- 'iff- - -ftlS . ' to 1 It 4 l. tl'l'llii:, editor mid Iiib!llierf HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM TllE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. Terms, $2 per year In advance. VOLUME G. EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1872. NUMBER 19. SI I! KM I TS SALKS! By virtue of writs of tVid. J.qxn., Al. Vend. Ex .i, : ii.I "-4 1- f'i'ii t'ueiixs. issued out of the f. . i'. i. limn 11 ft (if I 'n tit h I'lti nli rt t w a r .1 fV i- :'r ii 'l. there will be ex posed to Public L,,. Hi 1 1 . - Court Mouse in Ebensburg, on ?jn'(.' . ili-:; lny or June next. at 1 o'cl'k P.j tin- ii'lli.winn Ki-al Estate, to wit: . . .1. tirln uii.l ititnrnct nf fiA lTAln .f-l t I'M i iirc t li tii-fil. having thereon erected a i triii!-!- house and a frame stable and I a lai!i mill, saw mill and grist mill. - i. d ' - ... . HV. I'l ' I vi uiuiki: t-IIIl. Tai- i. ii: . . i uti.Mi and to be sold at the suit of AUialiait: Muuiiiiui. ...... I. I HMii.ll..A.n.4 .an I t- lli'l'l' I'll 111 . Ill 111U HfTOriTM lV.lll-fe 3j . i an uii'iihn-.' "-Ti'iniirii-tn or epn sni. ii ''i-iikiainl. '' ' ud I" piece or parcel of J i"l -una!'- in uiietianiia township, Cam I rhi iMin.tv. i!j-lining lands of Miratn Fritz, 1-wn W i ukl.in-!. tl ml others, con to HI Ing (JO acres, uiOi i " ;t ,r' '""res f which are clear- wl:l,.ii.: tin rrnii erected a twr) storv idunk ed ho"---intl ken r. Al Ih-v; Inttt: s.iti a tii.ii!'- I'liin. inula. small Stable. now , , i i vi i t . I'haniah tVcakland. Ta ci i-m in ii uiiil t be sold at the suit of ..ii v.. . n-. ,. .ii rik-.'ir. title and Interest of If. C. ,,!,,i (Hitiarme I'evltiP, of, in and to a iiii-J mmihu- fti the west Ward of KK .;i! I .r..ni.--i. ( ainlirl'i Coilnty. fronting 28 it ilixii !-ii'i i t anil running back feet : -,i.. i. .i ij. .i ti i ii lot of "i hos. O. Kxan-j, . rii t!a-1 ii-t and lot of John I); Thomas tin ,-t. ii. n.tr t hereon erected a part plank ,,i 1 1 .um-dwelling house, now In theoe , i i t II. '. Divine. Taken Jit execution . I --I I i:t the suit of Wm. K I'liinr fjitf tfltt uni Nit D. ! I- 1 .- is i. LI wards, for use of F. A fcfhoe- Ilil ' .At-: a '1 the rijfht, title and interest of Jas. W. l. n kin. or, in and to a piece or parcel of Jai -itu-ite in Jackson townehip, Cambria cos:. a. h.iji.ining- lands of Wm. Shoemnti. An lrH i.mu'-i-. aii'l others, containing lob aci-e.l, in, in- 11 1"., tibout :U' acres cleared, with an or. ihr .i- m.r now occupied. Taken in execution tat im M 5ilil at the suitof Johnston & Thoinu- 4' all the risrht, title and interest of TlrlJ-gi- Ann .Miiyi r and Lucas Moyer, of, in and to n 0' .! r parcel of land situate in Clearfield T lllp. Cambria county, adjoining lands of Jisfl u iv Ivory, David Sutton, and others, eon luit ii f acres, more or less, about 15 acres of wis h are cleared, having thereon erected a tifO Ktoi-y loir house and Ug stable, now in the ffoonuiicy f l.iu-is Moyer. Taken in execu tion and to be soul at the suit Of (J. W. Stro hccKer, for use of E. Sc II. Nutter. Ai-so, all the rirht, title and interest of John Kunsinan. of. in and to a piece or parcel of land fcituate. in Susquehanna twp., Cambria coun ty, adj. .loin lands of i. W, Stnlu, Wm. Laver ty, and others, coiitaininir 110 acres, hIhiuI 50 acres or which are cleared, having thereon erected a one story plank house, not now oc cupied. 1 akeii in execution and to be sold at tha -nit of Johnston & Scanlan. Ai. all the rijrht, title and interest of David liur-vliart, of. in and toa piece or parcel of land Sitaatc i.i Susquehanna twp., Cambria eountv. UW inunr iatiiisof Mich'l Piatt, Peter llelfrich and oilit is. cotitainiriK tiS vcres, more or less, Bttoiit ; acres of which are cleared, having tber. mi erected a two story frume house, a one Hory li.iim- !-tafile anil a loj barn. now in the nccupam-y nt Uavid IlurklKirdt. Taken in ex ecuti,.n ui .1 to 1,0 sold at the suit of John J. Krist-. M 1. Au-o. hi, tin- rlvrht, title and interest of Wm. M f. in mid toa lot of K-roimd situate in Vii-t.i;.Li. 11 twp., Cambria county, fronting on On h 1 i',-taKe Kail lUad. exteiidintr back jo !, 1. i.t ( otirml Eiurer, adjoininfr Michael Ji OuM ;lli ihomns Hewitt, having thereon erect. .J a mie-and-a-lialf story plank house and iw" ,M--:'-.7'w in the occupancy of Wm. m tn.kcy. 1 alien in executiou and to be sold A Suit M-I-addeu, for use of Tienicy Ai s, all the right, title and interest of Ceo. A. Mill-? i.f in ui. en i . Imilding and lot of ground, to wit: A certain 3welli!if house, ont-and-a-hulf stories hiirh Iiavu-K a front of fourteen feet and a depth of twenty-tour feet, situated upon a certain lot r piece of ground in the county of Cambria, tiounili-d on the east by street, on the west tiy liiinl of .Michael Waltz, on the south by a str. t, and on the north lv land of William Mot. uij-e. known on the plan of the Borough M 1; i-.-t Springs as Lot No. 17. Taken in exe cuf. 1 ami to be sold at the suit of John Wajf-iH-t .ii I 1. C. Little, trading as Wagner & Lit W, M. HON ACKER. Sheriff, i !T fiflice, Ebtn-sburg, May lo, 1872. I JIA . I I ER'S NOTICE I Notice is i.ri. l.i' ..ii i.ii 11...1 il.a r,.ii 1 1. I; .. ...in 1 111c n 11 tuwi 11 .ICllUlllS -ii pulsed ami tiled In the Iteifister's Of t Liu nsburg. and will le nreseiitel to thn Or, in i:i.