iHiwwJiwiiif
t ? , a. Itl-'l'lKE, Editor and lublilier.
HE IS A FREEMAN TTHOil THE TRtTH MAKES FREE, AXD ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
Terms, S3 pr jenr Hi adviMur.
VOLUME 6
EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1872.
NUMBER 6.
n
;:;HTS SAliS!-l!y virtue of
, !iv writ of lYtid. J'-'jioii., -II. lYtid.
'iicitx and ,1. 7. r. t'nr ion issued
i ,. i 'i .ii i t of ( i mi iiion Pleas of (.'hiii brhi
t , ; ., i-cti ii, there will lie exposed to
. it t !,. 7 hi Flirul,nty,on I
,v. ! till l!.V O f .'liiritl IK'lj. at 1 I
. . tin- ! olio vviii Ileal Instate, to wit:
:.t.
title i'.inl interest of William '!
I i.i a l'l'-i
parcel of lami sit- i
1 1 v. ii-h i. ur.ii na county, ul
t .Matt'i'.v Cowan. Isaac (iates. F.
oi n i -, containing one hun--niic
neies, more or less, about
i ! i m h a i cleii rcd.havinr t liere
; f story plank, bouse ami a. log
m... , iriM-im-y (if lilimii ltcam.
, i. i! ;i in! to devoid at the suit of
, j ; t. ' ii ! an J interest of Luke
, .-. Imrliin, of, in anil to the
I inii'oiiiir Kiwi lot of uioiiml
:l t hat oci ttiiu saw mill
i .: i.-M lovn-:iij. ambria
: . ! Jiiiliin. Hii.ioii.injr lain Id
Ii n I :i rli- u. ft : i ot In i s,
. ' I'-nirt li mil i vtoeii feet
j-i otinil or hit: I ii.i.jniii
I or t In-con vroii rit use
e.u t .'on 1 1 i t .) he sold
I l l', tor use of Jesvptt
title and interest of Wfii.
i it ri rtniii half lot ground
i ! u nship, Cambria founty,
. lit lot of .lolin 'I'. tiiniiiiiilhe
. iht-i-a-t, I it of .las. NPCloskoy
: '. hit ot Adams & Knstcron th'u
.ri upHliey of .1 . '1'. Storm. Ta
li and to be sold at the suit of
, 1 r I 1 V
t No.
.... 'I'
I.e.
ri'-rht. titl. : and In N-rest of John
; ..rd to tin following df.'Scr i In d pro-
' 1 :i : .' dwcllii.y housf of om story,
v t of I a'mii -tour toot ami a dopth
. 1 - v' tt'l-t. sittllltt' llTlltll II f.rr:lill l.tt !
ii. r I. oid within the founty ' ('amt ria, in !
-hiii of Wa-hfntftop, adjacent to thu I
! i "id from Wii:';.)r tt) Crcfsoti nt the I
I a point knovn a? Cull ins' cut on t ho
a nia Kai!roai1,totret her wit h the hcred
r I -.i ii'l at'": :rtciiimccs. 'I'okvii in fMTU
l I to 1 . Kohl nt tin- suit of Jos. U.iiiroon.
'. all til'-ri'.rhf. lit !? and interest of 'i'lins. 1
loman. of. in and to a certain pirce or par
t land sifuate in ('iinilnin tmvn-)iii, (';im
i coiini y. ailj. 'ini iii.r lamis of ,ohi Ki-Ii'-rt, ,'
'' . U. .ones. Win. Howell anil llimiphrey ,
i is. eonti.-imny one liimdi eil and si.ty-ti
a i -res. i. iore or h-ss, ntunit et'lity-ti e ;
. -ii - of w hich a re l'ii rcd,lin iiiL' t lii-reoti erect-
i ; I wo story p'aiik In it: se a ii'l a tranic liarn, .
v i :i t he oi co pa IH'V of '1 tioina s 1; . Ttuiiuas.
i ken in ex eci it ion and to be sold ut t lie suit of j
' i : I lain K . l'iprr. I
Ali. nil the rijihr. title and interest of F.lias I
!'i i.foil, of. in i'.ii 'i to a piece or parc el of laml
-itiiate in Kichland liiwu-lMp, C.unliria cuinty, I
li.omin- lands ot 'I lios. Kealan. li.ni l Krin.ir, i
: ml ot Iici's. coiitaiuinif sl.x iy acres, more or less, I
. i. out thirty acres of which a re cleared, having
i i reoii creel ci 1 a lor house ami a li ii ba en. now
t !ie oecu i:ioey oi KI ias Pen rod. 'I'akeli in ex- I
i . .. : ii .n ami to be sol .1 at suit of Jus. Shoem.i kr, !
i,. ii-i of .. Martin, now for use of C. It. I J lis. I
t:-o. ,ol t he ri hr. t it 1c and inteii it if Cor- I
' i i i .iiit.Vr. in Hinl tun I'i'i'tiiiii ii c'jur piit- j
ii i I ii"l situate in Su tiimerhiif township, j
i i i i ii t.v, adjoiiiiicj; landsof .os. Wright, j
i ,, .1 - i nii.a inl ot hers, con tii ininjf t wt n ty- j
1 m i. .. ... i e or less, about seventeen acres I
nt w ! t 'red, lia injr thereon errcted a ;
i i - - n i sc a ml a lojr barn, now in the
.!.! t ' at iinrine ('ruin . Taken in e.ve- !
i . . l.c sold at suit of Solomon Ktniir. !
