k&WW&km'vm. -mgmmsm fmJ&&$Mmmm ' ""z -t 4. jrriKE, i:aitor ana rubihher. HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MARES FREE, ASD ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. Terms, $ per year In advance. OLUME 4. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1870. NUMBER 18. 1870 SPRING. 1670. I am now prepared to offer ULTERIOR INDUCEMENTS Ti) CASH rCUCHASKRS OF ii mm k mm HE either at WHOLESALE Oil II ETA I L. -vk consists in. part of every variety of I' Tin, Sheet-iron, ln? XI) TiTiASS WATJF.R CNAMI'IIFD AN1 I'l.AlM AUCE-PAN3. BOILERS Stc ui HOVELS. 11IXB LAMPS, ( 0L ;.S5 HOrsi'TURNISHING HARD " VAllE OF EVERY KIND. jJprai's AlliDnt :r!INi an: COOKING STOVES, i XCELSIOn l'( UKL(f S'JOVES. CaE.TKIUliril as if PARLOR COOK ING 5 IUV h, j sr.y Cooking Stove dedmd I will pjet e:. o't'iT-?.! ut manufacturer's prices. i'.ave Fi.itfs a?:d Grates, eie , for re r;, on hatiJ fur the Stoves I sell ; others ; be orJeii'.l when wanted. Particular retention given to looting, Valleys and Conductors, uf which will be made out of List lnatu i'.saad j-.ut lij' by cor.ipUeiit workmen. ,2p Earners, Vick and Chimneys WHOILAlL G?t P.CfAi;.. articular attention to the Light . I'orr.f r. with G'as Cone, for giving :e '.'At t:.r.:i :i:.y ether in use. A!fo, the Pir.ig"ii p.umer, for Crude Oil. L'GAR KETTLES aND CAULDRONS ! cf a'.l aire c;RSti.t!v on hand. "t'.v: i! atteriti.-ii given to :bb'r g In Tin, C'oppc-r and Sheet-Iron. ut KAveyi possible rates. 'Vnoii-M': 'L!:crtA;Ts' Luts "s rt-'-'j, sr.d will he sent on application ty li.iu or in person H t-ii. t; to ta all my o'd ctftorliera and :.iiy i.u.v on-. this Spring, I return m i. .st siiic'Te thatiits f.r the very liberal pa ..v l t.iive : rci iy recetvei., nud will ii-aivr to j n.l who r.sy call, wLcth- iicy tiiy i r r. . r. FRANCIS W. HAY. J..t-.fh)T3. March 7. 16C7. 'l'1'.f.T P l-f ... Ti... r. 1 i'.j-i'l i i-j.i i.n x W(.i..i ; 4T tui: fiss:sri V.G n . ii n rTiuii u::.-rsi :,e.l re.-p..'Ctfi.IIy ir.fvrnja the :'Li of Ebeti-ihurw ar.'i thj public gener ; that lie ha tnmie a ;';'At ri'"(-t ' n in :-to CASH LITERS. My stock will :.'-Un part, of Cutkinj, Purler and HeaU :H.a, (if the most Dou:ar kinds : Tin. , r , . Evrrv CCSCriDtlon. of mv nivn nun. future; Har Jicare of all kind, such as -c.5snews, Duft Hinges, Table Hinges, f 'J'-iet ll.r.Ses, Lolt-slron and Nails. Win I -w GUs--. Putty, Table Knives and Fork.-, J"vt ?. Ki.ives and Forks, Men t Cutter? t)V" l on and Pocket Ki.ivea in X, ' 'i-.rs. Kliears, Uanors nd i !' -'h " itchets, liaiamcrs. Corinsr ty:i:f' Ai:-Crs. Chisels, Planes, tkm- '. i i ivApp-s, .rtiivns, vises, I ' '.'C 'uiS. .in .1 J fi 1 . . i c ' kint!- Shovels. Sr.R-.Cc, Sc tLes ' Datt.3. Rill-re Cl,.:..u f. ii. P; U.U. I'ci?s. War RrktlM r!l,l,a t'inei-rs . Grind Stohts. Patent 'Molasses .J'UiMsuies. Lumber Sticks. Ur.rse lLrse Snoes. Cast Steel. Rifles. Shot hsrtlvtrj. Pi:--t.ls, Cartridges. Povv Lead. Ac.. Odd Stove Plates, and Fire Bricks, Well and Cistern .'I anu Ul,!ilfT; Harness and Saddlery "'rt a.l kind ; nb7rn fin, inzow IPare vanety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps, "Kt;sm .-ar. assare, Paints, Varnish -"iTiu.iie. Alcohol. &c. FAMILY GROCERIES, . 5 .' r,""e, Siigars, M.-lasses, Syr- ir -i.' u x eaci.es, une-.l Ajple, Jf racKers, nice and I'carl t'K..n... f!.li r..r.. . ''': Px:r-f Wl.: - .1. o . tt -.l usting. Varnish. Stove. Clothes and f-si:es, ad kinds and sizts ; Ked "li'i Manilla. Prifj o.l f at lowtst rates for CARII. t. ',. -Vcko-.j made, pain, "-cd and put .;, w country dealers buying Tinware -""Ait 11 TITT..mT iurg. Feb, 23. lSC7.-tf. - REORGE W. Y EAGER. ,"It.ale and Retail Dealer In HEATING AND COOK STOVES 0P EVERT DESCRIPTION, TITl ? EIS 'VN MANUFACTURE, GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING all other work in his line. ft ( Street, near Caroline Street, ALTOOXA, PA, in the cUt having the rigl :ht to . " " . 'tie most perfect eomplcte and satisfactory -tovc ever introduced to the public. IlIMESSE. . PUICE3 LOW. L T n . vwavoo anu uigars in wwn u O".. Qo and e. E Itlftnn i iut ivn nnr pir.E! r I II E ! ! FIREII DO YOU HEAR THAT, FIREMEN? AND AltE TOff PhEpA I: ED TO OBEY THE SUMMONS! Thia you are not, unless you Lave been to Wolff's Clothing Store, and have bought one of those superb F I U K 31 AX'S COATS, to keep you wnrm arid dry. Woiff ni.