-' t 'otirt of Cambria county, for contir 11 and allowance, on H'edttrmlnti. Ihr. hlh tn- c,e. ' .!,ir., ni-.it, to wit : ! u t Ai-i-ount of John Gels, G nnrdian of i-- an. I John .Newkain, minor children of .1 . N t'W kll m. 1:1 1 ff l itil.t-l l..tp..' Hrw.M 1 At 'i . ' Ar imt or Paul Vahner, Adm'rof Mary "I ' igi r, lute of Carroll township, dee'd. Ai c-uurit of Wm. I'iil1u-.ll nr. ,.r Fi i k A. Johnston. -i i.i. Account of Win. Caldwell, Guardian of IP' 'i tile I.ev-i Kmiil. f I ii-t and Partial Account of W. Horace Bosc, . Alitor of the lust Will and Testament of , n Haynes, late of the Borough of Johns low 11. ileecHseil. Fiil and Kjnal Account of John 8. Blough, Ouiirduiu of Simon lA-timnt. 1- irst and Final Account of Gcorg A. Confer, Administrator of Daniel Confer, late of East Coneuiaugh. deceased. 1 ir-t and Final Account of Jog. Settlemoyer, Esecutor of John Heimirart, late of Cambria borough, de--as'd. 1 irst and Final Account of George Kabler, Anliu'r of the estate of Peter Gosner, late of Ct'iitiria borough. deiM-ascd. t-.-i ond Account of Josiah Oochnourand Ste-T- 11 Gochriour. Administrators, 4c, of Dan'l tio hn.uir. sr.. late of Taylor township, dee'd. '.' I'nt and Final Account of John Lvsett, i.t-..itor of the last Will und Testament of l.vsi-tt, late of Cambria borousrh. dc'd. rst iiiid I'arttal Account of Jacob Kibler. Ts oti. r. if Mathias Dietrich, late of Chest tp., til in colllllv. ilf-Heit Cao Fnt and Partial Account of John Mannion ami H.-iiry Scanlan, Executors of Mich'l Cun loDkrtiain, ilei-e:is'-l. Tne Second a. id Final Account of Mrs. Jane Jlul in. (now Mrs. Jane Eahey.) Adm x or the estate or John M ullin. late of Washington two Cmtria eountv, deceased. i.. The First ami Partial Account of Josiah II Mrte-0,.U A."." r f J",", Sit.uan. dee'd 'l,K l ""-t Hn. I-iiiMl Aciininf of D. A.M'Gough M&X'&XW """or ot JaiJe, r?J' V A,,""i0- Jr"u M- liim dee'd-fund artt.r, from sale of decedent s real estate. T','.,''.,"rt,.of f'c,,'.rI- ""nr. Guardian of Wm. l .:;' "Ul.ll ,u inkiin Asbury PauL ini- GEO. W. DATM M Vl.,. 'cr's onice, Ebcnsburg, May B. '72. . ' lIiOWS' AITRAISE.MENI'S! ti, 1 Sar,ce Is hereby given that the follow. J -"I'lTsisfinenta of Heal and Personal Pro- ' t '.eced.-nts, elecU-d and set apart for T ? ? "I i"tt.H under the Act of As- a ' 1 ---.- ......... ucrii ui vru 111 1,11c -' -' I k ( (Mice, at Ebensliurg and will be pre '1 ' he Orphans' Court, for approval, on ''"'-'". tlie Uti d,i u of June ntxt. to wit: M l'rai.ment of the Personal Property of ' 'I.I'! USQ Of Ann 1 . .1. n alnn ltn Ann .(,ll,. ii. widow of Owen McGovern, late of Gallit m i I'lwnsnip, Caintirirt county, deceased, $200. i , - . . , G EO. W. O ATM AN, Clerk. I 'i U s ( iffiee. Ebcnsburg, May 0, '72. 'Oil SALE A FARM or 114 Acrk- mlles first id Terms eiuni. For fur- ""'l'ri iiiiscs. or a ire of Patrick: Middix. ddrcn I j.n-1, -i,. C11AKLE8 McKENNA. -'. i..'.-tf. Mausfleld Vallev. Pa. torn 1.0 ,. - . i aui, Jate or Jackson vnhip, aiubria county, deceased B '.',",1 and Partial Account or James Tost t'uuuTu TJrU """"f J-ob Vost.late 1 i ariu township, deceased. - .. . uiiKiT, ime 01 jacuson township, Cain " ' ' niinty, dee'd. set apart for Nancy Jane i-'-r. widow or said decedent, till. 70. l l'iaiseiuetit of the Iteal Estate of George -111:111. late of Coiiemaugh borough, Cambria iiitty, di c'd. set apart for Mary Aon KlUian. 7 of siii.l diMMidcnt, ".l)0. i t ' Tuim-metit of certain Iteal Estate get apart 1 I, ': rrom St. Augustine and II 0 ,. i """ua-u Acres of which are ol ear ,n.,'.. covered with good oak ai iil . Jne Jmprovements are a a. '"UK iiniiuo ......: m luiiiiiiit luur rufima hi M IJ)leK' aoicnisy-at-Law, Ebs W m.i u, toF i,1'";. ,Hce ia Colonade Row. i . "u coiiectious a specialty. tlo-14.tf. CTATEMKNT of the Auditors' Settle. ment with the Supervisors of Gallitzin township, Cambria county : John t. stoum, supervisor, In account witU Uullitziu Twp., April sth, 1872, To amount of Duplicate! 518.6fl ,CK. By Work done by.Taxables. . : . .. .249.85 " Exoneratii)ns tui " Orders lifted W". " Stephen Uiley, paid for work. 8.00 " C Hanlan, " rt, " Peter Hall, " .' io.&4 George Wcis, " " ; l.JU " Win. lJawson, a.4J " Daniel Itui ko, " " " 2is " Samuel Sunker, " " . H.j " T. J. lonarhue, " 44 44 1.0U 44 Itob't Cochrau, 44 44 41 . 7.00 44 Francis M'Connell, 44 " . 1.60 " P. Mealy, for blacksmithlrltr. . . 8.40 " J. T. Storm, Supervisor, eight days attendiojr Court 12.00 44 Prolate JJ5 4" J. T. Storm, Sup'r, fare to Eb- ensburg- (two tripx) 1.73 44 Costs of Court John, Kratzcr V8. Superintendent.. lfl.44 44 R. L. Johnston, Attorney's fed 10.00 44 JohuT. Storm, 46ii days' ser vices as Supervisor, t-1.50 p.d. C3.37-4.r1.19 Balance due Townsblp. H.47 CORNELIUS TI ANLAN. Scpervisob, account with Gallitzin Twp., April 8ih, 1872, To By amount of Duplicate 437.17 CU. Work done by Taxables 3WM1 Exonerations 6 35 Orders lifted 7.01 Two days attending suit, Clear field Twp. vs. Gallitzin Twp. - 3.0d Otic day to Summit to be sworn 1.60 Taken 011 warrant and attend ing Court days at 1.50 p. d. 13. So Two days notifying Viewers.. 