I II. :; , .. i h t , t i i ie and in! crest of A lev. i
. '. .ii e il. .!', in and to a t met or parei I
-;n. He iii 'ambria townslu'ji. Cambria
1 ' . ie ij. 'i iii ii la mis of . is. V i i na n, Johns- :
' : e. ( .. ,.( '. . .aim;. Mar r!el".I ide, ami
' -. i " hi ta in iuy two ii a n,! red acres, in ore or
. ahoiit eighty acres of which are cleared,
1 i ' . .-ci eet eil t he! eon a brick di ell inir. I raniu
i am' oi i-er ru 1 1 m ii.l ius-s, now in 1 he oeeil- I
, nicy of Pete H. I;,--, - : and a two story f ramf
I ii:se and stable in t l.c occupancy of Andrew
: immire. Taken i a ex. i ui ion and to bo sold ;
: the suit of Kliuht-1 h lOinnn. Kxcciit ri v. and '
I .1 . U'at. rs. i:ecutor of I he last w id and Irs- !
i -p. 1. 1 of f.hi ai .1 Kvan deceased. 1
A I -. all the i iz hi. t it le and interest of Con.
1 : i. . r. of. in and to that cert a in pi"-e r '
. lit iiii.d Ii iiifj-iiml situate in Allegheny i
' Miiibi ia county, boiiiideil and do-
t follow : le;ri n n im; at an ash sf ii in p: :
'' -.iit!i s.i tlei'ees, ca-1 with land of
'. i it t ie Cii perches, to a post; t hence sou t Ii
ni-l II perches, to a post; thence
1 i . .. lerces, west perches alonir Phil- :
- I. to a post iir line of lain! date) of .
' oid ; thence north de.'ii-e, east sl
I - i. :h line of lau I of said W in. Weak-
: place of bey inning containing I'.l i
' -".hi.-r with the hereditaments and ap
i : ees. Taken in execution and to be ;
!! -i-d of Margaret McMnllin ami Al-
' -i Vi c M.sbin, Ii.eciilci4 of ba:::uei M- i
' . i i ::-e I. '
1 1 a. i the i ijht, title and ini'Tf st of ,Ta. '
r. ud to a lot of frroti ml situate in
ovii t.oi oiih. 'ambria coiiii. y.frontitiK
a ; fin street, runtni'r hick unit' lot i
r.cr. on the north. feet, to an i ,
io.niilot of l ram isUuekonthesoulh. i
i.
'i ::: ' thereon ere-teil a frar-.i" lioii'i. nt;d a
-! : - liiwolliee. now in the cctipiin v of
i '. !.a-lv. Taken in eveciitioii and to be
I n i lie -ii i t of . ci irif e A . !'."i i y. A d in i nis t ra
rul I-ram is. i. Itirberiek. deeea-ed.
Hi.", ,i.l the r in lit, 1 ii le and interest of . I!.
ii "i b- . ot . in ami to a lot of g round sit uatc in
1 v .. i i. .li .hu-l ow i borough. a nibi ia ini n! ,
loiitm- (iii i.ii.l.:i,l,Mi.lT onthccusl.
uioiiif o. nu op.oi ii.i. on iiiiiBi.n i ami Mil
ii the ea-l, ;i . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -T lot ol n, u
'i.n-
Ct.'il
in
: i it on 1 he m u I h. ha i 'i s t here.
store brick house. itli a one story brit
k
1 1
u at inched, no
d ii frame wood-shed and
stable. t:ov I'l llie oci-u pam y ol it. ii.
v. Ta ken in i' ei u t ion and to be sold at
.'it of William Carr. lor n-c nf C. M. KlliSj
! use i.l llniri Mid.ean; also, Henry
: .V Son, for use of C. I!. Kllis.
, ail thu riht. title and interest of W'm.
:.cy, of, in and to a lot id' ground situate
: ,i; 1 1 u tow u-hi i,C.onbi i.i con uty.l ruiit
...1.1 Port a ve a i I road, ex tend: uw back
.-oi Conrad Kiror. ad jul m ii'f M ichael Me
. i i le .-. lieu it, ha inr 1 1 i i .-on ( i ii ted
.... l-a-haif tory piank huee ami framo
. !., in t he occiipaliey of Win. MeClos
i . ..-a in t e. 1 1 1 I liii .i n.l t' i be sold at the
I A I'addi'ii .V .. t"i' o -e of Tierney
VV. 15. I'.o at l! 't. Miei ilt.
i ;;- iriiir. r.net:-' a: v. I b. 1..',
7 1 now s'
AI'l'i; USEMEN I S
N . .1 iec Is hel . ' ; e, th.st the fid'oW-
pi .ti-i'!i.'. at - ol Heat and Pt I's.mal i'ro
l i. i e ;. ;i i selected and set apart tor
ws of nitc-tat.-s mi. h r the Act of As.
m A'
. I !
tl.i ui
.-. ii. hp
I o Dili April. K.I. ha e been !i!"d in t he
i ei i lihee in 1 :iu nbii .-a ml will 1 ,e pre
I to t he Irplian-' ( oiii t lor approval, on
ill. Il.c '-tli tif Mui I, i.r.t I, fo it :
I a i-emeiif of the personal property of
in HuscM, laic of Washington township,
- t apart for Margaret li.ir.scil, widow of
r'li nt i)--.;:K
iii-i'
, te
i i-' ineiit of certain yoods and chattels i
: I. r t!i Use of l.li.al.eth M ick, widow
Mack, laic of Cambria ton ii.-Lip, dee'd
e-' iiient of the real estate of Frederick
'i lie of Johnstown, Cambria county,
' i ' .e widow, under Act of 1li! April,
'''' -i :dctucutal thereto of Vth .Nuvtia-
2 -''.
.i .i ni, I , and A ppraisement of the personal
i ' .1 Mark McCnirc. late of lialiitzin
dcceasid, w.t apart for the widow
' 1 ' t: y of said deecased-i?;;ST.:tn.
. i'i" i emept of the real estate und iersolial
,,v of Merriinan I,ee, late of Jackson
'in. deceased, set apart f or Angeline Lee,
" .w . : d-ccased-JI.-.T.
e; , I.,, v ;in, Appraisement of personnl pro
' ' ' : i hristian Hrixner, dee d, elected to bo
r' :":!- i by Uurbara Hrixner, his widow tiTT.
