IS fift if iff t -.WK" m'Wi rt. o yi'VlliV., i:lltor and lu Llinlicr. HE IS .V FREEMAN WHO II THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES RESIDE. Terms, 2 ier jrar In adrancc; Ol.LWE 4. UVE MONEY ! BV l'.lTRMH-0 i. w i J r 5 1 a 19 vaj (IlEir ( ASH DCAM.ltS I II KIDS DRY GOODS, LADIES' DRESS GOODS, ady-Made CLOTHING, ! Hats, Caps, scois, Alices, LOTHS,CASSIItIEEES, S.ITI SETTS, JE iXS, Ld a Frci.li e.nd (omiilclc SlueU or MlfEFlMILY GROCERIES CONSISTING CP E! tin ft ? GR.ll.V, FEI, ACON, SALT, FISH, rer.sn yi-::;etal?l.i-:s, R!ED & CAN'D FRUITS, SUGARS. TEAS, COFFEES, -HPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c. Abo, a J.irge tock of" the it Brands of Cigars and Tobacco, STOUEON HIGH STREET, tr i-wi-i ImU of Lnrtrord s Ivkl. L'OOD, JIOIIUKLL & CO. WASHINGTON STREET. :Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa., 8Wci'! and lldcil Dcaltis in r-vt ifflnnCiYKK N1I.I.ITRY GOO!)S, E'A'TS AM) SHOW. HATS AND CATS. 9 IKON AND XAILS siLTbAND OILCLOTHS, , HEADY-MADE CLOTHING. 'M:n. YILLOvV WARK. "'J'-'t'N' AND WILLOW WARE. OfWand FEED, ALL KINDS, ; '"e,'h,':' niaunfTof We.toin IVoiliK-e, 3 l'fe:ale ..'.I ...tl 1 ..ir .,..1 . t:ieJ on thethcrtest notice simJ "tiMe tornn - tt'"OI).MORRELL i CO. "C,K -ZAHM.. ...... .JAS ft. ZAHM. ZAHM & SON, DKAI.FUS IS SrCOODS, GROCERIES. I HARDWARE. QUEENSWARE, 'Waps.Eoots.Shoes, ALLCTEER ARTICLES 'I Kc ni i COILNTRY PRODUCE tlS " fXCHAKOE FOR GOODS ! JIAIX STREET. 7 to the Post Office, Door EBEXSr.URG. PA. -"Jlusetta . 7 ",tmnle "'S bus t .,' '""iitacn I . -'"" o per cent, lu'o Inc. .. e Cat'" collected fi forCtU8iVe8 tll5 larst I1SU- fc, r'its , . among tne I'ol- ,"urnncy. . ""ugmg in net "W....,.S.I,lJoU!tirml Ii: thin n ,K WHmHJ Cn,Pny in Cambria "aaC( , V 1 '"ade. To those kr riL e m08t cheerful- C'OpF , 't 0r uv!ible. ,IopUiabrUCo St F9. Gecer.l 0l'Db,on. Pa. ' iltWh v AEent. C-l Fourth b,a' Ipr.U.lj.j FOR THE PEOPLE. ;ITS POWERS AND JURISDICTION ! Full Text cf Hie Act TCsti lug said Court. An Act suppk nitntal to an Art establishing a District Court in the Boifuh cf Juhu town, f.r the County of Cambi ia. approved the 13th day vt Aprii, A. D. 18C3: Si ci ion 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and Ilvitst of Rcyrcstntatives cftht Common wealth f ' Vennsyicuuia in General Assembly tnet, and it is hereinj enacted by authority if the fame. That fiorn uud after ihe postage of this Act. the District Court cf Cambria Counfv shall have and exercise, withiu the limits of taui : district, all aud singular the powers nnd ju rUoicticus cf the C rt of Oyer and Termi- ijt-r and Crftieral Jail Delivery of Cambria County, and shall li;:ve and exercise original eu il jurisdiction in al! cases within thu limits of haul district, and shail have anil exercise, within the limits ef said distiict, all hau ctrj jowcrs and jurisuict imitt which aic r.uw vested in the Cuit of Common I'leas of Caml ria County, and shall have anvl cxtr-ci.-c, within ti,e limits cf said district, all aiKj singular the powers and jurisdieti.,1 of tl:e dpi nits' Cu it and liegister Court cf Cambria Comity, with like effect within taid district, and v.iih like powers and jurisdic tions, and the lemedics. posters, pleadings and costs shall be similar to like proceedings ii: the C iirt of Common I'leas. O urt of Ojer an 1 Terminer and Central Jail I). -livery. Couit of Common Picas. Court f Kqu1 ty. Orphans' and Ut-aister'd Courts of Cam bi ia County. Slchon'2. There shall LecstatHshed witli in thc limits of said d:?trict, a JU-corder's cfllcc for recording deeds, mortgages, aprte rtt-nts, and all other inti uments of writing which are or may hereafter be within the re cording Acts of the State cf lVrms lvar.ia, which deeds and other insti uments of writing so recorded, and copies thereof duly certified, shall have such c licet rs is piven to n cords by the laws of the S ate of Pennsylvania. Skction 8. i he judgments of said District C urt shall be liens upon all the real estate of defendant or defendants lyiiikf within the limits of said DUtiict Court, and shall hive ail 1 he incidents ol judgments cf the C urt of O tnincn I'lers oi Cambria C unty, and writs of fieri facias, venditioni txponas, and other execution process for the purpo-e of selling any real estate cf d fendant or defend ants, within the limits of said district, shall issue out of said District C urt, with like effect and with like remedies, powers and jurisdictions as the same now issue out of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County; and there shall be a general Jivti docket end extension docket o r said Distiict C Url. which dockets shall be kept in