yillllPlil tesi JfLKiftliJlI A U. A. BT1BE, tv!ar and I-ublLher. HE IS A tRKBMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. 1rhi, $1 per year In advance. VOLUME 5. EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1871. NUMJ3KR 39. Nir- . r ( o 1871. Fall Trade. 1871. I arh now prepared to (Her S UWAl I Oil I N DUCEMEXTS TO C ASH rCT.CHASKRS OF lil SIIiHSi & COFFER WARE. ' y. IT 1 1 K. K AT WHOLESALE Oil KETAIL. Iv rtock consists in part of every variety of TiEi, S!icof-Jroii, coitKu a:;d brass wares, rNAMF.II.KI AND PLAIN SAUCE-PANS, BOILERS Etc , fiL SIIOVKI.S. SUNK LA OIL cs. liorsEFCRKisiiiNo HARD WARE OF EVERY KIND. serai's Anh-Dmt IIF.VTINV. and COOKING STOVES, KWELSWIl COOKIXG S1X)VES. NUI .LK.TKIl'.Uni and PARLOR COOK- 1NG STOVES, ,vl .i! y C-j: king Stove desired I will get ( i ii rod at manufacturer's prices. O.'.i St--ve Plates anl Grates. &c, for re-pir-'. "'i har:d for the Stoves I sell ; other? will beeidered when wanted. Particular attention given to Spouting, Valleys and Conductors, s.l df which will lie made out of best mate rials ami put up by competent workmen. Lan:p Burners, Wick and Chimneys WHOLESALE OR RF.TAIL. I n ii' l call particular attention to the Light L'nii-c I'.urj.ir. with Glass Cne, for piv'ng n,"ie li'.d.t than any other in use. Also, the Iiiagon I5urner, for Crude Oil. SUGAR KETTLES AND CAULDRONS of ail izes constautlv on hand. Special attention given tn Jcbblrg n Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron. at lowest j'sibie rates. Whoi.ksaie Meiichants Lists r..-w r?;i :y. and w ill be sent on application 1 y mail or in persoD N t Ten all my nltl cnstomrs and r. iny i.-w r.'-s this Spring, I return my r.'t M!.-ir thanks fcr the very liberal pa tr i il'' I l ave already received, and will cvi' .iv i t i plia.se ail who may call, wheth er tii- v 1 uy or not. FRANCIS W. HAY. T h:.-t in. ilarch 7. 18C7. TO C'.i.S CUSTOMERS! at ti:i: i:iia8iiinG niMSIIIXO STORE. i 1 . u(.,h'rsiji;el respectfully informs the f .' ls ci Eiicn.sburg and the pblic gener -. 'i u !:? Las made a great reduction in in to CASH IiUYEKS. My stock will c : -i-t.in part.f.f Cbof.ing, Parlor and Heal in; t,f (i,e most popular kinds ; Tin- rir? t evry description, of my own man UiaLtr.r" ; Hardware of all kind, such as L''-!;s. Scows, Butt Hinges, Table Hinges, it'.- r Hinges, Bolts, Iron and Nails, Win ilas. l'mty, Table Knives and Forks, v.irv.iw Knives aiJ( Forks, Meat Cutters, 'II 'c P.irers, Pen and Pocket Knives in L''';U variety, Scissors. Shears, Uazors and r 'f'S. Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, Boring Jischuie. Augers, Chissels, Plar.es, Com L!' "' Spares, Files, Uaspt, Anvils'", Vises, w'f:;'."i.'S Kip. Panel and Cross-Cut Saws, ti.d i s i f !.U kinds. Shovels, Spades, Scvthes anl Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Bella, I.t.s Peps. Wax Bristles. Clothes rinsrer.x. Grind Stones. Tatent Molasses and Measures, Lumber Stids, Horse -Vii!.-, II,.re Shoes. Cast Steel. Rifles, Shoe G-ir.s, R- vdvcrs, Pistols, Cartridges, Pow r. Caps, Lead, &c. Odd Stove Plates, Grates and Fire Bricks. Well and Cistern ''"nips ami Tubing ; Harness ami Saddlery "are of all kind ; Wwlen and Willow Ware " ?riMt variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps. Oil, Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating ,J-'.Jt"sin, Tar, Glassware, Taicts, Varnish 's i'iirj.f-ntine. Alcohol. &c. FAMILY GROCERIES, udl 15 Tea, Coffee. Sugars, Molasses, Syr Spices, Iried Peaches. LVed Applesl fn, II,,miny, Crackers, Rice and Pear- ; ooaps, uaniltes; IU15AUUO ap'i UGAIiS; Paint, Whitewash, Scrub, Horse, 1 justing. Varnish, Stove, Clones and Prr.shes, all kinds 2.1m sizes : Bed , ' rif anl -Mr.nilla i;opeiJ, and many other "tides at the lowest rates for CASH. frrllouoe Sjiouting made, pain.ed and put bI' at low rates for cash. A liberal discount Rle to country dealers buying Tinware h"Ieealfi. GEO. HUMTLET t-beii-sburg, Feb, 28. 1867.-tf. (JEOIIGE AV. YEAGEPw, Wholesale ana Retail Dealer In HEATING AND COOK STOVES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, IB. tBTFIl MB HMI-IMIM OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE, And GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING and all other work in bis line. Yifginia Street, near Caroline StreeU ALTOOX.I, PA, Tbe only dealer 5n tbe city baving tbe right to tell (be renowned "BARLEY SHEAF" COOK S rOVE. tbo most perfect complete and satisfactory atove ever inroJuceil to tbe public. Stock Immense. - Tkices Low. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. W1 LLIAiI KITTELL, Attorney - a- T-"AWi Ebenabury, Pa. Office In Co!o Row, tVatre street. jan.Sa-tf.J rjl HOMAS CAIiLA N 1), WHOLESALE DEALER IK GROCERIES s QUEENSWARE. VOOD AND WILLOW WARE, STATIONERY AND NOTIONS, FISH. SALT. SUGAR CIHED MEATS. BACOX, FLOI R, FEED AND PROVISIONS, 1343 Eleventh Avenue, Between 13th and 14th Sts, Altoona. All such pooils a Spices, Brushes, Wood a) Willow Ware, Shoe Blacking 8ud Station ery will bo sold from manufacturer's printed price lists, and all other pood in my line at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Pitts burgh current prices. To dealers 1 present the peculiar advantage of saving them all freight and drayage, as they are not required to pay freights from tbe principal cities and no dray ng charges are made. Dealers may rest as sured that my goods are of tbe best qualitT and my trices as moderate as city rates. By doing a fair, upright business, and by promptly and satisfactorily filling all orders, I hope to merit the patronnge of retail dealers anil others in Cambria county and elsewhere. Orders re spectfully solicited and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. THOMAS OAKLAND. Altcona, July 29, lSCD.-tf. iEUFIRMIiUOLD;STiiD 0 and ST GOOD GOODS Si GREAT BARGAINS lOIt THE READY CASH t HAVING become proprietors of the STOKE ltOOM and STOCK OF GOODS recently lie lonirinur to II. . Stiocrnuker& Co., pud having purchased an additional STOCK OF IMEV GOODS IX U li EAT VAJtlLTY, srenrr noTprcrflifd to supply all the old cus tomers of the late firm, atui as tnnnv new ones as w ill patronize, us, with Goods of all kinds at PRICES FULLY AS LOW rrs any other merchant iti or out of Cambria of-r'iit.v. It is our intention to keep our Store constantly storked with a full and well selected novtJiient of IHIV COOKS, DIIKSS COOKS, l'ANOV GooS, NOTIONS, HOOTS, SHOES, 1 1 A TS. C A l'S. C I.( T MING. CAHI' KTS. V V KM- Ti'i;n.uii, ( Lotus, on.KNsvA!t! Gito cntir.s, Fi.oi it, jiacon, kisii, salt, T'. HAC' O, CI G A US. and ul! other artic les, Inr-e or small, that can te found in any store of like oharactcr in the county ; and a.s we intend to ,Si:a,!L KXC'Ll'MliCLYfor CASB3 K Ctll'XTllY PHOSjCCK, nd make no had debts, we feel sure that our toek and our prices will not onlv secure but retain for us liberal share of patronage. EARLY VISITS FROM ONE AND ALL are respectfully solicited, and if we fail to ren der entire satisfaction, both as regards the qual ity of our (roods and the prices asked for them, it will certainly be no fault Of the new firm at the old stand of Shoemaker Co., HiRh street. Don't forjret to call and we'll not forg-et to irive you full value for your monev. MVEHS & LLOYD. Ebenebur(r, Jan. 23, ISTl.-tf. lOOD, MOKRELL & CO., WASHINGTON STREET, Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa., Wholesale and Rdail Dealers in mm m bomestic my mil IrllMjIXCKIT GCfOO.?, IIAUDWARE. QUE ENS WARE. BOOTS AND SHOES. HATS AND CAPS. IRON AND NAILS, CAKTETS AND OIL CLOTHS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, GLASS WARE. YELLOW WARE. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS, Together with all manner of Western Produce, ftich as FLOUR. BACON, FISH, SALT, CARBON OIL, &c, Ac. Wholesale a;id retail orders solicited and promptly filled on the shortest notice and mofit reasonable terms. WOOD. MORRELL & CO. GEO. C.K. ZA1IM , ...JAS. B. ZAHAI. ZAHM 8L SON, DEALERS IN DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, HARDWARE. QUEENSWARE, Hats, Caps, Eoots, Shoes, AND ALL OTHER ARTICLES tTdually Kept In a Country Store. WOOL AND COUNTRY L'ltODUCK TAKKM IK EXCHANGE FOR GOODS ! STORE ON 3IAIN STREET, Next Door to the Post Office, Jane 10. 18C9. EBENSBURG, PA. Q AWBRIA COUNT Y1B0KDS. The Commissioners of Caml.riu County are noir prepared to sell to those desiring the sarne. tbo UONlS of Raid eountv. in nma r.f lia im or,.i ;, 1,,PS,1 Konds are issue! bv authority of the Court of Quarter Pcssions of Cambria coun ty, for the purpose of raisin money to burld the New County Jail, and pay interest at the rate of 6tx per cent, per annum said interest beintf payable semi-annually unit are redeem able at the pleasure of t lie Commissioners after tho 13tli l.y or December, IN74, nd pay able the 13lli day of Kept ember. IShl. Coupons are attai-tied to eni-h itotid for tbe semi annual instalments of interest. Parties desirihjr to invest in this I.onn will please call on tho Commissioners at their OQic m F.bensbursf. Witness our hands this 10th day of April, A. D. 1: 1. MAT'KICE MfNAMAHA, ) J A M ES R. N K A S )N, VCoin'rs. VUANCIS O FKIRL, I Attest J. A. Keskedt, Clerk, (apr.16.