3.tX) One day paying costs J.fo Johnston Sc Scanlan for petit' n 5.0U for fees... 10.00 Costs of Court John Kratzer vs. Supervisor 16.43 Fare to Ebensburjr, attending- Court. Ae 3.4 D. Haulon, cash paid for work 7.50 James Uiley, " 44 44 2.25 C. Han Ion's boys, cash 44 41.40 C. Hanlon, K1 days with team 34.00 C. Hanlon. days' time as Supervisor, at (1.00 per day.. 42.75 1401.66 Balance due Township t36.51 Wk. the undersigned, do certify that we have examined the above accounts and find them as Stated. GEOUGEMYERS, .., 5-18-3t. JOHN K. BUADLEV, f Aud"or8- LIST OF CAUSES set down for Dial at a Court of Common Pleas to bo held at Ebensburg, for Cambria county, commencing on Ao;i((iy, June pioximo: FIK8T WKKK. Gates vs. Wolf 4 Welshour. Brown vs. Black. Cooper St Co vs. Weddel. Behe ......vs. liarbarick. Shorthill Vs. Maltzie. Waltz vs. Kisban. Brooks vs. McAleor. Todd vs. Christy. Cree vs. Apple. Glass & Co vs. Davis.; Perham Sewing Ma chine Co vs. Gahagan. G wiu's Adtu'rs vs. Todd. 8KCOSD WEEK. Vtn. M. Lloyd & Co...va. David R Jones, feign ed Issue. Crissman... vs. Aaron. Somervillo vs. Marx. Evans et al vs. Davis et al. Christy.. vs. Alleg.Mount'n C'l Co. llracken vs. Uager. Trertz vs. Potts ct al. Coulter vs. Nutter & Sawyer. Christy vs. Smith. Zech et al vs. 7.ech et al. Lloyd vs. SomervilleJt Ilipps. Jonas Heiss vs. Dener. Insico vs. l'reftly et al. Cambria Iron Co. ...vs. Christy. Barker & Son vs. McCanee & Klino. Fegan, for uso vs. Empfleld et al. Malzie vs. Hit-key. Donoughe vs. Kerin. Millikcn vs. Cowau. McDerinlt vs. Martin et al. MilUkcu vs. Cowan. Cox vs. Brady. Rose vs. Murphy. Evuns vs. Jones. Evans vs. Jones. J. K. JllTE, Prnthnnutary. Frotbonotary's Otlice, Ebensbury, May 6, ,72. ICENSE NOTICE. The following named persons have filed Petitions for Li cense in the Office of the Clerk of Quarter Ses sions of Cambria count', for the action of the Court at next (June) Sessions: tUilinu imjte Michael Eatterner, westward, Ebcnsburg bor. ; Henry HI tun, Julius Steicb, Carrolltown bor.; John Schroth Wilinore bor.; Joseph Fresh, Carroll township. jt'urern- John Younirkin. White two. : Florlan Bingle. Loretto borough: Isaac Crawford, west ward, Ebensbury borough ; John B. Myers, Lo retto borough ; Mich'l McMorris, Gallitzin twp.; John W.Gillespie, Sumruitville bor.; Christo pher Kuninn, John P. Parrish, Washington tp. ; T,Uott' -,'t twp.; F. X. Haiti, I-oretto bir.; J aul I-Jwanver. Uwronce Schrolh, Andrew Haug, Carrolltown borough; Francis A. Gib bons, Allegheny twp.; M. F. Kelly, .wumB bor. ; F. J. Parrish, Jacob Goener, Mich'l Doyle, Gallitzin twp.; Ellen McEaughlin, John Ham ilton, Washington twp. ; Peter McKenzIe, Chest Springs boro' ; Wm. Linton, Christian Reich, Summit ville borough ; Jas. D. Plutnmer, Croylo township: Harry Marlett, Clearfield township; Simon Schroth, Lawrence Stelch, Carrolltown borough ; Liu ton & Son. East Ward. Ebensburg borough. J. K. I1ITE, Clerk Q. S. Ebcnsburg, May 4, 1872. m FSlRAliLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. The undersigned offer for sale on very liberal terms three tiacts of valuable land In Blacklidk township, Cambria county, Pa., described as follows: '1'raet . I-Containlng 90 Acres, more or less, about 25 Acres cleared, having thereou erected a two story Plank House, as good as new and very comfortable, a double Log Barn, and alt needed outbuildings. There is a thriving young orchard or 100 choice fruit trees and ex cellent water In abundance on the premises. Tract . -Containing 31 Acres, about 7 Acres cleared. The improvements are a one-and-a-half story Plank House, a Water Saw Mill in the best of order and without a superior in the country, and the usual outbuildings. True J. a-Containing 14 Acres of excel lent Timber Land, with two good Saw Mill sites thereon. Unimproved. tiThe above described Tracts adjoin each other, and will be sold separately or together, as may suit purchasers. Terms very liberal and payments easy. For further particulars, apply to or address P- $ JONES or OLIVER MAKIN, March 23. lS72.-3m. Ebensburg P. O. $20,000 IN GOLD For 1.25 Currency. Toe People's Grand Mu sical Festival and Gift Enterprise will take place at the Metropolitan Theatre, Sacramento, Cal-, on 15th of June, 1872. when 69 Prizes, amount ing to over fKO.COO, will be distributed to Ticket Holders, the highest Prize being 2O,0U0 in Gold. Payment f Prizes guaranteed by deposit. Tickets, 1.25 currency, or 11 Tickets for 12.50. Tickets and Prospectus can be obtained at FELCH CO.'s, 1208 Broadway. New-York. 