-:kes them at froni flH to '20, and nny otl.cr jar yi'U want jou van have ir-nde torjtder ut short notice. rrT-.YO FIT, XO CHARGE! Mr. WOLFF hsu isst returi.pd from the East, and his READ Y MADE CL0T1HM DEPiRTMEA'T now contains i!,e largest assortment, the most varied usdorimei.t, ar,d altotther the most pleasir-g s?orttncnt of SUMMER GARMENTS roa u:.v and hoys, EVER DISPLAYED IN ALTOOXA. ?T OVERCOATS, from the lowest pi iscd Cafafirp.frc to the finest Beaver all M7PS. ?"Fu!l Suit of Clothinsr at from ill o Paiif.J fiont $1.50 to Vests frini 13 ctias to $.:. AIho. a f;oi.etal variotv of K0TI0WS Hi rUP.rJISHIKG G0CDS, Hats, Capii, Foots, shocx, UM B UL L A S . S AT CI1 ELS , ' U N KS, &c. tSTh, the LADIES' DEPA RT.ME.NT will be juu:nl h lull t-Ioc-k of FUKS. froai the luw ett j-iictd Co:kv tt the finent Mil k and Sable. GODFREY WOLFF, Next door to the Post. Olllce, Aitocna Citv ! II O jl A S C A H L A X I) , WnOLi:3Al.E LF.ALhK IN GROCERIES g QUEENSWARE, WOOD AND VVILLOV; WARE, - STATIONERY AND NOTIONS, m m. urn mn mm. D.4CO, fLOill, FEED AND PROViSiOlVJS, Elcvenlli Avenue. Between 13th and 14th Sts., Altoona, All such y.o ds as Spices. Brushes. Wood an I Willow Waie.Shoe Backing and Station ery will bo Eohl from tiiunul'acluier's printed price lijl3, aiul ail other piod in my line t Philadelphia, Baltimore. Cincinnati and Pitts burgh current pricts. To dealers I present lite peculiar advmtage of saving them all freight nnd draynpe, c they are not required to pav freights from the principal cities and no ilray ge uli irgcs are njniio. Dealers may rest as sured that my goods are of the best quaiitr and my prices as moderate as city rates. By doing a fair, upright business, and bv promptly and satiifjctui iiy liilii'g all orders, I hope to merit the patronage of retail dealers and others in Cambria county and elsewhere. Orders re spectfully solicited and satisfaction rnnrn?eed in all cares. THOMAS CAIILAND. Ai.oona, Juiy i'J. lfe("3.-tf. "jTOOD, MOKRELL CO., WASHINGTON STREET, Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa., Wholesale and Rclcil Dealers in iTrnrrin nnv nr.f nil ANuuuMaiib mn am B11LLI.ERY GOODSj HARDWARE. QUEENS WARE. BOOTS AND SHOES. HATS AND CAPS. IRON AND NAILS, CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS, READY-M A D E C U T HING, GLASS WARE. YELLOW WARE. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS, Together with all manner of Western Produce, euch as FLOUR,. BACON, FISH, SALT, CA RBON OIL, &lc, &c. Wholesale and retail orders solicited and promptly filled on the shortest notice and most reasonable terms WOOD, WORRELL k CO. Johnstown, April 23, lbG9. ly. "n"i) r lTw hoses, MERCHANT TAILOR, SurriVs Building, Clinton St., Johnstown, HAS just received his fall and winter stock of fine French. London and American CLOrilS. CASSIMERES and VESTINGS. and a full assortment of Gent's Flh.nisuing Goons. Mr. Moses has been for eight years cutter at Wood, Morrell &. Co. 's establishment, and now desires to inform his friends and the public gen erally that he has commenced business in Sup pea's building, on Clinton Rtieet, with a stock of goods 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 tention to bu&iness to merit a share ot public pitronage, slid maintain that success which has heretofore attended bis efforts in producing good fitting garments. Give him a call. Johnstown, Sept. 2. IBtiB.-tf. JOnS GAY. ...... 