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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.
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i?F:TAILEKS of Forfign
f ' ti vr;Tif MF.Kf,.risF. in Cambria
U an? El.'; I'.'.Ui for the year 1S70:
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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) :
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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
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ltiim'u Ceorjre Hizen.
7 in i H aspi-r Hajri-r,
50
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(m 14 o.-t - nancy,
50
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7 (
7 00
7 00
7 (
7 5J
7 50
n
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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,-
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71.41 11 .ihi I'arutt,
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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,
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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
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14 1.4-inon - Murray 7 Otj
V V-ntNOToN 1 ' V .SSil 1 1".
P I rl-iu "1 " 14 Dvsert A: Co.,
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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 '
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.V.. l!nn. '"i 14 K. It. l)uiipran,
Mxti'l Ikii.'.icV. : K' 14 S. W'nartju,
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7 00
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i:ri m.AMi TOV NHIP.
Vrwn l:.-i-h, 7 t-i 14 ai. M-Connell,
oilliii. 7 "4i 15 .Ins. A. Maher,
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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,"
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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,
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7 50
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i 'v-:;'. 1 "I 14 John Itradley,
-1J ;.'; ,. 1 A.J. Christy,
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700
7 50
1.1'..'
1 "r. 7 M. it i.ouisa Aaron,
J,-.,' ;:;'M't"i' 14 Jacob Widman,
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700
700
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7 50
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7 50
7 50
7 50
7 00
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7 00
7 70
7 00
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J' . -VMt Waiters &
Son,
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14 John s'.-nroth.
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15 oo
15 (4
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' 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.
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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."
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