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Along the river's bank they strayed. :-Two lovers foud and true The maid was fair, with gold Oil hair, - And eyes of azure hue. And In one qu let, shady spot. They wandered to and fro ; And one would chafx," and one Vr otild laugh, As lovers will, you know. But presently they paused to gaze Into the placid stream ; The bank was steep, the water deep. But tranquil as a dreamt At length the maiden fair espied A flower of tiny size ; And it was blue, and pretty too. Much like the maiden's eyesi 44Lok I look I" the maiden then 6101810104. With quick, excited tone ; ' "I'd feci sweet Joy, without alloy, To call that flower tny own." The words had scarcely passed her lips Ere he bad left her side ; "This floral raid is for the maid Who soon will bo tny bride." Then to the water's edge be sped, Down where the flower grew ; And. in his speed, he did not heed His danger. All Hi knew Was that a wish had been expressed By her; bis love he'd prove. He gained the flower; but, in that hour, The maiden lost her love. He slipped ; and, sinking 'neath the stream. His dark eyes sought one spot ; He cast the flower upou the shore, And cried. 4'Forget me not." Ruth A. O'Cosneu, Dublin, Ireland. - WavtrUy yiatjazinr. The Origin of Scandal Said Mrs. A. to Mrs. J., In quite a confidential war, 44 It seems to me that Mrs. B. Takes too much something in her tea." And Mrs. J. to Mrs. K. That tils' lit was overheard to say She grieved to touch upon it much, But Mr. B. took-such and such I" Then Mh. K. went straight away And told a friend, that self-same day. ""J'was 8d to think" here came a wink "That Mrs. B, was fond of drink." The fr end's disgust was such she must InTorin a lady, "which she nussod," That Mrs. B., at half-past three, Was "that far gone, she couldn't SCO I" This lady we have mentioned, she Gave needlework to Mrs. B., And at such news could scarcely choose But further needlework refuse. Then Mrs. B., as you'll agree Quite properly she said, said she, That she would track the scandal back To those who made ber look so black. Through Mrs. fv. and Mrs. J. She got at last to Mrs. A., And asked her why, with cruel lie. She painted her so deep a dye 1 Said Mrs. A., in sore dismay, 44 1 no such thing could ever say ; I said that you had stouter grew Ou too much sugar which you do." TIIIULI.IXG AUVEX1 CUES TWO OllATJE DICX. OF INCIDENT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. In tbe year 1780, while the war was ptiil rigorously prosecuted between Great Britain and her North American colonies, u number of remarkable and painful oc currences, arising out of this dispute, took place on the border of Canada and the re volted districts. Among those eents, tbe following, which ia abridged bj a writer in The North American Review, from Stone's Life of Braodt, may canrey to our readers an id;a of the sufferings to which the people are exposed during a period of civil war: "Old Mr. Sammons, with three sons and one or more daughters, lived upon the old Johnson estate, which had been se questered. Sampson Sammonp, the father, was a sturdy old whig (American), and well known to the British commander, Sir John , whom he often talked with about the rebellion. His suns, Frederick, Jacob, and Thomas, the youngest eigh teen at the time of which we write, were much of the same mind and body young Sampsons, knotty and fearless. Sir John , knowing their characters, thought he would catch them alive and take them to Canada ; so he sent his Indians out of the way, and by good management, cap tured, the whole race early in the morning without a blow. Tbe old man and his bojs were at once bound and marched otf in tbe direction of Canada, though but a little way. That night, the youngest boy, by the aid of the wile of a British officer, managed to escape ; and the next morn ing, the father, having procured an inter view with the Tory chief, read him such a lecture upon the ingratitude of thus treating one who bad formerly stood by him, and upon'the iniquity of bis conduct generally, that he too was set free, and a span of his horses returned to him. But Frederick and Jacob were less fortunate, and were taken to the fortress of Cbain blee, jut within Canada, between Lake Champlain and tbe St. Lawrence. At that po9t there were about seventy pris oners, and not a very strong garrison ; so that the first thiag to which the young Sampsons made op their mind was an es cape. Finding, however, their fellow-cap-lives indisposed to d anything for them selves, Frederick and Jacob determined to act without the rest ; and, accordingly, the fir6t time they wer taken out of tbe fort together, to assist in some common service, they sprang from the ranks at a concerted signal, and 'put, as the phrase is in the WesL The guards started, bat less fleet of foot, could not catch them ; and though Jacob fell and sprained his ankle, he managed, under cover of the smok produced by tbe gun shots made at tbem, to hide himself in a clump of bushes, which his pursuers did not think of searching. It had been agreed previ ously between the brothers, that, in case of separation, they were . to meet at a known spot at tea o'clock at night. Jacob, the lame one, mistook the hour, and having gone te the spot and not find ing his brother there, be left it, with tba intention of getting as far from the fort as possible before daylight, his accident making time especially important to him. fie accordingly pushed up the western bank of - the Soret river towards Lake Champlain, intending to swim it just be low the lake, and then find bis way along the eastern