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Editor and IubilIier.
HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
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Terms, 3 per jenr In advance.
EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDA Y, FEBRUARY 18, 1871.
NUMBKR 4.
OLUME 5.
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ChASS. We are now i
iEt'FIR3I INiX OLD ST1XD
..Vrr.Sii all classes with constant j
the whole of the time or
. -in pis. i.iisaiess. new, ii'iiu
' j'. i ii- of either sc.v easily
t,, v', i.i r c ciiiii!r. mill a pv"'cr-
;,.vt:i:jr t!'-:r v. In
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l'i
i!i- time to tliO
i in Iv tis uitich
i-,' this r.otiee may semi
tic 1 -usi !-. V ir a'. I: the
;. '.,.!! r : Ti sin-li a- m e not
; -i I 1 to pay for t he t n .u -I
ii ; i '.!!; rs, :i v.il ua ie s.i ai
i . l!,IT!' l'i e woi k " ill, mill u
. i n u ( mr.umi' H--:!
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GOOD GOODS &:GREAT BARGAINS
rOK IlE.ini CASIIt
H
A WLST lA'DIAK TORXADO,
CT AN OLD BAHBAEIAN.
The 11th of August, 1841, is a day
that will never puss from my memory
while I have an cxisScnce. My residence
nt ift'kt I una it . 2 1 ( r i . 1 va n ... t .
. 1 r l . , - m , - -w -V HUIV H. Ill JillUClUmi. 1JI1 11113
Khm ami sfot'K ok conns r ntiv te- ( IIana ot ISarbauocs: but lite evomnir tre-
pSlan' ridJen a few miles into
STOCKOF NEW GOODS 1 !ha cou?try;-to IKnvi, the, nihl "i ,,ljtt
w 1 w Jytn:): .xr rTij;i rr, , houe of a friend, with whom resided si
we are now -pure! to Btipi'iy nil the olJ i ns- j young lady, a nierx, that has since become
i o::j'i - - i i iu- iu i- ii mi. .1, .iuh jiiiin urn nuri K..... I ...... 1... ilt, C M .tl
a-m patr.nie hp. wit'.i (...o.i,r nil Ufuinat b'juu.I to me by the closest of nil earthly
PRICES FULLY AS LOW
ii any ol-r hick l;:int in or nut of t'iivil.riit
ties.
1 reached ray friend Talmer'a house a
; county. t is mr intention to Vvt our Mure ! little ntler sunset on the nt ',!it of the 10th,
i con-itiMit'.r Mo- kel witli u full tin l v -!l s -lecteit ! . r , , , , r ., , . ,
a 01 tii;.t r niiv m M .s. i)i:i.- ..hds. Si,l1 lound the whole laniily seated in the.
i vtriuia.th. with a cuudIo of ccntleman
1AM V NOTIONS. t iTS, Mini
1 1 a i s. c l . i . r m . ; . a ! : i r. i s. n u s I
'i i" oi I, i i. tiis. ",r'i:i v'. lir.. ; i - j neihborn, who had dropoed in for an
J t A V V ' r : ' ; a i s'. uf a!i";A!r";,h!r evening, sociul call, and one of them, a
young r.nu Pingle man, perhaps wuh a
or. -Hi:: I. tliat can lc foni;i in anv i-i.iii'iM.f 1ik
i'h-ir:ii'fcriil ll i- i-ntiniv it ia it- we i t t riii to
, i. FiTCir.S r-m.ly I'hj -t.tr Ian; , ,-i . nil'
I":.-.!!';.-I--m; -ii.i. luor. ()". I K UlXTltY IMtODl'CP,
, .. v. i. ;. JM ; ".i.lw ay. N. iork. lln, ncVenoliai! ilclit. we feel rurethnt mir
' ITT, i tc; Mini our ricex n ill not oiilv f-e-iir; but
" OI ii I't'lI'MI.S.i ! retain lor ns a Ji(. n.l t-liaif ot jiiitioiuie.
ID yyi: j early visits from one and all
) in e re!e-i i niiv soiiciiru. iii;'i ii f i an to ren-
I!!U", S!It'.-S ! tier ent in; s:;t if.u-t ion. Lot ti as rv:iri - tlie ipinl-
, r, nimiTPfilTTl ; it y df mir l-oikIs mul the iiriir n-lcj fur tlicm,
- P i !' ' lii i-A I A I -lili II f 1 will cert xie.lv he no fault of tlio innv lirm at
U.L 'iaUmIIU irilllLUUUiJ theol.i stinul of Hioiuwkcr ,t to.. Itiirli street.
j lliin't foivet lo call and we'll not forget to jrivts
you iun Kiue i'.v vour inwv.
MVKHS 5; LLOVD.
r.betisLmgr, Jan. l71.-t f.
A L.i fl u . l. I . i nut J ' fc. w , j
i ;.' vr.i:i.G jlliij!
.ii.u.:'
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ii'.-,
by tli mil! Me cf Jsn-
i:r e real los .r IT pc
dosi:i similar to my own. The servants
took charge of my horse, and I joined the
eroup. The moment the fust cordial
family greeting and introductions were
over, the weather as usual was brought
in, to start a subject of conversation in
which everybody could take h part.
"It is very warm," said one.
"Excessively so," said another.
"And not a breath stirring," joined a
third.