'VVJI. WELSH- G AY & W E L S II , Successors to Guy & Maimer WHOLESALE Grocers and Cornmisslon Merchants, AND DEALERS IX FLOUR, PRODUCE. FISH, SALT, CAR BON OILS, &o., &c, 332 Libertt Street, - PITTSBURGH. BETTY'S NIGHTJVITH THE BEAR. What a dark wood, and what a brown little house right under t lie shadow of the tall Minnesota pines ! Coming upon it, though, after long miles of silent forests, it seemed quite gay and lively, and if you went in, and saw the bright-faced mother and three children, and, after a while, the tail, sunburnt father, you made Up your mind that this was almost a village. Then a few rods on, and the wood opened out of the clearing:, where, day after day, the father worked in his great L'eld of corn and potatoes, which hardly needed scare crows, because the blavhcncd stumps, still standing, each Feemed tu be one. Then the lake, and tlie Like which emptied into it, and oil the other s-ide the maple-wood, whore sugar was made in Sprinr, when the Indians came down from tho upper lakes. In the Winfer, ihe woods were filled with lumbermen, who camped only a mile or two from them, and in the Sum mer they amused themselves in a way you never would dream of. And so the years went on, and little I'elty, the young est, came to be four years old. It was August, a hot, bright day, the very height of the huckleberry season. "Now, children, I want you to do your prettiest to day,'" Mrs. Brewer said early in the morning. "If you want your tid of huckleberry pie this Winter, you've t;ot to gt-t me a bushel mere afore they're gone." "I f.:und a place yesterday,"" said Jack; ' I bet there's half a bushel anyhow. Put lietty down in the middle, an' she might fill it two-fjuart pail without getting up." 'Well, bring home all you can," said the mother ; "and hcies your dinners in thia little pail. Look out for Bvtty." 'She'll look cut for herself; ehe'B is cutr as an Injun this minute." And Jack picked up h't3 basket and started ot), followed by Surah and Betty in Indian iilo. Five or six rai' js to the best huckleberry field would secrn a long wuy to you, but the children's brown bare feet never liicd. Iicforp long they patsed u little lake, stopped there ! get a drink, and soon readied the opening where the berries grew the thickest. What with finding better and better places, and stopping sometimes to watch the scohiing squirrels, and then to eat dinner, the day went swiftly by, and it was almost sunset when they turned home with heavy pails and baskets. Betty lag ged behind, for she ached with long stoop ing, and Jack and Sarah grew more and more impatient. "Nuw, BettVj we'll just leave you if you don't hurry. You've got the lightest pail. Come along quick !" said Jack. "I can't. I won't go quick if I don't want to," and Betty half ericd. "Come along, Sal," cried Jack, hur rying on ; and Betty, indignant, sat down on a log, and waited till they were almost out of sight. 'T know the way just as well as they do,' she thought and walked on leisurely. Jack turned once or twice, and seeing her following slowly, concluded bhe would overtake them, and went on. Now and then, Betty stopped, the last time till they were entirely out of sight, determined to show she did not depend on them at all. The shadows lengthened the wood had never seemed so datk, and at last, a little lrigbtened, Betty called loudly : "Jack I O Jack!" No answer save tho ccho and now Betty ran on hoping every moment to 5ee the two befoie her. She did not notice that she had taken a trail leading otT from the one they had gone over in the morning, and only stopped on coming to a swampy spot she did not remember. "O Jack 1" she sobbed, turning once more, but now darkness was closing in upon her. The forest was thick and close, and try as she would there was no finding the other trail. Over head an owl hooted. She stumbled on, startled at the sudden sound, then tripped over a root in the way, spilling the berries all about, picked herself up, only to fall again ; caught at the air as she felt herself going ; rolled down a steep de cline, and lay at the bottom in a little heap. It was nearly eight o'clock when Jack and Sarah walked into the little house and set their pails on the table. "Whcru'6 Betty ?" said tho mother. "Just behind ; she wouldn't come along with ua " And Mrs. Brewer, satisfied, told them to sit down and eat their suppers. "Where's B-itty f" said tho father, pres ently coming in. "She's coming ; she wouldn't keep up with us," said Jack, privately, a little un easy ir. his mind at the long delay. "Then go cut now und help her along in," said Mr. Brewer. "It's a poor way for a boy to do, to leave a little girl alone in the woods, even