(iKO. W. OAT.M , Clerk.
i k . ( i:",ee, ICbeusbui g, Feb. 3. lt'.z. (Ji-4t.j
Ji'ENE FARM AND UMMEU .HE-
' i. iiiidadinirably located pro-
i.i i on iii-.m . i ne wen
Wll
1 and occupied by llie
1. sit ie,t...l i.i C.I,I,,.r
I'l'l'-llie.i
'! ll-hl.
1 '" lllll
.pii.
ioniiria county, on
1
mile Wirt of
' " llered f,,r rent (n reasonable terms.
a It I i'l Hu i I A i n ir,i a in .vo..llont en ml i.
1 1.
in
-U. pr, y being in every wav suited to
n' '' "imiiiidatioii of city visitors ilurinyrithe
i iii iiiths, r(,r which purpose it is now
libo... l cb.3, l.sT2.-0t,.U8- AllCli SM1'TH-
4 Great Fires
l It ! l: .
"-It ,C,t , ,j
1 ll'l,...Vt-t-.....T V . . .
n iigo. only comliiete history.
... i. - i u.v iil'V. 1-..J . lilHIU-
' I'lli-e"
'-'J .i iiB-ravings. 7(i,0f already
-UjlJ lllrPMUlmiilii O. .H.a...
i K to s; i
' UU W.TPurkRow,. Vork.
II!
Principal OfTlce 101 V. F fth St., Cincinnati, 0.
IW VALUABLE GIFTS!
TO liE OlsTHir.l'TEI) IN
" m m 3 . IS! IDJ ' ZS?
. S7iU StKI.AXXr.lL
Kit Enterprise !
SJ? To be diawn Monday, Murcli 25tli, 1S72.
One C;r;tiil t'iipital l'rtze of
$10,000 IN GOLD!
0ME PRIZE $5,000 IN SILVER. !
Five Prizes $1,000-
Five Prizes $500 r -Ten
Prizes $100 5
Turn F'tiiiilu Chn iittia fuitl Matcln'l Hhi-hch with
' il ve; -Mnn iilrtl Jlnrm iri.rth i.;uo.
Two ior.-e 4f- lliiyyic, ti itli f.it rer-3luttltte;l
Jf.ti-ticf , til ifiUOO f(f fn
TWO Fine-Toned Posewoo.1 Vi.inos. -r:r.)i $500 ei:i.
l.0O Gold awl silfir I.rrrr llunliihj 11'aliic.s,
n nrin una t :ieo ro.t
Ladies' Gold I.i'ontiuo and (Jont'p C!old Vest
Chains. Solid and Double-Plated Silver Table
and Teaspoons, Photograph Albums, Jewelry,
.c., &.., o.
.3, P),fK'.
i-ed ta 5),coo
AtiEXTS WAXTtl) loSell IJiels. to
vyIioui I.i!eral lrciitiiiiri vvi!l Iteiven.
SixtM.r Thki-.ts ii: Six TickktsJU); Twki.ve
Tickets C-D; T tMv-nvK Tickkts io.
Circular? containinir a full list of prizes, a de
scription of the manner of drawiin;. and other
information in reference to the Distribution,
will lie sent t o a ny one ordering t hem. All let
ters must be addressed to
on'icr, I.. I. SsIM:. Uotl s-G,
101 II'. atliSt.i Cincinnati, O.
1ST OF CAUSES pot down Tor trial
- tit a Court of Common Pleas to bo held at
Vbenslmi'if. foi Cumbria county, ouinicncinjf
on .'liiAli.tv, the Vii thin f Miirllt, A. 1). 1ST :
flit ST WKl'.K.
T.eiber i Sen . . ; vs. Linton tz Son.
Nutter vs. Johnston,
Apph s, I!iirdiue
MeVicki-r vs. Jones.
Apple vs. Kakin.
Miller vs. A pplo.
Patterson A: Co.,Vf. ol. vs. K rise et. at.
I ct.bi il leu vs. Katie.
Duneiran vs. Mctiough.
M Karlan vs. Apple.
Kline vs. I.eidoit.
Todd vs. hi ist y.
F.fd.M) ,VKKK
l-.iiwanis, lor use s.
(Jates is.
Kmeiy'noy liridye .s.
1 1 ilniphreys vs.
'I Imiiiiis. is.
Met onileii; vs.
It'll vs.
Wike. Kxecutor vs.
Kinney vv Marrows vs.
Mayer i: Morgan vs.
Hose vs.
Nose vs.
V'ier m.
Kucico is.
.'fe I oshev ft i:.t vs.
Marker Soil vs.
Millar is.
Kieban vs.
( oidsinllli Ilrother. ..vs.
1'otts vs.
Wi-lin's use vs.
Selberl's use VS.
Yeatfiev vs.
CidJis..". vs.
Voiiuir. feicned Isu0.
"df - Welshour.
John Phillips.
Klynns.
ire.
Villiams cl at.
Swires.
t o. i e
I! 1 p i I.loj d.
lo V.x l & Hi others.
V in.'iirt rf ill.
Winirart cl ul.
Ila rris.
I'ritm yn.
Johnson ft nr.
Met 'ance t Kiinej
Flick.
Sfymer & Porter.
Moses.
Morn' of Johnstown.
Kelly.
KlatiatiR.
I libert.
Klini! ,!c Chardon.
K rise.
McKen.ie . . .
vs.
J. K. Hill;. Prothrnotarv.
i'rot liuiKilu ry's Ollice, Lbt'iisbur, l ib. 5, 1.572.
PE(iISTEi:S NOTICE ! Notice is
I V , . . . ., , ,, - ,
'j-reby piven tha t ho fo llnwmjr Aeco
i:lv,? '''u l'''1 and hied m the Histor i
nuts
s f-
hceat Kbensbiirir. and will be presented to the
, upturns Court ol ( I'mliria county, lor con
firmation and allowance, on U'ct.u fday, theOfi
iii (, SUaiili iitrt. to wit:
I The second and final account of John K. Peeso
j Ail in in i-l ra tor of I he estate of Susannah Ilea m,
', late of Itichhind twp., Cambria ci'.iiuty. de-'d.
