is not usual, however, for discoverers of the precious metals to be prudent ; they consider themselves "lucky" in this partic ular line, and will leave or sell a good "find" in the hopes of finding a better. This is what the Spaniards call "the mi ners fienzy." Thus, the richest vein of silver in Chili was discovered by Gudo', a hunter in the 'Andes. Fatigued by the chase, he seated himself, on one occasion, under the shelter of a great rock, and was struck by the bright color of a pro jecting part. He chipped the stone with a knife, and finding he could cut it (to use his ow n expression) like cheese, be took a specimen of it fo Copiapo. It was found to be chloride of silver. He agreed to 'share the profits of his discovery with a rich man, who engaged to work ihc mine; they came at once to masses of silver ; but Godoy sold his interest in it for two thou sand eight hundred pouuds, and started to find more mines ; and having wandered about the Andes for some years, died having met with no m.re Muclr," a;d without a penny. Two brolht-rs, named Bid.idos, discov ered near Copiapo, in a crevice opened by some earthquake, an enormous block of silver ore, the cutting, transport, and fu sion of which was so easy, that theso ig norant men effected it without assistance : aod io less tban two years realized oua ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE, hundred and" forty thousand pounds. They squandered, however, this enormous sum in gambling and dissipation ; and when their mine became suddenly exhaust ed, they had not even the wretched pit tance left on which they had begun. The history of the discoveries of the fa mous Allison Ranch in Nevada, Cal., is a more satisfactory one. Some poor Irishmen, workers in a neighboring mine, were so fortunate as to hit upon it. Thev were so unlettered as not to be able to write their names, but they wore excellent fellows. They first built a chapel, to thank God for his favors; then they erec- j reo nannsome villas, and placed their I workmen in exceptional positions; and ineyweni oy turns every week to San Fran cisco to spend tbeir ingots or gold. They retain their simplicity, though with an in come as large as that of many princes of Europe, but refuse to furnish any state ment of their receipts. The success of Gould and Curry ir. their Nevada Silver mine is even more asioun ding ; they were so poor that they were at first obliged to barter two-thirds of their claim fo a grocer for the necessaries of life, notwithstanding they have realized enor mous sums for their own portion. Inclu ding Ihe product of 857, the Gould and Curry Company have got fourteen millions of dollars out of their mine. The history of the Monto Catini Mine, :n Tuscany, is very curious. M Forte, its original owner, was half ruined by it, and sold it in 1837. Immediately after ward, a block of massive ore was found that paid all expenses, and left four thou sand pounds net profit. Then for fifteen years the mine produced forty thousand pounds a year, and still continues to yield largely M. Forte, who had witnessed this hearth-rending spectacle of the imme diate sucess of others, where he had labor ed in vain for years, soon died of grief His marble bust adorns the entrance of the principle gallery of Monte Catini, but his heirs are poor. The Ykixow Riven ok China. The Yellow river of China has a disagreeable way of occasionally changing its course, leaving its old bed entirely dry and cutting a new one through fields and towns with out the slightest regard to vested rights No less than nine such changes are record ed in Chinese history, the first dating about C92 B. C, and the last having corn menee-d in 1 35 1 and been completed in 1858. A party of English explorers went to view the fccene of this disaster in Sep tember last. After a journey of nearly 4lX) miles on the G-and Canal, they ar rived on the 17th of October on the banks of the new Yellow river, near the town of Nanshan. At this point the stream had not worn for itself a bed, but was spread over a belt of country some 10 or 12 miles in wid:.h. The b anks of the Grand Ca nal had lwe been crarried away by the in vading curi'cnf, and the whole country wore an air of desolation. The party cm barked on the new river near here, and traced it down to embouchure in the Gulf of Fe-chi la. Nineteen miles downward the widespread waters converge and flow into the narrower bed of a much smaller river, the Tatsiog, which henceforward serves as its channel. The great volume and rapidity of the waters of the Yellow river are causing the narrow bed fo widen, and with the undermined banks are swept away the streets of villages and cities, gar dens and fields. Bridges which formerly spanned the Tatsing now remain as ruins in mid-river. At Tsi -ho-hein one of the bridges effectually stops navigation at pre sent. Toward the sea the banks of the river are marshy and uninhabitable, the limit of the peopled region being the small port of Til rncn quan. It is hoped that English engineering skill may be able to put a stop to these changes in the future. Mamc Twain's IIoTi:r Having late ly opened a hashery, 1 send you these my rules and regulations: This house shall be considered strietlv inn-temperate. None but the brave deserve the f ire. Persons owing bills for board will ba bored for bills. Boarders who