Mhi 11111 I Lill SSlis ,A tfcPlKE Editor and Publisher. "HE IS A FKEEHA5 WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL AKE ELATES BESIDE.' Terms, 2 per year, in advance. VII. EBENSBUEG, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1S73. KOIJ ER 17. i; il'i'A 1 liKHS of Foreign i-i' ;.KK'HAMI8K, US asSCSSOd i TiiV.'N'SIIIl. ;-, ll bonis Phi ... V TOWNSIl I I". I 1 iik 7 75 ..$ 7 25 I.O K TOWS SHIP. MIDI TOWNSHIP. 7 :.'.Y I 1 Nidi. I.an-.born i i .town nouot on. ".:.'" It Leonard Miller :. . , 7 2.5 1 1 -I W Misit'ltnKli 7 .''! H Henry 111 urn. .. , . 7 2VU Ataliew llaji-jf. i --i'. 7 2-5i A, ; : I ; I A H'ltlOLC II. , 7 25 II .''-i I'll Siibieh. , , ,! I 7 2.5 U John Kintz ... 4 J.':--' in, J -; 1 - -HALF. liOKOVGII. 7 25 7 25 T 25 7 25 M CH BOUot'O H. 14 I . u Aaron.. Iii "5 14 .lae l W ci t man 7 25 11 Auj. I.chu er. 7 25 Township. 7 25rl4 .1. 1. Wintioth i sos r.oiiOi'Gii. 25. U M. Douglass. 2.5; 1 1 J . ihri ruuou. rowNSinr. T -j, 7lT i,, ii i .. . , i.i a nn:i.r township 725 $ F..-r i ACOH KDKOVGll. . 2514 )'. '. Shatter.. Leonard Kist. 7 5 .1 N-II"K(i IlOROl'OH. 'J, UV.- I"1 '' J.'. Ti.. JV i.l..vl. 1'- "... 1 1.1 .1 :. "i :! -m- i i- i yfci "in i- rl.-:- Jibe i i litfc. I' ' ; - ;'' '. s -i..-:. : . j i. ' 0 in ::.y 14 ;.'- I t - .r- i "" 11 Lol;; "uoiiit Mur ray A. i'. l .l'ls ... M. f.. Oat. .1 a n . i'. T. ItiiiK't ?a.. ;.'. K. Zahm. lia v trr & Son. . K. J. Milw A . K ran A' 7 25 7 75 7 U5 25 ' 25 44 A . Ssritf iM.ilier 14 TIiok. Uriflitli. . n ki.in imisnrCK. ,. 7 - 14 l. W. Cunlior.. 7 25 14 IVttT liubliti. 7 25 .! ITIN TOWSMIH'. 7 '"i 14 .lames Murray. 7 25 i., '. :lt !'Hlri-k Sioiiii. 7 25 7 " 11 Tli's. 15raill'3'. 7 2.5 7 ; it A. J. Panker... 7 25 : i .v. " . ' 'i:ii;oil. :; 1.. 15. l o!ii k... 7 75 1 1 14 JoSj.'i S,iih bio . 7 25 .li-hn Mill.-r 7 5 Juo. T. Kinney 7 25 .lames Oumil.. 7 25 11 14 14 .John Tliomas. . 7 25 1 W.Harshber- I;. -i iicr 7 25 T 14 V. Loutlier. . 7 25 I . I,uekhanlt.. 7 25 M. I.. ; roiiiiera- 7 25 1. ' - -". in 10 1) '!." 14 14 IV 14 K.&C..i;liaher 7' 1 7 25 7 25 7 25 7 25 7 25 7 25 7 25 PJ.:iless& lStvi. 14 11 I )! is l iiaeu . . . . . i . lirinUer.. !MT. I... r . . l r,ii ".M 1 n Aiinmns 7 25 ll A.M ii.ttfiuiierv 7 25 I t ( '. T. Fra.er. .. 7 25 14 M . I'. Menw hf-r. 7 25 14 ". VV. l'ik; . .. . ,14 l'oek Icr v '. .. 7 2". 14 ISsiMev A: ilnv. .. 7 '!" 1 4 M. P ,v :t -n V .V '. 7 25 H i-.. Koiiler .V i'. 7 25 !4 John tiiilu".i-k. 11 Hciij. V. Hit 7 25 14 .1 . .1 . 1 1 n p i 1 1 irer . 7 2" It ll.ii is tV l.i:uis.. 7 25 U W. i. linsc ... . 7 25 14 .Inlitin Iiurvnt I .pnor 7 25 7 2." 'lli'lXl!! 7 2.", H .I.iim llaiman... 7 25 14 "lis. !-.wuliI. .. 7 25 14 J.llf. M CnlJoch 7 2-5 14 P. I!orler 7 25 It Brinker & Co.. 7 25 It Wm. P. laris. 7 2" 14 'hi;r!es Lewis. 7 25 14 Win. P. 1'ntton 7 2.") 11 .If li ii I'emlry 7 25 14 KirliM ISennett 7 2." I t John Thomas. . 7 V5 14 Mihert & l!i.h 7 25 14 FiK kler i Iai- 7 25 oi jrxl 7 25 14 C,fo. Shaffer. . 7 25 1 4 Thus. Samuel.. 7 25 14 lias. Holslein 7 25 11 I.evinifsfoiijtCo 7 25 14 Joseph Koimtz 14 V'in lifvervooil 7 25 14 J.W.Stevenson 7 25 11 .);lco!i Kfil'l... 7 T. 14 A. I'tlier l i 14 .1 Q A H.-n-hoof 7 25 ; 7 25 7 25 I 7 25 j 7 45 I 7 25 : I 7 25 : 7 25 i 7 25 ' 7 25 , 7 25 I 7f5 ! , t; 7 25 : 14 I . J . .-ii"p:n ni . , 2 7 2T 11 fJeis & lteuih. 7 25 7 25 14 John J union.. . 7 25 7 25 1IC. Kreiuer f 25 S" TOWNSHIP, i i",14 I :-. n " I Altiausjh 7 25 7 25 11 Wm.l.itziiurer. 7 25 7 2.5 li .!.;n Hrailtey.. 7 25 : 25 1 4 K. ( "Fi ill.. .. 7 25 ', '" ! Mary Kestler.. 7 25 : : t r. v.oko!t,fi. 7 ' 5 11 I'. Knilu-ers 7 25 r. ' , ii township. ' ; 7 25 1 4 (.eo. Iterker.. ' i -i- - ' 7 25 14 H. V. ShafTer. !i" " 7 25 14 Ceo. Conrad. . - ,"!"i:anna Towssmr. ' v ,:: rvi i.i.i-: dokough. :- 7 25 1 4 John r.aer... ,( 7 25 1 4 Jas. Bradley.. I - 1 'i TOWNSHIP. '. x i , , Wasshm;ton township. 1 " I-'.-..- 14 Jane L.-al.y. . 7 25 11 John Beck . .. ' 2.5 1 1 Martin ..v Co. . ! A' : 25 11 Win. Pi-in-rle.. -!i 7 2.5 14 Wra. Griffith.. 'J.I!...-, a 7 2.5' 7 25 7 25 7 25 7 25 7 25 7 5 7 25 7 25 7 25 7 25 I. WM.MOUF. 1IOROUOH. 2.5 14 I'aul & SettlC- I mover 25 14 Kd'.vard Evans 25 14 P. Kirby 7 25 7 25 725 7 25 72 T25 H (5 , "ll.TF. TOWNSHIP. ! i 7 2.5,14 A. U. Fisko ... '"r- 7 2.5' v .,;.. A L ,.- no j. c, v r. u '"l-l! TOWNSHIP. ,"J '- ; 2.5 u Jere. Hippie... -2,-'H.- 7 2.5,1 T.T T M F-DICINF.S. " ' i ton, Wiliuore Bor n H '! ' c-ton Township ... .. ." - '.-:.,n Township bi-enshnnr Itoroujrh T K WEE IKS. 626 6 25 5 25 6 25 15 25 15 25 15 25 .15 25 15 25 15 25 15 25 15 25 15 25 i.'.rettu Boroup-h .e i.iiuown Uoroiiii-li ;,Rr ''onemaus-h Uorouffh' " "':f'i!Miih I'ownship '" Johnstown Iloroujrh... " -' ' ainbria Borough..".' t -i asli; iiif ton Twp. . S A I TI'.P: A T T r- - c wi.:s Hilhard Tables'. 