-tf .) FromJCatbolic Record (Phila.) for November. THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW. It matters little, perhaps nothing, how Viovr Walsh came to be so sadly re. duced. in her worldly circumstances as to resolve ona fine autumn morning upon placing her eldest daughter Ivuily in ser vice. Such, however, wat the fact ; and though it had cost the poor widow many n pang, the more she thought of it4 the more she felt convinced that, if she would ward off starvation or the "union" from her household, ''Emily must "go out." This sacrifice to stern necessity waa riot the less feltj from the fact of the fam ily having formerly been in easy circum stances. The wrecks of better days might have been, and still may be traced f-Cattered about their stricken home. The shadow of departed geo;ility hovered about them, and though some of their less charitable neighbors declared they were vain and proud, it could not truly be said that they did more than attend to the niceiies of dress and propriety of manner. They were always respectable amidt their most pinching poverty; and all hough frequently clad in what would have been dowdy upon many, they contrived at alt limes to appear neat and clean. Emily was not old barely fourteen yet she remembered their better days; she had not forgotten the noble house and beautiful garden ; she bad a distinct rec ollection of her many charming dresses and pretty ribbons ; and a composition doll of the ancient regime was still in the possession of one of the junior members of the family, to be looked at but not played with She had been early taught to work, and for years past had toiled hard and cheerfully for hor young slsteis and brothers. Yet ftpially with her mother, she retained nil the old feelings of the past; and though living amongst the pcor, felt she was not of them. Emily found time, somehow, to tend a prttty little garden a gem of a place and beside?, in spare moments, to ply her needle. The envious and the untidy de clared that tho Walshes starved them selves to dress like fine folk ; but the truth was, that 'little Emily's fairv fingers did it all. A penny ribbon at her magic touch took the guise of ths most costly article, whilst humble edging was made to appear the produce of Valenciennes. Then Em ily was pretty, and had a light, graceful figure, and a swectj gay, happy way that made her look like the roses in her own garden. We have said it was autumn. It was; and it was the prospect of a hard and long winter that determined the widow upon placing her daughter out in the world. Hut where was she to go ? Their village was but a score of miles from the city, yet they were as much strangers to it as though a thousand leagues distant ; in their own neighborhood there appeared to be no offcning for her. At length, a friend among the neighbors undertook to write to a friend in the great metropolis; and before a week had expired, the said friend found a place for Emily in a family as nursery-maid. The salary, it was true, was small enough just a shilling a week, to be paid every seventh day but it was a beginning, and who could say what it might lead to. What indeed ' j The Sbarpes, to whom Emily was now 1 engaged, is what is ordinarily tormed "re- ! spectablc people ;" that is to say, they kept a gig ; and Mr. Sliarpo had an office not a shop somewhere near the Mon ument, up a very natrow, business like lane, lie was in the hardware line of business ; and not only so in profession, but in nature. Had he been cast and bronzed instead of having been born lie could scarcely have assumed a harder, harsher texture and disposition. lie ap peared metallic in all bia movements ; perhaps it happened that, having lost his heart when courting Mrs. Sharpe, he had ordered a bran new one from the foundry. However, Emily made very good pro gress notwithstanding her cast-irou mas ter. Mrs. Sharpe was a' great invalid, and quite satisfied to leave the nursery entirely in her charge. She could scarce ly have done better. It was quite delight, ful, or ralher it would have been, to any but the Sharpes, to see what a marvellous change the widow's daughter wrought amongst that young family. How she loved them, played with I hem, watched over them, worked for them a8 though they had been her own brothers and sis ters, I caii Scarcely hope to relate as it deserves to be told. II ow they found a new life with her; and how much neater and prettier they all appeared, with less actual cost to "their parent, who in return doled out the weekly shilling as reluctant ly as though it had been coin of rurest gold. . Weeks, months , passed away, and Christmas came. There had never been euch a holiday time in tho Sharpes' house ever pince it had been a house. Why, little Emily, pretty, fairy-fingered Emily, made as many beautiful things for the' Christmas-tree as would have furnished many a small fancy bazaar. People won dered how she managed to find time for so much work. Emily was not the least happy of all that merry throng ; it would have done you good to have een . how light-hearted she was, and bow much prettier she looked when freed from the poverty and care of her village homo. Winter passed away, spring came, and with it the bright sunshine and brighter flowers.