r1TMJli,H;7. .. IP--,-" r M-r:KC, Editor and Publisher. HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MARES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. Terms, $2 per year lu advance OLUME 4. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1870. NUMBER 19. la?3 i S.rj) t.5 r 'J l'.;3 CVJ E,- i-S I K.I O..fS-."' i?F:TAILEKS of Forfign f ' ti vr;Tif MF.Kf,.risF. in Cambria U an? El.'; I'.'.Ui for the year 1S70: .i'n - LicVc 7 00 ... , , H 1' . Border, ..ASMV:1 Win. lterlln, ' ii"- " r ii H .1. HiN i't, .I'.l. ii ti.. u 7(0 ' 7 00 iocd I 7 la) : j iii .i. ii. .1113 i Or Kir; if- - i-ji' ft T M u vi-l- 7i' U J." helishoff. It John J. Murphy, 7 00 H I,, ltaumer, 00 11 V.. C. Lucks, 7 00 ; ii ii.nin.iii r r,nn:; U.".v!:U". 7U' 14 Ijiwsoii A. Hakcr, 7 CO I -,.w 1, itrinL-r-r. 7(1) : : t i' 7 i' I t iti-nton & Wayne 7 tO ;.4.;H W. J . Kohsel, 7 (t) 1 7U! 14 V.'. W. Pike, 7 M j 7lJ!:H 1. 0. M'Culloujrh7 J0 i 1 ... i j .i- t i- i.- r in rut : (.0 ltiim'u Ceorjre Hizen. 7 in i H aspi-r Hajri-r, 50 ' .V) ,..t r ji-1-:. t-c.-ck, HIT, n-r. (m 14 o.-t - nancy, 50 12(H) 7 ( 7 00 7 00 7 ( 7 5J 7 50 n !.-jr:ive. Kr:a-r. 7 U' 14 .! s h Itankln, 7 m; 1 1 PaviJ t 'leeti. 7 ( 14 Mi-s. J. St.mple, 7 "it 1 .Idiii) Jordan, 7 mi 14 liny Isrotliers 7 i.4) 14 Simon Reilly,- ' V ):.., I'- , ;.,i't.-iii:nTy. ;'v M K:iii','.v 71.41 11 .ihi I'arutt, ret) f. I'.llTt'l.. hi 11 1 F .Ij.ilcnlterir'r 7 (J ! 1 7 .7) 14 Davis iV Lew is, 7 im U .fi lm Malphant. 7 in 14 V. Leiteiiiiertror, 7 )it 14 A. .!. Swartz, 7 4i n ci. .1. Thomas & 7i.4) Weaver. 7 .Vi It M. W. Keirn. 7 01,14 l'oekler - 1.0 7111; vejrood. 7 1 ; 11 Fi'l i iek Krebs, 7 1 11 It J. H. Howard, 7 :,n U A. l!lo h Co., 7.'4i It I'.h kl.-r - '"., 7 mi 14 Mrs. Morris, 7 u 14 It. K. Kdu ard-a, ! ! liii'har.l Ut-imett. 7(4i 11 Win. Ho wen, 7 Mi 14 A. Loel'l-ek, ,"i,as iir" ;.,, M.v: I:r' . iiart. ; i; .i.ui ki-.iriit :-l;.;.:-t. v.,I..I.K.::,r. ;v!.Ki:'. ; i:t!i-r. :..-.,'ik a (;.. f'l. I Vr:ruMl !.:;:, !''..:!'T, V iv. !'!'. ' i-piri'taiiu Jc ' "ML.ii.-r. 7 (i0 j 7 f.0 j 7 50 ! 7X 7 to 7 00 7 00 7 CO 7(0 7 50 7 l 7 CH) 7 (0 7 00 7 50 e) j ::.:.iv i-t hnul' 7 o 1 H,r'vKr-!'.i;:M. :-:!: Ilirkf.V, ; 7 i;.ii .Vl.0 . "J ) .1. IIII'S I I' is. " 1.1 i .V If I . : , 1 1 !l Lr 1 14 r 0 TOI 1) Ul ilKllt'Ct lUUkll.' t w ..nli-.n-as. ,W Fi:).SSl;l'l'.i I (.17. M L i hUu:lI!. ' . T. I; .':.!!?. 7 mi l:t Ilarker & Son. 10 CO 7nl Li J. 1'. Tljoinjison, 10 Or) 7 m It ii. .1. Llovd, 7 ) 7 141 14 (i. i. Owens. 7 tl 7 hi It Shoi'iiiakt-r -Co. 7 i) 7 in V! (ieo. Huntley, 1(1 00 7 (m 1 i V.. liarker, I'lOO 7 .Vi i:i K"t't rt - Son. 10 00 . K K. Tf. iii::u-. Si 11, . A. 1 r. hry. : J.V. . !'vl..T.tv;'.r.: .. i, 1 i.,.l!)-. 7 l 14 1.4-inon - Murray 7 Otj V V-ntNOToN 1 ' V .SSil 1 1". P I rl-iu "1 " 14 Dvsert A: Co., 00 00 00 00 00 w. D. .1' -n.-s. ') Mrs. Sweeny. v.'t. ri'riiii'. j;'- " 1,1 n Knport! .o., wLiVA". 1r.. 7 .Vi 14 .lane Mullen. .'-.. V-hit.-i. 7t" It M. M'Laugbiln, i:LI ITiN T0V'NH1P. F. J. ("hii.-tv, 7 14 .laiiiO- ilnrrny, 7 00 Tr: x.-i!. Ti'.i H IV.ru'k Miilth, 711 ir K. II n !!. 7 it.i 14 Thomas i'.viulley, 7 CO I ARKt'U.To S 7H'I;OV4;H. J. hi RiicV. 7 14 A Ivin i iswalt. jiin WiTTv.i-r. 7 mi 11 Siiani Sehroth, iv.rki-r , S. n. It) ii.' 14 Aujf. Walters, J.'lV. iK2l 7 ' vtEV-inrxi) TnwNsnip. .V.. l!nn. '"i 14 K. It. l)uiipran, Mxti'l Ikii.'.icV. : K' 14 S. W'nartju, CBL-I ':.;t;s lit KOl'iH. -V. p...:sr;u.. T iii It Jiu'ttL Warner. r oo r oo 7 0D 700 7 W . K.a . .Viirii-r. 7i) t-1 hn.-tinn H. n-h. Tuili V t. r.inn1l. i M.M:TVII.t C EO!?oI tin. 7 00 .!!. t.'iiiin. 7.V) 14 Jiirnts A. Maher i:ri m.AMi TOV NHIP. Vrwn l:.-i-h, 7 t-i 14 ai. M-Connell, oilliii. 7 "4i 15 .Ins. A. Maher, .units ioT:..-mp. Mi-Hern. 7 It lii i.i jfi.. Conrftd, -'. Myers.. 7 (Hi 11 tieoiye lieikev, 11. lU.r.HT. 7 '.4 TAVLOR TOV-VCtlip. HV!sH. 7 im ; Iierk y k Co., t itoVI K IuWXr'HIP," -'J. Mi.rn !! i (.'(.. JAt KSON TOWNSHIP. M i.T lIr.,vn.7M 11 Wt-niiroth & 4 !i'.i h;ti:u.tr, 7C) shartz, ' b. w :ke, 7 4) 1 1 Samuel S. Paul, , . Jackson township. 1 -iU.ib. 7 itj H lieow Wehn, ;oo : oo :oo ; 50 : oo 7 50 7 50 700 7 f)0 70 7 00 700 r- fl. hii'j. TO! Il u-, - ' -VI.u;.!. 7(4i 14 F. Jaeohs. i 'v-:;'. 1 "I 14 John Itradley, -1J ;.'; ,. 1 A.J. Christy, .. , , r.i.To,.KiAI (-.n poitornn. . iv:-7 ,4..j4 liiari-n & Fnn. 7 60 Ji- aL.t,. 7n i4 l4uehanan.il. Clark 7 00 ll vr-n, - i) ' V 40MilP. I i r . . t.'J"PLn.SDALE PtiH4rnTT 700 7 50 1.1'..' 1 "r. 7 M. it i.ouisa Aaron, J,-.,' ;:;'M't"i' 14 Jacob Widman, - ' 7 i,.i 700 700 'M.I,r..r. 7(4. 11 I rn; 7 50 J '- p Ii!i ,i.-;n. '., '. I U U .I'JS' rh Stibieh, 7 00 ' l-, J l'eter.M-iJerinottV 00 .r F , ' "vii't: nonoron. .'-.'ll,Vl II " 1 . I I 1 li. . . a, ri . A w r.-. K4NKI.IN l;tlOI (;H. - C...;:t. T iv H peltr Kubiitz, 7 0-J 7 50 7 50 7 50 7 00 700 7 00 7 70 7 00 .' -.--; '''-""LLTOWNSniP. i" ii ;at.s & s. J' . -VMt Waiters & Son, " ' r H, ''11 - A TOWNS! 1 1 p. aI'i'i r ' 14 l-tr;annan, " I E:.,l ;N v to w.nsiiip. ' ri r "II-Ml ' ;'.".lt. 'Ins. 'lir Illinrii-rtr 14 John s'.-nroth. i1"1 It P.M. Woolosla- (4l 4- W,;!f, . ...... - U'Jil. .niil'lr T"w-Vil'if. ll!!nvviiirt. ' r;Q Jliiif-'towuHoroiiirh, fir. oo 15 oo 15 oo 15 (4 15 4)4 -r.. if... nnnliria H-,rniph, "1. 