50 25 ' -.iwi.il, ii Twp J5 . A ,"' " T. P. Alley 15 75 '1;:.vTp 15 75 '," ',s '''tru-ed in each cao above ;. " " understood as the Tees of . s'i,'11'- which with the license Mtl-'"r Treasurer on or ' or jiy nc,Jcti R8 thc ,aw re ,,p J"'!'l at the Treasurer's "" "ondaj. the 2.1 day of June :.J V ' fEVl.K. Mr.imntUe Appraistr, U.i ' ' RATION-, TA. K. U. 1. i.e..-. , refuted and relur- ' 1 :.,.r is fniiv ore. " "e nil who may M f ? ? ..M .I'.'iT l-"-e, andM" ! tuteiitl,,,, of his SK ami ;; oreouiuies till 1 l-f-iiso or pnins will be I at hoii.i- wi... ..i..,... - A pi ; ) HKIS, Proprietor. CIIERIFF'S SALES.i-By virtue of k-- suiKlry writs of IVmf. K.rini., A MVmi. Kr ))iin. mill 1'liirinhVcinl. K.rjuiH.. issnetl out if th Court ff CommouiI'leas ol" Camhria county iml to me Uiieeteii, there will l.e exioseil to public sale, at the Court Mouse in F.litMishu r. on Kir lay, the 2il tiny ftf Juno next, ut 1 o'clock, P. M., th lollowiiif real estate, to wit: A.I. ilie rijlit. title and interest of FJlen Mc Lautrhhii. ot. in a.ul to n fiiece fir pareel of land situate in Washington wp.. Camhria countv, Hfljoininir lan'limt' Wrn. Uussell. estate of Mrs. ltose Mt-Uoiih, nnj others. cf)iit:iinii:r 7 acres, irmre or le.is. all cleared, having- thereon crect el a twrt-story l'rntne house anil frame stnl-le now in the occ-up-uicy of Kllen McLaughlin. Taken in execution unil to be sold at the suit of Zacliariah Krlu r. tt f.HiI the riirht, title and interept of Har nabns Mcllermitf. if, in and a certain lot of frroimt situate in F.benslnirkr, Cnnihria county, front iiitr on Julian street and extending back to the public Sfuare. adjoininir lot of J. Moore on the north and lvviin Evans on the south, havintr thereon created a two-story frame house and a frame stable now In 1 he occuri'n ey of James Todd. Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit of Cambria County. Also, all the rijtht. title-ami interest of Peter A. Mefloiifrh, of. in and to a piece or parcel of land situate in Clearfield town-hip. Cambria countv. inljoiniiiK- lands of John Niijfle, sr., Philip Cooper, and ol hers, containing 7;' acres, nn.re or U-ss. about 4!l acres of which nr.? clear ed. Iniviiiir thereon erected a two-story liunie house and a frame barn row in the occupancy ff Peter Mef ton h. .-Wsh. a piece or parcel of land situate in (.'learlield township, Cambriii county, adjoininir lands of Jihti Neuson, An lrew itui yofin. und otrers. eontaiiiin .Vl acres, more or less, having- erected thereon a water saw in i 71 now in the occupancy of Peter Mr tiotisrli. Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit of Randolph Mt-Mullen. Abso.ali the riirlit, t it le and interest of .limits Parrishand Catharine KlntiiW-an, or, i n an.1 to' a pieeeor parcel of laiTil s, ttiatc in Carroll t wp., Cambria county, adjoining lands of Peter Ber tram, Simon Owens, and U. Mite, containing SO acres, more or less, about ;i acres of which are Cleared, having thereon ereeteil a one-and-a-half-story toy house and a los- barn now in the occupancy of Jas. Parrish and Catharine Flaii auau. Taken in execution anil to be sold at the BUit of Felix Jacobs. Al-sii,all t he riK'it, fttleand intj-rest of JCeph aria W Oakland, of. in and to a pieeeor parcel f laud situate In Susquehanna lwp Cnirdiri ci. xnty, ndjoiuin- lands of Hiram Vrriz, iwiac S'i k laud, and ot her?, con tatn!n-(i?a;fts, more or le. s, about 15 acres of which arr cleare3, having 'licieon erei-ted a twostoi y plank house, a frame barn anil a smi;ll stable now in the wciipancy of Zepharia Weakland. Taken in execution uru to be sold at the suit ol" Johns ton Moore. Ai.sn,h!l the riflit, title and interest of Wil liam McCoj'itue. of. in and to a piece or parcel of land situate in Susquehanna twp.. Cumbria county, adjou intf lanils of Simon Weakla.ni! and Jacob and James Kirkiatrick, crmtainiiur 12-J acres, more oj- less, about 25 acres of which are cleared. having thereon erected a two-story kif lioiiH-iui'l a lojr barn now in the occupan cy of Win. MeCiinb and a one-and-a-hHlf-siorv plank house, partly finished, not occu pied". .tf.i, a piece fir pii' eel of 1 :nd situate in Itiackliek township. ;-unlu ii county, adjoininir lands of Josepii Miiier. Abi . ham Lant.y, and others, containing 'Ji acre?, in. -re or less, unim proved. Taken in cx.-culioti and to bo Sold at lite suit of J. C. Fisher et. a!. W. II. F.ONACKr.It. ShrrifT. SheTilTs lffifN!, Klietistiurg. Ma." s 1S73. UDITOI1S of (Iat.utzis Town- sit ip in avrcfiunt it 1 1 (o:i.EUO IT tMs. Sutierv isor, lor the year 1572: 1K. To amouiilof luiplicntc !46 2:? To baiam -e- doe fit i ist m t liemeiit J5 00 Tf oi .ter on Cf unil -Ti-tasiiri-r, (Tax oil C nsva ted l.-uls.i 57 44 To order on So pe. visors. 35 78 Total -571 i ('it. By exoneration 5 5 13 l!y services as Supervisor, u5 days at -I.5o perday 77 50 Jiy 17 ilavs with team, ((J. Uanlon.l at 4 perday 6SV0 Ilyeiisli paid to Janus llauloo for cot tins tri es 25 00 Hy cavli paid tf James Hanlon. 