I'V lii". v Nell destroyed
r-.-.t !.sfe! i i ne Kociiesifcr tmni
, . :,,.:;?.! 1 1. ci ini,er. .. it will
" ei. ir.-u:t new -timed paper,
liiiii.l:-nl (trisiiml Knsrrnvl toga,
-.:!?!: t't.lorfl P':it:-s-ppeel- '
i l-y ourselves the j
rninu.ii i rniiMTnv CDnornTv
h unn diiu ouunini rnurLni i jnacc,
FOR SALE.
1. A T.OT OF GROt'ND in Mooi frtcwu, -w!th
food Plan!; Hoiie and. Outbuildings. t'eMar
under the en tiro house. Will bo sold chesip and
on e.iv term ;.
ON E I.uT OF GROT'N D in Mooretown. C9
Mi sli.ik oi reeis. J ii I feet trout on Main street auu "iNj k-i-t ncen. A
i atioii mul extent of the en-, j lioiee selection of rruii Treos on this Iot. It
1 ei-iinefH I v superior to i is u mot !esir;!l !e location for buiMinjr.
i'M.M.r - I i. Hal (iui -Ii-" extant. 1 3. A l.AHOi: TWO STORV FHAM1-; HOUSS
v :il co!;-ist of 114 l'at-'es. and I on Lot Hdjoinin; theabovo; finely linished ami
v. ill ies.fit f re to all who with nil convenience.. Oood outbuildings and
:i in :i- bv luaii tile lat s.'asoii. an abnndaneis of fruit trees.
i-yof I'.. nts pur copy will be 4. A TWO SToKV I'UAMR HOUSE in Ka-t
:i"t the viilij" of the toioitd I AVjird of Kbcntliurir. Cellar l:itihpn. well and
'ireoiir i i icnds th:.t the iaduce- I cisfern water, (iood outhuiidintro and oi'.iee on
sitine Lot. A II in -itod repair. Located on Maia
B-rect. I :-t t - for l.-0.
5. A I.AK'iK TWO i-Tortr FRAME Hor?S
ii the West Ward, suitable for two families.
Lot iJ feet front on Jlain stiv-et and feet
ileep. 'oold be divideii. Kvius fur -l5n.
. A TWO STOltY l'UAME liOL'F. in West
A iinl. suitable f,r two families. Lot t'o lcet
"And the heavens like a glowins fur-
added a fourth.
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pnrcl-asers of eeJs. to
!' io k. 1 iis-oiiiits and l're-
--e,i. I'll a-e bc-iid orders
;.t delay.
car Coliircil ralalarue f : r- 1 S 7 1
tn .-.-ml out in January. Th
; : l'orty-two Varieties of
t:-tr Kiowefs -f tiatural size and
1 1 .1.1 ..it f -Ori tfi'f.t -nil l:tfl !'.--- .l.r.i A fl..i
: ; .- -: ' .7 1 rauie troperty.
1-;v- "''. I he retail j p.r 1 1.! )i NO LOTS in West Ward, LT.ensb'y.
...I.. -.n.M-t 1 wo Dollar;; we shall, j s. 1AT1 I! I-; LOTS, of about 6 acres each, OLie
.r i-int t... utoni-rsal cents er rniiefrom town.
it us a premium upon orders lor I TI MI1KK. stiitaiile for eor 1 wood. 011 LOTS
'"' " u"viiout. ; r,f i; or s ac v e:'.c!t, one u.ih frotu town.
a !;k-il lli.K. Itoches-ur. X. T. M. IXTV A !; F.S JIkmi.oi.k. Timiu:u LAND.
Will cut l.tM'.lxO fei-t iuuiher. One and a 1 alf
I'St THE -'VECKTASLE lOrTrt i;ii!. s from I'bi nsbtira-.
Ill Mfi ii:y jt.t 1. s a .v.'-' lOU ! 1 1 . . A l-'AK.M or 1 O ACT.ns, convenient lo
-;;: ::: T:'.:.:, C:;:.nt.::a. i Klienbiirir; mostly i-ieared and in rood order.
V'- ' t 1 n i if lwtos. & Co.. ilostou. ! Will 1 e sold separately or wit Ii Xo. 10.
i All the above described jiroperty will be
sold eheup and on easy terms. Those desirinir
to piuvhase v.ill call oner address the undtr
biifued ou or before the 1st !a v of January next.
J. ALEX. MOO it I-:.
or 1'. A. S)JULH1KB.
Eb'!iburj;. 7iec. 1. lS7y.
lor s r;i ni.ATmiY rowniR.-
rth'oiis hair in fire 1 - in nit,
to t!;m. Si-rt by mail f r $1.0.
M'3! tNTCalA C I Sir.
i-' t:t j-ii-ovy-iiis ;n rirC r iiii.Jt
a sj.. . ily i ne. brice bv mail.
iUtI4M:s.!: IJilSl ST ASH
!ii-kers :-.i-.d l :'.:r n beaut i fid m.aci
It C..llr-i.-ts of ll,.'7l.l( l-l; (IIV(i' 'l.
mail. Address s. . 1 1-IIAM. .
-ti-.-.-t. phih
id ! all I rut'isrs
eiphia. 1'h. Circulars
fr
IIEIMFFS SALES. !y virtue of
sundry writs of t'n. Issued out of the
Court of 'Common I'leas of Cambria county,
and to me directed, tla-re will be exposed to
i'ublic Sale, at the Court House 111 l.bens'jurs:,
011 i ucsdny. tlic SSIIi tiny of February,
inst., at 1 o'ciocU, l". M., the following Jtcal Kt
tate, to wit :
All the ri-ht. title and interest of James Wil
niore, of. in and to a piece or parcel of land or
nate in Summerhill township, Cambria county,
JfK.V. Wo.mk.V. HOTS
and t.'IKI.s wlio en-
ill. ir;iLe in our nui- l.iui.