shore. Various events, how ever, occurred to prevent his doing this ; but, after running great risk, by putting himself within the power of a Tory, whose chief excellence seems to have been the possession of a most kind and fearless wife, he was so lucky as to find a canoe, of wkich he took charge, and in which he made good headway towards home; Until, in one of the narrow passes of Champlain, the British fortifications en both sides forced him to leave his vessel and take to the woods again. "He was without shoes, food) or gun, and had to find hia way te Albany, through an unknown wilderness, along the Vermont shore. For four days be lived on birch-bark. Then te CaUght a few fish, and managed also to secure a wild duck. The fish and duck he ate raW. Thus ha labored on during ten days. His feet, meanwhile, bad become so badly cut, and so intolerably sore, that he could scarce crawl, and swarms of mosquitoes made every moment of rest a moment of misery. While thus wretched and worn out, he was bitten upon the calf of tbe leg by a rattlesnake. And what did this young hero do then ? Yield aad die T Not he. With one 6troke of his jack'-knife he laid his leg open, producing a plenteous flow of blood, and With another slew the poistaous reptile. And then came a day or two of such cxperi ence as few meet with in this life. Mam mon?, worn to a skeleton, with feet rag. ged from wear and tear his leg wounded, and not a soul within twenty miles to help lay thero under the log where he had been bitten, a little fire burning by him, which he had kindled by the aid of a dry fungus, living on the rattlesrake which he had slain. He eat the heart and fat first, and felt strengthened by the repast. There he lay, under that log, for three davs patient and surgeon, sick man, hunter, cook, and nurse, all in one. On the third day his Shake was nearly picked to the bones, and he was too weak lo fetch wood to cook tbe remainder. Jacob made up bis mind that death could not be postponed ; and having already shown how little division of labor was needeJ in ruch cases, determined to essay one more office, and with bis knife pro4 ceeded to carve his epitaph on the log by his side. But God was not far otf from that brave man. He fell asleep, and strength from unknown sources flowed into his limbs. On the fourth day he rose refreshed, and having made sandles of his hat and waistcoat, proceeded to hobble on his way once more, taking with him, as Btorcs, the unconsumed portion of his snake. That night, agaio, Le was comforted, being assured, by some means unknown to him, that he was near fellow men Kising with this faith, he strug gled on till the afternoon, when he reached a house and was safe. It was the 28th of June, 1780. Such were the fortunes of Jacob Sammons. "His brother Fredotick was less fortu nate. He had made many efforts, to no purpose, to find Jacob, who, when he fell, would not permit Frederick to stop and help him, and in seeking him bad run many risks. At length be crossed the Sorel ; killed an ox ; made some jerked beef ; and for seven days travelled along the eastern shore of the Champlain with out ill-luck. But on tbe morning of tbe eighth day he awoke sick ; a pleurisy was upon him a fever in his veins pain in every limb. It began to rain also, and there he lay, this other young hero, not fr firo Lia brother, who at that very moment, in that very neighborhood, was nursing his rattlesnake bite there he lay, knowing not that any one was near him, for three days, on the earth, in the sum mer rain, aud his blood all on fire For three days, we say, he lay thus helpless. On the fourth day Jie was better, and tried to eat a little of his beef, but it was spoiled. He managed, however, to crawl to a frog-pond near by, put aside the green coating ol the pool, and drink. He caught frogs, too, and feasted, . though not a Frenchman in any of his tastes probably There he lay, for fourteen days and nights ; and having . resigned all hope ot life, he put hia hat upon a pole, so that it might be eeen from the lake. It was seen by an enemy ; and he was found senseless and speechless, and carried shame on the inhuman creature that bore him back to his prison ' again.' And not to his prison only, but to the darkest dungeon ; and there for fourteen months, in utter darkness, he lay in irons in irons so heavy and so tight, that they ate into the flesh of his legs, so that tbe flesh came off to tbe bone. Ahd for fifty-six years afterwards for he 'was living in 1837 the wounds then made did not heal. The British officer, whose heart enabled him, knowing, to do this thing, waa a captain in the 22d regiment - May God have mercy upon his soul. 