The final account of Isabella Walters, for-
' merly Isabella Met.ary, Auunnistrati i.v of Jos.
. Me'lary, late of t aii.biia county, deceased.
Tin- second account of Peter SI ri 1 1 unit tor,
i "'"limi of Majfdalcii. liarbara. Philip. Ann
I "'' '-, i v-'"x r.'bte, minor -hil. lien of Peter
. i ililr. lulu nt ( iii rim I.......1.:,. ... , ,
1 The first ami Ileal account ot li.'..,
Ilinrhes, iforineily ibese,) A liuinislratrix d
I estitte 'f Th is. H'jcfc. Kite of Lhensbtiry. deo'd.
1 The first ilnd pailial account of Jesse II.
! nioiid. Kxci'Utor of Charity Diiuuibl, hile of
Minister township, deceased.
The first account of U. J. l'rinip, C,u:irdian
' of Aim Mari'i ( 'lark, late Ann Maria ("rouse.
i The lir-t account of I raiu is A. Duck, (.uard-
i i:m of the minor children of Jerome Duck and
. M iry lluck. late of Carroll township, deceased,
'llie second and final account of Cutliariue
I "loch. Admin i -Mat'ii.v of 1 he estate of Christ ian
llloch, late of Coii ai!i.di borouuh. de c;l-ed.
1 (,i;u. Vi'.nATMAX. It. lister.
' KefrL-tor's Office. Lbensbur, 1'eb. 3, ls',;j.-lo-it.
I CENSE- NO IICE Tfio f.il!ovin
J named tiersons have filed Petitions for
T.i i rn a ml Kit t iiar 1 louso li censes in t lie Court
ot i.'unr'i r Sessions of C niibi in cuuuiy, lor tt;o
eiiiiimr March Term of Court :
''.w i -a ,ii'i.'.-Iuliii H. l'ite. r.l.-ickliek'tp.;
Hals, r Melt rick,(ieo. Crook, Tho--. i tt. Chest t p.;
Meli. Limlmiir, Carroll twp. ; Kdw'il L. Hender,
John W. Shiirbaiisrh. Dominic IJir:ir, Carroll
town bor. ; Michael Jiar:iicle. Clearlield twp.;
Peter lirown. Frank Kurt., M. (ottcs, Croyle
twp.; Hent'v Foster. John A. Hlair. west ward,
I J.ensliurg bor. ; Anthony i Hugh. (JallitziU
twp. ; James Convery. Ioretto bor.: aleiitine
Malt.ii
e.tieo. venderolti,.los. iiorncr. ' nmoi -
bor.; Ilenrv Mart., Mrs. Annie Murpliy. wtno
Ilclic, .1. S. Kiel, 1C. Mctiongh, Washington tp. ;
Peter W. Hclfrich. Susquehanna tp.
Fatinir llnunr l.irrii? Paul F.liir. Crtrrolltown
borough: Wm. Flynn,-Washington twp.
J. K. IHTK, Clerk.
Clerk Q. S.'s Office, F.bcnebur? , Feb. 3, 1ST-.
C
IIEIUiYTREE MALE AND FE-
tion will open for the summer session on the
lirst Monday of May, 1ST-, under the instruction
of a corps of competent teachers, in the College
buildings in the pleasant village of Cherry tree,
Indiana countv, Penna. Course of instruction
thorough, vocal and instrumental music inclu
ded, (iood tioardiiig turiiitdied at from 2M to
f.i.iA) per week. For further inforuiatioh apply
to either of the undersigned
1)1 HECTORS.
Hon. It. II. M'Cormick,
Dr. K. Hrallier,
It. H. K Jnports,
John Kason.
Dr. A. It. Lovelace.
Chcrrytrec, Feb. 3, lSTH.-Sm
t. i. casht, lato of Itobert Woods & Co.
JAMtS CASEY T. C. rOCAHTT.
c
A S E Y, l'OGART Y & CO..
WHOLESALE DKAI.EKS I5T
11
T1
ASH ALL KINDS OF
I)O.Mi:sTIO TrTJOIIe-s,
AND 1 M PORTEK3 OF
Foreign'Wines,Gins, 'Brandies, &c,
. So. 313 Liberty Kfrrct,
Dec. 18, 1871.-3ui. I'JTTSJiUJiGII, PA.
RICK FOR SALE. Good Brick can
bo purchased at reasonable rutes from tba
undersigned. JOHN Mc.Ml'LLJN,
L2-3.-0t.J Near Cutholi Church, Ebwnsbury.
till
vmmm
Al'XT TAI1ITHA,
BT O. W. HOLMES.'
"Whatever f do and whntct-er f par.
Aunt Tnbitha tells me thtt isn't the way ;
When she was a Kirl (forty summers axro)
Aunt Tabitlm tells me they never did so.
Dear aunt ! if I only would take her advice I
Hut 1 like my own way, and 1 find it so nice:
And besides, I forget half the things 1 am told ;
Uut they ull will eoiao back to mo when 1 uui
old.-
Tf a youth passes by, it may happen, no doubt.
He may chance to look in as 1 chauce to look
out:
Phe would never endure an impertinent staro
It is horrid, she says, and I inusu't sit there.
A walk in the moonlight has pleasures, I own,
lut It iritt't quite safe to be walking alone:
So I take a lad's arm, just for safety, you know.
But Aunt Tabilha tells mo they didn't do bo.
ilow wicked we are, and how good they were
then !
They kept at arm's lenpth those detestable men;
What an era of virtue she lived in ' Hut stay
Were the men ull such rogues in AuntTabitha's
day?