? I tOSKI lltr (lV ill th..if! ...II. i.,i.,.. I I., ..f 1,. .... ! j l.,f,l,.L- !..
.i, J IlillUllllllU lilllU? Ml vni 11 ll.nntit iiiiiun .-iv-
tidl liirt ell m l-s find iii.tn.... x j-.. . .1. .1 . i..i .... I t ti
i lay in need of per- Arrm, more or less, nbout SO Aeri i of which
- u fr. i- l,v limit
Hi.l ti1,v'!,'' s.itjuj, address at ouce, , are eleiired. ha injr thereon erected a two story
"ami, .name. (part pla
lank and part Iok Housetinda frame
".TTT f-'-i T llarn now in the occupancy of 111. A. Skeiiy.
i ll. 4W X rij?- V ?P cS .7 Taken in execution and to be sold at the euit of
VM! UlY ; "U,i I Patrick Doran.
!Ji-ifi - '' V1-5-1 "'id expenits AIo, all the rig-ht, title and interest of FamT
.vrics ' a -', T !v'' ur"' useful A. I.nn?. defendant, of. in and to a certain tract
I .M.vij' srttLf & CO., i of land tituate in Allegheny townsbii. Cambria
countv, bounded, by land of w ashinjrton Uou-
anl
I .. 1 . fhs, ieo. Onllnrlier. . ii trust me liilsty.
U2fg J ."fJT? Tlifst f otln rs, eontaitiiiir 335 Acrm. more or less,
rm v'-kt r. :ibout 73 Aero of whieli are el ared, laninjr
V "i A CiL.4.?.7 C7 ill T Z2 TZZZ thereon crecteil three frame Dwelling House.
.vpi n-r. (,! ,;ij,,v,- ;i i-i-jf(i coinnUs-ioTr i 'one of which beinvr now occupied by jdichacl
V'-vr'"'1 w,,"h-rful inventions "d- I luacken.) a Ux Hani and a frame Stable. Ta-
' ''X i-.Il i t i).. M.ir-i nl! ti..h " I 1-en in execution ami to be sold at tiiesuit of
I"
ClVOrtlSHlflr.
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printed tirsrrs. bitetv !::
si -t the best A niei-i.-iui .l
'i:n. -'Uin;r the names, eivci.ii-
yurt'ciiiar coneerninir the lead-
,y i'oliticai and l ainilv
I 1 ' 1 1 K -f t- i t 1. ..ll . 1 . . . -
, aose na I IiiT
t'Mbli-hi d in the interest of
1';':ii.-, bit 1 ratar.'. e. Kvcry
;''lM'y I !'''''" vv'hoc.ntetiidates
M.i :.,) V. book ol -rrcat
iv Hi: !ii ,s ,. rei.'cuit of
lli-niatnin i. Smith, Adtn'rol Henry 1'. Smith,
deed. H. Ii. JVA. If 'A ;.'. SkfnfT.
Sheriff's Office, Khcnshurjr, K b. I. 1H7L
SHERIFF'S SALES. 15y virtue of
sundry writs of Vfml. .Vu.. issued out
of the Court of t ominoii I'leas of Cambria eoun
t v, and to me directed, t hero will be exposed tr
Vnblic Sah. nt the Sheriff's OMieo, I nion Hall.
Johnstown, on SATI'ltDAV. the 25li i!ny of
l-'KI'.Ul'AltY ticvt. at 1 o'clock, P.M., the tol
Jowin Ileal H-iate, to wit :
AH the ri;riit, title end interest of John Keel
nn. of. in and to a Lot of Oround situate in
Cambria borough, 'ambria county, fronting on
Market st rect, ailjoinin? lots of Oswald
on the west, John llrauley 011 iheciist, and an
alley on the south, haviiifr thereon r--ted a
two story J'l.ink House and n l-rame staia
, "".'I. I 1 k V I 1 t . .... i . . 1 ll" 111 uu; " v.('.ni. ,i .... 11 ......... t. ... . --. .
. ' f 'l .T i p, v - 1 10' 1 ll,J- ' chael Iviii. Taken in fxfeution and to be sold
' '"t-!iiro,'; 1.'. ,'. V ."'u:. . M I at the suit of Oeoriro Smith.
- .'. ,; in its isSU- of i Also, ail t!ie rijrht. title and interest of Jas.
:s.,i, . 0,' f 7" ' 1 - Iti.wc-ll At 1 jr. Howard, of, in and to a Lot of (1 round sit 11-
' '" I: 1 m , , "t "."t-'1"."1 Vf'iihio Ptc. inlhe Filth Ward of Johnstown borough,
' l iidi'i s. ..,!!. -"hiTtiMiiif Ae-on- j cumbria eountv, front infr 011 Morris street 0:1
.-''-"i-l i p. tfe-it w". We;'a'1 ehcertully t,e south. riMiiiiiiv back alon.'f an alley on the
, 1 , - west to
Vst..,,.... lai-uiess sieiiti2ieallv i
-1 , , ,n s",'h way : that is, 1
.'4.' .... - 1 ' U lllll'l V
Jtl'u.Miture of iiio-.iej-."