if she does know the way." Jack with a slice of bread In h;.3hand, went out a little sulkily, and Mr. Brewer stood in the door looking down the trail. Half an hour went by. "I don't see what's the matter," eaid Mrs. Brewer. "I'm sort of worried, John. Ain't you a mind to go out !" l"or answer, Mr. Brewer took down his gun and started. For an hour or more Mis. Brewer waited, growing more and , mote anxious. Then she walked down the.trail, calling now and then, coming suddenly at laFt upon her husband and Jack. "Here's Jack, dona beat Out," he said. "Take him home-, wife. I'm going for old Pierre Beau'champ. lie knows every turn and ciook o' woods. Keep the fire going, for It's a raw night, and the child'll be cold when we bring her in ; and don't fret;" and Mr. Brewer turned down the old trail to Pierre's Cabin. I can hardly tell you how the night went by to the poor mother, waiting and watching, or to the father, who, with old Pierre, scoured every part of the woods on each side the trail, and by tho light of their pine knot torches searched each, hcl losv tree, thinking the child might possi bly have crawled into one fur shelter. They tdiouted and called ; but morning dawned at last with no sign of Betty4 and the uithcr, exhausted and almost despair ing, sank down under one of the tall pines, I ; and hid his face in his hands. Suddenly he lifted bis head. "Dat vay," old Pierre said, as his tjniel; ear caught a slight sound, and Mr. Brewer darted otf to the left, but stopped short, and stood with such a ghastly face that old Pierre too paused a un mnt. Nut a stone's throw from them 11 jwed a wide, deep creek, yne of the tributaries of Cull lake, and cro s;l here by au old log thrown over it long ago by the Indians A white birch grew by its .-i Je, and under it laid Bi tty, resting pariiy against a huge brown bear, apparently asleep. At the light crackling in the brush it raised its h?ad, and growled low, put one paw on the chill's dress, then as if scenting dan ger, turned about, saw the two faces look ing toward it, and with a fierce, loud growl, caught Betty in its mouth and darted tuward the log. "Vat you do ? Vat you do 1" said old Pierre as Mr. Brewer leveled his gun "You shoots now and mads the tear, den de chile all gone ; vait a minute. Hold yon Mill riot cry ; keep your mooch quiet T he called to Bjtty. "Not to be feared if you falls in do vater. " As he wpoke the bear had reached the middle of the log, and turned now to see if he wore followed. Tho small tierce eyes rented a second cn the pair, and in that second, old Pierre, the best shot in Minnesota, fired. Without struggle or sound, the bear reeled from the log to the dark water below, and in one minute Mr. Brewer had dashed in and seized the screaming child. "J)s prettiest shot dis bon gun did ever fire," old Pierre shouted, hugging his gun and dancing wildly about, while Mr. Brewer hugged Pierre, tho gun, and Bet ty all at once, and then ran toward home, forgetting all wearinoss in the great joy. They were a happy family that day as sitting about the bad where Betty lay in state, they tried to make her tell when the bear came to her, and how she felt. "I rolled way down somewhere," said Betty, "and sort of went to sleep, and then I cried when I woke up because I was all scratched an' 6marty. Then 1 heard somefin comin' an' didn't cry any more, an' it came and enufled all around me. I thought maybo it would eat me up, but I couldn't try, only I sort cf whis pered 'Now I lay me, an it kept ttnellin' me. It's tongue was all rough an' scratchy; it hurt me. But when I tried to get away it growled. Then I kept still, an" I didn't remember until it picked me up an' roaxle me cry, cos the teeth pinched me, an' then I heard Pierre holler, an' you got mo out of tha water." Do you think this can't be true, boys and girls ? I know it is, for Betty her self told me the story. She is living still, and if you are anxiou3 to find out her real name, write to me aud I will tell yua.IIccnii and Heme. A ITontlcrfal Performance. A Man Stands on tlic Cross r tlie Spire f a, t nl liol ie Ca l lelrnl. tn Cincinnati, on Monday two broth