50 davs at 1.5() perday 75 00 P.y enh to same, 25 days at 1 p. d. 25 00 By cash paid Jas. and John Hanlon for shoveling snow 25 00 Bv probate 25 By order lifted 1.50 By cash tree'd from Co.Triiisti'r) paid Jas. Smith. Suerv'r 72 By ork done by taxables on nia-.ls 223 85-1574" 95 nUTOKs op CI ai. i. itzin Township in ac count vritU j Asir-s Smith, Supervisor, for t he vcar Js72 : Pit. To am' unt of Duplicate f"2S 10 I o cash rec d.t nun ( Ilahloii (Co. I reas y) 2i .2 To order on John T. Storm, Sup'r for '71, (Vt 47 z I To order on Supervisor 1 til Total CK. Bi lly exonerations 2 .1 tl. -rs lifted and cash paid for work By ca-h!Ipnid for 25 days work, at :.5(i per flay (Jas' Smith) By team : days, tl. (J- Smith, Sup.) By horse arid cai t. .'! days, (James 5rt C5 :n no 12 no 72 IK) Smith, r-upeivisor.) . ... Bv work done bv taxables :ui 3i Bv 7 davs as Supervisor, nt 1.50 ner ila v. (.bimcs Smith.)... l:lti5lV?t'.2T?0 We, the unilersiii-n"d Auditors ot t.allitziti Twp., ha inir au.lited t he forojoinjr uceounts, do certify n atiove stated. JOHN K. BKAilI.KV. l.A.l(MtorB III (ill G A LI. Ad 1 1 Kit, I Aucltors. Attest F. .1. Pakhish, Twp. Clerk. 5 2.-3L.1 QUrJUFF'S SALK Fy virtue the t iiortot I oinmon i-ieasoi i ,i 111 lii la con 111 .v met to me directed, there will be exposed to Public Sale, at the Boiiford House. Johnstown, on Wkiniiav, the 21st 1 1 a v of May. in-t., at 2 o'clock, P. M., Tin.- followimr rtal estate, to wit : All the ritht, titleimd interest of Saraii J. Mor rison, F.xecutrix of Abraham Morrison, dee'd. of in,and to a lot of Kroiind situate in that part of Johnstown borouirh known as Kernrille, frontin on Morris street anil extendiiiK- back to an allfv adjoinimr property of A. Kob'o on one side and an m lley on t he ot her havi n- erect ed thereon a two story frame doublo house, a frame stable, mid other outbuildiiurs, now in the occupancv of Sarah J. Morris'iii and David Davis. Taken in execution and to tie sold at the suit of Robert Morris, Executor of Anna Bloodjrood, deceased. H W. II. BONACKEU. Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Elietisburif, May 2, lS73.-:t,. 1V0TICE IN rAUTITIOX. To Marv Kasrer, intertunrried with Mfred Cnnstabie. on" of the heirs and letfdl re presentatives of Philip Uaer. del-eased : Take notice that an impicst will beheld at the late dwellintf house of Philip Karer, late or Jackson towt.ship. Cambria countv. I J'"n.i" vania. deceased, on Monday, May lith, A.D. at 2 o'clock, P.M., for the purpose of making partition of the real estate of "aid deceased, to and amon his children ami lefi-al representa tives, if the same can be done without preju dice to or spoiling the whole: otherwise to val ue and appraise the same. A t which time and place you are requested to at tend 1 ynn think 'proper. W. It. BON ACKF.lt, Slipriff. Sheriff's Office, Ebensburif, April-1, ItS.J. LOOK HK11E! flMIE tindersiuned desires to inforni thciti 1 zensof Chest Sprimrs and vicinity that he has this ,lav hoijffht fr.un Jas. A. f.ittletield his Bl.ACKSM ITH SHOP, Stock and loK and will carrv 011 tho business in all its branches. Spe cial attention paid to Horse W"'f- Jr.fl tronairo of the public is respectfully solicited and satisfaction guaranteed. t-T Grain taken in exchange for work. V M. 11. JW-i l: Chest Springs, April 5, 1S73, Lll-6m. I XKCUTOU'S NOTICE. l-'state of SixtoN Weakland, dee'd. betters Testamentarv on the estate of Simon Weakland. late of Allcjrheny township, dee d, hnvlusr been srranted to "the undersifned by the lteirister of Cambri-.t county, notice is hereby Kiven to all persons indebted tosaid estate that payment must be made wit limit delay, and those iiavintr claims asrainst the same will present them properlv prnbatetl for settlement. H FN tt V SCAN LAN, Executor. Carrolltown, April 4, lS7:i.-0t. CAltD. The undersigned will open a SRI.KCT SCHOOL in I nion School House buildinyr. Kbciifburr, on Moxoay, May 12iil, in-t. Toil ion fee, one dollar per mouth. May 2,-2l. HANNAH EVANS. ORTOINAL.J A noornT ron JioTimi:. BY MAUDE. I have nothing else to offer On tins joyous festal la.y, I?ut with hope and love I proffer Iy poor tribute a boriuet. Knw you'll laugh and say I'm joking, ISut have patience ami you'll see That I am ituleel in eisrnest, Which is something new for me. In the cer.tre of my nosegay Must the "tineen of flowers" he Ami Mother shall have thxt ixuior, For a very Jioxe is she. Ami here's a shining oak-leaf Part of that, noble tree For (J i Bit. a littitig emblem, AimI pledge of what he'll be. Beside, the sturdy oak-leaf I will place a "bleeding heart" That's I'okt, who, as our family stall', Bears patiently bis part. Next are some ''apple blossoms" Dear Lizzie's pledge aro they For when those buds doth wither Fruit will