'But Frederick's adventures were not yet ended ; for neither was his captivity over, nor histpirit broken. ' In Novem ber, 1781, he, with others, was transfer red to an island above Montreal, . in the rapids of tbe L Lawrence. There, aa a first step, he organized another plot for escape, which failed, and, as a second step, jumped, with a companion, from tbe islands into tbe rapids of the great river. Our hero and his comrade swam for four miles through those rapids, navi gating among the sharp, rocks and fearful shoals with their best skill Landing on the north eid of the St. Lawrei.ee, they fought a club battle with a village full of Canadian Frenchmen j conquered; killed a calf; and, seizing a fc'ante; tried to cross to the south side of tbe river. They were above the rapids of tbe Cedars, where fio canoe can live long unguided, wbefj their paddle broke in the mid-etrca'ai, and once moredestruction seemed certain. A fall en tree, in the branches of which they caught, saved them, however; find cross-, ing the next day below tbe falls, they struck into the forest to seek the Hudson. For twelve more days they toiled on, living en roots, without shoes, without Clothes, without bats, and reached Sche nectady at last, in a plight that made Christian men give them a wide berth." A 9IIRAQE ON THE PLAINS. I was journeying in the summer of 18 with a small party of army officers, who, with their escort and wagon train were en route from "tbe States" to Santa Fe, in the Territory of New Mexico We started from Fort Leavenworth about the middle of July, and for ten or twelve days, in passing through a country some what settled, each day found some new scene to interest us. The novelty of the journey, a trip of such distance on horse back, enabled me to undergo cheerfully the fatigue, and success in hunting the buffalo aud antelope amply compensated me for the discomforts arising from con stant riding and unaccustomed exposure to the burning rays of the sun. We gradually entered the dreary plains, where nothing save an occasional sand hill, or here aud there the skeleton of a horse or buffalo, relieved tbe wearied eye. It was tbe very picture of desolation. For days the same level plain seemed to travel with us. Pools of slimy water were found at known poinla on tbe route, at distances of from ten to fifty miles apart, compelling ties to travel on several occa sions a portion of the night, as well as day, to reach them. It was on Sunday and about tbe twenty third day of our journey tbat we saw the wonderful mirage. With a gentleman who had grown gray in the service, I was riding some distance ahead of the train. We had been ' travelling since daylight, and had many miles to go to reach a rest ing place where water for the tired and thirsty could be found. All day nut a tree or shrub, not an animal save those in our train was to be seen ; a kind of woolly grasd, parched and dead, covered the oth erwise barren euil; around, on every side the same ; tbe eye was pained by the dull vacancy ; far away the sky seemed to meet and blend with tbe fading view ; the sun poured down its rays with intense power ; the horses and mules were beg ging for drink in their peculiarly express, ive way, as we moved on in silence, think ing, no doubt, of the bubbling springs and rippling streams, of the green verdure and shady groves of the land of our homes. All at once the sun was obscured by a cloud, and a slight blower of rain fell ; and looking before me I saw, a short space to the right of the road, and apparently about two miles distant, a cluster of trees, small, but green and perfect in shape. While wondering that 1 had net before observed tbem, I directly saw others at some distance from the first noticed. Small, dull clouds hung around them, sit ting like a dark vail over the scene, and through this vail of clouds moved shadowy and indistinct forms, which one by one, as the misty screen here and there faded slowly away, took shape and settled into stately oaks and towering elms and pines; and brur w, thirsty yei, byond the trees, appeared in outlines, dim at first, tbe borders of a lake of limped waters. Soon the curtained clouds were gone, and there, in all tbe distinct and inviting loveliness of nature, lay a placid lake in the midst of a verdant forest, holly and beech, oak and elm, pine and magnolia, all mingled together, yet each distinctly marked as by the Creator's hand. . On the farther side were hills cevered with lofty trees, and far away in the back ground, blue mountains, with large boulders pro truding from their sides, added much to the picturesque grandeur of the view. Be tween tbe hills, over a rocky bluff, poured the waters of a sparkling cascade into the lake below, and among the trees on the borders of the lake sat neat white cottages and gardens of different sizes, and at "its head arose tbe village spire. Here be fore us, in a sterile plain, was a lovely vil lage with the gardens of shrubs and flow ers, its shady groves and glades, its placid lake, green bills and distant mountains, its miniature Niagara, and its little white church with i:s spire pointing heavenward, and- that'nothing should be wanting to aJd to its loveliness a beautiful rainbow panned the sky, inclosing in its many colored arc nearly the whole illusion. I looked upon the gorgeous spectacle with rapture, and after a few ejaculations of wonder and delight rode slowly on, al moBt afraid to speak, lest a word would break the enchantment,- and dissolve, as it were, a mystic spell ; thankful tbat al though this waa but as a fleeting phantas magoria, soon