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UK IS A FREEMAN WHOM' THE TRUTH 3IAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
Terms, $2 per jear In advanc.
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ll Ss 1 i I i!jre. has lelimu.l so
money in Pen l';ts to its J'ohcy-
"J . ! s. t'a-h Asi tr', ui ly Two Millions.
1 mii: m- r.i:Ms! vuva: iiomi:s:
ON 1 I! K LINK OT . il V
t .vim ivitiE ii :i 1 1 i-sto s.
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;aiui:n cji- thi-: avi st,
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v T'.i - 1- air- in tin- i i-ntral portintt of the
; ..-il t-t .l-rcc of .Ni.i tti l..it-
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SE 1 ' . ' a 11 n t i in-lit , a nil 1 1 ir n 1 a in
jf-.e - " - . raisin- misii. pussi il uii.v
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tf'. : ! 1 1 v v;ik ;it : :i .'tiuf;;t t : :-a 11 :iti
bf ! ' ,---wliere.
f;ei .'Ijniesteads fcr Actual SfU'ers.
f' iilt- I'.t-.Sl LOCATIONS lei!; CoI.nMiS
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I i c rnM X to Piirciiiiicrs f.f I. ami:
,f Si tel for :he ' '.' I ir-i riptivo I'amphlet. with
h-'-v li. ai s, 1 1: i.'i-'-i.il ia I'.nirlisli. ;-i-iiiin,
twe.lirh anil l.i:i'.-n, maileit fn-'e evervv here,
s A J i: 1 ( 1. p. I A I .
J.unJ Coiiniiissioner, I". I'. K. !(. t o.,
s (UIAMA, Ntn.
TvTRAORDINARY IMPROVEMENTS
CAE IWET "ORGANS !
son ,V II IMI.IN lli:i;4('n. respect fill! v
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AM) ril'K CAi'.lNT.T OP.C.AXS,
r : 1 oiily s'.n.;es-r:;l eoiiihiiiiiticn of liliAI.
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ii'.i s r,'!A.N.-i'nsiNi; Ki-y-i;oAKi),
r. Pe it-.s'hiiCx nouetl loiliciiiflil ,r
' -iiv i.ar t tie pitch. : t ra:isp,.s:tt,f t he koy.
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I l".t Trcim nt St., i;t.-.?toi:. ".'.hi Kroa l way, X. V.
'.i)l)l I)i;iJ.H!-r.. AND CHEAT!;
smrri:i v.r.AVV 1 on est;: j
I M A XI KAI1 rf;:i) li Y
X'.W. CHAPMAN di CO., Madison, Ind. ;
I t t"-I:N ! VOlt l U.CT I.AR.(A J j
"J.ovv is the time for Agents to seyure territorv
f lor t Ins tin i'Oiiu am! fearl. s l.in.k. It eompi isi's 1
t!.f Ai'.veiitures ami Y.y perienee of awi.inin -?t(f;ri
l,ti hrrxi .'--for j -ai Itie wire of a M.ir
Ttioii rrophet ilise,'osi!i(f nil that is m. t.. ions,
WiekeiJ aiel sJ.trtliit.f. alioiiniiinr in" thriilimf
4 two .-no ri'. Imi.Morons an. pnttietic seem s -the ;
in. st la.-eimi tinr ttoi k ex ta til . Stool port rait of '
,:ie A 1: 1 tmress, porii-jiiis ot loanijir .Monnoiis,
J. , n n 11 i.i,,,' i, . I.; fe jnnl See lies in t " t.ih.ve.
I '''"' ' ''-' 'or ''ii-e.ilar.saililress II A KT-
)"..!' I'! i;i.:. HI.(; i i)., ll.ullonl. Conn.
WAKTE
, "ti r.t r.-ent to ea.iv;:-s u,j takedia -iff,
'i.inof I'etiii'a.ol the sale of a rapiilli
) b I he laost eminent 101 1 hoc in the
.- tU s, ami iii lispi-nsahie to the eorreet
in. 11 of every kin.l of l.iisiiiess. Agents
111 ti loO p.-r wci k. l.ilneMl Niilarj-
1 .a siren. 111:11 permanent hiisincss.
SCJCA-N l ti.N i CO., Hurt font, Cotin.
I It C K ST AN. hirjf e, li vo, S-paije
i- Intl. 1 1 1 1 h j 1 , i-eliaious,
j 1 1 'i '. I' lt.'-r, full Of ineiilenis. 1. roviitenees.mil-
j 11 1 "t 1 . f' i'' stories I or yonin.,oil. saintMtml
siiri. i v .No seelarianism. control ersv, polities, j
I "ii .iils. or patent tiieilieines. !. i icir ' li)
.)...-.. ,; Seml Ilk'. for.J panel s ,fU, t imi fnruct'
'OI.-4 lirinlian.Scopie-t-1. . I.. II astixgsI
fori;, 1-untal .M., ISittni, Ihmx.
TIIIXC KEAV I AGEXTS.
-C.i .mi huii nut. I.) iiia:iii'in?vean sell not hintrso
J' 1 1 i as on p newuuj beau t il ulsleel laiKrravinif
iHEfiiOTHEfl OF OUR LORD.
11 '-tliehnest su t. ieet r..r .- t-e.l. nml snr.
L' "'i V behoiiier with its vndrous beauty.
" 1.1111. I'rice 1 tihl v endorsed bv
Ww i "vinp "r "" lmoiuniations. Airents
' '"ii tnat "li,H,hi.,har(!" can maketh) per
ff., , spu-ieiKi-w-nrk of art. .Male ana
1 1 it r 1 1 ... . wtinte.i. rite for circulars to
-oi.xij itj.s, IjL'sTIX Ac CO., Hartford, Ct.
s- U i-.. 1! " Itucliinaii. M.M.Strickler. Jacob
1 a 1 ill 1. 1 . aiii iiu j
ui,'s ( :. . . -- - - u-.j. i.i ii; it-, i .
l o ' ' J""" Seh.'1-Ufcr, U. li. Ei
"(-Ufltj,w. Colu.ubi.
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r. 11. JJ. KsBiek.
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I Sr5ia ire Insurance Co.
4 J11. j-,.,.,.-1--' AXI)I)lUK(:TOUS.-ti. S. Detwl
i 'ih,j,:iil, ; ll uHsoii, Y'ice-l'rest; Herbert
I ' ii. j' "'- r; J. F. rrueauff , Sec'ry ; g. S.
1 I'aiioii .'..1 " bsoii, ltoOert Crane. Win.
MntI.TJJJJiquill - M - lA -
TNJSi:.SK Sn !S.-.tBcnls Uiintr.l.