1 rrT.-: ' ' ,,!,"!;' Borough, 15 oo t, . . - ""'fc mi ( a r;,n:l"!ln,"n Township, 15 .k I;' , '-""-olltowu lioro! h, 15 oo 15 oo 760 if .Mt A) n a. in, .-4. ... -v. .... . ,. " " p., -A.iiey., 15 00 El El . , . ''' htMat tho TwnamV. ' on.-y,V'"'n.v. ,1 l'E (iTH, 1S70. WILLIAM DOKaN. Aft rca;; flit" Ap)raigrr. c r, r: : " of j;- r '" v virtue of a ' a I'i.ns f,r V-"."'1 out of the Court of . th.-i-.. l,'n,'"a.-ountv. and to nm iisii,,1', x-evpos,. to Public Sale, ii "i4tI i- at 1 oc-lock, p. i., I !i"n.-i', sl;i' to wit : I ' :i"an,ii, ,.,l','.an'l interest of ,Ta. Mur- lV'0 r'"wiio V- '" l11.""'! f land situ f '-f l!.,n o , ' ll"',,rii county, adjoin U, n 'r II .n It11 -Vcr a"-. Mi. hael fJil-:(V,.m.,rc.1,',,k- "'V1 others, eonlainiiur i ' " liivin.r V, "l"". aei-fg of whii:li H", , .?I'!"Wnn ere,.t..,l twn .if.. Jinn 's Vn"",S,al w In the oi Ul X A. lilJv I R. ."lif.ritV 'UrT- i.w'rflr. May Iti, 170. )ll'V-s sTrT 7, : 1 ft F , 1 Uy virtue of a J, ,n '!.; .Vv.!;', -utof the Court of ? "" rowii "' V ,unty, and to me l.v ur , ':Exsnvno, on Nat nr. 7r''louu-' ', Ii ln and to 1 i"t'rePt of James Wil ''lmi'' rlHii , ''V'ri'i'reel of land sit- rvJ:"." "f ( Vw,- K mWhi county, 'K. "iotlir-rs l.'oberts. Patrick Mo ;' .',il!"'t h a'.li!, !,aiJ'"'K HO acres, more "If .,! fT4 -ft.-.i Z, w,1eli are 4loaied. Hin'f Jitm. K vr,u ,;"no lktrn- n"w ' the 'k ir'tum , .'"ire nn'1 Wm.Skelly. 'tl'Sr''' AUornyat lytic, n a nl careful attn- tmi advertise ln the Cam- QIIERIFF'S SALES By virtue of sundry writs of Vend. F..rx,H. and Levari ta. iix issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria county, and to me directed, there will be exposed to Public Sale, at the Couht IlOirsK in r.HENsnirno, on 3Iular, flic CtU tiny of .liinc next, at 1 o'clock, p. m., the following' Real Estate, to wit : AH the rifrht, title and interest of Jacob r-ln-fse. ol. in and to a piece or parcel of land situate in Croyle township, Cambria eonntv, adjoining lands of Win. Prhijrle, Jacob Printrleland othei-s, eontainiiif,-- 12J4 acres-, more 4r lesy, abut 7 0 acres of which are cleared, havinjr thereon erect ed a one-story Plank House and I-ojr Barn. On the premises is an Iron Ore itank, in working order. Said land now beii.fr in the occupancy 4-f Jacob 1'rinffle, Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit of James It. Cooper. Also, all the rhrl.t title ami hitervst of Jacob PriUfrle. of, in and to a -piece or parcel of land situate in Croyle township. Cambria coiurtv, ad joining hints of Wm. Murray, Daniel PriiiRle, unti 4theis, eontainiiifr 11 acres, more or b-ss, al4ut OO acres of which tire cleared, having thereon erected a one-and-a-half story Plank House and Log: Harn. iiow in the ti4-cupancy 4f Samuel I'aul. Taken in execution and to be sold at the 4uit of David J. Paul. Also, all the i-ifjht. title and inter4't of MiehT I.ilzinfrer, of. in and to a piece or parcel of lar.d situate in SuTiimt rhill township, Cambria coun ty, adjoining lands f James liurk, Patrick Con nery, and otuers, eontainiiifr .rU acres, more or less, nbout - aevesof which are oicarcd, having thereon erect etl a one storv l'lank House ami a small Stable, now in the nceupancv of Simon I L.ti-.infer, Administrator of Michael Utzinirer, i 4lec4,as4-d. 'I'akfii in execution and to be sold at I ttie suit jf Mary lat.imrer. Al4. all the rijrht, title and interest 4f John H. Hrookbnnk, of, in and to a piece or parcel (if land situate in Suiiiiiierli.il townshiii, Cambria county, adjoininir lands of Jost-ph Writrht, Cath arine Skf lly, and c.thers, eontainiiifr 34 0 acres, more or l-ss, about SO acres of which are clear ed, ha viiar t UerfMjti ercc-ted a one-and-a-half sto ry I.ojr House, Frame Iiarn and I4)fr Stable, now in the occupancy of Sarah iirookbank, and a cn4;-and-a-ha;f stt.ry I.ofr llciw. now in the oc cupancy of John Settlrmoyer. Taken in execu tion and to be sold at the suit of Wm. lai.v & Ok Also, all the ri-ht. title and interest 4f John Skelly, of, in and ton piec4' or parcel of land sit uate in SuimiierLill township. Cambria county, a.ijoininjr lands of (i;ortre Settltir.oycr, John I. fran, ar.d others. conlaiiiinr !iOO at its. moi-4? or h-ss, about UO litres of which are ch-ared, fiavir.fr thereon erected a two story I'liiinn House and a Lofr Barn, now in the occupancy of I'hilip Skt-lly and Ale.xaniler Sk.-lly. and a one-and-a-half story I'lank House and ii l.or Stable, now in the occupancy of 1 avid Skelly. Taken in execution am! to be sold at the suit 4, f Wm. II. Gardner, Kxecutorof Hannah Lloyd, dee'd, Who was l:.vecutri.v of (iilbert L. Lloyd, de'd. ANo. all the riftlit, title and interest of Thos. R. Thomari. of, in and to a piece or patcel of land Mutate in Cambria township, Cambria county, adjoinimr lands of Humphrey Francis, Williain Hamil, and others, containing lGo acres, morf or l-5s. about nei-es of which are cleared, haviiifr thereon ere4-ted a two story Plank House and lrrame Ilar.k Lain, now in the occupancy of Thomas IJ. Thomas. Taken in execution and to tie sold at the suit of Joseph Mill4r, Ksij. Also, all the rijrht. title and interest td" Peter Met toufrh, Fj4i-, td', in and to the following des cribed farm find tracts of land situate in Wash ington townsliip, Cambria 4-ounty, boundedand di-scriboU as follows, lhat is t4 ssty, tin- ntnth ern or one full and equal moiety tr half part of all that tract of land called "Friendship," situa ted on the wuton of the CAinemaujih, in the CVmutyof Cambria, bejriiminjr at a sufrar tree, thence by vacant land near the foot of the Alle gheny mountain. North SO I'-jr., ICast i:5 perches, to a maple tree. North 41) dejr.. Fi.