said Distiict Court, and which shall have the same cflc as similar dockets and records which ly the lavs of the Commonwealth are kept in the Court of CouinioU Picas ef Cam bria County. Si.cnoN 4. The records of all judgments of any court of record of Pennsylvania, and of transcripts of judgments cf ail Aldermen and Justices of the IV-aee of this Common wealth shall, when duly authenticated, be admitted to record in said District Court, ' and shall there-upou have all the incidents of ' judgments in sud Court. " j SlCTloK o. It shall be the :uty of the Cleik of the Orphans' Court ami Register and Recorder of Cambria Count', aud he ia hereby authorized aud empowered to perform all the duties now required by law of the Clerk of the Orphan.' Court and Register and Recorder of Cambria County, fo far as the business arid jurisdiction of said District Court extends, and upon failure or refusal to per form said duties, the Judges of said Distiict G'Urt, or any two of them, shall appoint a person to perform said duties, in the same manner as is provided for tho appointment of Deputy Sheriff by the tenth section of she Act to which this is a supplement ; and it shall Le the duty of the Clerk cf the Orphans' Colli t and Register and Recorder to take charge cf the recoids and seals of said Cuirt and offices, and keep the same in the place of holding ta:d Court and in the apartments provided fur that purpose;, aud the fees of said Clerk, Rcg-'ster and Recorder, shall be the came as now provided by law for the (Metk of the Orphans' Court, Register and Recorder of Cambi ia county, for like services. He shall also give bond iu the same form and in like amount and conditions that the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Register and Record er of Cambria County has now entered into, which lonel shall be approved by any two of the Judges, the President being one. kction G. It shall be the duty of the Pro thonctary cf the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria county, and he is hereby authorized and empowcted to perform 'all tho duties of the Clerk of the Court of Oyer and Term iner and General Jail Delivery of said Dis trict Court, and the fees of thu saiJ Cleik of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery shall be the same and paid in like manner that the fees of the Clerk of tho Court of Oyer and Terminer of Cambria county are for like services. Section 7. It shall be tho duty of the Sheriff, Prothonotary , Clerk of the Court of the Oyer and Terminer, and District At torney ef the said District Court, and they aro hereby authorized and empoiveied to piform all their respective duties, no far as the eatne are hereby extended by this Act. aud the fees of said Sheriff, Prothonotary. Cleik of the Conrt of Oyer and Terminer and Distiict Attorney fchall be tho same a are now provided by law for like eervices. Section 8. Jurors drawn and in attend ance for the hearing aud tiialof causes, of t?aid Court, fchall receive oae dollar and fifty cents per day and inilengeat the rateof three cents per mile circular, and witnesses sub icenaed and in attendance on the trial of causes, or before the Grand Jury m said Court, shall receive one tlollar per day and mileage at the rate of three cents per mile circular. ' , lL Section 9. The qualified electors of the respective election districts. within the limits of said District Court shall, at the general tlection on the second Tuesday of October, EBENSBURG, PA, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and every three years thereafter, elect one per son, being a citizen of said district, who shall be called tho Marshal of said district and be commissioned by the Governor, and who shr.ll hold his office fur three years and until his successor is duly qualified, but, no person shall be twice chosen or appointed Marshal in any term of six years. Vacan cies ia said eliice shall be filled by appoint ment of the Governor, to continue until the next general election and until his successor shall be chosen and qualified, as aforesaid. The said Marshal shall have arid exercise all the powers and perform all the duties withiu the limits of said District Curt which are now by the laws of the Commonwealth re quired to Le performed by the Sheriff of Cambria county. He is also hereby required to perform all the duties enjoined upon the Sheriff of Cambria county by the seventeenth section of the Act to which this Act is.a sup plement. Before he shall be commissioned or execute the duties of his office, he shall enter into recognizance and become bound in the sum of ton thousand dollars, accord ing to the frm as now