appear some day. Among the leaves a "primroSe1" Nestles so smilingly ; And Maude, you will acknowledge, Is sweet simplicity. Then comes a dainty blossom Its name I'll not forget Your darling little jENS"rtf, Our fragrant rrtgnionettc. "KospnraTy" boasts no color, Bit claims "sincerity" Faithful in storm and sunshine Thus you ever will find me. tftnT rrfy task is finished, Aih) this rfre lmqtiet is iro'cVr ; 1 hope it's beaYitir's please you, For then I'll be repaid. Mother, the reason you should prizft These flowers that for you bloom Tiieir jn-ayer for you doth daily list To IIeaen in sweet perfume. Then when p'-rening" shadows gather, And the day of life is o'er, May your "amaranthine chaplet" Bloom in Heaven evermore ! St. Joseph's Institute; Oil City, Pa. mkx who rAcn death. THE POLICEMAN. Pon't you go nnd make any mistake ! Tin; icturc8 in the comic paje!'S, anl all the rest of the jokes aliotit polic'e mei;, may le all very well in their way, and f an laugh myself at a good joke at the expense of tlie force, but lor all lhat there s not as much in them as some of the would-be sharp ones make out. WJiv t.ik-ino- it all thronsrli. there's few businesses arc more riskv than anolicemnn's. hi nk-nt V of neighbor- lioorls he goes on duty with his life in his hand. People read and t"lk about the dangerous classes, but it is he po liceman that has to deal with them, and it's him as knows how dangerous they are. They know whether it's only women and boys that we collar ; they know who lays them by the heels, slid they remember it with a vengeance. "Ilcvenge is sweet" is a motto with a good many of them, and when they are loose they will often go a long way to have it on trio man that has been the means of caging them. Men as are wanted will generally come quiet enough, when they find tliev are fairlv dropped upon : but 1. , still you can never be quite certain of i them; if the drink or the evil is in j them at the time, they may take it . into their heads to show fight, and when they do they're not particular as to trifles! the first thing that comes ! handv they'll use. Kut, as I said be-1 fore, It's when they go in for being j reveno-ed on you that theA- are the : most dangerous. It isn t a case ot : fighting then ; they don't give you the chance to light ; they creep upon you in the dark for choice and are up to all sorts of cruel, cowardly ways of laming a man. Many a fine man has been made a cripple for life, in doing or having done his duty as a police man, and some have been killed out right. Then see how a policeman has to go into a row, and take his chance of what may happen from interfering with wild or drunken men with their blood up ; again, see how he has to go into a house where "murder 1" is . lieing shouted, and where perhaps thc j first thing that meets his sight is a ' man more than half mad, and slashing j right and left with a poker. Then there is being at fires, and being out all sorts of weather, so that what with , one thing and what with another, a j policeman's is both a hard job and a j risky one. If there's any one as thinks , as it ain't risky, just let 'em ask an' j iioliceman's wife as cares for her hus- I a. i band how often she has lain awake, fearing something might happen to him when he's been on night duty in a bad quarter. "What class of criminals are the most dangerous for a policeman to have to deal with ? Well, I hardly know ; the regulars, the "habitual criminals," as they are called, are much of a muchness. A sneaking thief uiav turn Turk upon you, while a burefcir or garroter, as you think likely to show fight, will often let himself be took asouietlv as a lamb. ' 'Pl.v ,.4, . p. l. j-uu viia ii t-t; vnses are oiten j ou"h onus. A mad-t-lrunk sailor ain't a nice eus fcrm'cr tor handle, ar,d a madnlrunk sol dier especially when he takers to the belt is a decidedly nasty one ; and sometimes your swindling clerk, or absconding bankrupt, will show his teeth pull out a pistol, or pick up a decanter or a chaif, and talk of knock ing your brains out if you lay a hand fn hhii ; though, of course, we do lay hands on 'em for all that. If you dash in boldly at them they generally knock under. There is one customer, however, as is more likely than not to make a light of it liefore he'll be taken, and as is generally a tough one to fight, and that is the escaped convict. It's gen erally a desperato. hand tht dcres man age to escape, and one that's dreadful ly fond of his liberty, and knows that if he is took again he may bid a long good-bye to it. A gentleman of that stamp gave me the stillest tussle 1 ever had, arVr. the one I'm proudest of, for I foflght him fnir, rnX tock him single-handed. When he made his escape he got clean away, and he had sense enough not to come back to his old established haurftis w hile the search was hot ; but about a year afterwards he did venture back, and 1 accidental ly f?t w ind of it. It was not the man himself that I was afraid of, though I knew he was a Tartar ; what made the job so risky was the danger of being set upon by (lie whole of the ang to which he be longed, and who afwars went abovt together, and would, I knew, think nothing of murdering a policeman. I waited a few we?ks to see what chance might turn up, and at length one af ternoon I heard that the gang had picked up some sailors, and were spreeing with thifift hi a public-house some little distance from their regular lurk ; and thinking to myself that I might wait long enough without find ing any much better opportunity, I determined to try my luck there and tlren', and down to this public-house I went. There was no one then particular in the bar, and so I passed through to the back, rr.id there in a shut-r:i skittle alley I caught sight of the gafJg, eight bi number, and with threi? sailors in tow. I felt qualmish, hitt 1 knew that it wouldn't do to nv war to that feel- a. ing ; and so seeing my gentleman there in tbe midst as large as life, I put on my boldest face, bounced into the al ley, and shiftting the door, placed my back agaiffst it. Though the gang were taken by surprise, they acted cleverly enough ; they didn't know oi mem mignt ne waff.., aim not one of thein said a word or moved an inch, but I noticed my man pick up a pot and make a pretence of sipping at it, though I could see easy enough that his real motive was to be ready to l'ing it at my heml if it should turn out that he was the m-in wanted, I caught his eye, and in an oil'-hand-eu one said, "(), you know it's yon I've come for, then ; but take my ad vice, don't do any thing in the pot throwing line. It will only make things woi'.'c for you, for the house is surrounded and there are men enough in reserve to take a houseful of you." "I shall make it death or glory this time,"he answered, "and so here goes ;" and as he spoke the words he threw the pot as hard as ho could, and then made a clash lor a window at the end of the alley. The" pot just skimmed m3' ear, and then I was on to him lie a panther and dragged hun back just as he had got about half out of the window. I downed him, and had all but masteredhim, whenoneof thegang, that had popped out as soon as m back was from the door, came running back to tell the others that it was all gammon about there being a reserve. This was enough for them. "Without another word said, they made a rush toward me ; and, though I still held my man, my heart grew cold, and a praver flashed through my mind, for I felt" that I was face to face with death. I knew that they'd stick at nothing, and that the very same gang had kick ed a man to death only a few months before. But I was in luck. I would have called to thc sailors for help, but they looked helplcssly drunk, and two of" them was, but the third, as it happened, was only half seas over. He was a big lump of a fellow, a Yankee mate, as I knew af terwards, and about as cool and bold a card as there well could be. As the- sprang forward, so did he, and whipping out a revolver, says he, in an aggravating sort of a way, "Gen tlemen, fair play is a jewel, and I like to see it respected and so I will. They are man to man, and pretty Pur- I ly matched, and if the officer can take him, he shall." V hether or not he really would have fired at them, they must have believed so, for they slunk back. All the same, they had done a good thing for their mate. While this had been going on I had, without knowing it, slackened my hold, and niv man, puttingoutall his strength in a sudden move, threw me off, -and got 011 to his feet, and before I could close with him again, had drawn a fife preserver, lie made a dash at me w ith it, and aimed a crashing blow at niv head. Fortunately it only reached my left shoulder, but even there it was a crij pler for the time being, for I felt my arm drop useless to my side. He staggered a bit from partly iiTissing his blow, and liefore he could recover himself I was alongside of him, and ! he went over like a ninepin". and held up his hands to have the bracelets put j on. It was about two minutes' job alto gether, b.ijt it was a mighty tough one, I can telf yon4, ftrrd ft da?gerous one too ; and what I say is, that when peo ple talk about policemen, they should rememlier that they never know the day or hour when, in the way of duty, they rrfay Irave to tackle a job in which their life is at stake. which was an Amy? "We were boys together, George Gib son and I. We were employed as salesmen in a grocery store. IJusiuess being- ifrrite dull, our employer gave us permission to close the store, that w might attend a ball to be given tfrat evening. I had been paying my re spects to Mips Kate II. George also seemed