-t 40 percla-s, toa cherry tree, North 7 (lejr.. West ' perches, to a bireh ti-t-e; th'nce by vacant land. South 35 detr.. West :) perches, to a p4ist ; thence by an ild survey. South 11 dt j!. Fast lri--perches to a buttouwood, and North 7'.) Cejr., Fiist 7'.) acres, to place of bejrinnirsr conlaiui'isr i'Z'J l- aires and allowance t-in.'; tii4" same tract of land which Thomas I'l-LrnseanJ June, his v.-if e. Win. V. Anderson and Ann P., his v ile. Morris L. Hallow-ll and Hannah, his wife. Norwood Pen rose and Josephine, his wife, d" Philadelphia, b- their Ilced beariujr date tlie Sth iaA"tf April, A". 1. 1851, oonvcj-4-d to J. J. White, F.sq., Tnis t'f, c., and th? said Joliu J. White. Ksi., by his 1)c4m1 of Assifrnment endors4'd thei-4-ii. beariliir date the 2nd day 4f Decern b.T. A. D. Isi.i, rcrr )-)-ed in the office for recording id' Deeds "in anl for Cambria 4-ounty, in Record Honk Vol.21, Pasre :10. &e., assifrni'd and conveyed to Edward M ex clude. Also, one other piece or parcel of land situate in Suimuerhill township, Cambria coun ty, warranted and surveyed in the name of Sam uel Itioilfret. (includimr a piece or parcel of hind purcbasiil by John Ki-an from Murray d Me L'arroll.) eontainiiifr -141 atw, le the same more or less, havinjr ther-on erected a Saw Mill and a Frame House bi-'ii-r the same premises iiurchiise-d by Ltmis Casiday as tlw proja-rty of ohn Kean, sold u;id eonv.yetl to the said Louis Cassiday by John Roberts, "Esi., Hijrh Shei ill' f Ca'iibria county, by D-ed l'oll dated vthJune, s5S, recorded in the otlice for the record inj? of I)e4.ls in and for thi? said countj' of Cambfia. in Record Honk, Vol. Iti, Paire 414, and afain sold at Sheriff 's. sale as the property of Lewis Ca.-si-duv and convewd to Kdward Mi-GlaiW.' by Jtoh't 1'. Linton. Hifrh Sla'iitt' of Cambria county aforesaid, by Dcm1 Poll acknowledged in ttie Court of Common Pleas of said county on the :.'itii June, lNJl. anl recorded in the Rei-order'8 Oliice aforesaid, in Itecord IW.ok, Vol. l'J. Pajre 77, e. ; and which James Myers, Ksi., Hijih Sheriff of the said county of Cambria, sei.i-dand took into exi'i-ution on a judfrmi'iit ariiinst the said Edward McGlade in favor of Henry Loiran, ami aft i WHids, to wit. on the llfh Dot-ember, A. D. Isti7. bv his Deed Poll sold and conveyctlto the said Peter McGoujrh; and which the said Sheriff also seied in execution on a judgment in favor of Henry Foster ajcaiust the said Ed ward McGlade, aiid sold and convcyctl by his I ..ed Poll, acknowledged in open Court on the 4 1 Ii December, s7, to the saiil lJeter McOoua h. Also, one other tract of land which Williain McGoujrh and Marv, his wife, Joseph McGoujrh and Jesse Mi-Ootliili, y their Deed dated 4th December. 1H, (situated in Washimrfon twp..) convev4-tto 1'i-ter McGoujrh. tloseritxl as lol Iowk: "Uejriuninjr at a post, thence North Sidefr., West 77 l- perches tv a post; thence North 7:J dejr-. West 1S4 p4-rehes, to a jxist ; thence South 70 dep., East 4f perches, to a post ; thence South "0 dejr.. East 100 perciies, to a spruce; thence South ikldefr.,Iist K'.i perches, to a birch ; theni;e South 4o dejr., Wt;st ,ii perches, to a post, and thence South 12 dejr.. East loo perches to the place of bcfiiiinmjr containinjr 1 IT acres, more r less adjoinintr lands of John Noel, Samuel McGouffh. and others, haviivr thereon en ( ted a Dwelling House and Harn. Taken in exoi -ution and to be sold at the suit of John J. White, Trustee 4f Thomas N. Penrose and Jane, his wife, Wm. V. A ndcrson and Ann, his wile, Mor ris L. Hallowell and Hannah, hi wife, and Nor wood J'eiiroseanu josepuiuv, ins uuu beeea I'enrose. Also, all the rijrht. title and interest of Fran cis Luthi-r, of, in and to a piece or parcel of land situate In t.arrou towniup, i anion. i - . aditiininsr lnndsof Ijiwrt nce Smith. John S. Lu ther, and othei-s, eontainiiifr 10 acres, more or I less, about acres of which are cleared, havnur t hereon ere-tel a two story I'lank House and a Ii"- Stable, now in the occupancy 4t I rancis Luther. Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit of Francis A. Kirkpatriek. Also, all the rijrhr, title and interest of John Met aulev, of, in and to a piece or parcel of land . piiuate in Carroll township. Cambria county, adjointnjr lands of James Kirkpatriek, John Ott, and others, containinjr HI acres, more or less, about an acrert of .w hich aro cleared, bavmj,' t h. reon erected a two story Lojr 1 louse ami Lojr Itarn, now in the occupancy of Jlich I d keil , and a one stiry Hoard House, now in the occu pancy of Fr.