If tlie men were so wicked, I'll ask my papa
1 low hedared to propose to my darling mamma;
Was hu like the rest of them 't (Joodness ! Who
knows?
And what shall I say if a wretch should pro
pose ?
I nm thinking If mint knew so little of sin.
What a wonder Aunt Tabitha's uuut must have
been r
And her rand-aunt It scares me how shock
ingly sad
That we jjirls of to-day are so frightfully bad !
A martyr will save us. and nothing else can ;
Let me perish to rescue some wretched youug
man !
Thoujrli when to the altar a victim I go.
Aunt Tabilha 'il tell me sac never did so !
Atlantic Mon'.hh.
tui: nivi:ii's siuiti.
Few reader?, perhaps, have ever seen
the uama of Simon Wearer in print, and
fewer 6till would kuow who the man was
should it be seen.
Ditrer?, as a class, and in ppite of all
the safeguards atTorded them by modern
science, pass a most precarious xistence,
and each time a descent is made, be the
water deep or shallow, the practiced direr
feels that perhaps his last glimpse of puft,
cky and fiiends has been taken. Those
of the most experience feel this the more
keenly.
Oiie night while the snow drove like
hail ugainst the only window in the house,
facing the sea, I found myself one of a
pnrly of diver?, wreckers and contractors
for such wotk.
I had asked many questions of the sev
cial talkers forming tiu circle as to the
life, incidents and dangers of the profes
sion, when Captain Stephen L , an
old gray-beat d among divers and Huch ilk,
nudged me, and whispered that if I could
get old Simon Weaver into the talking
humor, my desire for stirring incidents
would be fully gratified.
Cautiously approaching the subject of
pctsonal advent tiro under water, for Wea
ver proved a little shy, by a few well timed
n iesiions, 1 succeeded in "biin 'iniT him
out" to my entire satisfaction.
As I write the words of the old man, I
seem to see the earnest glance, the erect
figure, and the almost snow-white head
shaking and nodding as the memory of
his exploits came before his mind.
Taking a IKs-h attitude in his chair,
and casting his eyes from one to the other
of ti "boys,'' as lie called the youuger
meinhei.s of the parly, tho old diver began:
"Few of our (dlicers on duty off Charles
ton in 180 , will forget when the news
came out to the wooden flet that a.mon
itor had been partially disabled, and that
until Fumcthing could be Jone her situa
tion was extremely cii'ical. She lay quite
near the batteries, and, as though divining
her d.inecr, tin it" guns were plunging their
fchot and shell aainit her with the fiercest
tnerjry.
'It was soon known that a diver would
uo v.cUa ;t,, rrl liVni.in to do the work
under water, while ilu guns of .Sumter
bade fair to demolish the whole ship in a
few hours.
'lieina; llie most experienced of the
j diving corps on duly nt that time, the ad-
miral sent for me wilhout delay, and,
I laying the dilliculiy before me, a.ked ii I
j would imilc-i lake too job ly a few ju
) dieiuusly put questions I was soon placed
in popjjfbi-lon of all ihe facts, tin work to
be dene, and the results to be expected
from frucccbs.
'The propeller of the vessel had been
fouled by some of the numerous ob.struc
tions set afloat by the enemy, and not
wishing to endanger any other vessel in
the same manner, the admiral desired to
send me alongside in a steam picket boat
with my bst diving gear, and try to make
a sueeesfful descent.
"In due time we, that is, myself and
four more whom I could trust under all
peril, arrived at the place of operations.
And now, before goin further with my
story, let mo try to give an idea, of the sit
uation, atid its cause. A vessel had been
sent to rcconnoitcr, and, if necessary, to
fire on the batteries to ascertain their force
and fdrength.
"I'roceeding cautiously until within a
few hundred yards of Sumter, she had
unconsciously drifted too cUse to the line
of obstructions defending the entrance to
the baibor, and in turning te come out,
her propeller, as I said before, had become
entangled in rcpes and chains. All efforts
fo release the ship from hr perilous posi
tion had failed, hence the call for a diver.
Immediately perceiving the date of a Hairs,
no hard task, the enemy had opened a
fearful fire from all guns within range on
the single craft, and seemed bent on her
dsslruc:ion before assistance could reach
bcr.
'The shot fell fast and furious against
the iron of her turret and side armor, whilt
ti e water on all sides fairly boiled from
the frequent shot striking its surface. It
6ccmed a veritable iron bail. -
"As oar little picket boat approached
the scene of conflict, the firing suddenly
ceased, and we were fortunate enough to
get belw with the apparatus before the
storm again burst over the trembling ship.
The causa of this apparent kindness was
made known to us the following day by a
deserter from Fort Sumter.
"As the picket eteamer approached tho
monitor, the enemy imagined that a mes
sage from tha Yankee commander was
about to be received, looking to an armis
tice or surrender, so slackened fire. After
waiting a few moments, and the expected
flag of truce not making its appearance,
the enemy saw that somehow they had
been outwitted, and the shower of .shot
and shell scemc-d to increase in fierceness
as they reopened fire.
"In u short time I saw how matters
stood, and succeeded in finding a plane
on the lee side of tha turret, where, if the
ship could be kept in one position, no shot
Could reach me. Carefully instructing my
men as to their duties, I at length got my
ladder overboard on the Safe side, and
made it fast in such a manner that should
the wind change or rise during my absence
under water, my means of escape should
not be entirely cut off. Leading my air
pipe up tLrotfgh one of the potts, I se
cured them to my helmet, and requested
that all firing from the ship be suspended
during my absence, for experience had
taught Hie the danger of a heavy discharge
directly overhead of a diver.
"The position of the turret favored my
request, and placing its back to the enemy
enabled me to use the gun port as I have
described. As my life would hang jpon
a thread at best, I made every arrange
ment for safety that experience could
suggest, even going myself into the engine
room and enjoining upon the engineer of
the watch not to allow the engines to be
started upon any consideration until my
return from the perilous undertaking, the
success or failure of which assured the
safety or loss of the vessel. The pump
for supplying me with air was fixed in the
turret chamber, and as the fragments of
shot, which still poured in from Sumter,
might cut the air tube 8 it crossed the
deck, I had arranged a stout iron pi pa as
a sheath, and discarded entirely the usual
signal line.