to vanish, He had clothed the earth in places with beauties like these to cheer and comfort titan. It was toe beautiful to remain long upon such a desert, and soon the brightest colors of the bow grew dim, the nearest trees began to dis appear, and then, gradually, each object faded from view, leaving, at last, only a dull leaden cloud opon the distant horizon "Thos," I said, as I gazed upon the desolation, now mora desolate, "thus pas ses away the glory of this world." "But the mercy of God endurelh forever," an swered my companion. "The works of flature," he continued, after a short pause,' 'are glories to the Creator ; but we fre quently stumble along through life, with eyes closed to the beauties of H'i9 handiwork; Now has this fleeting pageant revived long forgotten memories of many a scene of loveliness and grandeur in my absent home,- the land of my cliildhoo'lf and my heart is lifted up in praise to the Giver uf all good." That night I slept opon my cot to sea again the beautiful visiori r and in my dreams lo inhale the delightful perfumes of rare flowers, to hear the sinking of birds, the gentle rustling of leaves, tbe fatK ing of the bright waters, tbe clear tone of the village bell, tbe mellow notes of the organ, and the sweet voices of fair choristers worshipping with angelic songs. From the New York Weekly. The Josh IHll!iij3Splcc-Ilox. SNAIIS, SNA IKS, AND BABY 8. The slowest gaited animal on the face ov the earth iz the snail. They are one ov the phew who take their house with them, when they go away from home. Snails are sed tew be delikate eating, but it i kan hav all the hash i want, i will try and struggle along without any snail. You kaut phool me with hash, i kno how that iz made, but i don't kno how snail are put together. Ignorance is sed tew be bliss, and i hav often thought that it wa, and if i don't never know how snails taste i don't think now i shall repent ov it. It haz always been a source ov mutch doubt with me in mi hours ov couterfipla shun, which waz made fust, tbe snail, or hiz vhell, but if i don't know even this, i don't mean tew git mad about it. I hav grate phailh in enny job that na tur turns out and i had rather hav phaith than knowledge, it saves a grate deal ov hard word. It cost a grate deal tew kno all about things, and then yu ain't certain but faith iz cheap, and don't make enny blunders. i-Vier.ee iz. smart, but she kanf tell jur what makes the flower- blus.h so menny different colors, but phaith can Science on a doth bed iz a pigmy, but phaith iz a giant. STKIl'ED SNAKE. The striped snake iz one ov the slip peryest jobs that natur ever turned loose. They travel on the lower side ov them eel fa, and kan slip out ov sight like blow ing out a kandle. They were made for sum good purpose, but i never hav bia in formed for what, unless it waz tew hav their heads smashed. They are sed tew be innocent, but they hav got a bad repula&hun. They liv in the grass but seldom git stept on, bekause they don't Stay long enuff in the right place. When i was a little boy, and wore naked feet, and was loafing around loose for strawberrys, i was often time? just a going tew step on a striped snaik, but it alwus cured me ov strawberrys. If a striped snaik got into a 10-aker lot before i did, i alwus konsidcred that all the strawberrys in that lot belonged tew the snaik. "Fust cam, fust sarve," was mi motti. I am jnst az fraid ov snaiks now az i waz 40 years age, and if i should liv tew be az old as Nebudkennezer waz, aad go tew grass as he did, one striped snaik would spile 50 akers ov good pasture for me. Wirnmin don't luv anailts enny more than i do, ar.d i respekt her for this. How on earth Kve was seduced by a snaik, iz a fust class mistery tew me, and if i hadn't read it in the bible i would bet against it. I believe everything thare iz in the bible, the things i kant understand, i believe the rnosL I wouldn't swop oph the phaith i hav got for any living man's know ledge. Snaiks are all sorts and all sizes, and the smaller they are, the more i am afrade ov them. I wouldn't buy a farm at baff price that trad a striped snaik on it. Ded snaik are a weakness, with me ; i always respekt them, and whenever I see a ded one in the road, i don't drop a tear on him, but i drop another stone on him, for fear he might alter" hia mind and cum tew life agin, for a snaik hates tew die just as mutch as a kat duz. I never could ackount for a snaik or a kat hateing tew die so bad. unless it wai bekause tbey'waz so poorly prepared for deth. BAHT9 Bybys i luv with all mi heart ; they are rai sweetmeats, they warm up mi blood 1'rke a gin sling, tbey krawl into me and nestle by the side ov mi soul, like a kit ten under a cook stove. I hav raised babys rniself, and know what i am talking about. I hav got grandchildren, and tbey are wuss than the fust krop tew riot amung the feelings. If i could hav mi way, i would change all the human beings now on tbe face ov the earth back into babys at once, and keep them thare,- and make this footstool one grand nuasury ; but what i should do for wet nusses i don't kno, nor don't care, I would like tew bav 15 babys now on mi lap, and mi lap ain't the haudyest lap hi the world for babys, neither.