-di-rick Arble. Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit cf the Commons eaJth ''AlsaVlX'riVht, title and interest of James Hui-k, of, in and to a piece or parcel of lundMt uate in Summerhill township, Cambria county , adjoi iii.fr lands of S. M. Kern, Christian iSmay, anil others containinjr 73 acres more or !, about :5 acr-s of which are rt- V"5 thereon erected two one-and-a-half story lxjr HouVw and a W Harn, now in the occupancy of Jauiei Hurk. Taken in execution and to bo sold at the suit of Jeremiah McGoiiijrle. b" ":. ..ii i. . itvht. title and interWKtof An thony Sellers and Henry Sellers, of, in and to a oiece or parc l of hind situate in SummerniU townsliii) Cambria -ounty, adjoininj? lantis of Christ nVma v, William McConnell, and ' r. bcrj eontainiiifr !: acres, more or less, about acre- of which are cleared, bavin thereon er.-ct-ed a Lofr l oose and a Lofr Harn not now occu pied Taken in execution and to bo held at tho suit Of Philip 1Ujonjf A. ULATH. Sheriff, Sheriff's Office, Ebensburg, May 10, 1870. 17 STATE OF JOSEPH I-EMON, XL- DEC'D.-ItteofAdministrnton iiiin. rmnliriR county, deceased. ' linvinur been KranUHl to the . "ndeur m;.i uyine kv . my, 4.ci. ... f mud con: sons lncteDieu to sa:n c-"'"' v ;".r.ri7,i .iirainst without delav. and those hiivnifr claims afrtunsi 1 estate ii. make paymen X ".""'Zr ;, .,n nroiVly ..uthenucu- ied for st ement. JOIiS LANl. Chest Twp., May e, 1870f dm r itljc poet's gfpartmtnt. TIIRKE O'CLOCK IX THE MOKXIXO. BY it. S. PAI FRET. What do tlie robins whisper about From tLeir homes ia the elms and birches? I've tried to study tho riddle out, 13ut still in my mind is many a doubt, lu pite of deep researches. While all of the world is in silence deep. In the twiiivht of early dawuintr I rPl.L.YT korrin t. .l-.if.t n,-..l 4 ...It...- -Jvj w'51" w von p rtuu muLci aou peep, As if they were talking in their sleep, At three o'clock in tlie morning. Perhaps the little ones stir, and complain That it's time to be up and do-ins ; And the mother-bird sings a drowsy strain To coax them back to their dreams aaiu, Though distant cocks are crowing. Or do they tell secrets that sho'd not be heard Uy mortals li.steuiug and prying? Perhaps we might learn frum some whisper ed word The best way to bring up a little bird, Or the wonderful art of flying. It may be they speak of oDe autumn dL.y When with nuiuy a feathered roamcr, UudtT the clouds so cold aud gray; Over the hills they took their way, lu search cf the vanished eummer. It may Le they gossip from nest to nest, Hidden and leaf-enfolded ; For do we not often hear it confessed, Wi.cn along-kept escret at last is guessed, That "a little bird has toid it 1" Perhaps but the question is wrapped in doubt; They give me no hint or warning. Listen, and tell me, if you find out, What do the robins whisper about At three o'clock i.u the looming. Our young- Folks. Sales, jsHutcIjcs, iwcbof ts, e. THE BEGINNING AND THE END. Mississippi, with its flat lands, sluggish streams, great shallow lakes and btyous, is not in its scenery suggestive of romance or poetry. A few rugged bluffs exhibit its upland it has no cloud-capped moun tains, no rutniiig cataracts, no shadowy glen.. liut it has daik-eyed pylphs, formed for love, and love alone; men, too, whose veins run wild with blood as hot as the lava's flood which overruns the red volca no's crest. In 1848 a young man stood on the piazza of his father's almost princely man Hon near Natchez, engaged in an earnest discussion with that father the wealth iest planter in the country. The young man was in shape and feature very hand Some ; but when excited his dark eyes and frowning brow spoke too plainly that he had a nature which would brook no control. "Tom,'' said the old planter, and he epoke in a low, resolute tone ; "Tom, this marriage must not, and shall not come off. You are uiy oniy sun if you do as 1 wish, all my property will soon be yours, and until it is you shall have all the money you can us.e to purchase Hfe's en joyments. Excepting the one thing, I have never denied juu anything. 1 s:iy again vou must not thiuk of marrying that girl!" "Father, you speak plainly and posi tively. Go on a little farther and tell me why I must not marry Mary Fres eott." And the young man spoke quite as low as his father, while his face wore a look of self-determination. "First, then, because I say it shi.ll not be!" "Well, father, go on, I wait for your secondly." "Secondly, she 13 as poor as a church ixioiicc, and has only blood to be proud of." "Well, sir, have you a thirdly ? If so, let me hear that before I give you not only a lir&t but a final answer." "Yes thirdly, years ago, her father crossed my path we quai relied, he got the better of me, and I swote I never would forgive him, and I never will ! His blood shall never mingle in fiiend.ship with mine." "Is that your lastly, father?" "YfcS, Tom, it is and now obey my wishes, and there is no wish, but that one on earth that I pan accede to which will not be granted you." "Thank you, air, for your liberality in that respect, but that one wistt is the only thing on earth that I happen to desire. Where a man truly loves, he has but one thought, one hope, one desire." "A uiau you are but a boy yet I" "Father, at my age you married !" "Yes, and pleased my father, while I doubled the estate you will own if you obey me." 