WI KU roit SALE, AT PAH,
si
a : tor
hum : : 1
uati.Jhiu ItiUlLlj LM'
REAniVc 7 3-10 n-TERKsr,
an allev 011 the north, atnl iMiiotninir
lot fif Timothy Hunt on t he ear, having t here
on erect wl a two t-tory Jirie' House and a two
Ktory I'lank Store Knura, and a Frame Stable
now' in the occupancy of Thomas 11. Moore.
Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit of
liiuswanifcr & Klein, et al.
II'. Ii. imXACKFn. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Lbcn.sbursr, Jan. LS71.-L2..
-o after f:Ve '5. nnd within twenty.
one iL'li yea i-a.
A UDITOU'S NOTICi:. The tinder-
-a"-V. Fimed, linx'inff'hcen appointed Auditor to
make distribution of the assets in the hands of
the Trustee-for the sale of the real estate of
Thomas and Catharine Otterson. hereby p-ives
notice that he will sit. for that purpose, at his
otliee in Kbensburfr, on Ti tsiHT, tlie usih iUi
"'stPavnh'aT.l j p . 1 j of Felirunru- inst., at Sot-lock, P. M., when and
ajaUie(l,iarCll and OCDtember t whre all pet-sous interested may attend.
uutjn.iiiuci 4. JOHN 8. I'.UKl', Auditor.
" s'uis't'1 r"Ki,itc'reJ' and wili;bo ii-
40Sot,Ul TIIIIlD street.
- a:it . " 1 aim mm
Ts., '-l.I.INC Ittuiir . , ..
VV lti n,'w work.
-7t""i,;vT1,T "'-vor vu 'nic
' ' 'Oi , . ? ,llr,V"s 'e now makini
i'k' P .L-Mr"" fUinv hl-de v.
"'li'nt'o,? e r 1,,Uvc 'i"h.irue Kent
l"i i ..it. ' e want (rood Ii
-nA'U, ' T "universal
V'"-v. , ' Mro ,,J do lfo,,d well as
"-'"fj'uVi:.!;; l,room -vw Tork.
KEEI' III THE FIL'ES! The sub
scriber is prepared to furnish RLAIRS
VILLK and MO t NT A IN CO A L of the very b.f-t
fjualities, in large or small quantities, on tho
shortest notice and at tho most reasonable rates.
Also, will uttend touil kindsof HAt'LINO with
promptness and dispatch, and ut as inoderalo
prices as any man in the business.
v H. It. THOMAS.
T".benshurtr. Nov. 24. 1 2lIL,nJ .
C1AIJTION! Having purchased the
' following described articles at a Sheriff's
sale of the personal property of David Uurk-Imi-t.
of Susoui haiiu.l tuwnrbip, and left the
a:"l iiit.-n-i . Ti ." ,""d- Accounts i same in the can: of the said David Hurkliart
M U (Itl I'll i ..k A., l - t t . m 11 . . . .
'"ii!iijto iu fMtfiii i (luring our pleasure, we nercuy cam ion nit ci-
sons against interlcring in any way with saiu
Piopertv. viz: 1 Day Mare and 1 Gray Horse.
Feb. 4i is71.-4t. A. A. DA KKF.it ic SON'.
rTMKST NATIONAL SADDLE AND
J- HAKNLSS SHOP OI'TAMIJltl A COCXTY,
High street, foppisite L'nion School House,)
Went Ward, L'bensburg, La. M. M. O'NKILL,
Proprietor. Satl'llf and Jhhicni iiuhIb uuil re
paired and all other work in toy lino executed
in the best manner, on the shortest notice, and
at the most reasonable rates. l-AM.-tf.J
Attorney at Law,
Office in room recently
occupied by Wm. II. Hechler, Lsq., in Col.matio
How. All manner of legal business raithiully
attended to, and h ileio f eJaiiaa. etc.,
note a af4uUtr. l-4.-hf.J
T I. GEORGE,
Kbenstmrg, Pa.
"Did you tee the sunset to-night?"
said Miss Clam Templet 011, the young
ladv I have mentioned, turning to me.
"I did."
''Oil, was it not majrnificenlly beauti
ful 1 beyond the pin of poet, or pencil of
artist, to desciibe f ''
'It was indeed, glorious!" I respond
ed, catching some of her enthusiasm.
"I don't like ir," said Mr. Grayson,
one of the two neighbors alluded to, nnd
who was a plain, blunt man; "ihese
beautiful red sunsets don't bode any good
on this island ; a storm generally follows:
and if I'm not mistaken, we'll soon have
to pay up for all this pretty sky painling."
"Why, (here's no more poetry in your
soul t hun in a column of ligurus!" cried
Miss Ttrr.pleton, with a gay laugh.
'Come, let us have a cheeiful prophecy !
Are you weatl.erwisc f"
"1 tear I am oOW.ririite," I laughed.
The sunset had certainly been one of
the most beauliful lever saw ; and even
)et the wesiein sky was all aglow, the
soft Hush leaching far up towaids the
zenith, and delightfully blending with the
Hue above. Tim uir was s:iil, almost
painfully so, as if nature were holding her
breath in solemn awe; and somehow the
mind was led to take on this impression,
even to sadness, us I have heard more
than one remark since the dire events of
that awful night.
A little alter nine o'clock, the neigh
bors visiting at my friend's house took
their leave, end retired to rest. For
some tiuia we remained in the verandah,
conversing in low tones, and then with
drew to the parlor, which faced the west.
The inner shutters were closed. As lov
ers then, destined to be the nearcbt mid
dearest ties of relationship, we had a thou
sand tender nothings to say, which would
not bear repeating. Time Hew by on
golden wings, unheeded and unnoted ; and
au hour or two passed away as so many
mir.utes.