ers named Hodiguez, Spaniards, as their names indicate, came to Father IvJward Purccll and asked leave to put in order the lightning rod that runs up the tall spire of the cathedral oq the corner of Plum and Eighth streets. Tho Father told them the insulators on the rod were broken and other repairs to it, no .one could tell how much, were needed, but he besought them to put up scaffolding in order lo get at the rod, which needed to be repaired. Having been commissioned to do the work they proceeded to the ex ecution of it without delay. To the pass ers along the thoroughfares tho sight of two men threading their way up the outside of the Fprre was full of interest. Coming out of the spire at one of the Louvre windows just above the dial face3 of the tower, the men swung a ladder partly by a rope dropped down from a narrow aperature just below the base of the spire, and partly by its own hooks, caught upon the stone molding around the next story above the tower. Up this pendulous ladder one of the men climbed, hanging to the rungs like a parrot to its perch. On the ledge of the molding, to which the hooks of tho ladder hung, was a good base of operations. A half dozen ladders were provided. One was drawn up and planted on the new basej and lashed in place both at the top and the bottom. The top touched the last ledge of molding in the ascent of the base out of which the tower arose. Oa the streets for squares distant wit- nesses watched the ascent, while near the scene the pavements were lined with spec tators. The two brothers were on the scene by this time and the ascent up the spire proper had been commenced. The first ladder of this final series rested on the base of the spire and was lashed to it both at tqp and bottom, by ropes passing around the spire. The two men carried a second ladder up thia one, and lasbtd the bottom of the former to tho top of the latter. The next thing was to secure this last addition of climbing apparatus. One of tho brothers climbed it while the other held its base. Up in that dizzy bight a rope was thrown around the spire, and the top of this ladder secured by it, until live or six ladders were strung in the series, the topmost reaching within two or three feet of the base of the cross, which termi nates the spire at the height of tcca ht-.:i-dtid and iwtnly-tu:o Jht above tho base of the Cathedr al. When the line of spliced ladders had crept up the eastern face of the spire to this position, a ladder with hooks at the the top was carried up and hooked upon the cross. One of the brothers ascended this, took position Mist upon an arm of the cross, and then stepped up and stood erect upon the very tip-top of the upright portion of that stone cross. Standing there he un screwed the top of the lightning rod and tossed it to the ground. Several variations of the performance took place about this time. Once both the brothers were on the opposite arms of the Cross. The stand ing upon the top of the cross, and tho climbing about it3 arms continued for some time, when the men descended, leav ing their ladder for a continuation of the performance the next day; The crowd cheered when the tcp of the cross was reached, that is the boys in the crowd cheered. The men were sober ob servers. One strong fellow turned from the sight with the remark that it was too much lor his nerves. Others shuddered audibly, and wished aloud for the m?n to come down, but still they continue 1 to look. Everybody expressed relief when the m.n came down, and many gave vent to re grets that tho perilous task would be con tinued on Tuesday. A UOCJ Si OSIY. Fverj body in Milan knows the history, for it is not simply a story, of the spaniel MolHiio. The dog followed his master, who belonged to the corps of Prince Eu gene Baauharnais, on the occasion of the disastrous expedition irito liussia in 1S12. At the passage of the Burcsina, these two faithful companions were separated by the masses of ice which floated down the liver, and the Milanese Corporal returned to his native city full of sorrow and regret, not on account of his wounds, but for the loss of his poor dog, which had shared