J. mull' or fe niulein i very county in I he L'tiHeA
.'!' s uiJ Ca nail. is. to sell our new and most i;
lnl lYteiit; from one to six used in every J'nm
ily. It.i) per cent, jruaranU ed. For samples tmd
terms, ciicl'" ten cents :tn.l address
FKUO LOX & CO., Kl'i kiver Mreet, Troy, X.V.
RARE CHANCE FOR AGENTS !
.&!. wo will pay yen S SO per work in c-a-h
if you .. P I en with i:s atock. Kvcrvrhinif
f i' 1 1)!-" .- i. ami .J;,.i!,s pod. Address I. A.
1.1-1. S C) . fli .!':to. Mich.
A t.i;TS V
:t:il'ti Atixnt? make r::ore iv.nn
Xl ( ' !tt Will
i; lor us thitu anj Uii'.vr )-. Ii'isi-
III lijriiritii?i;t. 1'nrl ic u lars free. I
.V Co., flue Ait I'iMtthciv, Port- j
t,. rls).
01 $ REWARD
ru K tl 1 K I.
j5 l' l lii-limyr or
i K- r;-.!i il Ti! s'!:at I'e
y l';A- !'. iif'hi fails
tn I'liri'. 1 1 is m i'iiai cil
& s ti 5; t
f-TprOHsiv to i-tire tlio
Sui.l l.y":U! DriJiry sti.
lil(-s. i n I not l
U . O.
p 'X'J.
:: S2G0
l in n lai s free
.e, Ydl!
l!'!i is :,i-ts from i lrr-i tin n in
;a i:::ti! uiiivil. nil for 4 iieu'ar.
tiiise.ij . -No
G'tr.vr ;n:!(in!, t;n! rf i: tii:i
Limit U-Jae ta:l. t'epf .'.-f e for two i-tataps.
A tress lr. 15ox. iai:ti: Co., I'itic-innuti, ).
TRUE
lt si I . Swiss Mairnetie limr-
ui'i'l.cr ano Imlieator. Itiiiispen-
"Tf r-JlC" sahle to t t ciy 1 rav ler, trailer, t.oj-.
itiu liirmif. niM tor l.V lJUI) in
iM til of i! iiicd- tii'ii'-kn ; t'i', I'sual wateh
t-iZ", steel woi ks, y ia-er siai. in neat OUIOIlK
en-.-, w a 111: 4. , n o 1 1 ' ifi-iM i- -i .1 1 eel I ime f or t wo
enr-. A i..'i i, 1, :,";.(. i,'. 1,U 1 ,hl eek ly. 'I'i.is
I ! 1I1 at ii !e, : ;i i; ! .1 , will tie sit. ! , pit -p-tiil,
at y wl.i re. tot f ". ; :if.,i Try on-', fir-!!::!--
I 1 (. liilnr .11 ie I ron j 1 he Sole A"!lts,
! . KINii CO., ISr ittlefioro. VI.
'I'ATI-.M KM'
lie Atnniors' S.t
Mip ri isoi s of Itlaolvhck
- t l i!: lit w i! il t lit
township, t 'anihi ia eoimty :
,linv i Li'ct soN. Si piitvison.
Itiaee'l with JilaeUlie'.i Tp . Cambriu Co.. Dr.
1 7J. Atnil s. Tti aneiuiit of work tax,
si. ul i -ii'ii. $.;'.M
To at!H nut of ea-htax. south siile St;52
' " 1. in iii si-ie '.) ',. Z1
' 1 ecM of ('.,'. .Yakin, late fc'ip'r, l;,4 4
(ft.
I'.v atn't of work ilone oil roa '.s.
'lino; '-7,".5
J;y e.tsh pai.l A. !. I.onene ker's
jis.lv no-lit ami in'i-rest 0:1 f-a:ne, i '.:'3
i: e.i-!i paiil Yonnu's im';:io -iit
iiint eo:.ls '
lly -a.-li pnii! for t .10 sle!ises f,,.'jl
i (Vill i .-. 1 'i' li. I'.orit.u ami J. 1!. II -.$ l'.si
t a- li iiaiii for -ei aper ln.-'O
Ail". tVisioW Ik. Sechkr. K-.j. . .". 0
C list's i.i ea.;: of A. H. Loi:pi m-eker l'V-"'
iish jiai i .loan Cameron. Aii.Ti .. I. .VI
J'Jiia s l; 1 111!, .. 4.7."
mill; 1 il-on. " 4.1't
O oi-r i a iii .1 os S. Va nl t- f- .r C. ti.
r.ia lit i -. 1 iri-'i'i, late T . t 1. iiv . . !. C
(. lerj.ai.l .John Ihi-.vl.swon !t l.'.Ci
- .1. . Ko.-s. '1 wp. i li'ik 4.10
!il I'lli'.! tilt II!I'1SII!I Scllllll "J.i"l
l.o-t Tax e.xoiierateit -V.ll
Ilalanoe due io ii-l;'.i
7
We !o ecr'.ifv tliat we have ex.uimieil the
aliovi- aeeom.t ami tim.t it to be . past ami cor
n et a'-eordinjf to the l -t of oi;r ktmv. ti'iljjf
mill lA'lll'l. r.oi.A.s 1.1111 i..i.ti'. , .
M I ' I I . IV I I w. V I V UU i ft
John i. Kops, i tei u.
I:kit.c' I?ot:tvo. Sj-rrnx-iP-irt.
In nee 1 with Jllaekl iek 't'p.. Cainhria Co.. lr.
I-""-. April . - To anxeiiit ofwoik tax, ..k-7,.'1J
,.
Uy win U ilime on roieLs --. '7
t'iih- :;s ;.
Work bv .lot. ?i )!. Kos, 4ii.nl
" K!i:: K.lwnvils 1.4:5
" .Joh n ilav. k-wort h .", i 0
" A. Ma kin I. ;!!
' " ;.iat nia- Iioliiaan
H t ii' il
I.o.-t Tax
Coiii'r- on s. .ii-
List.
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5.40
Il::
Wo ilo le reby i-prtify tlr'.t xve lair t xainili
im-tl il:e alu ve ai-ei niii fin.: liml it ja-1 ami
eoi iei t aet ui .ii. to do i.ot i our l.iw I
ei."e ai.it Ix-li" f.
I.I A HOWI.AX I. 1
s AMl'LI.Vi !!-:N. J
Au.'.Itors.