Suddenly we were startled by a favor
ite cat springing into the 100m from the
one adjoining, mewing as if from fright,
nnd running crouchingly around the walls,
with distended and glaring eyes. At the
same time we lirst became conscious of a
strange, sullen roar, and that the wind
was already blowing quite fiercely, a
matter that we had not before noticed,
owing to the preoccupation of our minds.
I looked at Clara, and saw that she was
pale with fear.
"Something terrible 1" 6aid she, in a
nervous whisper.
"Only a storm," I replied, assuming an
inditi'erence I did not feel.
She pointed to the. cat, and joined :
"Unerring instinct often tells the brute
creation more than our reasons docs us.
I fear this is only the beginning of a wild
tempest !"
As she fpoke, and as if in confirmation
of her wools, a lurid flash was visible
through the cracks of the shutters, and
was instantly followed by a crash -that
fairly brought us to our feet, so terrible
was it.
"Oh, merciful heavens !" exclaimed
Clara, sinking back upon her seat, and
covering her face with her hands.
"Do nut be alirmed, dearest !' I said,
tenderly ; "it is only a storm such as we
often have on the island, nnd will soon be"
over."
"I fear not," she said timorously.
From this raomeut the wind rapidly
increased in fury ; and in the course of aji
hour the roar of the tempest, commingled
with the bowlings and shriekings of the
wind and crashing of tho thunder, had
become so great that the human voice
could only be distinguished when pitched
on its highest key. For some time I had
felt very anxious and uneasy ; and now I
was thoroughly alarmed, and Clara was
so frightened as scarcely to be able to
speak or move. F'uiious as the wind
already was, it was still increasing, and
more than once I felt the house tremble
and rock. What the end was to be, heav
en only knew !
The air, which during the earlier part
of the right had been oppressively close
and wnrm, had now become disagreeably
.1.1 .'nA r..t:.. r-"t ..1.: t . 1 I
1 im icciio wiaiii piner, 1 weni ana
got a shawl from tho adjoining room, and
threw it carefully over the poor girl's
shoulders.
"Do not give way lo your fears," I ex
claimed in her car, theonly way I could
make my word distinguishable above the
awful roar ; "the storm is doubtless at its
height, and will soon abate."
She grasped my hand nervously, but
made no reply. Some time after this my
friend, Mr. Palmer, came hurrying in.vo
the apartment, his pale face and quiver
ing lips clearly expressing his fears.
"This is terrible!" he exclaimed; "ter
rible. Already the house rocks, and I
fear it will soon be down with a crash,
burying us under its ruins!"
lie was immediately followed by his
wife, leading two children, boys of seven
and ten. Site tottered to a seat, sank
down, and bepan to cry and wrin her
hands in hopeless despair ; the children
screaming in terror and clinging to her
for protection.
Clara now got up, staggered forward,
and threw her arms around her neck.
The next minute the eldest born, a lad of
seventeen, accompanied by his sister, two
years younger, rushed into the apartment :
and the gi: j, with a loud cry, immediately
ran to her mother, knelt down by her sid?,
and buried her face in her lap. It was a
pitiful sight, that croup of five four cling
ing to one as if their only hope, in that
dreadful hour, and she herself utterly
prostrated and as helpless as an infant !
During the next quarter of an hour the
servants, to the number of ten, all negroes,
made their appearance, crying, and look
ing as if they (eared their last minute had
come. AU drew together fur sympathy,
and all met there in the time of tribula
tion as equals before God. With horri
ble death staring all alike in the face, how
little is thought of the distinction of race
or color! Who, with a dread eternity
opening before him, dare claim superiority
over his fellow worms of the dust !
Siiil the wind increased in fury, and
the house trembled and shook in the most
f'ightlul manner. Suddenly the western
wall ft 11 in upon us with a crash, the ceil
ings came down in fragments, the light
was instantly extinguished, the wind
swept over t;s with an awful power, and
wlni leu us about nmonnr the ruins as a
child might have knocked about ii3 lovs.
No description can do justice to such a
scene, and imagination itself must fail far
short of the horrible reality.
l or myself, I had been hurled back
into one corner, and found a human body
resting heavily upon me. I heard wild
shrieks, thotipht of Clara, and attempted
to rise. At that moment a flash of light
ning showed me it was a negro who ha 1
fallen against me ; and putting my hand
to his head I made the awful discovery
that a jnirt of it teas tjone bavins, as I
afterward conj -ctured, been carried away
by a falling beam. The man was dead,
and probably never knew what hurt him.
As soon as possible, I got out from under
him , but the wind blew with such vio
lence that I could not keep my feet, and
was obliged to move nbout on my hands
and ktKes. I had been considerably
bruised, but was not seriously hurt ; and
I now endeavored to find Clara, and ren
der what assistance I could to tiie living.
The rain was falling in torrents, and
against which we had no protection, for
the whole house was a mass of ruins.
Only by the frequent flashes of lightning
could wo see anything ; for during the
intervals the darkness was impenetrable
I succeeded in reaching the group I have
mentioned as clinging together, and found
Mrs. i'aimer, three of her children, and
CI ara, surrounded by, I may say wedged
in among, fragments of timber, but all
living and only injured by bruises no
worse than my own. Their escape from
instant death, all of them, seemed little
less than a miracle. Fearing there might
be no safer place for them than where
they were, I advised them to remain there
for the time ; but as Mrs. Palmer was
nearly distracted about her husband and
son. who had not been seen or heard from
since the fall of the building I continued
my exploration among the debris as well as
possible, being in constant danger from
the shifting fragments, and seeing only by
the lightning's glare.