with him so much misery and suffering. A year passed by, and the soldier, in the midst of his family, had almost forgotton the object of his regret. One day, how ever, the people of the house were cur prisnd by the arrival of the spectre of an animal that might formerly have been a log, but which now scarcely deserved the name. It was something truly hideous that they tried to drive away without pity, notwithstanding the mournful cries of the poor beast. At this moment the ex corporal returned from a walk, and saw advancing towards him, with joyful bounds, this wretched quadruped, which licked h;3 feet ; uttering at the samo time low whirlings, lid repulsed it roughly, and w about to deprive this 6'ingular visitor of the little life that appeared lo be remaining, when a sudden thought oc curring to him, ho examined certain marks on it with attention, indications of which caused him much joy. He pronounced the name "Mofftno,"' and the animal jumped up immediately, barked joyfully, and then fell dosvn, exhausted with fa tigue, hunger perhaps one might say with emotion. His master, who now recognized his lost dog, hastened to his assistance, . suc cored hiai tenderly, and caved him from death. This journey, over more than the half of Europe, undertaken by an animal with out any guide but his wonderful instincts ; the mountains and rivers Crossed by this feeble creature, in search of his master, at the prico of terrible sufferings, is a great lesson for the generality of mankind. IilCH Scene. The Cumberland (Md ) Mountain City Times says : During the progress of the election of municipal offi cers in this city on Monday last, a man hood of the softer sex appeared at the polls and tendered the vote of her absent spouse, ftauibo had gone out of town, and Dinah doubtless thinking that the 15th Amendment guaranteed the right of suffrage to the whole family oirered to vote In his stead. In view of the fact that tho lGth Amendment lias not yet been engrafted on the constitution, the judges refused her vote, and Dinah, after vainly pleading for her rights, went away thinking doubtless that manhood Buflfrage wasn't such a big thing after all. To Fasten the Handles of Skives and Forks. Powder Common, rosin, aud with it fill the aperture of the handle ; then warm the stile of the knife or fork blade sufScieutly to melt the rosin ; insert it with pressure. When cold the handle will bo perfectly tight. JO!IV JLLWIXGS. A Cuse of Circumstantial Evidence. The following strange narrative appear ed in a volume called the "Theory of Presumptive Proof," published some sixty years ago, and now not often met wiiu : A gentleman traveling to Hull was stopped late in the evening, about seven miles from that town, by a single high wayman, with a mask on, who robbed him of a purse containing twenty guineas. The higvvayraan rode by a different load, full speed, and the gentleman pursued his journey. It, however, growing late, and he being already much frightened and agitated at what had passed, rodo only two miles further, and Mopped at the "Bell," a roadside inn kept by Mr James Biunnell. lie went into the kitchen to give directions for his supper, when be related to several persons his having been robbed, to which he added this peculiar circumstance that when he traveled, he nlways gavu his gold a peculiar mark ; that every guinea in the purse he was robbed of was especially marked, and i ! that most probably tho robber by that means would be detected. Supper being ready, he retired lie had not finished his repast, when Mr. Brunnell came into the parlor. After the usual inqniiies of landlords of hoping the supper and every thing was to liking, oVj., fcc. "Sir," said lie, " understand that you have b-en robbed not tar from hence this evening !' "I have," "And that your money was all raark ed ?" "It was." "A circumstance has arisen which leads me to think that I can point out the robber." "Indeed !" "Pray, sir, what time in ihi evening Was it V "It wn j :t about ujfk.'' "The time confirms my suspicions." Mr. Bruiineil then informed the geni!e man that he had a waiter, one Jobu Jou- nmgs, who had of late b cell so