prescribed bv law for Sheriffs, which bond shall bo approved by the Juoges cf said District Court, or any two of them, the President being one, and be re corded. Sdd bond shall be like conditioned and have the iike effect and be si-.hvct to all j me provisions wUcli ty the laws of thW j Common weid'.h the bond of the Sheriff of j Cambria county is sulject to. It shall be the duty of said Marshal, immediately after j receiving his commission from the Governor, j to deliver the same to the Recorder of Deeds J of the said District C-urt, by whom the same shad be recorded at the expense of the said Marshal. Section 10. The qualified electors of The respective ehetiun distiicts within the limits of the said District Court shall, at the same time r.nd place, and every tiire-e years there alter, elect ene person, Uii.g a qualified elec tor of said distiict, to be styled Clerk of the District Couit, who shall perform ail the clerical duties appertaining to the t fikes and jurisdiction of said District Court, aud shall receive such fees as ate payable for similar services by law. The said Clerk of the Dis trict Court shall a!o have such power and authority and perform all the duties which by the fifth section of this Act ara given to and imposed upon the Register of Wills aud Recorder of Deeds of Cambi ia county, and he shall receive such fees as are payable by law fjr similar services. He shall hold his effico for three years and until his succes sor is duly qualified. Vacancies in said of fice shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, to continue to the next general e ection. Before the said Clerk shall be com missioned, he shall enter into a bond iu a sum to be fixed by the Judges of the said District Couit, or- any two ol them, of whom the President shall be cue, and the? said bond shall be like ceuditic ned and have bke effect ami shall Le subj et to all the j rovisions which by the laws of this Commonwealth the icspcclive bonds of the. P,oth..notary, Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds of Cambria county are now subject. Si CTloN 11. The qualified electors of said district shall, at the same time and place, and every three years thereafter, elect one pen on, iearne! iu the law, who has been two years admitted to the bar, and who shaii have resided withiu the limits of the said dis- trict one year next preceding his election, w ho shad be called the District Attorney of s.tid district. The said Di:-tiict Attorney, 1 efore entering on the dutnsof h: office, shall take and subscribe the same oath or tfiirmation as is required to be takeu by the Attorney . General of this Commonwealth, which oath j or idlirmation shall be entered on the records ! of the said Court. He shall have and exer cise ail thepowcrsand peiform all the duties w ithin the limits of s;;id District Court that are now by the laws of this Commonwealth required to be performed by the District At torney of Cambria county, and be sul j et to all the laws of this Commonwealth relating to Distiict Attorneys. Secjios 12. The said Marshal and Clerk of the District Court, for the said distiict, shall Lo!d their cCices iu the building in which said District Court is held, or some other convenient jdace iu the Borough, of Johnstown. Section 13. The election for Marshal and Clerk cf the District Court, as provided for by this Act, shall be held and conducted in all respecta in the same manner as elections for Representatives by the laws of this Com men wealth are held and conducted, and sub j-ct to al! the provisions of the laws cf the Commonwealth in relation to the election cf similar officers. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of the county to make, and publish proclamation cf the first election held under this Act, in the manner now provided t'V law tor the election of similar efficers of Cambria county, and thereafter such procla mation shall be made by the Marshal of said district, as aforesaid. Section 14. It shall be the duty of the judges ami inspectors of the respective elec tion districts, within the limits of said Dis trict Court, in addition to the duties now by law required cf them, as soou a6 all the votes given for the ofijeers herein provided for shall be read off and counted, to make cut duplicate certificates cf the same under their hands and sea's, setting forth in words at length the number cf votes given for the sev eral persons voted for, designating the office or station in respect to which the votes were given, eiiio of w hich shall be deposited in the election box, and the return judge shall take charge of the other aud prrxiuce the same at a meeting