Throughout that long, terrible night, the
wind increased in fur' till near morning ;
and it is surprising that any life was pre
served. I did not succeed in finding those
I sought ; but discovered two more dead
bodies of the blacks, arid two others seri
ously injured, to whom I could render no
assistance whatever. I also came upon
two others female servants who were
crouched down together, and did not ap
pear to be injured, but who were so slupi
fied with fear that I could get no intelligent
answer from them.
In attempting to return to Mrs. Palmer
and Clara, as I was clambering over a
pile of rubbish, the wind suddenly caught
me up from the ground, whirled me round
and round, carried me a distance of over
two hundred yards, and then deposited
me as gently on tho earth ae I could have
put down a child. I was so completely
bewildered, however, that for a long time
I remained there without making any ef
fort to return to the demolished dwelling ;
and when I did at length attempt to get
back by crawling on my bands and knees
for it was impossible for any human
being to stand upright I lost my way,
and remained in the field till morning.
When daylight came at last, it. was
only to make visible the horrors of that
appalling night. Look where you might,
the eye rested upon nothing but the most
dire destruction houses in ruins, trees
prostrated, fences swept away, and fields
as completely ruined as if a fire had pass
ed over them In every direction cattle
lay dead or dying, dead birds were here
and there piled up in heaps, trunks of
trees, stakes aud splinters were every
where projecting from the earth, into
which they had been deeply driven by the
force of the wind ; and over all that lately
beautiful island desolation now rcigucd
supreme.
I5y this time tho fury of the tornado
had Iiegun to abate ; but the wind still
blew so fiercely that, in spite of my ut
most exertions, it took me a whole hour
to get back to the ruins from which I had
been so swiftly removed.
There the sight met my eyes beggars
description. Mrs. Palmer, Clara and the
children were still together where I had
left them ; but the eldest daughter had
been killed b' a Hying piece of timber strik
ing her on the head, and 1 he others were
neat ly distrae'ed. Mr. P. was found under
a pile of rubbish with a broken leg, anil
his son lay within a few feet of him, with
a splinter cf a tree, supposed to have been
riven by lightning, driven completely thro
his body. Let me draw a veil over the
awful, heart rending scene, which even
now I can only recall with a shudder of
horror.
What I have so fteb'.y described as
bappeninji at the house of my friend, is
only a faint picture of the ruin, destruc
tion and desuh'tion which entirely extend
ed over the devoted i.-danl. I5y eiht
o'clock in the morning the late furious air
had become comparatively still, and tin
bright, hot sun was shining calmly down
uuon a broad scene of death and woe.
And then, everywhere throughout the
i-land, it was friend seeking ftiend, pa
rents their children, children their parents,
husbamls and wives one another for,
amid the wil l fury of the tempest, thou
sands of persons had become separated
in two many cases, alas J never to meet
acnin in life. All were ple, horrified,
despairing ; and neighbor could not give
his aid and sympathy io neighbor, be
cause of the calamity which had ctpally
come upon himself. Each family, so to
speak, had alone to care for its sick and
wounded, dig out and bury its dead ; and
in some cases whole households lay crush
ed beneath tiicir own ruins for days, and
corpfes nnd carcasses everywhere sent
forth pestilential ttlluvia, so that many in
health sickened and died, while of those
seriously wounded scarcely one escaped
fever, lock jaw and mortification.
Of the eighteen persons, white and
black, in the dwelling of tny friend on
that awful night, nine perished within
forty-eight hours, Mr. Palmer himself
making one of the fatal number.
Out of a population of one hundred
thousand on this i.-hmd, seventeen 'hun
dred lost their lives; and the living, be
sides all their olher horrors, were threat
ened with famine, for nearly everything
in the way of food had been destroyed.
Of corn from the fields, however, there,
were found heaps, where it had been col
lected by the wind ; and this kept i if
starvation till provisions could be sent
from the neighboring islands. England,
when she heard of our great sorrows,
quickly raised and sent us a hundred thou
sand pounds sterling.
Three months later, the houses every
where had been rebuilt, new vegetation
had taken the place of the old, the entire
island looked as bright and peaceful a3 be
fore it had been made a land of mourning
and a howling waste.
Aunt Eicziali'M Skating ou Xctv
Vear's lu j .
down heroine, down come his wife, nnd
on went I ! I warn't to be etot.ptd by
small obsticles!
My umbrill cracked a leetle in the fray,
but it wasn't hurt, and neiihi r ,u I ;f
It seems to me that leanil!e never
was half so dead as 'tis now ; everybody
is stifi" in their shells, like a turtle in a
frozen mud puddle, if nut mure so and 1 i 1 eept 'he fart that my eup ar.d wi.
am about as dead as any of 'em. lut j i:Xil lw before blew oiF, and depat ted for
I am going to tell jou what happened j lands unknown.
New Year's Day. I had quite a tiring j ' wcnt p" fast that a very few miuute
of adventures. j more, I seed, would bring me to open
The lieanville folks knowing how. aw- wter! I should do drowned, sarlin sure I
ful kinder dull 'tis here, conclewdcd to i fur 1 Cu':,J P myself, if it had been
git up a New Year's skating party. The lo 8;,ve 'he univan-e ! 1 crabbed a bush
mill pond was fnz up jest riht for it. ! uut tne bush broke oif, and away I went
ll..itr t . . . 1 . .... J ! . 1 1 1 f- ! wnab. t
cu , niiu 11 wouia ou nne arooos
ment.