'Then I fehall never own it. I am en gaged to marry Mary Frescott, and I will keep the engagement." "I doubt it, Mr. Tom WTilliams I doubt it. In the first place, my sister will never be allowed by her family to beg a place in a rich man's family ; in the next tny father hates yours too much to ever forget the past or to see his blood mingle with yours." It was a young man, rather coarsely dressed, but tine looking in person who epoke. Tom Williams in an instant recognized the brother of the girl whom he loved so well. lI will not debate the question with you. Mary and myself will do aa we please," he said bitterly as he turned to enter the house. "Try to see her again, and see who will stand in your path," cried young Frescott, and he turned the horse upon which he had ridden up, and galloped away. "Now I hope, sir, you are satisfied. To be rebuffed and scorned by her family ought to be enough to rouse your pride at least!" "It is, sir. It makes me proud to fee! that I have mough strength of mind and enough courage, too, to marry the girl I love in spite of all opposition. I didn't intend to hurry up the matter quite so fast, but now I will make Mary Frescott my wife before tomorrow's sun goes down, or the devil will have a mortgage on my 6oul !' These last words were uttered as the young man passed in, and the father was left alone on the piazza. "lie will not lare to persist in this dis obedience," soliloquised the old man. "The thought of disinheritance will check lii ia in time." 4K Another day -a lovely day and a love ly scene: A cottage under the broad spreading limbs of a live oak a cottage almost covered with red honey suckles and white climbing roses. And standing in the doorway of this cottage was a tall, slender girl, with eyes of that soft dreamy hascl, which at times seem black ; hair hanging in jetty curls over her shoulders as graceful as a sculptor could ask for a model. This was Mary Frescott, and holding a note from Thomas Williams aganist her throbbing breast, while her eyes looked anxious!' down a lime tree avenue, she murmured : Will he come oh ! will he come V "lie had better not," said a voice cIjso to her ear. It was her brother who spoke. "Oh, Jesse you suicly- would not ins terfere with our love," she said beseech ingly. "I have already interfered. Mary, his cursed old father said you were a beggar, and I told him and his son you would not beg your way in'o their family. And more than that, I told Tom Williams not to come here or he would find something in h't3 way." "Oh, Jesse how coul 1 you ? but see he is coming. Now, deaf brother, do go away. I want to see Tom, and see him alone." "You shall not, Mary. Thai's as good as sworn to !'' He made no further reply, but sternly watched Thomas Williams, as the young man hurried forward to meet her who was all in all to him. "Stop where you are !" cried Jesse Frescott, when Williams was within ten or twelve paces. "I told you if you came here you would find some one in jour way." And he drew a Dsrringcr pistol, cocked and raided it. There is but one will on earth for me to obey," said Williams, still moving forward." 'Then I'll bo the will to stop you!" cried young Frescott, sighting the barrel, which now laid level with the heart of Williams. "Brother brother !" screamed Mary Frescott as she sprang directly in front of him. A report a low scream a grasping moan and Mary Freecott's love and life were iced in death. Thomas Williams for an instant stood E.9 if he had been ptruck with a sudden paralysis. Then with a howl of agony, he sprang forwaid and butied a knife up to the hilt in the heart of Jesse Frescott. From that hour he was never seen by father or friends in Mississippi. But first in Texas, then in Mexico, and at last in '49 and "50, in California, a strangely desperate man, who called himself Tm Williams, made himself dreaded and fear ed by his wrecklcss ferocity almost in human thirst for blood a carelessness i f peril which amounted to utter madness Every where this man's track was marked with blood. A dead shot ; he avoided no quarrels, but continually sought them, and he never failed to hit his victim when his hand was raised. Men feared and avoided him, until with a sneer, he made it a common re mark that all the brave men were dead, or, to use his own phrase, "wiped out." One night after two or three year of wild life, he entered a mining camp on or near the Yuba, known then as Natches. He was, as usual, morose and ugly, ready to quarrel with any and every one, and fixing his eye9 on a young man named Jack Moore, he used a grossly insulting epithet. The 3'oung msn turned pale, deathly pale, but it was not the pallor of cowardice. "Tom Williams," said he, "I seek no quarrel. I do not wish to be what you are, a blood stained murderer, bnt unsay those words or you'll repent having spo ken them." "Bali ! you're a .coward like the rest," cried Williams. . The next instant, his face covered with blood, he fell to the floor. Moore bad taken up a two pound weight and had hurled il with unerring aim at Williams head. 