ver J! money at times, and so eiy extravagant, that he had had many words wilh him about it, and had determined to part with him on account ot his conduct being Co suspicious ; that long before dark that day he had sent him out to changu a guinea for him, aud that he had only come back since he, the gentleman, was in the house, saying he could not get change; and that Jennings being drunk, he had sent hira to bed; resolving to dis charge him in the morning. That at the time he returned him the guinea he, Mr. Brunnell, did not think il was the same which he had given him to get silver for, having perceived a mark upon this which ho was very clear was not upon the othor; but that, neVertheht', he should have thought io more of the matter, as Jen nings had so frequenly gold of his own in his pocket, had he not afterwards heard--for he was not present when the gentle man in the kitchen related it the par ticulars of the robbery, and that tho guin eas which the highwayman had taken were all marked ; that, however, a few minutes previously to his having heard this, ho had unluckily paid away tho guinea which Jennings returned Id him, to a man who lived some distance oil and was gone, but the circumstances struck him so very strongly that he could not, as an honest man, refrain from giving this information. Mr. "Brunnell Was thanked for his at tention and public spirit. There was tho strongest roason for suspecting Jennings ; and if, on searching him, any of the marked guineas should ba found as the gentleman could swear to them, there would then remain no doubt. It was now agreed to go softly up to his room. Jennings was fast asleep. His pockets were searched, and from one of them was drawn forth a purse contain ing Exactly nineteen guineas. Suspicion now became demonstration, for the gen tleman declared them to be identically those of which he had been robbed ! Assistance was talldd. JenningS was awakened, and charged with the robbery, Ho denied it firmly, but circumstances were too strong to gain him belief. Ho was secured that night, and the next day carried before a neighboring ju.-tice of the peace. The gentleman and Mr, B:nnnell deoosed to the facta on oath ; and Jen nings having no proof, nothing but mere assertions of innocence to oppose them, which obtained i-.o ere Rt, Ii3 was commit ted lo take hi3 trial at the next 8ssizes. So strong were tho circumstances known to be against him, that several of his friends advised him to plead "guilty"' on his trial and throw himself on the mercy of the court. This advice ln rejected, add whert arrainged, pleaded "Not Guil ty." The prosecutor swore to hi being robbed ; but that, it being nearly dark, the highwayman in a mask, cnl himself greatly terilled, he could not pwear to the prisoner's person, though he thought him oF much tho same Mature as the man who robbed him. To th" purse and guineas, which were produced in court, he swore as to the purse positively ; and as to the marked guineas, to the best of his belief, and that they were found in the prisoner's pocket. The prisoner's master, Mr. Brunnell, deposed to the fact as to Bending the pris oner to change a cninea. and of his h-iv-in" brought him back, a in, ked one in the place of the one h had given him unmarked Ha also gave evidence as to the rinding ojf the p. use i.nd tba nineteen marked guineas in the piisoner'a pocket. And what consummated the proof, the man to whom Mr. Brunnell gave the guinea, produced the same. -Brunnell further deposed to having re ceived of the prisoner that guirisa which he afterwards paid to this last c itnee. And the prosecutor, comparing I: n iih tho other nineteen found in the pocket of the prisoner, swore to its LVmg, to tha best of his belief, one of tha twenty gum tas of which he had been rcbt id ty tha highwayman. The judgt', oh Eumriionii.g up the evi dence, remarked to the jury on uii 1L3 concurring circumstances agairot the pris oner ; and the jury on this strong circaa: s'.untiiil evidence, without going out of court, b; ought in the prisoner guilty . Jennings ws executsd flume little timo idler, at Hull, it-pvatedly declaring hi inr.ocence to the very moment of fcci.. turned olf. This hanpeuod in the year 1172. J Within a twelvemonth after, Brunnc'.l, Jenning's master, was hins-if taken op for a robbery done on a guest in his own hour.