.LUIS V: U::-M Ctej !:. I pru -.-7. -4U.-."t.l
t emi: r.Ei; 1:1;
mstm 1: i-'oi:
I 7 S. I.r:. The t:tt I'-r-'neil off
very ! ih'-ral ten;:.: ! ! v e I -il l : 1 I
in 1;! i-. k ! e! T 11 -hi ; ., t 1:: ii: i
for pale on
.nunc L n i
:i.ty, l a.,
ip'sei n .t it as 1 1 .1 .e w s ;
'tt.ii-t 1 - 1 oiitait !.n;' ;.i? Acres, te.ore or
liss uboiit 2T A'-n s .su .1 tta ttiif ti'ieo.i
"11 rtril a Imo st i-y Pi.itik M'iS.-, in z- .-': m
11. -v ...i , v p, , it. n t. .Mo. a ft. e.h.e l.ot; It.iin,
an. 1 a.l ne.-... n " 1 7 o. -f here Is :i t hrix :ny
.voiinif orchai .1 oT I -.ui -iol .. ..... ,,.,.,. .
cell, tit water in al n ihI.hh '- on tie- jmc,,.....
'I ritct . f 'oiilain.i'if :1 Acres, about 7
Acres clei'ieii. 1 he i tn pro em. i,t aie 11 one-aml-a-half
story I'lauk House, a Water Sw
Mi.l in tiie Pest of nrilcr nml 11 itJ.oiit 11 superior
in the eountrv. atnl the usna! o;itt!in.Pnirs.
J i-hcI So. "J Containi:,' 1 !C. Acre? of excel
lent Timber L-iml. with two guo.l Saw Mill sites
thereon. Unimproved.
J The libeve fles-ritifil Trnct ailjom o.ieh
other, and will be sold scTnirate.! or together,
asntuysiiil purchasers. Terntsx rv libel al and
paj ir.'
nts easy. 1 or I urt aer pa icniais itppu
to or address
March 2H. lS7i.-"in.
1". II. . .x t .
r OLIVI MAKT.V,
l-:i:v. isbui-y I'. O.
j JACK to tiik STAKILVG 1'OINT !
Hew Firmljfev Goods!
It. It. DAVIS desires to make known to his
old cii-tomers and rvorybody else Unit lie lias
:ss ) iateil v m. IiAX IT.K with him in the mer
cantile business, ami that the new firm has re
uioicd to K. Tinlor's store-rooms, Iliuli Street,
thr e doors west of the I lianiond. where they
will eoiisTiimlv keep a foil stock or sKAsoX
Alll.i; OooDSol every description. Cotneai.d
see what we can do for you.
IL. II. DAN & CO.
F.benshurjf, April 27, '72.-1 f.
tVTlio undersiiJrned d' -ircs to square his
old books an t would tie pleased to have u.Ose
owinif him call and settle. It. it. DAY l.
'1
M.MIJKK and LAND rOIl SAl.h
o(Teri for sale 1.1"" nen-8
of land, situal'o in l'restou County, Yx est Yra.,
on Wolf Creek. There Is oil this tract a. iuie
amount of prime l'oplar, Ash, It eel Oak. hoe
ak. hesti.ut Oak. Loeu.-t, Hickory, Cuestnut,
ic. The timber will lie sold w ith or without
the land. Wolf Creek flows into Cheat Kiver,
seven miles above Ihe Iialto. A: Ohio Jtailroad,
and affords a (food xvater power winter and
miminer. Cheat inverts navigable to f.atboats.
The land lies back from 1 le river one mile and
a-half. Title indisputable N ill be sold low
aud on easy terms. J. "A. DALKYMI'LE,
Kowlesburjr, Preston Co., West V a.
April 20-tt. -
TOR SALE A FARM ok1I4 Ackki
-A- 3 miivs from St. Ausrustine and 11 miles
from Altoona 14 Acres of which are cleared,
the balance beinjr covered xvilh kooJ oak and
spruce timber. The improvements are a tirst
rate I'lauk House coutaininjr tour rooms and
a very large l-ioir ltaru. Trim eti. ror fur
ther tnforiiiatioii inquire or 1'athick Madden,
neat the preiaises, or address
CHAKLES McKEXXA.
March 23, 1872.-tf. Manstield Valley, Pa.
OTfMAN & UJCKy
l'liyiciaiis nml Surgeon.
CinHuLLTOWx, r.
Oface in rear of John Buck's store. Night
calls may be made either at the residence of
Dr. Oatuian or at John ituck's residence.
WAV. JAMISON, M. D.,
Tenders his professional sr rices to all citizens
fo the above place and x icmity who mayatany
time aee4 iSedical a;4. apr.21.-ts.J. '
KB ENS BURG,
ijij.Br!pwwi
RADICAL PLUNDER IN THE SOUTH.
1'rotn a recent powerful speech of Hon
D. V. Vookiikks, of Imfiatia, ihe ytutig
nut! cUqueiit ctiaQ":pioti of Demucialic
i-rii:cipK,.'. l-livei xh! u (he fl r of lLe
U'iUe f JI prceutalives Jit Val.ingu'l,
v.e extract tiie f.iMowin concluding p"r"
ngrnphp, and ;tre cnlv sorry that the treat
i ,i , . ", , .v . i
length of ihj very ah!e etP rt renders it
in:p iSrMbli? torus to publish it in lull As
it h, Lowever, I fie fstnict will be found
worthy of cartful perusal and serious con
sideration, und a such wc commend it to
our rc:.deis. A'r. Voorhccs said :
"Where is the rimn on the opposite side of
this Lh.inibi r vtiio has litteti Up Ins v.nee in
behall of a thorough and impartia! ir.qtrry in
order tol;rl Iheieal causes of disorder In the
South'? Tie greater t orpAn f your 'party
proclaims Governor Ku--tt himself a f orper of
more than six rni.li m boi.d.s. lie is said to
l-e it. vesting lat'fje stpps a! Ndp"leoo, Ohio,
where his. home in teaii'.y ia, and where- lie
(Xotct.-t to rutirc Trhen lie is fu!lv gorged
wi:h p'urcttr. lie went to South Ciroiina
for pillars ar.d rapine, aud will suou return
with his spoils. Your policy emanating
from heie made him (Jovernor. The virue
i-.nd tiie talt-iit of tl.f State were proscribed
by your laws Abudiri lo the condition of
S.itiili Carolina a lew weeks since, one uf her
citizens (.Senator Sawyet) in the other
branch iA Cong! ess used the following strong
language :
" 'It in du to the circumstance that t'ds
huge iitirnhtr ot men in the t-ouil'ciu Atates
wtieshut out from the possibility ot lioloinj;
Siale ami rVlcial offi'.es thai we have iiad so
many ubu.sej in the local govern nients o: those
States. It is due to that circumstance thai in
the Stitte hieh I haveti.e honor iu part to
repiesent on this floor we hae to-iiay a t,tate
Coveriiiiicr.t which i.s a disgrace to ci viiiz ition.