'Leave, Jack, leave !" cried the in mates of the store. "He'll kill you when he comes to !' 'I will not leave ; I did not seek the quarrel ; I will not fly from it for him," said Moore, as his antagonist rose to his feet. "I take back one thing you are not a coward !" cried Williams,, as he dashed the blinding blood from his eyes. "Hut look here, Jack Moore, heel yourself! (a California phrase arm yourself) The world isn't big enough for both of us. Either you or I go under in the morning. Look out for me then 1" "All right," said young Moore, quietly, as the dreaded desperado staggered away. In vain Jack Moore's friends tried to persuade him to avoid an encounter which they believed would be fatal to him. Every effort was made to get him to leave. He would not go. But, arming himself when the next day's sun rose, he went to the same store where the difficul ty had occurred the night before. A few minutes later, Tom Williams, ready for the fray, entered the door. Ev ery one but a kind heat ted old man rushed out of the way. He, reckless of his own peril, stayed to try to keep the men apart. "Ate you ready to die, Jack ?' cried Williams, as he deliberately drew bis weapon. "No, but I am ready to put an end to your killing folks!" replied Moore, as he drew his- The eld man rushed up to Mooro and threw his arms around him just as Wil liams fired the first shot. With a groan of horror he sprang back, for the hot blood spurted out over his face from a wound received by Moore. Williams had shot the latter through the neck. But the young man did not fall shot after shot passed between the combatants until suddenly Williams dropped his pis tol hand. "I'vft pot it, Jack !" he cried, "you have killed the best and the worst nun in all California. Mary, I'm coming at last." These were the last words of Thomas Williams, the desperado Moore had shot him through the heart. Though fearfully wounded himself, the young man recov ered, and is now mining in Yuba county, where this incident will be well remems bered. Tiik Ltrri.i-; Folks Don't expect too much of them ; it has taken forty years, it may be, to make you what you 'are with all your lessons cf experience ; and most probably you are a faulty being at best. Above all don't expect judgment in a child, or patience under trials. Sympathise with them in their mistakes or troubles ; don't ridicule them. Kemember not to measure a child's trials by your standard. "As one whom his mother comforteth," says the inspired writer, and beautifully does he convey to us the deep, faithful love that ought to be found in every woman's heart, the unfail ing sympathy in all the chidren's griefs. Let the memories of their childhood be as bright as you can make them. Grant them every innocent pleasure in your power. We have often felt our temper rise to see how their pains were thwarted by older persons, wlron a little trouble on their part would have given the child pleasure, the memory of which would last a lifetime. Lastly, don't think a child hopeless because it betrays some very bad habits. We have known children that seemed to have been born thieves and liars, so early did they display these undeniable traits ; yet these, same children have be come noble men and women, and orna ments to society. But they had wise, affectionate parents, and whatever else you may be compelled to deny your child by your circumstances in life, give it what it most values, plenty of loving kindness. Sri EPi-E Jacks. "Steeple Jacks" are workmen who, by an ingenious device, ascend to the side or top of a high chim ney or steeple, without building staging from the ground or roof. The London Builder narrates, that some of the factory chimneys at New Swindon, having got out of repairs, the company resolved to employ a "Steeple Jack," who according ly 'jiade his appearance at New Swindon and set to work. His plan of proceeding was to fly an Indian kite with two strings attached. The kite raises in a perpendic ular direction, and when above the chims ney top, is guided over it. The second string is then pulled, and thus a complete communication is formed over the chim ney. By means of the string a double copper wire is drawn up, and by the wires some pulleys and tackling. "Steeple Jack" then ascends, hand over hand, and places an iron band around the chimney, which he secures tightly.. Flanks are then drawn up, and laid upon irons pro jecting from the band ; and thus, in a very short time, a scaffold sufficient for his ourpose is erected, at a cost very much less .than that of a regular builder's. "Jack" had two or three assistants, and managed, in his renal manner, to pull down one of the factory chimneys, which had become so badly out of repair as to require rebuilding. This scaffolding looks, at a distance, like a large India rubber band around the chimney, with ropes de pending from it. Can a woman be wetter than when she has a cataract in her