"All being in readiness, after personal
ly inspecting all of the apparatus, I cau
tiously made my way to the ladder, and
having fixed my helmet firmly in its place,
and secured my kit of tools, hammer, saw,
chisels, etc., to the strong belt attached
for that purpose, began my slow descent.
"Fortunately, the water was quita clear
and ftee from mud, sj I had no tliilijulty
in seeing everything with perfect distinct
ness. Gradually nearing the bottom, for
the depth of water exceeded the draught
of vessels of less than four feet, I became
aware of a strong current setting me
against the ship, which, while lessening
the fear of being swept out of reach of
my ladder, rendered working more diffi
cult. As usual, my progress was attended
by numbers of curious fish, and as I neared
the bottom one or two huge fellows passed
close by, but seemed intent on other prey,
leaving mo in peace.
"Once or twice I was somewhat startled
by a heavy splash overhead, and a dull
thud, followed by the rapid desceut of a
shot or shell within easy view, and as it
would settle into the soft, oozy bottom, a
tiny cloud of mud would for a moment
obscure it from view. I felt a constant
fear from these oft recurring clouds, lest
so mo of them might be the spluttering fuse
of an unexploded frhell.
"Although an old hand at the diving
business, it had never before been my for
tune to operate in action, so I was not a
little anxious, as you may imagine, as to
the effect of a sheil exploding on the bot
tom. I was not long waiting, and found
out to my entire satisfaction, as I will
presently tell you.
"Well, at length I reached bottom, and
slowly trod my way along the bends of
the ship to the base of operations, the
disabled screw, sometimes stepping on
rusty shot, and once I neatly tripped over
the stock cf some eld rustworn anchor.
Uut being fifteen or sixteen feet below tho
surface, 1 had no difficulty in perceiving
the trouble with the propeller, which was
this : a piece of chain attached to the
floating obstructions had beet. me so wound
about the propeller shaft, between Ihe
blades and the 6leinposf, as to become
perfectly rigid.
"My tools being prepared for just such
work, I began operations at once, and
suod had two or three of tho links, which
were quite email, severed, and as I after
wards learned, released the strain so suds
denly that the engine gave one quick, shot t,
partial revolution, 'on a vacuum, one of
the cngiueer told me afterward, and one of
the blades striking my expiration tube,
threw me from my feet, and for a moment
il saemed that my fate was sealed.
'The screw stopped as suddenly as it
had started, and somehow I struggled to
my feet agaiu. Seeing but a few more
strokes were needed to complete my job,
I soon had the good old ship in fighting
trim again, so far at least as her propeller
was concerned.
"Ueing now at liberty to return, I cau
tiously retraced my steps to where the
ladder hung idly swinging to and fro in the
water, and was about lo mount to tho
surface, when with a crash and a roar of
ten thousand' shots, a big shell fell appa
rently right over my head, and after what
seemed but tho fraction of a second, set
tled, as I thought, directly upoa me.
Passing but a few feet distant, it had
scarcely reached the bottom when the very
earth and sea seemed shattered to atoms.
'The shell had exploded almost besiJe
me! liy some moans the hooks provided
in the breast of my armor bad become
fastened to a rung of my ladder, else this
tale had never been told. Stunned and
racked as I was, tho instinct of self pre
servation urged me to attempt tho ascent
of my only road to safety, the ladder,
when, to my horror, the carrent began
swaying me back and forth im such a man
ner that 1 found it impossible to do aught
but hold on and Trust to the chapter of
accidents for relief.
"In an instant after I became aware of
the current, a dull, regular beat, united to
a seeming tremor of the ship convinced
me that the ship, was under way and
probably tjteaming out to the Asset. A
glimpse at the bottom assured me of this,
as I could plainly see it gliding past until
tin! shoal deepened, and nothing could be
seen underneath me but water. Imagiuo
my situation, you youngsters, who think
you have seen danger towed to sea under
a monitor.
"The motion rapidly grew more violent
and had it not been fur the hooks I have
spoken of, death would hare been inevi
table, for my stiength would not have en
abled me to retain my hold on the laddur,
and I should hare drowned, my body
weighed down by armor beyond recovery.
"All of this time, in reality minutes,
but seemingly hours, my faithful men
within the turret chamber had not ceased
to t'ive me a plentiful supply of air, se my
only danger lay in being swept away.
After what seemed miles of ground passed
over, and hours of time, the beat of the
engine grew gradually slower, then stopped,
and no sooner did I feel the pressure cf
the current relax, than I prepared to make
the best of way ( the surface.
"I remember no more. A deadly faint
Beized me, and for hours I lay without
life, vibrating between this world and the
one beyond. Ueturning Bcnsss revealed
my four men around me, oa the ward-room
table, doing their utmost in my bjlialf.
and only gave way to the surgeon when a
a heavy groan aud slowly opening eyes
told that my life was 8fe.
"I speedily recovered, and for the G. ft
lime learned the details of my great peril
and marvellous escape.
"immediately on the strain being taken
ofTof the propeller by the chains being
cut, the engine gave the quick partial rev
olution which 1 have mentioned, and the
engineer, as in duty bound, of course re
ported that the disability to the machinery
being removed he was ready to go ahead
at any moment.
"it was but a few minutes after this
that the tide began to flow, causing the
current I have spoken of, and the devoted
vessel bstde fair to be again drifted amon
tho dreaded obstructions and still nearer
to Sumter, whoso guns never ceased their
roar all this time.
"Captain , to prevent this threat
ened catastrophe, and fueling certain that
I was clear of danger from the propeller,
determined to go ahead a short distance
to clear all danger from the obstructions,
aud then to await my return to the surface
before proceeding farther.