It is due t. those ilis il.tlities, to d lo those tlis
abiluus 01. ly, that we had not an ample field
ii'iin hich to select honest, cupab men l,r
our low il public Bices, men w lio would have
nude faith lul cllicers. iti.il who would hive
oceti in 10111 ji'.ele hat uiotiy whliihe nati11n.1l
Admii,is:iMtit.n and the ;;tejt Uepublic iii party
011 ipu-r-tiotiS ol public poiie ; iit ad oi ih.it,
what do we see i.-ia t A spectacle alike
tiisjjraie'ul to the Uejiuhlieati patty, under
w hose biinner atid ia luse name gross nbuses
have been pe. petr.iie.l, and to the men who
naie thus stKiutd itu huiiur ; and let Cienalors
desire' in to continue a sisicm which has beeu
ilUiUtii Oi bUtll lLfUiiS.'
"'l'h is was sj t keu 1 y a h-adcr of the R;
publican paity, at.il I call upon this who
may tenant toy statements as uveidrawti to
oaicluily CoUMihr iind weigh his ttstimoLV.
tie deliberately protiouu'je the KepubliCrtti
Sta'e ti -vei umett el South Co cl.na a di
! iiraco to tivdiz iti-.m. Theie she t-tauds, the j
j ufu.t ol ou: owu haiitii a 01 k , baukiupl iu
j money, ready to plunge into 11. e dituialgu:
! ot tepudiatiijii. rui-iecl iu credit, her In n.'.s
1 t.awktti in the markets tor sale in vain at
Uu cents on the dollar, bet prosperity blight
ed at home aud abroad ; without peace,
happiness, 01 icie; and ail her Jibeities
stolen as vxcil as Li;r inalci ial tMiiifciatui?.
There v tt.iuds, with her hkeletuii frme
aiai withered ih,-atl.'o hea l, aduioni.shiii all
the world of the loathsome cousi 'n.nces of
a c veruiir' t;t fashioned iu hate and fanata-eif-ui,
and founded upon the ignorant and
the vicious cUs.it-s til" mat. kind. llc-r tins
maj have iiecu many and deep, and 1 f the
color of scaiiet, jet they wil bt come as
white as woo! iu c inparisi U with thute that
have beer, cumrn. t lul aaiust her iu the
Lour of her helplessness and distress.
c o o o o o
"Rut I can go no farlhir iu '.'.a di. : cuss; on
of ihe.-c tei fible details. Tune aud space
wouid fail me. I Minimi the lnliuA
ConilehKid tahle ol tiUieb, aud I Utfy Ihelr
sutccs.sfui couti adiotiou on this lljor or anv-
liC;e e!e.
"Alabama. Dcbtsar.d liahil.ties attheclose
of the War, S a.KoD.t.o 1 &7; ilibis alio liabi.i.iei
iauuaiy 1, 1b7". S.3"j,jdl ,Do7 37.
' A 1 kai.sas I).-ots ai d liabiiiiies at the cloe
01 t,. --..4 , o-;:.-t-7 '.l.bt-. aud .Unhiu,
January 1 , 1 P I i, 1 lJ , 1 til ,s;o; .
"h i a ida. I'eots and liaoi'i.ies at the close
of the war, i'2l Onll; debts and liabilities Jau
uary , 1 i2, $ lo.Tbli.-HT 54.
Oeurgia Debts and liabilities at the close
I of Ihe mi, no m in dl ; at bis and .i Abilities June,
jlt-71, yj;t,137,iiiU. vSee statement ol Air.
Ai.gier. tieasuier ot Georgia )
"Louisiana. Dtbia and liibi'.ities at the
close of the wat, $. I U ,l "J,b7 1 :-.4 , debts und
I nihil ii ies J une I, le71, i,. eluding ilm excess
ol expeiiiiituies over receipts, Jivj.e-l J U. tb 91.
2or;h Caiolina. Ocb.s and ii.ibui.ies ut
the closa of the War, $'J tiliy.;0.1; uebit and
liabilities Jaiiuury 1, Ic7i, j31,bs7 -407 fco.
'South Cuio.ina. Debts and liabilities at
ihe clorc of the w-ir, i5,Uoti,l;0(i; debt and
liabilities January 1. Jsisi. Soil loS DM 47.
" Mississippi Deb'.s and li.ihiiitits at the
clu.-e ot the war, lmmin.il; detjl and liabilities
Juii niry 1, tc7i!, abaut $J,UOl),0UL'.
'i'eiiiie.-see. Debts and liabilities at the
close ot ihe war, SsiO.lt'o.CUO (JO; debts aud
liabilities January 1 , lBi2, $4JbcCUJ -lo.
1 ex.is. Debts aud liabilities at the close
of the war, houiinai; debts aud Jiaoi.itics Jan
uary 1, icli. $.'i).atjI,Ubd.
'Virginia. Debts und liabilities at tho close
of the war, $.'H ,'J.it ,14 1 fS; debts and liabili
ties Jsuuary 1, le72, 45,4cu,542 21.
"Tiie present asseted value of the taxibie
propeily ot the State on whom this vast
lucnutaiu of debt has teen so frauuuleutiy
aud so frightfully accumti'ated is consider
ably less than one haif w hat it was in lbbO.
II was not Mutely tho hberatiou of their
slaves that wrutight this great change.
Their t-ystem ot labor was broken up, great
balt.fcs weie fought iu ail their hot dcr, their
railroads were destroyed, their twus aud
cities aud cotton burned, and every decrip--lion
of property hdtided over to the destruc
tion oi a nerce aud implacable war. They
emerged fiom the desotatiug coi fiict fit ob
jects tor the wisdom and caieof a beucvulent
tatesuiauf hip, lail.er thau as the proper
prey of hungry jtckals, who mangle aud
feed upou the wwuuiicd after the battle.
Their late, however iu many respects, sur
passes iu infamy and iu misery the worst
that ever befell a conquered people.
"Sir, what single benefit, what solitary
blessing has beeu bestowed on that devas
tated region io return for the hundreds- of
millions of taxation which have beea wrung
from it, and the yet greater burdens which
still impend over its struggling and irnpov
erished iuhabilauts? Where i the great
cu)ji:0 wo; tfcatr tells cf the wUtlaj of these
r14"'
PA,, SATURDAY,
itiimeuse sutns ? Viit deed of benevuli.ce
or honest lame has been achieved ? Other
lands Lave bet n plundered bv the opprtMor.
but uutia was ever let i at t.aked aud decli
tute oft-very advantage arising froai its own
-.utility coutiiLutions.