eye, a waterfall on the back of her head, a creek in her back, forty springs in her hooped skirt, and high tied shoes on ? Yes, when the baa a tio 'tion (an ocean) in her head. We glean from Woods' "Wedding Day in all Ages" a few of the more remark- if . auto customs connected with and the marriage ceremony: marriage The ancient Scythians, being a warlike people, would not ma ry a maiden who had not killed an enemy. Among the Nestorians, on the wedding night the bride groom gave the bride a kick, and commanded her to pull oil" his shoes as a token of her submission to him. In Chaldea, on the wedding day, the priest came into the bridegroom's house and lighted a fire, which he thought ought never to be put out until the hour of the death of one of the pair. If, during the life of either the husband or wife, Hie lire went out, it was considered a sign that marriage between them was dead also Among the ancient Assyrians, all the ' marriageable young ladies were assembled in one place, and the public ci ier put iheru up to sell one alter another. The Babylonians, also, had a kind of a market for their daughters at certain times every year. Assembled in public places, where they were exposed to general view, they were disposed of to the best bidders. Iu modern Egypt, a woman can never be seen by her husband until after she has been mariied. Negotiations are usually conducted by professional women, who see the off. red bride and report to the masculine candi date. A similar custom prevails in West Barbary, where the bridegroom does not see his bride until he is introduced to her in the bridal chamber, but a woman, on his behalf, watches her in her bath aud reports as to her charms and defects. In the Mulluca Islands the same cus torn prevails. Among the Medes, a man was not en titled to a fall degree of respect unless ho had seven wives, nor a woman utiltss she had five husbands. Sj says Suabo. ! The nobility might have a5 many wives as they pleased, but all over seven could be parted with at discretion ! A Fersian's mode of making love, was to buru himself in some visible part, in order to prove his faithfulness to his mis tress, who, if she accepts him, gives a silken scaif to bind up his wounds. An odd marriage ceremony among the Fersians was for the parlies to meet at moonlight on a bed in the presence of tv. o sponsors, who had lice in their hands The sponsor for the man, touching the woman's forehead, asked her if we shoul 1 have the man, and the sponsor for the woman performed the same ceremonj' to the man. The hands of the parties were then joined and rice scattered over them. Among the Vezerees, in Fersia, when a woman is smitten with a man, she sends the drummer of the camp to fasten a hand kerchief to his cap, with a pin she has used to bind up her hair. This is done by strategem in public, and the victim is obliged to accept the woman provided he can pay her price to her father. Among the Carcassians, the bride was conducted to the groom's house attended by relatives and by musicians. Oa enter ing the house the btide kicked over a pitcher of wine that was placed in the middle of the apartment, and scattered the paste in a vessel of .bread dough, at its side, against the wails. At a marriage in Benares, in the East Indies, the man an 1 woman go into a stream of water together, a priest beirg preent. The official p?tfcrms the cere mony by pouring water on a cow, and tying the couple togttlur by thtir clothes. Then a walk arour.d the cow and a few other forms complete the union. With a tribe in Neilgherry it was the custom fr the maids and bachelors who wished to get m inied, to erect a hut in side nn enclosed space of ground, with a thick space around, so that the women within the enclosure and the men with out could not see each other. The females then went into the hut, and the males thrust sticks through the fence. Simul taneously the former came out of the house and each one caught hold of a stick, the owner of which became her husband. At AVnbonia, in the last century, the marriagt ceremony consisted principally in throwing backward and forward an eg into the wide sleeves of the btide and bridd grootn's outer garments. In seven days after the wedding the couple were obliged to sit together, looking solemnly upon the ground A man without ears, lives in Iowa, and farms for a living in Hardin county .