- My lap iz long enutf, but not the widesf kind ov a lap. I am a good deal ov a roan, but 1 kon sist ov length principally, and when t make a lap ov myself, it iz not a mattress, bub more like a coupla oV rails with a jiut-iu them. I can hold mere babys in mi lap at ence, than any man ic America, wifhuu? spilling one, but it hurts the babys. 'I never saw a baby in mi life that 1 didn't want tew kiss ; i am wuss thsn an' old maid in this respekt. 1 hav seen babys that i hav refused tew kiss until Ibey had been wasbt ; but the baby want tew blame for this, neither wai i. Thare are folks in this world who say they don't luv babys, but you kan depend upn it, when they was babys sumboddy loved them. Babys luv me, too. I kan take them' out ov their mothers' arm just be eazy as i kan an unfleged bird out of hiz nest. ' They luv me bekause i lav ffieiu'. And hero let me say, for the comfort and cons'clashun ov all mothers, that whenever1 th'sy see ore on the cars cf on the steamboat, out 6v a job, they needn't hesitate a minnit tew drop a clean fat baby into mi lap ; i will hold it, and kisa it, and be thankful besides. Perhaps thare iz people who don't envy me all this, but it iz one ov the sharp-cul, well-defined joys ot mi life, riii love for babys and their love for me. Perhaps thare iz people who will calf it a weakness, i don't care what they call it, bring onr the babys. lltikte Josh baz alwarys a kind word and a kia for the' babys, I love babys fur the truth thare iz irr them, i ain't afraid their kiss will betray rrre, their iz no frauds ded betrts nor coun terfits among them'. I wish i was a baby (not only once' more) but forevermore. Thk Dog8 Stuategem Mr. Snapp, a blacksmith, owns two dogs, one a ter iter four or five years old rhe othr bvif shepherd, and half CoStfiori car1, about twelve or fifteen years old,' arid couse quently very feeble. In the winter, between the hours ot breakfast, and dinner, and dinner and supper, these' two dogs may always be seen perched up just far enough from Mr Snapp's forge to escape tire sparks, but Mill near enough to keep warm. I say between the hours of breakfast and dinner because as soon as time for dinner cotn-es,-which they know even better than th'e ftp prentices in the shop they are both off at a full run, each aiming to secure a space behind the warm kitchen stove, which i only large enough for one dog at a time. Now the terrier being the most active, al most always gains the coveted place, leav ing the poor old dog out in the cold. The old dog being thus left out in the cold one bitter cold day, put himself iutu' a thinking attitude, and set his whs to work to devise means to get the' terrier out of the cove ed place. All at once au idea seemed to strike him. Taking ad vantage of the good "watch-dog" quali-. ties of the terrier, be made a feint towards the garden, barking furiously, as if some one was intruding at that point, when, true to hia nature, out popped the terrier, not to make a feint, but la make a pell mell rush for the extreme end of the gar den, passing the old schemer just outside the kitchen door, who no sooner sn-w tire terrier enter the garden, than he popped too, not into the garden, but behind the warm kitchen stove, curled himself" up and waited, with a cunning twinkle in hr eye, for his friend, who no sotmer made his appearance, and seeing the sitaation, than be tried exactly the same stratagem with tbe shrewd old dog, with as little success as if he had tried to fly. Finding tbat be failed so signally, be in turn pat his wits to work. After disappearing in the garden a few moments, he made his appearance tight in front of the kitchen door with a large bone in his mouth, and set to work on rt as if he was enjoying it hugely. Now, what do? could resist such a tempting sight ! At least, the old fellow behind the stove could not, it ia plain, for sneaking cautiously oot of his snug re' treat, he made a sudden dash for tbe cov eted bone, which he secured very easily to the surprise of all, as the mystery was soon cleared up for no sooner had he possessed himself of what he soon found to be nothing but an old dry Lone ihey had both gnawed a hundred times than the young rascal secured the warm retreat behind the stove which be cer tainly deserved after displaying so ruucl cunning leaviug the poor old fellow out again in the co!J, there to contemplate the old proverb "It takes a thief to catcb a thief." This is one of the latest deteriptkrni of a Dolly Varden : Tbe starboard sleeve bore a yellbw Lop vino in full leaf, on a red grbund, with numbers of gray birds, badly maiilated by the sean, flying hkber and yon in wild dTsmay at the approach of a greeri hunter. Calvary Missioa infant clae was depicted en the back the rriaking cfp of the gar ment scattering truant scholara up nod down the sides and on the skirt, while a country poultry fiiir and a group of Ame ican hunting dogs, badly demofali.' tLe gathers, gave the front a rfiP.aikablo appearance. The left 6!eev had on it the alphabet in five different lanuaes. T