"Lawful heart, deacon!" srz I, "why
I couldn't skate no more'n than I could
fly! I've hud the rheumaliz a good deal,
and it's kinder affected my jiuts. I
couldn't keep my equilibrium on the ice a
minnit."
'I'll support you!'' sez the deacon,
nourishing his cane (he went with two
canes afore his wife died, but pence he's
got to be a widderer, he's throwed one of
'em away) "I'll tee to you, Keziah.
Skaling's all in practis. You'd make a
grand hand at it, I know a Hue figure
like your'n shows to advantage en the
aain
I made a little prayer, and determining
if I went down, to go with Hying colors, I
lasted my umbrill, and in 1 went !
Gehosaphat ! how cold the water was !
It nigh about friz me to the bone but in
a minnit or two, I found out that I was
not drownded, but safe and sound for the
umbrill highed me up just like a life pre
sarver ! I floated dow n stream a tranquil
ly ps a van 1
As soon as I got where I could touch
bottom I waded ashore, and then come to
look round, I was aliont a quarter of a
mile from cousin John liadger's. I made
tracks for thar as fast as possible, and
j liked to have skeered Cousin - John' 11 wife
"I'm ableeged to ye," sez I ; "dunno j into l,,e highdrostatics. Hut after she
as I shall undertake to skate an)' myself, I fu,,r"J c'ut "ho I was, she gave me some
but I cuess I'll co down to the nond. and i clothes and some dinner, and then
fee the rest of 'em perform, I'm powerful i ous' John took me into his sleigh and
ice
fond of seeing folks enjoy thairsolves.
"1 hat's right, Keztah," says the dea
con; "I'll come up fur you by eleven
. . t . 1 , ,
o cioco, sariin ; aim mrna you, dress up
carried me home.
1 found Sarah Ann crying as if her
heart would break, and when she 6eed mo
she skreeched out and jumped ri'e into
warm," sez he, and with an" eiieckahunnrt ! niy ce a"'3 eyes! The folks had baeri
squeeze of the hand, he departed. j "P fro,u 'he pond, fhe sed, aud told her
Sarah Ann didn't want me lo go nnear j 1 was drounded ! They was searching tha
the pond, but I told her that solong as : r'ver mJ boJy l)ow fhe said. 1 put
anybody was alive, they'd better let folks ! on m' "'"hbers aud went down to assist
know it! I don't hold to this dead aud ' 0IU,
alive kind of wo:ks ! I'm one of the go j i I,e r'ver was lmeu" a little million
ahead kind. j of folks, all of 'cm talking at once, and
I dressed myself in my green cashmere everybody was ordering everybody else,
gownd, and a red shawl over my shoul- j Soni3 of 'ctn was a pourin' bilin water
ders. I took my umbrill, for 1 didn't ' m1to t,,e lce ol,t f tea-kittles ; and some
know what might happen, anj it's alius j wi:,i ii,ct'l yards, and some with grabbers,
best to he prepared for rrnmergencies. I vvas ft H-hing in the river after Keziah
The deacon arrived at jist the appinted '; intdl.
hour, and give wj his ana to esqnurt me j l'"1 what amazed me most, was to see
down the hill to the pond He had bis I lacon P.axter ! Not two hours before,
cano in his left hand ; I had my umbrill ! Iie h:xd mc iha if 1 should be took
in my right hand, and the arms that were I avvay 'he world he should die of a
at liberty we hitched together. 1 should ; '"ken heart ; and now I seed him, with
not have allowed him, if it hadn't been so mi' own eyes, huirgini the Widder Jones,
trcrnenjo is slipper y. a"d poking the ice with his cane to see if
The pond was iively enough, I tell ye. j ,ny d!d ho'y was anywhere round ! Oh,
All Le-anville was there, hopping S,J I 'he eniidelity of mankind. I was so dis
streaking it the mastea ! it was enou-h ' gstcd with his behavior that I gave him
to make your head dizzy to see how tLey a l,re vvitu rn-v umhrill, ar.d in he went,
flew round on the ice.
souse; rite i:iio the river.
Elder Taj ley and his dignified wife was 1 1 liC ,ulks fcet "! a tremenpious horray
there he with his skates on, and both of t siplit of me ; and nine or ten of the fe'l
'em sailing along as slow as though the i h'rs actually hauled me home on a hand
word revolved round on its axeltree only ! slt,,l ' a,Kl insisted on my spreading my
once a thousand years. Dreadtul struck j
up, proud feeling folks, the Tapleys is! I
1 stood and watched the skaters a spell i
and I felt jist if I must have a finger in ;
the pie. It wasn't no sarvice to stand
there doing nothing. I
umbrill to keep the wind off.
I hain't seen the deacon sence, but he's
in the land of the livin, I puess ; and a
constant visitor lo the Widder Jones.
Wall, I'm willing.
"Deacon," says I, "I don't bt lceve but
I could skate as well as the fastest of 'em;
I'm a good mind to try it."