Jim "teat Napoleon wat(d thfl sub-
btat.ee of
Frame, aud coLurlJCi lier vitals
in the
rtiiH'i selfj rae ol atu'oitioii ; he
lilHifii the ri.sir.i' "liiifrations of hik eiuuire
ooe alter another into the tiamin voriX uf
war ; he j;aVe them tj the edge of the nwoid,
aud to the uuconquetable lur of the tle
liieuts; he palsied all the ii:duetiies, ami
blighted evci held atid f) reside; the shadow
ot the tjx gatherer end the coucript olhctr
fell ou tvrry toot of Fier.ch soil ; ati'i yet
Citivu!.-ivc nobs of giitl" hliook the to easts of
his t?ul.jic-s when he fell: and the whole
emp-ire stood utjc.iveitd at his bier when his
liead body wan brought back frotu tropical
seas to hleep it, her bosom. Though he liad
oppressed FtatiCe he had given her ylcry in
ret to u. Though he had taken with an un
licensed hand, he had adtii titil her as a lover
dots the mistress of his heart. Stately build
iugs reaied their heads on high ; swhd thor
oughfares wtie opened for the people; waste
lauds were drained and reclaimed ; education
was fostered : the urts and sciences weie
munificently patronized; aud a code of
laws was paseil and promulgated which
estahlihed and enforced domestic justice
and peace. She had these benefits pf which
to boast when reminded of her awful sacri
fices. "And when Caj-iir. the armed conqueror
and
spoliator ot his own and other coun
tries, lay in bloody funeral state iu the mar
ket place, it was said of him with truth :
"'lie hath brought maliy capdies home to
Home
Whose idusoms did the general ceffers fill.'
And
' Wlien that the poor have cried, CaJiar hath
wept.'
And again tha o.atur of hit good deeds x
claimeu ' l'erc i.s the w ill and under Caspar's seal.
To evtry Ibiiiiau citizen lie give.
To every several man, seveutj-five d.ach
uias. "
a
" 'Mo root er, he tmtli le!t you at! Ins walks,
His private arbors, h ml new plaiiteu 01 cbards
Oil ihU side Tiber; he hath letl 11.1 111 you.
And to 'our hens toiever; comuiou pleus
urea. To walk ahroad, atiJ lecreate jourse'ves.'
"If h had plundeitd the ILoman treasury ,
he had often rilled it aam ; if hit: vaulting
ambition hionghl s. ituw to the. poor, hw
sympalh zeii with ilit in; il his caret r was
utained w uh ixtoitiou, he txpended Ids gains
iu beaulif) u.jj the e'.eiuai city; il tie had
rubbtd the petip'e 1 f their Mitistances in his
life time, he provided that u.ueh of it should
returu to them at his death. Aud if We
turn from the lar-i If regions . t antiquity to
the immediate pityrut, mii; we tiud no par
allel to the evil administration ol the South.
With what a clamor tLecoiiujt practices
ot tour 01 ave meu lu tiie city
h-ive heeu hailed lor :i,hlv m
ci Aew lurk
01 tuS past.
The air lias Lieu vocal ; the j ress has le
s .limbed ; the ttiegrajti lias been mace
weary oi its daily humeri, ami he accusing
voice cf tf-rigii'.ei.us ludigna i -ii has been
uuivetsal and unceasing, 'i !, Demociatic
party, it is tine, c:mhed lie 1,0 men iu an
liib'.aiit ; hut Mill the sloiy ot their ilRuses
sa tus Uj everywhere. And jet their wmk
of extol lion, compared to that 111 the S iUili,
M the mote lo the beam, the mole-hid to ihe
mountain, tiie speck iu the sky to the cloud
that cvtrt-pieai! atid daiktns the' whole
heavens. '4'lieir ci itues, . too. have a still
Itnther mitigation iu the compaiison. If
they eutiched lliemsel Ves, they al leat diil
1101 t..ko ail. Tt-ey made Jxw Votk the
n'uiic.r aud the glory of medern ci viliz ition.
Il they robbed tiie people, they bestowed
upou ihem in leturu a ciiy nuire maguiti
ceuily adoi ned with public wnks ihan
ii nno or Talis in their days of pride, of
pomp, and cf power. iler glorious paiks,
ber vast avenues, her newly 01 ened, aolid,
and lai-ruaching stieets will testily lo alter
ages that her t fhcials liqucaihtd to ber
euii:u com pensatiou tor the w rones thev in-
i IHoieu " K.. Mirh coii-
Uuct lllumluutes a single page of the present
epoch iu the South. You look iu vain f.oiti
iiamplou Rjads to the liy ot Gal vc.it in
lor a sibgit uionument elected to the public
good by that paity which has so stein ly and
socoiiuptly governed in all that wide-spread
region. JN colleges, seminaries or schools
founded and endu-ved wi.h the treasures
thut have bceu
blob
durable roads Constiucted;
no massive
bridges throwu across wide rivets ; no
patched plains irrigated and made produc
tive j no rice swamps ditched and it-decmed
for cuitivatiou ; no canals cut in older to
connect tho n.iiutal channels of trade and
comuieice ; no livers improved or harbors
made moie spacious and secure; none of
these woiks ol utility and pauiolisrr. relieve
the monotonous desolation which unholy
avarice and untestrained oppression has
stamped upon the S mth. She has nothing
to mitigate her degradation. ' She has been
striiped aud robbed and left by the ways
side. Her fli-cts, tnnnejs. and credits have
hem transported to other States and climes,
to returu to tier no more forever. Iler well
favoied aud fal-fl'-died kine, feeding iu her
meadows, have teen devoured. The frogs,
the darkness, tha lice, and the locust left
C.oie blessings behind them iu Kgypt than
this portion of the Republic Las received
fiom Us modem rulers.
"S.r, I challenge the darkest annals of the
human race for a parallel to the robberies
which have been peipelrated 00 eleven
American States, lrelabd has been made to
eurich many a lawless lord lieutenant sent
over by England to govern that beautiful
but uuhappy islaud. The stories of her
wrougs and pillage have been said and sung
in every haruUt in the civilized world ; yet
her contributions t the cause of a wicked
Government have been mere pittances com
pared to what the South has been compelled
to make.