of one return judge from each elec tion district within the limits of said District Court, and on the day following said election. P r ov i .ltd, that in caso of the sickness or in ability cf said return judge to attend, then and in that case one of the inspectors or clerks of said election shall peiform the du ties hereby enjoined on the return judge. Section 15. The return judges of the sev eral electiou districts withiu the limits of eaid Distiict Court shall meet in the building in which said District Court is held, in the Bor ough of Johnstown, ou tho Wednesday fol lowing; said election, and shall 6elect two qualified electors of said district to act as clerks, who, before entering on their duties, shall be severally sworn or affirmed toper form the duties cf their effiae with honesty and fidelity, and on tho boird being so forr.i ed, it shall bo the duty of the return judges to deliver the ceitificates of election in their respective districts to the President of said board, who shall cause the clerk, in the pre THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1870. sence of said board, to add together the num ber of votes which shall appear by said cer tificates to have been given for any peison in respect to each office or station. The clerks shall thereupon, in presence of the judges, make out duplicate returns cf said election, as are now required to be made out fir Sheiilf and like offices, which shall be signed by all the return judges present and attested by said clerks, as by law now re quired to be made out and attested for like offices. When the returns shall be comple ted, the Piesic'ent of the board cf return judges, as aforesaid, shall forthwith lodge one each of such returns in thf office of the Prothonotary or Clerk of the District Court, and the other shall be by the said President of the board deposited in the nearest post office, sealed and directed to tiie Secretary of the Commonwealth, iu the manner nuw'di recled by law. It shall be the duty of thd return judges aforesaid in every case to trans mit to each of the persons elected a certifi cate of his election, within five days after making up such returns; and the said return judges and clerks shall be allowed the same compensation and mileage, to be paid out of the treasury of Cambi ia county, in the same manner that the return jtidgs and clerks of Cambria county are paid for like services. It shall be the duty of the Cleik of tho said District Cotit to whom the return of any such electiou shall be delivered by the judges afoietaid, where such judges are required to send a copy of such return to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to make out a copy of sueh return under his baud and seal of office, arul forthwith to transmit such copy under sealed cover to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by placing the same iu the nearest post office. It shall also be theduty of the Cleik afore.-aid to record said election returns iu a bock to be i rocured for that purpose. SicriON 1G. The effioers elected ae afore said shall enter upon the duties of their ic spective offices as soon as the oath cf fiice shall have been administered to them and recorded as af iresaul, whereupon all the du ties and jurisdiction of those acting in s;ii,l Court i-iid Distiict, ia tho same or similar offices, shall cease and dote: miue. Section 17. It shall be the duty of the Judges of tie said District Court, or any tw o of them, the President being one. at each session ef said Court, b estimate the proba ble expenses of said District Coir, t and the officers of said district, under this bill, tor and during the said sessiou cf said. Court and until the next term, aud draw an older for the amount of the same upou the Treasurer of Cambria county, iu favor of the Sheriff or Marshal of said Court ; and it shall bo the duty i f said Treasurer to pay said orders out of auy money in the treasury; and if theie shall be no money in the treasury when said order or orders are presented, then it shall be the duty of said Treasurer to pay the same out of the first money that shll come into his hands on account cf taxes paid in said distiict. Deficiencies in said estimates, or any of them, shall be included in the next estimate, aud paid accordingly. Section 18. Al! Acts and parts of Acts supplied hy this bid, or which conflict with any of its provisions, are hereby repealed. The Sisteks ok CriAUTr. With what pleasure and pride does the Catholic listen to the prabes of our Sisters of Charity fioni Protestant lip. We who also know thern well we who know their worth, their vir tues cannot Cud words to