interested in her welfare, and knew that I would be certain to send her my compliments sometime during the day, and request her company to the ball. In o.'der to get ahead of me, he sent his invitation write early in the morn ing. I was not in a good humorafter George triumphantly showed me his note of acceptance ; so when evening came I determined I would not go to the ball, but . stay in the store. "We closed about dark. George was ready to start, but hail some rroments to spare, when, as if to amuse himscTf, he picked up an old revolver, which we always kept about the store, and was pointing at dilfercnt objects in the room, remarking how easy he could put a hole through it. When he pointed at an oil can, which w.is quite full, I immediately inserted a pin near the seat of his pants, which caused him to pull the trigger. Zip! the bullet went through the can, and the oil commenced running oit hi quite a stream through the holes the bullet had made. "Jnmp, quick, and stop the leak with your fingers !" I exclaimed. George knew thc mischief would be to pfly if our employer found tire kar covered with oil, and he obeyed my order immediately. Then a happy thought struck me ; I would leave him in that fix, and go and take Miss Kate myself. Amid a volley of oaths, I made my hasty departure. Arriving at the residence of Miss Kate, I in formed her that Georgo vras not able to attend, and had snl me in his stead. Miss Kate accepted the apology, and we attended the ball. It was late when I returned to the store, and found George still in his uncomfortable posi tion, swearing at me profusely. The bullet had passed through the can, and he dared not remove either hand. I then procured an empty bar rel, intending to pump the oil out lie low the bullet hole. In order to do this, it was necessary for him to lie on the other side of the can. He agreed to change if I would hold my fingers over the holes until he went around the can. This 1 was unwise enough to consent to. No sooner had he got me in this fix, than he proceeded to wash his hands ; then taking up the lamp he went up stairs to bed. I was mad ; language, cannot begin to express my feelings. I ewore, I entreated, I then tried to brilie him to relieve me. Like him, I dared not leave the can, for I knew it would cause my dismissal if our em ployer found the new floor spoiled with oil, besides the damage it would do the goods. How I spent the remainder of the night I shall not attempt to describe ; it is sullicient to say I stayed their un til morning. Tiie Warren Ledger lias a subscriber it brags on, and this is the way it dfies it : lie lives np the river, is eighty-two years old, reads by candle light without the aid of glasses, hasn't been sick a day since he was a child, smoked and chewed for sixty odd years, walked to town, a distance of six miles, last Saturday, and got drunk as a lord ; does his own shaving, pares Ins own corns, sews on buttons, liets on horse races talks slang and swears witli as much ease as the fastest young man in the coun try ; he hoed half an acre of corn, broke a colt, whipped his wife and went to prayer meeting all in one day lat year. What other community can tint out his erpial ? A neais-sigti ted Indianapolis woman patched the scat of her husband's pants, with a cold buckwheat, cake, that the chil dren had left in her work basket, last week. The color of the patchwork matched thc original trowsers, and as the cake was tough, the mistake might never have boon discovered, but the old man trot causht out in a shower a day or two afterwards : the patch began to swell ; he felt cold patches on his back, and thinking that it was spinal meningitis that had clutched him, sent for !a doctor who soothed his feats; but he wants a divorce. Captain Jack of the L.avu Jiets. I'm Captin Jack of the Lava Beds, I'm "cock o' the walk" and chief o" the Beds, 1 kin "lift the bar" and scalp the heads Ol'the whole United States Army. "When I go out py squaw she erica, My sftrrr The cries, My flffiruw the cries. Vlten I to out inv soiih .v she cries.- You'd better look out for the army. ! O, yes I ladies and gentlemen, I'm the ori ginal Captin Jack, of the Modoc braves big login me white man be too much bombshell and telegraphy dispatch, but he no irce?f de lava lied. Vhite man he play "high low," but hi: no catehee ' Jack, for ; I'm Captin Jack o de Modoc braves, And "rrek o' the walk" of the lirr.