"Seventy years before the birth of Christ
Sicily was ravaged and despoiled by a con
sul of Ujrae. Though more than nineteen
centuries have come and gone since then,
yet the Dame of Verres retains all its fresh
ness of immortal infamy, lie was ; prose
cuted bv the authority of fhe Roman senate,
and fled for an asylum 10 strange aud foreign
lands.' He died miserably in exile, and his
dishonored dust was not permitted to raiDgle
MAY 11, 1872.
with the soil of the Unman republic. We
find, however, iu Middleton's Life of Cicero,
that ad the peculations, extortions, biibesj
bid laicenica Charged upon Verres during
his entiie admiuistrali.in of the afl'iirs of
Sicdy onl notfxeted 52.000,000; equal to
only one thud ot the amount for which the
Tiibiriie, of 2x'ew Voik, says Governor Scott
traiiou.. i.tly it-sued ihe bonis cf South Car
olina 111 a single tiansritlion. Tne t'a-ett
Roman con-mi whose name is prcerveil ou
the pages of ih historian becomes rfsjecta
ble by the tide of a southern G ivernor under
(he piesei.t policy i f this Guvemment. Tha
crimes il Warren Hastings, as the luler of
distant and Coi.ipti.:itd CAlonies. have long
becu the theme ot swelling periods and ledty
tleclam jtiwii. There was much iu his silua-
lion to exietiiiate nis tuei.ses. lie was i
chatgeil by his Gvernuient 10 hold its
Va. liable pi sse.ssiol:S on the opposite side of
the globe. He was in the mnist cf fierce,
levcngvful. aud uuiiy iug hostilities. He was
M11 rounded by a race with which he had no
bond 01 lie ot blood or of language. It was
pet fklioiis aud ciue!. aud mocked at the faith
of treaties, liut even admitting that his
guilt was as gieat as it was painted by tho
flaming imagination of Iiuike or the im
I ustioned rhetoric i f Sheridan, yet all the
burdei.S he imposed upon all the East Indies
do not equal those which have been fastened
upon the two States of Georgia rind Louisi
ana alone, since the disastrous dawn cf re
construction. Sir, on the facts which I have stated I
invoke the judgment of the country. W hat
right have you lo expect peace and order in
a laud whose rulers are lawless felons?
When did a bad Government ever fail to
produce wickedness and crime? Do you
expect the people to obey the laws wheu
their cCIials do uot ? D you expect them
to love aud leveience a Govoi nor whose
policy has made them bankrupt and miser
able ? Uj you wonder that they become
restless, desperate, and disobedient as they
daily behold the fruits of their toil stoleu iu
the name of their Government? Are you
amaz-d at hcenes of violence, outrage, bloods
fhed. ami cruel vengeance, when the Kxecu
tive of a State sets aside the entiie adminis
tration of justice? Hither should you be
filhd with astonishment at the foilearHt.ee
and modeiation you have witnessed. If the
foremost agt nts iu the Work of southern ruin
and liesiinction since the clote of the war
haJ been driven from that country by its
pluuile el citiz i n. who now would rise up
here and condemn the act ? lu the disor
dern which fil ct the South the philosophic
mind behold-- the inevitable results of well
known causes. Had you sown the seeds of
kindness and good w ill, they would long ere
this have blossomed into prosperity and
peace. Had you sown the teeds of honor,
you would have reaped a golden harvest of
contentment and obedience. Had you ex
tended your charities and your justice to a
distressed people, you would have awukeued
a grateful aJT.-ction iu return. But as you
have planted iu hate and nurtured in cor
flip; ion. so have been the fruits which you
have gathered."
A Ilnliruatl Story .
The "F..t Contribute" writes to the Cin
cinnati Ttines :
Let me relate an incident that occurred
when I was a fiisky young man with a
fondness for yiung ladies' society. Under
stand me, 1 have no distaste for young
laoies' society now, but they don't seem to
banker as much after me as they did, say
twenty years ago. This is natural enough.
1 don't blame thetu enly they don't know
what they are missing.
A friend and myself got on board an rx
press train one alter noon to mike, a slc.it
trip. The car we entered was lull. Oaly
one vacant seat iu fret, and that was along
side a very charming young lady. F.iend
and I both made a tla-h fir that very de.-ira
ble vacnut seat. It isn't a fair thing to do,
as a geneial thing, to trip a friend, but t
was allowable utiutr the circumstances, and
I gave l.iui just the siighte.-t Icp iu the
wot Id, just to enable me logcl the start.
Aiy friend took a eat in the wood bfX, aud
looked very disconsolate.. I think I added lo
tltS UlsCVUiUtUre Vy coiiu l.;umPh.int
winks, nods, and motions in wLloh. in
dulged. The young lady was attractive,
some casual remarks dropped, on one side
or the othor youug folks will drop a re
inai k occasional y. atid are more teady to
pick it up again than old ones afTiHed au
opportunity to glide pleasantly aud easily
into coti versatii.ii.
She was sprightly and witty, and I grew
llntisllil brilliant ; that is, to the best -of m'
rcctdltciicii al this somewhat remote day.
My friend observing this, looked madder
thau ever. At lei gih we feached a static. n
where the train stopped a moment. My
f. irbd abdicated tJ.e wood box and rushed
out on tiie platfoim. Suddenly he returned,
and coming quickly to me, se'z.d me by the
collar, and baid in a tone heard all through
the cai :
"Q:iick now, get right off here.' You can
get a j b here as well as r.t. So take off
your k't before the train Starts. No use if
looking any further for work. Tramping all
arotino the country for a j b of shoemaking
won't pay. Take work whero you tiuJ it,
that's my motto."
He almost fuced me ot of the seat with
his vehemenCej and if I hadn't made a vig
orous resistance he wotihl have had me oirt
on the platform. The you'ug lady gave one
look of suprem disgust a tramping j -ur
shoemaker! she directed hei gszj nut of
the window and kept it there for the remain
der of the jmrney' My friend re-mounted
the wood box and indulged in such a seifes
of fVudish grins and malignant chuckles as
would have just itied me in hurling him from
the car, only I was too stupefied by the pro
ceeding to proceed against him. When 1
left the car, the young lady looked to see if
I hadn't forgotten my "kit," and 1 am
satisfied she thought 1 had got off to "kick
for a job," as they say in shoemaker par
lance. .
A TOUKO couple who had been holding a
costy lete-a-tele iu a retired alcove at a party
jn Nashville, .were somewhat abashed, ou
emergi.ig into tha party, to End thatorotind
the young man's neck tuer- was the print of
two armsdn chalk and d amend dusf, on his
bhou'der a quantity if gold powtler, aod
other equally unaceeuuUbi phenomena ob
getvablo elsew here.
reiliule ISri tihtn.