do not wish to pav in advance arc requested to advance and pa'. Boarders are expected to wait on the colored cook for meals Sheets will be rightly changed once in six months, or marc if necessary. Double boarders can have two beds with a room in it, or two rooms with a bed in it, as they choose. Hoarders are requested lo pull off their boots before retiring, if they can conveni ently do so. Beds with or without bugs. All money and other valuables are to be left in care of the proprietor. This is insisted on, as he will be responsible for no other losses. , Inside matter will not be furnished for editors under any consideration. Relatives coming to make a six months' visit will be welcomed; but when they bring their household furniture, virtue will cease to be a forbearance. Single men wilh their families wi'4 io be boarded. Beds with or without hoards, Dre arns will be charged for by the dozen. Nightmares hired out at reasonable rates. Stone vaults will bo furnished to snor ing boarders, as the proprietor will in no wise-be responsible for the broken tin-pao-uma of oilier cart). HIE SOLDIER'S WIFE. A Tlf lill.I.IXG SKETCH. One of the most striking cases of pres ence of mind and self-possession of which we have any recollection, came to light on a trial which took place some years since in Ireland. The story looks like a fiction, but it is said to be strictly true A woman traveling aoig a road lo j.in her husband, who was a soldier quartered at Athlone, was joined by a pedlar w ho was going the same way. They entered into a conversation during a walk of some hours, and as the dy began to wane, they agreed that they should stop for the night at a house of entertainment, and pursue their pedestrian journey the next day. They reached an humble inn, situated in a lonely spot by the roadside, and fa tigued by a long day's walk, they were glad to find themselves under a roof. 1 Having refreshed themselves with the sub Mamial supper set before them, they ex pressed a wish to retire. The' were shown into the traveler's room, and went . to rest in their respective lcds. The ped lar before retiiing, had called Ihe landlord aside, and given into his keeping the pack which Itf had unstrapped from his back, till morning, telling him that it contained a considerable sum of money and much valuable property. They were not lung in bed before the pedlar All into a s -und sleep ; but the puor woman, perhaps from over fatigue, or from thoughts of meeting her husband next day, lay awake. A couple of hours might have passed, when she saw the door ojencd, and a person entering holding a light, which he screen ed with his hand She instantly recog nized in him one of the young men she had seen below son to the landlord. lie advanced with stealthy steps to the bedside of the pedlar, and watched him for a tew seconds. He then went out, and entered a'ain with his brother and father, who held in his hand a large pew ter basin. They went on tip-toe to the bedside where the pedlar lay in a deep sleep. One of the young men drew out a knife, and while the father hell the basin so as to catch the blood, he cut Ihe poor victim's throat from ear to car. A flight, half aod ble groan, and all was still, save the cautious movements of the party engaged in the deed. They had brought with them a largo sack, info which they thrust the unresisting body. The poor woman lay silent in her bed, fear ing that her turn would come next. She heard low mutterings among the men. from which she soon gathered that they were doubting whether they should mur der her, too, as they feared she might have it in her power to betray them One of them said he was sure she was asleep, and that there was no occasion to trouble themselves more; but to make sure of this being the case, one of them came to the bedside wilh the candle in his hand, and ihe other with a knife. She kept her eyes closed as if in sleep, and hal such complete command over herself as not lo betray in her countenance any &ign that she. was conscious of what was going on The candle was placed close to her ees, the knife drawn across close to her throat ; she never winced, or showed by any movement of feature or of limb, that she apprehended danger. S ihe men whispered that she was s.iund asleep that nothing was to be feared from her, and they went out of the room, removing ihe s-ick which contained the murdered man. How long that night must have seemed to the poor lone woman how frightful was its stillness and darkness I The pres ence of mind which had so astonishingly enabled her to act a part fo which she owed her life, sustained hnr through all the trjing j-cenes which she had yet to pass. "he did not hurry from her room at an unreasonable nour, but waited until she heard all the family astir for some time, then went down and sail that she believed that she had overslept herself in consequence of being greatly tired. Shu askd w hero the pjdl. r wks, and was to!d he was in too great a hurry to wait for her, but that he had lefi six-pence to pay for her breakfast. She sat comro'ed!y to ihat meal, and forced herself to partake with apparent appetite of the. food tet be fore her. When the meal was over, she took leave of the family, and wnl on her way without the least appearance of dis composure or mistrust. She had proceeded but a short way when she was