-? And the facts b.-ing proved on Ins trial, he Was convioled and ordered for execution. Thu jq.proavh f death brought on repentance; and reocntanco confusion. Brunnell not only acknowl edged ih committing of many highway robberies for some years past, but i'.o very one for which poor Jennings had suf fered. 'Ihe i.ecoi:nt he gave was, that he hud arrived at homo by a hearer way and swifter riding, some time before the gen tleman got in who had been rubbed. '1 hat he hud fou.vJ a man wailing to wh.ra lie oVcd a little bill, and that not having q lite enough Lose money in his pocket, he took out of the purse one guinea from tho twenty, he had. j jst got possession of, to make up the sum, which he pail and the man went away. Pro mi ly camo the robbed gentleman, who, while Brunnell was got.e into tho stables and not knowing of his anival, tohl his talc, as before loh.tfd, in t'.ie kitchen. Tho gentleman had only let f the kitchen when Brunnell entered it, and being there in formed, amortg other circumstances, of the marked guineas, he was thunderstruck. Having paid one. of them away, and not daring to apply for it again, as the arfair of the robbery and marked nrtony would soon become publicly known, detection, disgrace, and ruin appeared inevitable. Turning in his mind every way to escapOi the thought of accusing and sacrificing poor Jennings at last struck him Tho rest the leader knows. An IJticUusiti 1 rtluunlulti. in one cf the north eastern counties of Georgia, and less than a hundred miles from Chattanooga, is a natural curiosity, called from Indian tradition, the Enchant ed Mountain. The mountain is riot large, and there is nothing remarkable about it'untii you get. on top, when human tracks, or impres sions in the solid rock which appear lo bd human tracks are seen. How these almost human tracks csnirt to hi impressed on the rock of this mountain, i9 one of llio many mysteries of this mysterious land of ours. There are a great many traditions among the' Indians in rvgard to this mountain, but none of them are satisfactory and it probably never will bj known who it was that left their tracks upon the summit of the Enchanted Mountain. One of thti Indian traditions is cu-ious, for it idiows that they had a vague ide.i of Noah's Hood, before thd advent of thfe white mart. The story had been handed down am rii the aborigines, that i; was the landing place, of tho great canoe, after the deluge;, and tho tracks were made by tho people in the Canoe, as they stepped upon ihe rock which had been made soft bv tho long inundation. One of the tracks, arid thu largest ori; is seventeen and a half inches in length and seven and thier-fourlhs inches wida. Unlike the others, it hs six toca. This must have been Noah's tracks, and if" th.ero was anything in the Mosaic account of tho flood Concerning thu sizo of Noah'i feet, we might have a confirmation of tha Indian tradition. The tizi of the track would indicate that he vvcro number eighteen. There aro l3G impressions iff the feet and hands viSable on the face of the ro.-k; The tunallext foot track is four inches irt length and of perfect shape. Another Indian tradition is that a gnat battle wa once fought there, and tho large tracks wiih the six toes i3 that of the vi;:toiiou commander. This is essentially Indian, as their ideas of mental prea'ness were circumscribed by physical size. To be a great warrior wiJi them was .to be of immense siz? and strength. They did not recognise tho sii and quality of the brain as having anything to do with it. But who niud these t'-H: upon th4 Enchanted Mountain? If it wa? human feet, then whose feet, and what age uf lie world If they were ihiseled out by human hands, whoso hands, and when ! Alas, that the learning of tha world amounts to so little, for uo mad can tell. To c.vnv. corns "hold your foot by tho a;oVd un.il the Coin pona. SuiJ tcj 1 be a sure cure ii
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