-t! caves, VTheii I calches 'em out.tbeir heads 1 shave The heads of tle braves of the army ' When I stand up thc pickets they stare, The pickets they stare, The pickets they stare, "When I stand up thp pickets they stare Anil then run back to the army. O, yes ! ladies and gentlemen, big medi ririe man Kiliem, he going to eat up Modoc chiefs at one square meal, but he make too muchee "it at San Francisco telegraph man, and shoot liombshcll at Modoc squaw and scaip only dead Ingin. Charley. I'gh ! Captin Jack, he hullee luiy with glass eyes. Captin Killcm, he played out on dis line all summer time. II AX I) TO JIAXI. The Modoc outrage having intensi fied the national Indian sensation which had been slowly fermenting to mur derous explosion for so many months before, there is a parrfivl revival of popular interest in the red American Ishmael, and whatsoever relates to his savage characteristics is germain to the news of the hour. Though all Indians are not M odors', the proscribed race, as a general thing, in their hopeless and rapidly increasing numerical in- ferioritv to their hereditary white nur- suers, are more given in these later ' - . . . - days of thtrr despairing hatred to treacherous wiles and dastardly am buscades than to the nobler, open war fare of their historic past ; yet the war rior who delights to meet his pale-faced peer in mighty hand-to-hand grapple is not yet extinct, and merits renewed celebration if only to show that his dy ing people have not always been mere robbers and assassins like the dastardly murderers of Carfbj and Thomas. In th times of the Cherokee troubles in the South, Major John' Seaborn, who may yet be living in his home in North Carolina, had an aboriginal adventure which a citizen of Whiteficld county, Ga., now recalls in the AVer (Ivoryta Citizen for modern study. While a member of a surveying party, encamp ed on the banks of tire Etowah river, in what is now the Seventeenth drstrict of Uartow county, the Major started, one day to visit a missionr.ry station situated near a large spring about a mile and a half inland, armed only with the hunting knife in his belt, atd not even aceompa-mM by the faithful dog usually attending his steps. The sav ages were very bold in their encroach ments at that time, and the Carolinan had not followed tir foret trail very far before he involuntarily ambushed a gigantic Cherokee w ho was cautious ly leading captive a pony, upon which sat, in plead insz terror, :ui English mis sionary's lovely daughter, whose too darrng morning ride had brought her into the toils of the red outlaw. Sea born paused for a moment in his un sought concealment in thc undergrowth to w itness the girl's wild c.Fort to make the pony break free from the iron grap of the captor, and see the latter raise his tomahawk in murderous menace, and then with a shrill yell of champion ship and defiance, sprang grandly to the very side of the rearing animal. The beautiful captive had just fallen from the saddle, and, as the surprised In dian involuntarily retreated some steps awav, the rescuer swiftly caught her in his anus, replaced heron her steel, and bade her ride for her life. She needed no second warning, but was oil' like the wind ; and then the white and red knights confronted each other with looks meaning battle to the death. The Indian was a herculean chieftain, known as Unakaybswah the "white man killer" and the Major, although standing over six feet in attitude him self, and proportionately muscular and brave, felt impelled to such skirmish ing tactics as might draw his foe to wards the camp on the river and at the same time tempt him to discharge his deadly towahawk. The moment the Cherokee detected this design in the other's measured backward strides he bounded forward, brandishing his wea pon, and, when the strategist finally wheeled and broke into a dead run, sent the huge battle-axe hurting thro' the air. Only by an adroit swerve did Seaborn elude the terrible missile, which, after grazing his hair, struck deep into a tree beyond ; but now he was noon more even terms wiui ins enemv niion whom he turned instantly - ' . .... . . at bav. So ouietvly Iv did lie make toe movement that a terrific blow of his fist met his pursuer liefore the hitter could check his advancing inq-etus, and sent him reeling backward several v- i it... :,b !n ooi'iuist paces, .now uegunuie i,-iiii..i.i...v. rin iKstin.r forward and aiming his head , ... . t:i .. ., i,nitn r.;n in the manner ot l , ivvj l u.;.vt;i'.p - -, - .i i . . .'r 1.:. trM... tb,. .ea"-o ...:.i. ..: : ...i i came on again wiut a "in !his purpose lieing to throw h:.s head between the legs of his adversary, who would thereupon be dashed in a t oincr- sault upon his own head. Major Sea-Ihu-ii was familiar with this trick, how ever, and so deftly swutio- himself aside' that it w as the headlong assailant who came to earth, and that on sll-fours. Then he was down npoti th d'torn fitted warrior like a wolf, wrencfid his arm from their supporting position with agile strength, and in a second had him face downward on the ground, like a hawk under eagle Momentarily disengaging one hand then to make a vain etl'ort for the drawing of his hunting-knife, which had caught by the