'1' 11 , . , , r .
lumen ueior. nm a,j nie ti. imr ci deeds
of valor and here ism '.: rims. History is full
of instances wheiein wi men pr:i fvimed acts
and deeds wh.ch history w.d not lei die This
is a case in point :
When Charles. XII." invR.h X. rw nr. it.
the year 17 1, the main body ol h's aimv
ad vauced toward Christiana," w hence a de
tachment was sent to destroy the si.ver wt.iks
at Konsberg. On this expedition a party if
800 horsemen, commanded by CI. Licven,
passed through a narrow defile in Haresiue
wood, and quartered for the night at Xurder
hong, iu the ueighboi hood of which a Final!
detachmeut of Norwegian dragoons had beea
stationed to watch the motions of iheenemy.
The Swedish commander, who put up at the
pa:sona2e, soon after his ariival received in
formation that the Norwegians were only at
the distance of thiee milts, and altogether
ignorant cf his arrival. Mrs. Anna Coibioer
son. the wife if the clergyman vh was
confined at the time to his Ltd, happened to
overhear a consultation among tier guests, at
which it was resulted to attack the Norwe
gians at break of day, slid then to march
against Korsberg. She immediately. detrs
mined to apprise her country men cf their
danger. Iu the meantime the greaiest at
tention was paid to her guests ; and while
she appeared wholly oicupied in piovidmg
for tneir entertainment improved her infor
mation. She displaytd tq ia!ly appaient
benevolence toward the comiorts of tiie pri
vate soldiers; aud en pretext if wanting
oilier necessaries to complete their eLtei taiu
meut, she dispatched a servant, as it were,
to proem e them.
The Sweiiioh colonel, in thn meantime,
inquiied of Mrs. Colbiottitu the road to
Slem, where he iutemled to slaliou his out
posts, aud was completely dectived by her
eplies. lie ordered his horses to be kept
iu readiness at the door ; but she contrived
to make the grooms iutcxicated, upon which
she put the horses iu the stable and locked
the door. Her uextoljct was, umr the
plea of compassion, to obtain permission ot
the colonel to light a are iu ihe yard to com
fort h.s men. Tin's Ihe she insensibly in
creased to such a degree that itsetvel as
a beacon to guide the Norwegians to the
spot; for she bad infjirued her c.Unliymen
that h fire would be a signa! for them to ad
vance. Everything succeeded to her Utm.ft
wishes : and her addiess and iut iepid ity were
rewarded by thearnval of the Norwegians
at her h' tise without discovery. They took
the SAedu-h colonel prisoner, aad eit her cut
to pieces or put to flight the whole i f his
party; upou which they sat down to the
kutei taiument which Mrs. Cdlioiseu had
provided fir thtir enemies.
The cxt morning the went t ut, in com
pany with another female, to view the fi-ld
if ba'tle. The Sedcs, who had lljd dining
ihe night, iu the meantime tallied, aud being
still bupeiior io numbers to the Norwegians,
they resolved to attack them : but being ig
norant if the f.:-ce of the enemy, they sent
out a reuouuoitei it. g paity, who, failing in
w.ith Mis. CoiLioeiseu, the Corporal lode up
to her, and point iig his caibine at her
breast, demanded instant it.f ifm-tticn as to
the position and numl-ei s f the N rw-egiau.
Her companion fainted awny : t ut Airs. Col
biueisen boldly asked, Is it the order of
your king to shoot old women?" The
corporal, abashed, reuoved his carbine, but
persisted in his fi st questions. "As to their
nt.mbers," she replied, "that ou may
easily Cul cut, as they ate at this moinenl
mustering behind the chu'eh in order to
ptiisue you. Moie 1 can Dot tell you, not
having couuled thetu ; but this I know, they
are as numerous as bees iu a hive." Relying
noon this intelligence, the prty returned to
their countrymen, who fled in all direction;
aud such was their co.i fusion aud disorder,
that many were taken by the uatives, and
many lost in the forefts.
A Lacedamoniaii mother had Gve sons in
a battle that was fought near Spaita, and
seeing a soldier that had left tke scene of
action, eagerly ii.qtiiied of him how affairs
went on. "All your five puns are slam,'
said he. "Unhappy wretch!" rep'ied tht
woman, "1 a.-k thee not of what concerns
my children, but of what concerns my
country." "As to that, all is well," sniil
the soldier. Then," ail sh, "let thetu
ruouru that ate miserable; my cout.tiy is
prosperous aud I am happy."
liLLI. UlllDUil.
There is a rarrow passage between the
mountains iu the ueighboi hood of Randearg,
in the highlauds of Scotland, which, at a lu
tie distance, has the apptarance cf an ira
menye art fioial biidge ever au iuimense
chasm ; but on nearer approach it is seen to
be a wall cf nature's own masnury, f ilmed
of vast and no god bod.es ol solid rixk.'j i.ed
on each . tlier as if in giant sport of aichitec
ture. lis tides aie in seine places coveted
with lues of a considerable s;z; and the
passenger who has a head steady enough ly
look down, may sec- the eyrie if birds of prey
beneath his feci. The path across is so nar
row that it cannot admit of two persons pass
ing, and iu.ited none but natives attempt the
dangerous route, though it saves a ciicuit ot
three miles"; jet it sometimes happens thai
two tr'avrk-u meet, ow ing to the curve formed
by the pass pieveutii g a view over it from
either side, and, in that case, one person lies
down,- w hile the other creeps over his body.
One day a highland, r wlkiug along the pass,
when he L Hi gaiod the h'gheot pari wt the
aiih, observed toother cou.it g leisurely up,
and being himself cf the patrician order;
called lo loin t lie down. The pet sou ad
drssed disregarded the command, and the
highlandt-rs mot on the summit. They were
C-iiu and Rc-iideaig. of two families in enmi
ty to each other. "1 was first at the top,"
sa'd Reu-ieaig, "and called first lie down, so
that I may pass otfer in peae." "When
tha Gr-ut prostrates himself before the Mc
Pherson," said the other, "it must be with a
sword through his body." "Turn lack,
then," aaid licudearg, "and repas trs yon
came." "Go back yourself, if you like it,"
replied Grant; "I will not be the fi-st of my
name to turn before the McPhersons." They
then threw their bonnets over the precipice,
and advanced with a s'ow and cautious pace
nearer to each other both being uuartned.
I'.epariug for a desperate struggle, they
planted their f t firmly orf the ground, com
pressed their hps. knit their brows, and fix
ing tierce and waUhful eyes ou each other.