- The Sentml has the following description of him : "W e saw a man the other day who lives temporarily a few miles from town, who was born without ears, but who in all other respects was perfect in form. Where ears should be there were slight protuberances of cartilage, no open in tor the admission of -sound. We have o often met and conversed with him, ant never before knew of the existence of this singular freak. The gentleman says that sound reaches the inward sense of heating through his skull in the region of t temples. Ordinary social intercourse can be carried on with hi in, exciting no far ther suspicion than that he is a little hard Ul ucm iiij. ..r i Is what does Queen Victoria her pil'B ? Iu cider inside Aer). take Till: YALLLK 1IUCS. BY MAKK TWA1S. When Noah disembarked at Ararat he had scarcely touched tho pier when lie proceeded to tally his passengers. Ila had just checked his lart item in the list a Mr. and Mrs. Bed'oug-when the cringing figure of a quadruped came swinging down the gang-plank with his tail between his legs. "Drat it, if there ain't that yaller dog!" says Noahj aim ing a vicious kick at the brute, liut, with a facility born of long aud bitter experience, the brute dodged the projec tile, ejaculating "kii," which is Syriac for "declined with thanks," or "not for Jo'' he disappeared, while Noab, who had his sea-'egs on, was unable to recover his balance, and sat dowu with emphasis on the back of his head. Noah arose, and, in accordance with the ptyle prevalent among the patriarchs, he proceeded to soothe his affronted dig nity by pronouncing a Variegated anathe ma upon the yaller dog, which had charac teristically sneaked unobserved on board, in the confusion of putting to sea, and capsized the Captain at the first "port. Hd cursed that dog in body, limb, bark, hide, hair, tail and wag, and till his gener ations, relations and kindred, by consan guinity or ati'mity, and his htiis and as signs. He cursed him with endless bun ger, with perpetual fear, with parennial laziness, with hopeless manpe, with inces sant fleas, and with his tail between his legs. He closed his maledictions by h sparkling display of pyrotechnics, from the demoralizing effects of which the yal ler dog has never recovered. With this curse sticking to him like a levenue stamp, the yaller dug can't help being "cussed." He don't try to help it He follows Noah's programme with a sneaking fidelity. He is an Ishmaeiite among dogs. He receives the most op pressive courtesies in the form of brickbats, boots and hot water, which make his life an animated target excursion. lie boards around like a district school teacher, and it i3 meal-iirue with him twenty-fuur hours in the day. The test of the time lie bankets after something to eat. He is too omnivorous for an epicure. Cram hull s.t Dclmotiico's, aud he would hunger for dessert from an Albativ boarding house. He can't be utilized. He i3 too tlredk As a swill-cart locomotive, a hunter, of a sentinel, he Is an ignominious failure. The dog churn was a strategic attempt to employ his waste erergies, but he had no waste energies, and butter had too much self-respect to "come at his pureua sion " So the dog churn was dropped. No sausage maker dare foreclose hid lien on the yaller dog, lest his customers -no longer "soothed and sustained by an unfaltering trust" transfer their pa tronage to some less audacious dealer. The savages, who admire baked dog, and can even attack tripe and explore the mys teries ot hash, without uismay, aiknoA'U edired the yaller dog to be too much fof their gastric intrepidity He always manages to belong to a ragged, tobacco-chewing, whiskey-drink ing master, whose business is swapping logs and evading the dog tax. The yal er 4lng is acquainted wish himself, anil he enjoys the intimacy with cd.f)ing con tempt. He slinks along through hie, on a diagonal dug trot, as if in doubt as to which end of him is entitled to tho precedence. He Is always pervaded by a hang-dog senBe of guilt, and wheu retri butive tinware is fastened to his tail, ha flies from the wrath to come" with a lornfied celerity which ought to be very suggestive to two-legged sinners of a sim ilar ordeal in store for him. The yaller dog is well to speak in italics, ho is a slouch Dumb, but Eloquent. Tlie following touching story of "a handsome coach log" and his drunken master is vouched for by a leading Boston paper, from which we quote i 'The man pursued his devious course, closely followed by his four-footed com panion, till at length he approached the saloon referred to, and was about to enter, when, to the surprise af all w ho had wit nessed ths affair, the dog jumped up, and catching the skirts of the man's coat, souiiht to prevent him from going in. Thrt inebriated biped spoke in angry tones to the beast, but it was without avail, till a more than ordinary command induced him to relinquish his hold, and the man hastened inside, followed by his faithful companion and would-be protector. "Actuated simply by ctincsUy, we also went in, and us we gained a position near the bar, saw in close proximity thereto the beast and his master, the lat ter trying to reach "the bar, and the for mer standing on his hind legs with - his forepawts placed against the man's breast, vainly endeavoring, even at the eleventh hour, to prevent him from again indulging in the-intoxicating cup. "To the credit of tho bar-tender, be it sta'ed, that he refused to furnish the man with more liquor, and tears were drawn from eyes that had long been unused to the melting mood, as at each refusal the undoubtedly heart-stricken canine would bestow a look intended, doubtless, to be one of gratitude upon the dispenser of "juleps,' "slings," and "tods, and then turning would as it were, mutely beseech, his liquor loving master to abstain." ii
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