- But no blossom in the broad sunlight wore a brighter, sweeter look than did Emily amidst tho little children on the lawn. Her happy laugh rang amongst the shrubs and llowers ; her pretty figure might be eeen darting along the gravel walks in pursuit of pome recrc at.t little Sharre ; and altogether the wid ow's daughter scattered so much mirth and happiness around, and appeared so essential to the domestic welfare, and the difficulty was to imngine how they had ever contrived to live without fcer. At length spring waned, and the birds and sunny cloudless skies gave promise of a joyous summer. Just then Emily was flung into an exstacy of delight by the ar rival of a cousin and former schoolmate and companion of younger and better days, who, having learned her new abode, came to renew the old friendship. Hugh was new an artist, and had passed some years in Paris, where, besides his profes sional education, he had acquired many elegant art and accomplishments, which were well calculated to find favor with one so young and impressible as Emily. It was not diUkuU to see that they were mutually pleased at the renewal of their acquaintance; he, with her simple, happy, winning ways; she, with bin gay and polished manners. They parted, resolved to meet again, and often. From that day a new life dawned -upon the widow's daughter. Hugh was in all her thoughts and aspirations. She dream ed of him ; she thought of him ; she talked about him to the children. He was so finished in dre?s and manner, and had seen so much of which she had not even heard ; and when Emily contrasted her own simple scant dress with his am ple and fashionable garments, a blush of vexation stole across her face, and tears dimmed her blue eyes. Hugh had asked her to accompany him to see come flower gardens in the neigh borhood, and enjoy a stroll through the parks ; and as her mistress bad given per mission, Emily prepared for that delight ful evening. She looked through her scanty wardrobe, to sec what she should wear. Hud fehe been less regardful of appearance, had she loved and admired Hugh less, or had her own person been less attractive, fhs might have felt con tented with the humble dress and few simnle adornments the possessed. Un happily it occurred to her as the looked over her little store of wearing apparel, that a new ribbon on her bonnet would greatly improve her appearance ; that, in fact, she could scarcely walk out with her cousin, fo gaily dressed and herself wear ing such a poor faded weather-beaten ribbon as was then on her bonnet. 15ut the difficulty lay in obtaining this ribbon. Her last month's salary, save a few pence kept back for the children, had been sent to Iter mother, and she should have no further means untii the following week. Pondering this in her mind, it occurred to ber how easy it would be to obtain what she required at the shop whete her master dealt, in the next street, if s;ed for in his name ; she could pay for the ribbon next week, and no cne would be the wiser. Without allowing herself lime to weigh the dishonesty of tho act the put Iter plan in execution. She was known at the haberdasher';:, and had no difficulty in obtaining the ribbon ; So easy did the process seem, that she was tempt ed into taking a new pair of gloves and a handkerchief for the neck to match the ribbon, all of which were charged to the account of Mr. Sharpe j whilst Emily left the shop, thinking only of the happy mor row evening, and the walk with her cousin. That evening -came, with a gorgeous sunset and a mellow summer air. They strolled through the parks, and passed the most magnificent gardens ; but Emily had heard and seen nothing but her cousin, who had entertained her with such de lightful stories of so many charming places and people, that she was perfectly amazed and disappointed when she found herself back at the Sharpes' door, shaking bands and bidding adieu her last to Hugh. lie was to Eet out on the follow ing day ft3r Germany ; and with many protestations of regard and remembrance, they parted be on his travels, and Bhe on a journey she bad but little antici pated. What could Mr. Sharpe want with her in his library next morning early ! Alon, seated at bia desk, with a more than usual severe countenance