"Oh, do," sez ho ; "I'll be delighted to
assist you ; I've got my skates, atnl them
of my son, Daniel, in my pocket," and
The Pkaykls ok thk Chukch The
following story of a Cincinnati Church
incident is fiom the Muucie (lud ) Tle
graph of last week :
The wi iter hereof attended Park Street
M. E Church, in Cincinnati, a few weeks
A Won cr. Talk.. A North German
paper receives directly from a relative of
the Hanoverian officer in question the fol
lowing touching recital:
The company to which tho young offi
cer belonged captured twenty-five Francs
tireurs, and, upon inquiring at headquar
ters as to their disposal, received orders
that they must be shot. The duty de
volved upon him. The young man, tho'
no cpward, hesitated in the execution of
such a terrible duty, but, in order not to
appear too weak, he repressed his feelings,
and had them conducted to a neighboring
wood, where, upon a little elevation, they
were to meet their fate. Among them
was a youth of hardly eighteen years,
with a gentle and almost maiden face, in
which culture was plainly to be traced.
This poor unfortunate had not the cour
age to die. He trembled in all his body,
and a stream of tears coursed down his
deadly pale cheeks. Suddenly fear seized
him in a terrible way, and before the
guard could prevent him ho had thrown
himself at the foot of the German officer,
and convulsively clasped his knees and
begged in unutterable woe for his lito.
Fear gave him most touching words of
prayer, he besought the deeply grieved
officer by his own parents not t rob his
of their only son. It would have moved
a stone. The heart of the young Ger
man officer swam in tears; still he dared
not disobey his military duty. It was
the most fearful moment of his life. The
youth was led back to the fatal spot, and
in another moment his misery was nt an
e:u the bails had riddled his heart.
The feeling of pity however, so over come
the young German that he fell into a
swoon. He awoke a madman, and is
I to-dy in an asylum in Gerun-ny.
with that he produced em. I tot down 1 since, where .1 revival has been in progress
on the snow and he strapped Danid's on fur some time. IJev. Maxwell 1. Gad
to my feet, and then on with his own. J dis, Sr., had delivered an excellent sermon,
Then he took hold of my hand, and we j and the congregation felt very comfrotable,
stepped out onto the ice. Gracious mai ! and some of them quite happy. After
sey, how I felt. 1 seemed jest as if I was an extra prayer or two, and some singing,
standing on the top of two sharp sticks, i the minister requested all those who had
about fifteen feet high and my head ' children, and for whom they desired the
went round like the rim of a spinning j prayers of the church during the week,
wheel. Jest as soon as I attempted to j should signify that desire by rising to their
move, my left foot flew right round tother j feet. The minister's voice was rather
one, and if it hadn't been for niy uuibrdl, j feeble", and the choir is situated in the gal
that I stuck into a hole iu the ice, 1 theod j lery at the extreme end from the pulpit,
have upset on the spot. and the presumption is that the request
"Cut-ridge," srz the deacon ; "hold en was not entirely understood in tho choir.
to me ; I'm sure footed as a cantilopo ;"
and by gracious, I should think he was,
for there come a little gust of wind, and
took elieck in my dress. I grabbed light
er onto the deacon he stuck his cane
into the ice, and gave a little whirl round,
and the next tiling I knowed, I was sail-
At any rate, two joung bachelors C
W- and W 1 , consi.iciou j
membeis of the choir Seeing many in
the congregation rising to their feet, imi
tated their example. Instantly the young
ladies and (leutli-men in the h ir, who
had understood the rei) ast of the minis-
ing off on my own hook and the eleacon ; ter, commenced a general tittering. The
was down with his head in a fish bole, j two did not at first "see it," but finally
aud his heels and cane in the air S.ime- j comprehended the situation endeavored to
body Hewed to the rescue, and I tried to ; repair the mistake C. W. remembered
turn about to see if he was hurt, but I that he wanted to speak to a member of
lawful goodness, I couldn't turn 110 more the cho:r on the other side of the gallery,
as you could make a well 1. I'd got tin- j and W. It. stooped to pick up bin hand
der way, with a fair wind in my sails, i kerchief," and neglected to resume his up
and dead ahead I had to go. right position. The occasion was a wd-
The boys on the shore gavo three cheers, ! emn ; but the incident was certainly
I flourished my uiubrill in response, and laughable..
run ahead. j -
I went ovur the fall at a sweepins rate, J A i.ALnr.LK thins took place at a
and after that, the ice was a leetle down ' revival meeting somewhere in "tississippi
grade. I never went so fast before in all j not long since. The minister noticed a
my life ! Them skates acted j-st like the J seedy chnp in one of the seats, looking as
runners of a sleigh all I had to do was ! though he needed religion or a good sq'iare
to keep my balance. I beat the comiok,
and lue-otoco engine all holler !
Folks turned light out to one side.
meal. So he stepped up to him and ask
ed him if he was a Christian. "No sir,"
said he ; "I am the etiiter of the Padienl
when they was agwine to meet me; I j paper in this place." "Then in the nama
guess they seed that 1 didn't turn out for j of.God, let us pray," replied the devotaJ
nobody. Uimeby. I seed Elder Tapley minister.
and his wife coming along at his slow
coach pace, and instinktivly I knowed
that there'd be a collusion!
"Clear the track !' yelled I, at the tip
top of my lungs, but the elder only lifted
his eyebrows, and kept right on.
"Take the konsequene.es then !' sez I,
and squatting a leettk I put my umbrill
before me, and charged ! 1 he elder's un
derstandings Hew. cut like two candles,.
A i.ady in Memphis, not exactly com
prehending what the word "disfranchised"
meant, was told that Mr. Smith was diss
franehised, and she wftnted to know how
long he' had "been so." On beieg inform
ed that he had been so about four years,
she said she couldn't see how that could
be, for Mrs. Smith had a cMd only two
Vs'itt'S old.
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