spear, or write of them as they deserve, or as we would wish to. But the generous and liberal Pro testants w ho have seen ihem in the hospitals, iu the sick room, at the bedside of the etyieg, never fail to pay a just tribute to them or to e xpress their admiration ef their self sacri ficing zeal in behalf of suffering humanity. It was but a few cb3s ago. away up in the mountaius of South Carolina, that we heaid from the lips of a venerable Doctor, who had traveled much in the world, such a grand eulogiurn on the Sisters of Charity that it made our heart glow with pride and our gratitude go cut to him for his eloquent words of praise. He had seen them iu the hospitals, in the pestilence, and be kuew their worth. Nowhere such teuder nursing nowhere such virtue nowhere such women. It was a Protestant speaking? to Protestants, aud to it was more eh queut, more appreci ated, than if it had come from the lips of one of our own Faith. Yes! there are no truer women no nobler womeu uo giander women than our Sis ters of Charity: and a Church which can foster such au association ought not to Ik; a despised Church. Its chaiities, its love fur all men, its noble benefactions, ought at least to save it from the slanders of those who misrepresent its doctrines and calumniate i s followers. Intelligence and gratitude shou d at least win fjr it respect iu sn just and ei -lightened a country as the South JSamur (f the South. Don't Hur.RY. Believe in traveling on step by step; don't txpect to be rich iu a jump. Slow and sure is better than fast and flimsy. Persevercuce, by its daily gains, enriches a man far more than fits and ttatts of foi lunate speculation. Little fishes are sweet. Every day a thread makes a skein in a year. Brick by brick houses are built. We should creep before we walk, walk before we run, and run before we ride. In getting rich, the more baste the worse speed. Haste ttips up its own heels. D.-u't give up a small business till you see that a largo ene will pay you better. Even crumbs are bread. Better a little furniture thau n empty house. In these hard time6. he who cau sit on a Btone and feed himself had bet ter not move. From bail to wotee is poor 'improvement. A crust ia hard fare, but none at all is battier. Don't jump tut of the frying pan into the fire. Remember, many men have done well in very small shops. A little trade with profit is better than a great concern at a loss; a small fire that warms you is better than a large fire that bums you. A great deal of water can be got from a small pipe, if the bucket in always there to catch it. Large hares may be caught in small woods. A bherp may fatten in a small meadow, and starve In a great de.-eit. He who undertakes too much, succeeds but little. A TBAcn jtbee growing from the 'spot where General Tighlman fell, iu Mississippi fcearo bloou red fruit and leaves.acd all grafts upon it has the same peculiarities. DOXXCR L tKli. Horrors or Overland Travel-Madness, Starvation and Cunnlbalisni-.Tlie Most Frisrlitlul Xnrrnllvc of Modern Times. The current number of the Overland Monthly describes afresh, and no doubt with minute accuracy, a chain of events, which, for ghastly horrors, are probably without equal in authentic records. The tale realizes, in truth, the frightful denun ciation of Othella, for in it "on hotror's Head horrors accumulate," and surely im agination cannot picture anything in the way of the piteous and awful more ex treme than what was sutn-red by the un fortunates concerned. In various forms, by books, newspaper?, and more ficquenis ly by private report, the story lias been toid ; for it happened long ago in 181C5 before Capt. Sutter had made his dis covery, and before every old whaler from Casco Day to Hatteras had been fitted up, to brave once more the petite of Cape Iloin. IJut many have persisted in dis believing it. Ii was too terrible to relate, they said, to believe. And it is true that there seemed to be a raw-head and bloody bones air about the narrative that more frequently attends fiction than fact, and which, at all events, lent warrant to the suspicion that it had boon expanded and embellished. There i., however, no doubt about the melancholy truth of it ; and the minulu account now published is to be ac cepted as the product of all the sifte d and collected testimony that it has been pos sible to obtain. Donncr L. ke named after the leader of the parly who met their death hard by is one ot ttie most picturesque and lovely I 1 ....v J v. spots in the elevated valleys of tli3 Sierra Nevada. ''Starvation Camp," the imme- uiaie scene oi uie calamity, is close at 1 .1 . . i.t . hand, and by it runs a railroad, Mrange contrast in the plenty and succor it sug gests to the helpless misery the spot once witnessed. The Donner parly leftlheir home for the Pacific slope in search of a healthful and eligible soil, and having penetrated this great distance toward the premised land, were ".