he bade her Close the doos, with a hard metallic echo in his voice that made it sound like a human gorfg. Flinging on the table the fatal purchases of the day previous rib bon, gloves and handkerchief the metal voice inquired when he had given her au thority to use his name at the haberdash er's, and how many more swindling trans actions of a like character she had been concerned in. The wrong ehe hail com mitted, tho offence against the law, work ed out by her in that evil hour, came full, and vividly, and painfully before her, raagnified even beyond its proper propor tion by her ignorance. Confusion gave place to terror, vague and oppressive ; and sinking into a chair, Bhe buried ' her face in hef hands, and gave full vent to her passion in a flood of tears. j Mr. Sharpe being a very virtuous and remarkably upright and good man in his wavIelivered himself -of a long oration upon tho depravity of human nature as existing in the lower orders, and upon the great necessity which existed for nip pingio the bud every germ' of vice and crime atuongst the said orders. He laid some emphasis upon the duty which men at the head 'of families, and of elevated station like himself, for instance owed to society in general, arid to themselves and children in particular ; and although Emily, amidst her tears and sorrows, could undei stand but little of all this ha rangue, ishe caught the sound of tho words 'felon" and "jail," and "msjesty of the law." Some people would have been weak enough and fcilly enough to have sent tha weeping girl to her room, with an injunc tion as to her future conduct, tinder the impression that justice would gladly have connived at such an arrangement. lut, then, how could the "majesty of the law" have been upheld ! How was outragod society to have been Vindicated ! True, we had forgotten that. The hardware blaster did not, however. His memory, like his ware, was of an enduring kind ; and be did not in this instance forget to stand up fur the outraged grades of soci ety against the criminal enormity before him. The childron cried a good deal ; Mrp, Sharpe did not know what she should do; and the rervants declared it was mon strous when they learned that poor, pretty little Emily had gone off in a cab to a terrible prison. It so happened at that very identical time the sessions were on, and Mr. Serjeant Katn was in the very thick of his very flourishing busines, busily engaged in upholding the majesty of the law. The widow waa not lonsi in making her way to her poor child's side ; and a S id scene was that of their meeting, even for jailors and such stony people to witness. The terrible, dreaded day of trial came. Emily was led into conn in a state of hysterical terror.which Mr. Serjeant Ivain, in the fullness of his judicial wisdom, pronounced the very essence of hypocrisy. Her mother remained as near to her as she dared, whispering in her ear comfort that she herself scarcely dared to feci. Tbe process of hearing the case was not by any means a tedious one, nnd might have been quickly dispatched, had tha bare facts been only gone into. IJut tho learned Serjeant having been just previ ously defrauded of two noted pick pock ets, whom he had inwardly reckoned on as his particular property, determined to wreak his disappointed "majesty" upon the next comer, which, unfortunately, happened to be Emily. There were no witnesses beyond the tradesman and the master, and their story Was soon told. The prisoner did not deny the act of obtaining the goods under false pretenses which was the charge and would have said more, but was too terrN fied. The foreman of the jury a mild looking man, no doubt the father of a family began to observe that the case was scarcely euch a one as should have been brought on, but was cut short rtnd frowned down by tho setjeant, who ttem bling for the safety of justice and the legal majesty aforesaid, proceeded to sum up the evidence not a very abstruse af fair, one would suppose, lut Mr. Ser jeant Kain worked it up so artistically, judicially, and threw in such a heap of horrors and monstrosities that the gentle men of the jury scarcely recognized the case. When people listened to the learn ed ecrjeant's denunciation of serpents, and vipers, and pests of society, aud at the same time cast their eyes on the youthful form and sorrowful face of the prisoner at the bar, they must have thought it one of the least venomous and dangerous speci mens of the serpent tribe they had ever read or heard of ; or Seen in picture-booka. Hut Serjeant Kain was not the man to be humbugged by crime, simply because it cried when detected. He knew what the world was made of ; and he main tained