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. sli d and prepaied for an onset. They bulb
j grappled al the same moment, but being of
I equal hireugth. were ui nble to shift each
J cihei's position, and stood fixed on the ri fc
i in suppiesscd breath and muscles atraiued lo
Ihe "li p if their nt," like sittes carved
outoi the solid rock. Atlei.gthAbpheiM.il,
suddenly removicg his right foot, so es to
give him greater purchase, stooged his body
and bent his, enemy dowu withi.im by in mil
strength till they- both kautid over the pc.ci
j. ice, lucking iuto the terrible abyss. The
contest was doubtful, for Giant had p!ar.t
his foot firmly on an elevation at the biink,
and had qual command of his enemy ; but
at this moment McPherson sunk blowly anJ
firmly on his knee, and w hile Grant -tuddeu-ly
started lf k, stooping to take the sup
posed advantage, w hirled liim ovi r his head
into the gulf. Mcrherson hiniftlt fell laidc
Wards, his body pailly hauging oVtr thft
rocks, a fragment gave way beneath him,
am li sank further, till catching with a
desperate itf.Tt at the solid a.t r id etc. he
regained, his fcotiug. There was a pau-e of
death-like stintless, and the t old heart f
MTherson foil s'uk and faint. At iei gth, as
if compelled by some mysteiious feelmg. he
iocked down oxer the prrcipice. Giant had
caught with a death like gtipt by the rugged
point of a rock his enemy was almost in
his reach. His ffice was turned upwauf.and
there was" iu it horror aud despair but La
uttered no woid or cry. . The nxt moment
he loosed his Lold, his brains weie dashed
cut lef're the eyesof his hereditary foe; the
mangled burly disappeared amor g the trees,
and ids iast and heavy sound arote fn oi the
bottom. AlT'herson returned home au al
tered man. lie purcha-ed a commission in
the army, and feil. fighting in the wais of
the reninMi'a. The Ga l e name i f Ihe place
where this Iratfly was acted idguifies "Hell
Biidge." Table 'livok.
The age ot (lie i'luliis.
One of the first suVj-cts which address-s it
self to the miud of ihe manger on the plains,
particularly if he be of a philosophical or sci
entific tin n of mind, is tiie miiage, which s
here cbeived in all its perlection. Mny a
weary mile tf the traveler has Iten whiiid
away iu endeavors to account fjr the fitluJ
and beautifully changing visions pn senied oy
the mirage. Sometimes the distortions are
wonderful, and so Datura! us todrcive the
uu it experienced eye. Upon one occasion I
met a . oung r flier, who had spent seveal
yejis i'ii the plains and iu thr Indian c ontry.
lie was, on the occasion alluded to, in com
mand of a iletachuaent'of'ca vairy in pursuit of
a parly of ludiaus who hau been committing
depredations on our frontier. While riding
at the head of his command, he suddenly
discoveied, as he thought, a party of Indians
uot more than a mile distant. Th Uttor
seamed lo be galloping toward him. The at
tention of his meu was called to them, aud
they pronounced them Indians cu hoise-
back. The "trot" was sounded, and the
column moved forward to tiie attack. The
distance between the attacking paity and
the supposed foe was raj. idly diminishing,
the Indians appeal ing plainer to view eacrr
moment. The charge was about to I e sound
ed, when it was dcovered that ti e siipp'-sed
pjity id Indians consisted ol the decayed car
casses of half a dozen alaiu buliah-es. wh'cli
number had been magnified by ihe marage,
while the peculiar mction imparted ly the
latter had given the appearance of Indians
on horseback.
1 have seen a train of governwrit watnni
with white canvas covers moving through a
miiage. which, h' elevating the. wagon tw
treble their height and magnifying the s.zeof
the tovers, presented the appearance of large
sailing vessels under full sail, while the usual
appearance of the mirage gave a correct like
ness i'f au immense lake or si-a. Soinelilne9
the mirage has been thecause of frightful suf
feringand death by its deceptive appearance.
Trains of emigiauts making their way to
California or Oiegou have, while stekiug wa
ter lo quench Iheir thirst and that of their
animals, teen induced to depart from their
couise in the endeavor to leach the inviting
lake of water which the n irage disphyed
b fore their leugir.g eyes. 1 i not manna y
rej rcsinled at a distance of from tive to ten
miles. Sometimes, if the ualuieof thegroiind
is favorable, it is disj!ted by adrancii.i; to
ward it ; at others il is like an iyni.i J'ultitts
box ei iug in sight, but keepiug hey on I leacn.
licit ai d there throughout this regiou me
pointed it the gratis of those win are said
to have been led astray by the miiage, until
their bodies were famished and they sue,-
cumbed to thirst.
Wonpem un E.-cvpi; on a Railway A
really wonderlfil escape lroin being cut lo
pieces occurred cm au English' hue of railway
a wet k or two ago. A oung man employed
by the L'.udoii and Xoi tho-ilei n Company
us coke tiller at a curium station was reitim
it g heme fiom woik, when he jumped Upon
the step of a passing gjods engiua, to li. e Ii
a ceriaiu crossing, a lew hur.ilrcd yaids south
ward, lu iflo UarUnesS he was uuobrerveil
by the driver, who, therefoie, did not l-.tkD!
up f r him lo get dow n, and thus on ing to
the iiopttus i-f the engine, he v as not able t
bring up, when he leaped off, iiuliMn had
n.u into ti e fore-fool cf the i exl hire f f
tails. Scatculy had his loci loi.cl.ed the
ground, when a down traiu came up at a
speed of fully twelve miles au hour, arnt
before lie could erc.ire he was stiuck by lue
front of the engine and thrown l'ce liown--wards
between the rails, wheie he lay until
tho entire traiu in w hich li ne were nearly
a score ef w heels passed over Lis preMtat
botly without touching it- l.eyoi.d a fW
sllgil biuises and scratches, he lound Inns
se. I none the wo se for his hairbreadth escape'.
A xousn law tu lent, who wrote a gaol,
clear . a i I r Jil l 1 haul, and Who was justj
about finishing up loa studies, one ITay
hamled an instrument which ha had jui-t
written out, to his uncle, a nry wsg, who
had called m to see him, and to ioqmre of
h's progiiss in his profession. The unci
tot k lha manusciipl, and after reading a'
few lines if it gave it back to hi, nephew
sayicg, with an aichsiiiile peculiar to him
self. "You are uot quite a lawyer yet,
James." "What do you find out of the
way in it, sir ?" queried the student, in as
tonishment. "Why," leturned the wag
gish old otitic, "anybody can lead th-if
writing!"
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