handle in his waistband, he gave the Cherokee opportunity to catch the other hand in his teeth and bite it (0 the lione. In his pain and wrath the white ina repaid this wound with a showef of tremendous blows, but thf episode had been a diversion in favor of Unaknyahswah, who by a supreme heave and twist managed to wrest him self from beneath his load and regain his feet. Terrific listicu(rs followed, but in these the scientific boxing pro ficiency of the Carolinian caused srrch one-sided business that tue sorel v-pun-isl-d red grant, after failing to get in a single blow, rallied for a clinch. lli object was to force the fighting in the direction of the tree in which stin k hU tomahawk, and detecting this purpose, thc M?jor fought furiously to thwart, it. Once when the savage hurled him self with all his might upon his foe, the hitter's feet caught in a trailing grape vine and bvonght him down on his back in the fierce grapple, l'oth were up again as quickly in thc oppos ing physical impulses in straining to-" ward and forcing away from the criti cal tree, and then bv a skillful trick of wrestling Seaborn accomplished an- otef fal, in which he was upju rmost Ti.: . : ,.. t - 1 his time, too, even with a pair of red Iruidsclutchinghis throat hesucceedd in draw ing his knife. Willi a snarling "Wah!" the warrior met this move ment by clasping him tightly around the body and crushing him frantically down upon himself, and it would t hen have been a question of whose lungs could longest endure the terrific pres sure but for the sudden appearance of an ally for the white man. A yelp and rush sound-d in the bushes, and the M.-'jor'si'og from camp leaped epeii the srciu' and instantly fasleiud 1.U keen teeth in the nearest shoulder of his muster's enemy. VnakaviJiswaii lost Ins grip undr this new attack, and was at the mercy of thc huMtir.g-kr.ifj in the next moment. Karnarla ! kar narla !" (Enough ! enough!) he r.rcd. "Take oil' that 'dog. IUut vrh'Lc mm kill no great chief. I surrender.' His conquer.," bound him hand and foot with his bucKsivin suspenders, and v.as humanely staunching hi- wounds when the mr.V-"onarv''s daughter came dashing bacic from the two armed men for the. station witn rescue. "As they IooKcd at the strfwart form an-1 j broody visage cf the savage," s.iid the ! victor, in his subsequent account, "and at :ny own somewhat bruised and san guinary appearance, and listened to my narrative of the desperate st niggle, ' they gave vtnt to expression.--, in rc ' gard to my strength and prowess which brought thc tinge of pride to ! y cheeKs. As for the loely gill I whom it had been :.iy enviable fortune ' to rescue, she honored me with a rc ' gard for which 1 would gladly have ' dared greater perils, and told of my deliverance of her with the tears of I gratitude streaming down her cheeKs.y' I In fine Keeping with this romantic cle 1 ment of the athtir was the marriage of j the Major and the lady some three J months later. Not for the chivalrous 1 sentiment thus illustrated, however, isi thc story here retold, but in celebra tion of a tyj-e of Indian character ; which is at least alove the cowardice of treacherous individual assassination. IrnaKayahswah ultimately atoned with Ids life for some piece of savagery in J'auluing county, but in the encounter above des' i iln d he fought as become j a great warrior. It is worth while to Bote, also, that in this same hand-to-hand conflict the white man owed his : victory chiefly to the physical training ; of civilization, as at critical points of j the struggle his knowledge of boxing, ', fKiil in giving the wrestler's "fall," 1 and finally even his civilized utilization ; of canine fidelity lor help in such a ' time of need, gave him a sujcriority ' without which the battle might have ' ended very differently. Uarbarous 1 bravery fights ever at a disadvantage ' with educated ficill, and degenerates; : naturally. ierh.qs, into Modoc t reach- cry and pruiaiiiv recKless despair by the inevitable tri umph of it surely exterminating ad versary. Sthancf r.i T Tr.i'n. T.a-t November a J resident of Baltimore wrote a long letter to 1. T - 1 - . " . . , ' t the ex-Empress Eugenic, at CLissclhurst, to inform her that he was impressed by tbo spirit of the ex-Empress Josephine to in form her that the cx-Etnperor I.ouis Napo lc:m would die, ami that in 1T she and her son would a"ain rule France. The i letter tho minute, details of the death - scene of the cx-K;.n-e;vr. an. i!nl i f the cir rcst oration of - - - ci'instar-ees nttei'.oilliT o:e l,iiar,arte i oTe to 1-raie-e. . . i a lge w say. iM'jiaparte ru : h . predietion in the let.er came true. ,nitl Jhc t.M.lilti,.ii of the dee!, M-.-ncf j aileon was most accurately written by this man as early as last November.
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