that it was perfectly shocking to see young women of her age, seventeen years or more the widow shrieked out, "scarcely fifteen ;" but Serjeant Kain frowned her down very indignantly, as though he did not know the prisoner's" age better than her mother, and repeated with emphasis, "seventeen" to see euch young women so hardened in the practices of vice j but the jury would of coursa do their duty in fact, they had no choice in the matter, for the creature had confessed her guilt. - Amidst the most profound and painful silence in the court, the fatal word "guil ty i" was pronounced ; but people breath ed more freely as the foreman of the jury, with trembling lips and moistened eyes, added, "with a strong recommendation to mercy!" Again the court was hushed, and only the hysterical sobbing of the prisoner was heard, whilst the Serjeant proceeded to pass sentence : "Six months' imprisonment, with hard labor!" The foreman of the jury groaned and wept like a child ; and there was scarcely a dry eye beyond those of the prosecutor ard the judge, as the prisoner the convict was carried fainting from the court The same evening, tho foreman sought the prison in which poor Emily was con fined. The keeper of the place had for tunately a better heart than the judge, and had seen the nature of the case at a glanco. Risking all consequences, be had conveyed the young prisoner to his own room ; and when the juryman arrived, he found her surroundedby kind friends and i watchful nurses. Early on the following day, the kind juryman obtained nn instant interview with the Secretary of State, who had no sooner betrd an outline of the c.!8. than bs determined wLat course to ad j t. There wne no doubt in his mind ; and a '"free p.ir dou" was nieLti.inpd as a matter of certainty, greatly to the j .y of the kind heart! tote man. He posted back, radiant w!th genuine de l;ht,and reaching the governor's house, had t;e pleasure of kissing pour weeping Emily. He tried t rouse her frorh her lethargic stu por by whispering tbe word Pardon!" but. alas! it came too late. The majesty cf tbe law had been too iuick nud p.tr.t for the majesty of mercy; and though tbe broken hearted girl rallied for a few miLf.tts, open td btr eyes, and prouotioced the wrds : ?dother Hugh!" the strug-Ie between life and death wa soon over. S:ie was buried in the quitt village church yard : every villager far and near followed the sad procession to tbe grave, beaded by the foreman aDd othfT of the jury. - Reader, this is no idle fiction! no t-de of fancy. Emily's green resticg-place may be seen any day in that country burial-ground. Rosec blossom on her early gravt , while the serjrant still upbulda ths stern majesty of the law. TIic Child Voyagers who Escap ed I lie Fire, A Port Huron correspondent of the Detroit Post says : Ycu have already been told the story tf tbe liit'e boat load of children, carried from Rock Falls to Canada, and saved ia spite of stoim, and hunger, and exposure. I saw Mrs. Mann, ti e mother of these children, who arrived here yesterday morning on board the Huron. She had given up ail of them for lost. But. mother like, though four were awed, she mourned deeply for the lost cne. who, half clad and shivering iu the cold water in tbe bottom of tho boat, sailed away upon an unknown and measureless sea, al most in sigbt cf land and deliverence. There were five children in that boat belonging to Mrs. Manr; and four to the ownerof the b i who took them away, making nine infant voyagers who, f.r three d.ivs. without food and drenched to the skin, floated across Lake Huron in a boat which was kept from going to the bottom by means of an old boot and shoe, which were the only vessels f . r bailing that these unfortunate travelers had on board. The mothei's heart seemed deeply touched and troubled because no last offices and lov ing ministries ct u'd, in tbe nature of the case, be paid to the litt'e one whose voyage ; of lift was at once to brief and eventful. Vhen these four children were put on a tug at Kincardine, Ontario, to ba returned to their parents, it struck a rock just as it was getting uuder way, and went down. The children were rescued and sent home ward by the cars. They hive at last re.icbed Tort Huron after adventures by field and flood almost equal to O; hello's, and it is hoped that they will arrive huire without farther accident. The experiences of children during these disas'rous days, are worthy id a special e?sr.y, if one had time to write it. Oae fs curious to know how much they havo felt, seen and realized, cf the danger and the hardship ; whether it friadesuch an Impression on thofe between two and five years, for example, that