-nowed up'' near the lake. Their Indian guide, one Truc kce, warned them one afternoon that dreadful weather was at hand, and urged them to push i n, for the ground was as yet unclisjoveied, they had found wood, water and grass, and determined to halt for the night. In the morning a foot of snow had fallen, and their cattle wander ed away fo that few of them could be found. Alarmed, the wayfarers began to build cabins and to take sucli other meas ures as they could to protect themselves from the elements. The snow continued to full and presently became impassable. In a few elays it was eight feet deep. Daring nearly the whole days of Novem ber the long storm continued and the snow on ti c mountains ultimately reached a depth of more than twenty feet. There were eighty-two soula in the party, thirty-two of whom being women, and a large portion children. The Cap tain, George Donner, was a man of some sasacity and considerable wealth, and his wife and children being with him, had every incentive to prudence and activity. But all efforts to escape from their fright ful situation proved vain. In a short time everything in the shape cf w hole.nme food was rrone. Thev devimrpd il.tr dogs the hides of the cattle they saved, aud their own boots and 6hoes. Finally the miserab'o creatures fogan to think tif eating each other. At this period a death occurred thus deferring a need for vio lence, and horrible to relate, tho corpse was eagerly consumed. Other deaths followed, and the survivors continued to subsist on the flesh of their dead compan ions. After six wet ks the storm having subsided right men and five women.guided by two Indians, set out to try to make their way to California. Tho hopes of all that remained hung on their efforts and thpy struggled desperately to succeed. But in a week, and before thev Imd unus ed the Divide, this forlorn hope was again overwhelmed by snow. Three died al most at once and the rest ate their bodies, "Ilavingy" says the Overland Monthly, "now bfen without a morsel to eat for four days, those wretched people cut the flesh from the bodies of Ihe dead, and having refreshed themselves upon a por tion of it and dried the balance for future use again pushed on. This was their ow lcar s feast it now being the first . v,. 'o uays lain . the food was'again all cone, and thev had only the strings of their snow shoes left to eat." The unhappy wretches then desired to devour their Indian guides, but the latter, seeing their intention, fled over the hills and were eeen no more. On ihe 17th of January all but th ree of the thirteen were dead, and of the survivors two laid down Iodic. The third had fallen in with a friendly Indian, who conducted him to a settlement on Bear river. There the story was told, and immediately expeditions set forth from San Francisco and Sutter's Fork to rescue those of the original party who might still be alive. What tho benevolent adventurers found almost beggars description. Those who had died remained where their last 6ih had been breathed, but they were stripped of their flesh. "Uodies half devoured lay strewn around the dismal cabins, from which isBued a stifling 'factor,' of those who yet lived." Not only were their bodies "enfeebled and emaciated to the last degree, but with many the very soul had be conn a desolai tion. While some welcomed their deliv erers with exstacies of joy, others looked gloomy and cadaverous, regarded them with a coldness amounting almost fi in. difference, they having become not only reconciled to their cannibalistic diet, but preferring it to wholesome food when set before them. Monstrous as it rhav sopm to such an extent had the natural tastes cf these people become perverted, that they pushed aside the flour and bacon lenuereu ti.em, choosing rather to partuke ol the horrid feast to which thoy had so long been accustomed. Parnis u-,. seen feeding on the remains of their chil dren, and children on these cf their Da rents. Heio a wife was broiling on the coals the flesh of her husband, and else where a company were making a repast upon t he limb of a roasted companion.