"Carefully, watching the air pipe lead
ing overboard, the engines were started
slowly, and as the ship gathered headway,
and the pipe remained without visible
strain, it was concluded that my ascent
had begun, as in truth was the fact s so
instead of coming to after steaming a shoit
distance, the skip was headed for Ihe fleet,
aud only came to anchor when within
hail of the ilugship. The rest I have told
you.
"As one result of that day's work, I
was aent home on the sick list, and from
that day to this, young man," turning to
me as he spoke, "1 have never once been
inside a diver's dress and never intend to
be again."
Ah the old man approached the conclu
6ion, he grew quite cXcited, as indeed had
his listeners, and as the tones of his voice
died .away, Ihe wind outside gatheiing
fresh fury, seemed to shake the old house
to its very foundation
'Ci.Knit," said a tall Iventuckian to a
hotel official, "this young lady and me
have eloped. Have you any mirryin'
facilities 'round here V
The clerk applied in the affirmative,
and the two were "pliced" in less than
an hour. Tho bridegroom was evidently
not yet satisfied, and lingered around the
hotel book.
"Clerk," said he confidentially, at
length, "hadn't you belter change the
register, and gire us one room now we're
married t"
"It's already done," replied tho cloik
'You're marked for the same room."
Well, clerk," replied the Kentuckian
quickly, "won't you Bhow mo up then, for
I'm uvj'ul sleepy."
A storekeeper at Quincy, III-, possess
ing a pup that habitually upset ttye paint
cans in tha rear end of the store, rubbed
the dog's nose iu thu spilled paint as a
reminder that he must not do su again.
Last week the animal again spilled tho
paint, and, observing tha: his master was
engaged ia waiting on a customer, the
docile pup rubbed his own nose in the
mixture and ran . howling out the back
way.
T l'utent OHice;ilcport Of the frttiirC.
BT MAX ADU.tlt.
We fake tha following from thJ Wash-
mgton Capital : "My idea is this : The
Government is compelled It pay, every I v
year, etormous sums of money i"or"tlie,
publication of quantities of Talent OlFtco (
reports, which are a mere curse to the J
country after they are disttibuled. No- I
body ever did read one clear through. j
Any man who would rise up and say that
he had pcruned one of these volutins,
from beginning to end, would be regarded
by the community as a person who ougl i
not to be at large. Now I propose lo
take out a contract for writing up those
reports, and to perform the work in an
original manner ; iu a manner. I may say.
which will make them, perhaps, the most
painfully interesting volumes published
under the authority of the United States
Government. My plan is to take (he
material that cumis to hand every year
and work it up into a continuous story,
which could be filled in with tragedy, and
sentiment, and humor.
For instance, if a man come prowling
around the Tatent Office with an improve
ment in hay rakes, I should namo that
man Alphonso, and start him off in the
story as an abandoned villain. Alphonso
lying in wait, as it were, behind a dark
corner, for the purpose of stabbing his
rival to the heart with that improved
hay rake. Aud then the hero could be a
man, suppose we say, who desired an ex
tension ot a patent on accordvoas. I
should call such a person Luculius, and
plant him, with a working model of that
accordeon, under the window -f ihe board
ing house where the heroine Amelia, who
would be a woman who had applied for
a patent on a new kind of red flannel
frills, lay sleeping ufider ihe soothing in
fluences of the tunes sq ieezed from the
accordeon of Luculius.
Iu the midst of the serenade, let us
suppose, in cemcs a man who has j ist
got out some extraordinary kind of a tooth
brush about which he wards to inteiview
the Lead of the depart n,s.it. I should
make this being Amelia's heavy father
and call him Smith, because that name is
full of poetry and sweetness and wild,
unearthly music, ai d sounds well in a
novel. How would it do then, while Lu
cuMus was mashing out his most delicious
sound, to make Alphonso rush on .Smith,
with his hay rake, thinking he was Lu
culius ; and in the fighl which would
perhaps ensue to blow out Alphonso'
brains somehow on the spot by a single
discharge, we might assume, of Smith's
extraordinary tooth brush, while Luculius
could be arrested upon the suit of the:
composer who has a copyright on the tune
with which he solaced Amelia ?
If any icgenious undertaker should haunt
the Tatent Office at this crisis of the story
with a species of new-fangled metallic
coffin, I might lay Alphonso away com
fortably in one of tbem aad have a funer
al, or 1 might add a thrill of interest t
the narrative by resuscitating him with a
bottle of hair vigor or pills, in case any
benefactor of the race should call to secure
his right as the sole manufacturer of such
articles. In the meantime Luculius, lan
guishing in jail, could very readily burst
his fetters aud regain his liberty, provid
ing some man cf inventive talent called
on the Commissioner to lake out scarchef,
say on some kind duplex cliptic monkey
wrench. Or if no such person turned up
1 Could arrange it, I think, so that Lucul
ius could rip up the fljor of that dungeon
and tear up several acres of territory
around the neighborhood with a subsoil
plow. Anyhow, I would get him out if
1 had to smash the entire penitentiary
into vulgar fractions with one variety or
another of coal oil.