tbey will always remember it. On the whole they have been best cared for, for maternal lore of the appra's of thir weakness to tbe general pity have secured them comfcrt, shel ter, care, and food when others have been denied. The babe of Mrs. Shubert, t f Paris, e-no of the PolUh settlers, was carried from its burning home by its grandmother while its mother stayed behind to fight the fire. The graudmother was compelled to lie down in a roadside ditch with 20 others, where they passed the night, it being the only re fuge from tbe flames. Tbe infant w as only three months old and required nourish fncM. Luckily the fire had driven a cow to seek company and shelter with these human be ings. A big tin pan was found in a wagon and the animal was milked. Tbe baby's aunt took tbe mushy compound which the flying sand, cinders, and ashes mae of the milk, into her mouth, and fed the child in that original manner. "Josn Billings on Fkf.e L-ve I btleaf in fee fight, especially amur.g cats and dogs. I beleaf in free rides on a gate. I hcleaf in freedom cf every elive on arth. But fiee dem that it don't do to liml er w ith. If thi world wan a garden ov Edin and full ov Adam and Evo, as they was when they us fust launched, then I kan imagen it might do for some other Adam to hold my Eve on his lap, and talk about his afiinities and spir itooal essence and play lamb. In tbem daze there watrt no bnman nattrr, it was all God natur. Human natur has bin soaked so much sinse, it is too weak to bo trusfed in a lot whar the seed is poor, next to a medd o, without ranch fence between, or any poke on. Free love wants more poke than any other animal. I don't beleaf in total deprav ity unless a man has a xh1 chance. Free love is a good deal like drinking a six shil ling gin for a bevridge. Bevridge is a Chi nese word and means cussed ness. All the free love I have ever witnessed tLos far, has existed between a villainous letchor on one fide and lunatic virtue on tho other side, that has been deodorized out of i's truth, and ha3 lost aul ov its modesty and shame in buntin after a condishun where sin ceased to be a crime. Tho first free lover we have any ac count cf was tha devil. TlF.nE's yer oico roast chlck'n." cried an aged colored man. as tho cars stopped at a Virginia railroad station. ' Here's yer roait chick'u 'n taters, all nice and hot," holding his plate aloft and walking the platform. "Where did yon get that chicken, uncle?" asks a passenger. Uncle looks at the intru der sharply, acd then turns away, cryiDg, "Here's yer nice roast chick'n, gent'm'n, all hot ; needn't go into de house for dat. 'Where did yo-i get that chicken ?" repeats the inquisitive pastengcr. Lok-a yer." savs uncle, speaking pri vately Ts you from de N rf ?"- "'Yes." "Is you a friond of de cullnd man?" "I hope I m." "Den don't you ntbbcr ask m whar I got dak chick'u. Here's yer nice roast chick'ri, all hot !" - Why are your nose and chin always at variance? Became words are continually passing between them. A S 1I, S19 STORY. Anotber Ineidcnt or the t'lilcfigo Flro. The papers a" over the country ccntinua to teem with accounts of and iijciilcnts con nected with tbe gteat fire in Chicago. Nona sadder, however, ha been told than that re lated at the major's fiice in this city this morning by a liitle boy. who says that both bis fatber and mother prrisbd in the fi-imfFj and that be himself barely cscspe-1 with bis life. The little fellow, who is eleven ynts of ge, says that bis name is CJer.rge Howard. His father and mother lifed in New Yoik until aboii t two months ago, when they re moved to Chicago. Tl.re the father started iu tbo merchant tailorirg butinos and was getting along quite well when tbe great fire started. Tbey lived on Randolph street, and when they retired to bud on the Sf cond ir'ght of tbe eoi.flanration. tbe fire virus cot within a great distance of their house and there was of cm se no fears entertained in that locality cT the flames. George say he was aroused from his sleep by the heat, and when he opened his eyes found their building to ba on fire and tbe windows already in flames: lie jumped up. awakened bis father ar.d mother and fold them tbe wiiolfl bouse wa3 on fire. The heat at this time w as intense, and the little fellow managed to save himself by jumping through one of tbe burning win dows, which wa3 on the stcond utory, down on to tbe pavement below. There he wait ed, expecting his father and mother could also escape by jumping fr m the windows. But they were uever seen after wrd.. In less lime almost than it (akes to toH it the build ing was a crumbling mass. The next moru ing, the little Allow slates, he found the