--All filial and parental affection teemed dead, iha one instinct of self-preservation icignii-g supreme Rapidly some of ihe most wretched creatures were being trans formed into ghouls ind demons, having already lost many of the divine traits of humanity. Haggard and attenuated, they spoke but little, while their looks and de meanor were wi'd and unearthly. Too incredible tor belief are the stories told of the ravenous greed exhibited bv some of' these starving wretches : one of whom is . 10 ikuu caieu me enure ootiv of a child during the course of a single "night ; while another insisted on appropriating to his own use the hearts and other viscera of his dead companions. On the other hand many refused to touch the flesh ot those; who had perished until the very last, ami then partook of it fpariugly, and with f,-;,lo,f r. ..!:.,,. . t I ., I I l.U"J OU j evident feelings of horror. j Thirty-fix of the company had perished. and many of the remainder were on the point of doing eo. Amid devastation and woe, there were gleams of heroism which almost seemed needful to show that these afllicted souls shared a common humanity. Donner, the leader, was too far reduced to be takeu forward with the resou'.nw ! party. His wife bad her choice lo be saved wnit tier children, or to s:av behind and die w ith her husband. Willi won derful fortitude and devotion, and in .-pile of his earnest f nlriiina t.,a ,I,a - - - - , . v i v lev i i o - - .. Ms; iittir latter. Another man, one Keishurg, was afid be as full cf promises as ever, when fllji t.x. . i .!!.... ...it:v. I t f- also too weak to he removed. The rpst was taken to California. In the following April, another small party icpaired to Donner Lake, to see if by chance either of those left behind yet survived. They found Iveisburg living, he having subsisted for several weeks On the body of Mrs Dor. tier, who had died soon after her hus band. The story is almost too shocking to be repeated, but as a remarkable and trustworthy instance of the behavior of mankind under the most trying circum stances of w hich it is possible to conceive, the narrative has an interest and impor tance which justify iu recital aud preser vation. LLG IL STK 4TEGY BY JLIGE Ct.AKK. Charles Lamb give a funny account of the origin of roast i-i-r. The owner of ' litter of juvenile porkers, roasted trWtTi - i... .1.- ii....- . -: by the casual burning of the family sty, j in picking about among the rums, and i soncwfully handling (he criif remains, chanced to burn bis fingety. v Clapping thcui to Ins moutli he tastcd a pleasuie t so exquisite, tha. it made him at once j forget his pain jin'd his loss'."" Pouncing ; on me prize, he net only d spatched the whole barbecue at a sitting, but licked his lips for ruoie. The story got wind, and tlie entire country was ablaze with burn- j ing pig-pens ; nor was it till many years j alter that some adventurous innovator i shocked the adherents of conservative coosery, by proposing a new and less ex pensive piocess of preparing the favorite dish. . It is not for us lawyers to laugh nt this None have been rnoro prone than we to roast pigs according to precedent. All of us cum remember when, in every action to recover the value of one man's proper! V wrongly appropriated by another, it was necessary to allege a fictitious Ivsimi bv the former and finding by the latter ; and an uecausi Ine hist case ot the sort, bun dreds ol years ago, happened to be one oi real losing ana imding. rsny, l have r ii ..... . even known the loss and finding of a patch of cabbage to be solemnly averted, uud nly averted, aud t,o lawyer thought of smihn" al it In tho department of Kvidenep. w have especially been slow to Icarn. If you want to know how cramped and artificial its rules are, just get into the witness box to tell all you know about some case, and see bow much you'll be let tell. Twenty years ago it was worse. No one was then admitted as a witness who wa either "a party to the record," or in terested, to a cent's value, in the control versy. The consequcneo was the frequent impossibility of proving, by competent witnesses, undoubted facts, which. neither of the litigants, had thoy been suffered to cpeak, would have denied. The devices to which counsel and clients were driven by a rule so unreasonable, were often amusing enough. On one occasion a countryman, visiting , .... J " the city, ttepositcd hm money' gome Iwo , , v , ' i i i i, , bun. red dollars-will, his landlord no one being present at the Line. Next day, having occasion to make some purchases. , ,. , r . ; . he applied for Ins money, and was met wifh a cool denial of its ever Laving been NUMBER 33, received. On taking legal counsel, the gentleman was astonished to learn that, being without a witness, as matters fctood his case Was Iiopelesf. The lawyer, however, was a man of resources. I)isihissinr his tdient with . o - direction." to returnjn a couple of days, he J called to his aid a reliable fiicnd, to whom ho privately unfolded his plan". Acting under the lawyer's instructions, the friend presented himself at tho inn as guest, and after 6ecUring quarters, depos ited tbree hundred dollars in the landlord's hands, taking good care to have a witness bv. Some hours afters lift ndh-d nlnna Lr the money, and the landlord knowing there was proof of tho deposit, raudo no difficulty ia handing it over. The same day Boniface was serve! with a writ for three hundred dollars, and on seeking advice, was told that, as there was a witness to his receipt of the money, and none to its return, he had nothing for it but to pay it again. With two bun-: died dollars of it the lawyer reimbuised the countryman, and kept the remainder for his fee. No less adroit was the march that Lija Loom is stole on the "Statute of Limita tions.7' Lije was the lltcMum of Guy's Neck. He did a iriiseell :' as a carpenter, rmv dnrtnr nnrt ..(,ffln ! maker adding to his other frmr-ilor-s tl.-tt of undertaker to the county poor house. He was, withal, an easy, good-natured fellow, free to trustj aud a most indulgent creditor. Among others wliom Liie had trusted to his cost, was Greg Grimes, without exception the great promise maker and breaker of Guy's Neck. I verily believe . i.i -c . -. i he would, if uosbible. have Dut :i rrpilifni off till the Last Judgment, and then beg ged him to wait till to-morrow. Greg had wheedled h'ji wHi promise till the hitter's claim was "outlawed." Losing patience at last, L:je took his ac count over to the 'Squire, when, to his no small discomfiture, he learned that unless lie could tret a new promise from his debtor. j with a witness to it, he might whistle for. . , , ts bill. Such fellows as Gro-r always know a good deal of law, especially the sharp poruts ot it. Ijreg would talk as freely he and Lije were alone. bu. before othera would cither evade the subject, or else re main picvukingly mum. One day Lije drove up to Greg's door with his old gray mare and spring wagon, a plain pine eoflin- one cf tho?e flat top ped affairs deemed good enough for poor folks being visible behind the seat. "Mornin,' neighbor," said Lije. "Same to you' said Greg. "Goin to'plaut a pauper, I see." "'Y-a a-s; old Hope took rather sud den leave last night, and went to try the charity of another world." V Which it's no more'n fair," said Greg, "se'ein' how long he lived on the charity of this." "Would you mind gett in in and com ing along, neighbor ?" said Lije. It's mighty dull goin lo a funeral all alone by one's self." one s selt. g didn't mind, and straightway got LVJ . 1 tip h Lye's side. two chatted away after a sort to prove how chcciful good company can rentier a grave occasion. "Pspose you diavn't forgot that liltlo bill o' mine ?" L'ja took the liberty at last to hint. "Not by no mean?,'' said Greg. "Let'a see now how much did ycu say it was 1 I dh-remember rightly." "Even sixty-nine dollars, besides seven years' int'rest." "Quite right,"' Greg as?rn(cd. "I recollect now." "IT it's at all inconvenient to pay it, don't put yourself out on no account." said Lijii. "I've been threater.eii' to settle it for a ! month back," said Greg; "but times Lev been light, an' :ia' how would Monday week do ?' "To a dot," said L'j. "I'll send it round," said Greg. A curious sound came from the coffin, 'i 'he ghost of a chuckle, Durdies would have called it. Greg gave a jump and lit in an adjacent cow pasture. Looking back be saw I.tje s prentice, the most mischievous imp in Guy's Neck, but with . .. r . --- ...... ! P'C,".y cl EC,.'SI anU ot. ,aw,ul ap? to D? ? w".aew;., S,thn? UP 1,1 Uws coU,n flntX iau;:utiig hkc mau. Greg took in the situation al one glance. He had been duped info committing him self liofore a witness. "It's a dirty, nasty, mean trick !" ho exclaimed. "What is ?" asked Lije?. "Why, tiirln' with a body's fcelins' about old Rope, ma kin' believe lie is dead I" "An so he is" Baid Lijf, "only I was goin' arter the body, instid o' fetchin it away." Greg turned away in disgust, Lijej bawling after him : "Don't forget Monday week, an per. j naps it ii save us both some trouble. : i Greg did'nt forget; but he La3 nevr more than half enjoyed himself at a func i ral since. I.cd-jn ! ,, i"ii"7" V - ii a A man passed through Council Blurt' t ,, , ... Iowa, a day or two ago, on his return t M;wur. Rftcr lrie,j a ,ivc h Miarie,otH. ..Don.t Uke it up tha . sain, -nave nine mon ,,,e rebt of lhe !ime j,. faiL i 'Have nine months of winter, ami s d d late in a I!
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