Then it seems to roc, that the interest
of the Story wwuld be sustained, and a fw
more machines of vaiious kinds could bo
worked in, if, for instance, I might cause
this escaped convict of mius tu ascertain
that the musical composer had won the
heart of that fair young thing, Amelia, in
the absence of her lover, by ttfciing to
bring her lLtr.uel frills into market, and lo
allow her a royalty, we will assume, of
ten cents a frill. When Luculius hears
of this 1 should induce him to obtain the
influence of Amelia's parents in his behalf
by propitiating old Mr. Smith, we might,
1 think, presume, with the latest variety
of bunion plasters for which a patent was
wanted, while the iuiplicable animosity
of Mrs. Smith could be appeased, I should
conjecture, either with a gingham um
brella with an improvement of six or seven
ribs, or elso a lot of galvanized gum rings,
if any inventor brought such
around, for her grandchildren.
t liins
How. would it answer, then, for the
sake of breaking the monotony of theso
lovers.' intiigues, to cram in a little mote
of the revivified Alphonso? liecause 1
could very readily fill the heutt of that
reanimated corpie with bellied rage, and
cause him to sell to old Smiih one of ihe
Gunns we will say Gunns, because this
is a . hypothetical case one of Gunns"
improved hydraulic rams. - Old Smith, I
am sure, upon rtflooiion, could bi depict
ed as an infatuated being, who placed that
ram down in the meadow, and caused it
to force water up to his house. And AU
phonso, of course, with Malignant hatred
in his soul, would tueddhi with the ina-
chine, and fumble around until he spoiled
it, so that Smith could not stop it, and
it would con'.inue t pump until the Smflhe
had a cascade rhiwing from their attic
window, while Mrs aiith, in I er despair,
could itnpala herself on a variety of te
vriing trusting fork, and die minding
tha ituei. tor's name vt ti h maledictions
and eroans. while Smith, in the anguish
f Ins soul, could live in the barn, from
whence he could use an ingenious kind of
breech-loading gun patent applied for
to bomhaid aniats who come arouud lo
sketch the falls
In the meantime Lucullos might come
to the rescue with a suction pump, and
save ihe Smith mansion only to liud that
Amelia had flown with the composer, and
has gone to t-ea in a sli p with a patent
copper hi ttom, and a kin 1 of a binnaclo
for which an extension has been 'granted
by Congress on the 20;h tf February
It would then be judicious, perhaps, to
have that copper bottomed ship attacked
toy pirates as tho lovers sailed softly o'er
the summer veas, aud after a bloody hand-
to hand contest, in which the composer
could sink the pirate craft with the model
gun powder pile diiver, which he has in
the cabin, the enraged corsairs should
pwurm upon the deck of the othor ship
for the purpose of putting the whole party
to the sword. Hut of course at this pain
ful cii.sis it would be singulaily judicious,
I do not doubt, to cause it to turn out tht
the chief pirate is our old friend Aluhon
if, who Lad sold out hi interest in his
hay rake, discontinued his speculations in
hydraulic rami, and become a rover on
the cas.
The composer it would seem wouM
then be in a particularly tight place ; and
if the Comraishioner of Patents had any
romance in ht9 soul, he would permit ma
to cause that pirate to toss the musician
overboard. Amelia would then tear her
self from the pirate's loathsomo embrace
and plunge tu after him. The two would
float ashore "on a life-raft, if any applica.
tiut.s of that kind happened to be present
ed to the department ; and if none wers
made, 1 should drift them off on some
kind of a gum thing or other. Then,
when I hey got to land, Amelia would
shiver with cold until her jaws rattled and
the painful truth would b-i disclosed to her
lover that she wore teeih that were at
tached lo one of the gutta percha plates
about which there was controversy in tho
courts.
Then, if we seemed to.be approaching
the end of the report I incline to think
that I would cause the couipoer to shiik
'False 1 'Faloe 1 or to use some exciting
language like that, and .o tear out his"
hair and wring his nose and fJy oil" with
a broken heart and a blasted life to join
Ihe pirate and to play melancholy aiis iu
a minor key, expressive of delusive
dreams, forever and forever, upon some
kind of a double barreled flute with a
copyright on it.
Amelia ery likely might go ditconso-
i t . ... . ... i.. t i
iftie, lei us piesuiue, iu uci uuiuc, "a
Luculius could bo compelled to display
an unconquerable ntTcction which dis
dained to bother about Amelia's teeth,
And so he could clasp her to his hi east.
I should judge, and press her up against
his patent buttons, if any wore presented
at the office, while old Smith might b
jammed into the story ( nee more for the
purpose of gelting a paternal blessing out
of him. 1 should then marry them hap
pily, and on the day of the wedding hav
thtni hear that that disgraceful buccaneer
Alphonso had been blown into eternity
while attempting to fix a newly inveuted
st tarn valve o his donkey engine.
Thus, you see, even the prosaic mate
rial of which the Talent Ollice reports ars
constructed could be made to yield enter
tainmeut and instruction, and affoid
basis of succulent and suggestive fact for
a superstructure of pathetic aud blood
curdling fiction. ,'Ihe jdtintages of
adopting such a method in constructing;
these documents would bo especially
mat ked in the capo of Congressmen. TLe
member who now sends a Talent Office
iicpoit to one of his constituents is re
garded by that man as a kind of moral
ruin who ouht to Le put in seme place
where it would be impossible for him to
destroy the happiness and poison the peace
of unoffending families. 15ut when 1 be
gin to fix up those reports, to throw over
them-tbe glamour of my fancy, to spread
around them the halo of my imagination,
to adorn them with my graceful rhetoiic,
and to gire a certain intense human iti-
terest,'- I may say, to all ihe hay rakes
and gum tings timl suction pumps which
fill tha leaden pages, these reports will Let
sought after; their tone will be changed ;
entire orphan asylums will cry for them ;
Sunday Schools will offer them as rewards
and abolish the cards which inform wicked
and thoughtless children that "I Am
Late," and the intelligent American voter
whose mind craves healthy literature will
elect th.'man who sends Lim the greatest
number of copies. . . ,
Two stws uois, says the Commercial
liulleiin. were Standing .before a : rigsp
store, when one asked the other, "Havd
you got inree tents T "Yes."' v"U'tllf
I've pt two cents ; give me your three)
and I'll buy a five center." "All right,'
nays No 2, handing out the money.
No. 1 enters ihe store, procures the cigar
lights it, and puffs with a great deal of
satisfaction. "Come, now, give US
pull," 6j3 No. 2 ; "I furnished more
than half the money." "I know thj' T
J says the smoker; "but then I m presidenti
and being only a stockholder you cu -'" t