bones cf Lis father aiid mother lying under the ruins. Hs was now an orphan, and bavirglern in Chicago but a month, knew no one. Tho only relative he bad was au uncle, a trapper, who e home was in St. Loni?, but when last heard from was in Philadelphia, UtA he de termined to make an effort to" get to him. He came across a gentleman going to Phila delphia, whose name he said was John Nel son, and he agreed to pay bis fare on. They took a train on tbe Erie railroad, and the conductor, to whom he related bis story, took pity on him and purchased him (I neat suit of clothes. The little fellow, when he es caped from the burning building, was in his night-clothes, aud he had cbtaiued only suf ficient thl clothing to cover himself. When they arrived in Philadelphia George found that bis uncle bad left but a short timo previous for St. Louis. Mr. Ne'sn I; ft him on Maiket street and told him to go np to the Fenn?ylvani:i r lroad depot, relate hia story to the officials and they would pass him on to St. Louis. The little fellow went to the depot, but they disbelieved bis story and wouldn't give him a pass. He then started to walk tow ard Harrisburg, expect ing that he would come across Somebody tliat conld sfr:d him to his destination. He walked all the way from Philadelphia to II irrisburg without getticg any assistance, being ten days 6u the journey. He said that he begged victuals at the farm hotises, and slept in the woods at night. The latter, be saiil, did not come very hard on him, as ho once went with his uncle on a trapping ex pedificn in Western Missouri, when he had to camp out at night. Ho reached Harris bnrg day before yesterday, when he got en a freight train and stole a lide to Altoor.a. There he related bis story to tbe railroad of ficials", and Mr. A.J. Cassitl, general sujer intsudent i f the road, provided him with st pass to Pittsburgh, with instructions that when he arrived here he should be turner", over to ths relief committee cT the Chicago fire fund, who, if they brlieTed his story to be a true cne, could hava him sent on to his destination. The boy arrived here this morn ir g. and called at the mayor's fiice, where he related Lis story as given above to Mayor Brush and the relief committee. Little George is a bright, intelligent lad. and told his btory very smoothly. When the names of his father nnd mother were montioned. the tears carne into his eyrs. The boy was closely questioned, wi'h a view f seeing whether be was really telling the truth or not, and he answered everything so quickly and yet with sueh childlike simpli city that todonbts were left tpon the minds of his hearers that he was telling the truth. Mr. M orhead, of the relief committee, h3 procured him a pass to St. Louis, and -a ill provide him with means enough to see him on there comfortably. The little fillow will tart there this afternoon. He says Ids un cle resides ore mile cut of St. Louis, ar.d that he w ill have no difficulty in finding him. as he was at his hoise at the time he starts! with him ou the trapping expedition to Western Missouri. Pittsburgh Leader, Oct. 28th. . A Remarkable Si.f.f?eb Mary R. bin son, aged 23. hearty looking, and wefghir.g about one huudred and fifty pounds, lives in Ricktown, a suberb of Reading. Last May she had an attack cf varioloid ; ofier her re covery she became dull and drowsy, and iri tbe course cf several days this grew tqon her until she sank into a sleep, w hich, con tinued twenty eight days. After awakir:c, she was attacked with severe pains, which1 wore off somewhat, but recently they return ed with their former seveirty. She became almost help'esji, unable to d any work, ami Continually depressed Ij one form or another. She has acute pain in her head at 3ll tinic. yet she is patient, and bears her si:" ring without complaint. Oa Monday she Bg:.in became unconscious, and her sleep has every, indication of being prolonged, as before. . Generally her appetite ia good. She i com paratively strong in her limbs, and other wise perfectly healthy; yet this one singular and unaccountable feeling'takes possess n f her, and binds her down to sleep and keeps her there for weeks. A nkgro member of the Texas legisl i'nrc was met upon the street with a large r ill of greenbacks in his.hand, : lot kir g at ii.s pila aud cackling so loud t! a 1 ? ttracfd tl.e attention 'of a by-star.der, who said to him : What are you laughing at, J" ?' Jim replied : "You see dat- money V ' Yes." Well. boss. I just got that for rry v 13. le been bought f-ur or five times in my life, but dis.is de fest timo I every1! do cash myself." . . ' . . ' Com is a f o'i's curtain which hides nil hh defects from the world.