ji taed by two strapping looking women. One look was snificient to convince her that they were the two young men, and one thought to assure her that she was yet in their power, and on the very verge of destruction. They' walked side by side, entered ino conver sation, asked her where s.be vyas, going, and told her that their road lay the same way ; they quest iojted her as In where she lodged the night tsJbre, nnd made most minute inquiries about the family "inhab iting the bouse of entertainment. Her an swers were quite unembarrassed, and she said the house had appeared to be decent and civil, and. had treated her very well.' Fr two. hour Uie young men contin ued by hersi.de watjchmg WlM1 tho roojt scrutinizing piancea any change in her countenance, arid asking questions which had sho not been fully self possessed, might hal e put her ot? her guard l wh not till her dreaded companions had left her, and till she saw her hudhand corning alunj tha read to meet bep, that the KBt i - Terms, $-2 per year in advance. NUMBER- her self-command which she bad so suc cessfully exercised, and throwing herself into hia arms fainted away. - Badgering an Irltih Voter, You're a Roman Catholic ?" "Am I f" said the fellow. "Are you not?" demtmded the agent. "You say 1 am," was the answer. "Come, sir, answer what's your re ligion ?" "The true religion." "What religion U ihat T" My religion." "Ami w dial's your religion 7" 'My mother's religion." "And whalV your mother's religion?" ."She tuk whisky in her taj'." 'Come, now, 1 11 find you out, cunning a you are," Miid the agent, piqued into j;n inconnter of wit with this fellow, w hose baffling of every question pleaded the crowd; "juu bless yourself, don't you ?" "When I'm done with you, I think I ouoht " What pl iee of worship do you so to?" "The most convainyant. " "But of what persuasion are you T" "My persuasion is that you won't find it out." W hat is your belief?" "My belief is ihat you are puzzled." "Do you conft-ss f 'Not to yo.i." "lYine, noiv I have you Who woul you send for if you were likely to die ' Doctor Growlin." "Not for the priest ?" "I must first get a messengpr." "Confound your quibbling! Tell me, then, what your opinions are your con scientious opinions, I mean." "They are the same as my landlord's." 'And what are your landlord's opin ions?'' "Faix ! his opinion is that I wont pay him the last half year's riid, and I am of the same opinion myself." A roar of laughter followed this an swer, nnd dumbfounded the agent for a time; but, angered at the successful quib bling of the sturdy and wily fellow before him, he at last declared, with much se verity of manner, that he must have a direct reply. "I insi-t. sir on your answering at once; are ymj a Roman Catholic I" "I am," said the fellow. And could you not have said so at once ? demanded the officer. "You never axed me," returned the other. I did !" sai 1 the officer. "Indade you didn't. You Bade I war a great many things, but you never axed nie 3'oti wos drivin' cri g) words andi cruked questions at ice, and I gave an swers to match them ; for sure I thowt it was manneis to cut out lay behavior on j our own pattern." IVoverbs by Hillings It is human to err, but uevilisTi. ibr.if on it. , Blessed are the single, for thej ean double at leisure. Blessed z he who haz a gtil wife, and knows how to sail her. Biessd be he that haZr.a.goJ pile, and knows how to spread it. Blessed iz them who have no eye for a key-hole, no ear fur a knot-hole. Blessed iz he that alwuz- carries a bij Stufi in his hand, but sever heaves her. He that will; follow good advice iz a greater man lhai be that gives it. Blessed is he that can pocket abus and feel it no disgraee to be bit by a do,'. The minus of ihe young are easily trai -ed ; it is hard to-get an oid vine to trav I a new 'pole. " Happiness, consists in being perfectly satisfied with what we have got and what we haiot got. Ifyotkwant a child fo loam fo steal oats i;i lb bundle, make him beg eut of yu. every thing yu giv him. .lost in proportion that a man is thank ful to Heaven and his neighbor, just in, tliat proportion iz he happy. 1 never knefv anybody to get stung by hornets who kept away from wb,ere they wuz it iz j ist so with bad, lut;k. It iz a dreadful fine thing to whip a young one jus' enutf, and. not. enny mora. 1 lake it that ihe Sh,u is.lokated just where their pride ends and their mad begins. I think every tnan and woman on earth ought to wear' on their hat-band theFO worda in large letters, "Lead, us not ia tcpcptashun." Lhave seen those who were as full of a' sorts of learning as the heavens are of wind ; they are jist the things lo cut up i"to weathercocks. . If we take all I lie hard sledding of this life, and make four limes as much, it won't amount lew the offliktiotis that men pIn on to each uther. You kin judjre of 'a man's nl'jun very well by hearing him talk, but you can't jinige cf his piety by what he srz, enny rn re than yu can judge ov his amount v linnen by the stick out ov ins collar and wristban.ds'. t iz alwua n good purchase few pay out our last surviving dollar fur wisdom, and vvizdum iz like the mysterious hen egg, it ain't laid in 3'ure hand, but iz lavl away under the barn, and yu huv got to parch for it. FtUALE GATUtf'IKGS 1nIitV ruCa.
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