JU 1 ':- ' Si ..rf.. VcS-.v ,3a5. I ! a, s H. A. McPISCE, Editor and Publisher. "BE IS A FREEMAN 'WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL AUK SLAVES BESIDE. Terms, CS per year, Ir advsr.fe. TsTJMISEli 2. i VOLUME IX. "EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1S75. ' 5 i 2M ir.1 li-'t r t".i rr t i a.: w ' ui i t " .at It, wit'1 M nit- o r :J Mx cut W to ,r!rJoJ i V i IMPORIANT TO VI .1 WHOM IT li CQHCIBH! i-Owing to'the great scarc'.ty ' "AV- of money and the long con tinued neglect of many of;'my customers to ny up their indebtedness for the past year -Oi more, I am compelled to adopt " ANOTHER SYSTEM tf doing bushies?. Very many of my cus omers have allowed tbeir accounts to run . W srtch an unreasonable length of time that a great loss to me, without any benefit ; to themselves, has bceu the lesnk. Hence lit is that I find it 1 13 t ih Crsdit tystsci '?9 .J !( Ir.d fit the at tho Htne. tone keep up my f took "eet my C'lOifjut ion p' jt i v. "i I an sinw ' .j thank f .1 tbr l.I errii . fut'.'i'nsi? t'..r. has be n extern' J.tun.c, ud now earnestly ask one and td who re Sodebted to nir, no matter how laigfc or low small the amount, to call aud settle, Sillier by ca-b or note, ; jFMETiiE 1ST DAI OF JANUARY, IS7I, In I need and must have money. Behev ng as I do fiom past experience (which I Dae paid well for) that it will be better vkr me as well as for my customers to adopt . ,' ie ieady-pay system, '-'?. I WIII, NOT, 1 ifter the FIRST of JANUARY NEXT, .. f BKI.L AST UOUDS OS CHKDIT. ' am fuUy convinced that in three cases . a.1 of four persons buying good, never lind j .more convenient time to pay than when , ier make their purthases, and as an in- ceiuent to my customers to buy for cash tin exchange for country produce, I will, tor the above date, V ;0CK OFF ONE-HALF the PROFIT V )retofre reali.etl in this place on goods ?Uie snme cla"-s. Jloprng that my old customers will take i;lonse at the nw mtxle of doing busi- I am about to adopt, but will contin i to favor me with their patronage on a Ictly cash bnsis, which they w ill be sure Cud the very befct for all concerned, I lge myself to mark my goods down to lowest cash rats. oyt: vinct: to aj.t.i O.TiPETJTION DEFIED! t G33D3 A3 WEIL AS PRICES. leorge Huntley, ; m, Har-lware, Tinware, Groceries, . Paints, Oils, &c., &c., : KiiKysm na, va. J. Mnnufact'jrers and others who snmo- Tnil it neoroMiir? In "n'l orfler? for Rooilji Hih their I'liiplii) efl, can m;ik ar. I"i.l.MU, Willi th iinilerstainliiiir Hint their ' n j n ts n ill he pui J In full at the etel of en li th. Dee. 11. 1ST4.J CAIM). )EKSBDRG0QLEHFACT0R1 interesf'd parties, have he n reorting in i the northern -n rt of this ei.untv the.t our ks for manufacturing Voden tioods. Ae., iiiiii ili hiiiher than they really ore we deem necessary for our own protection and for t t'lforinatlon of the putilie to publish the towiug LIST OF TRICES. $.. "0 per pair. 30 and 3"i ets. per yard. -r0 eta. per yard. M cts. per yard. kefs.... jin0s Bitneres. l-.efts... . 4in; ami Spinning '() cts. per lb. iing 7 " " V T. M. .It) MIS & SON'S, M''. ISTT-tf. Kbf-nubiug Woolen Kaetorv. HV. YEAOEll&CO., ))holrilf and Ct-tall ManuTart orcr of 1 ( OFI Ell AND SHEET-IRON WARE, AND PEAt.F.rtS I?t ki Parlor and (Mini Stoves, ; o. I -Mrc Ufeveitth Avenue, FING and SIm.ctixg made tr order Warranted perfect In maiiuf act lire and ,1a I. fcrs respet fully sdleltpd and promptly l d to. and polite atti'iuion accorded tw tber they purchase or not. ina, Sept. 5, 1 .TX-tf. : A M T A X N K II Y FO 11 S A I .v. hFollowin? i description of a St.-am ryanil Real Estate located in Kbensbrirn. ountv. Pa., which are oftVrrd for snln JioPt l.t. ral terms: The property consists . QlMiKVIlID TOU'V I'RfllH'PTV or nl. on which 1, en. led a TWO O v,u., .7 I. 1 HU1 jiv 1 1 I Bill PIti. by 0, and a 0K !TOKl ! . ,, K SALE. A very elegant and tom IMi. 'iO by SO, 18 Vats. 0 Leaches, 1 large modlous residence n Kbensburg ttorough will be pank. 2 Limes, l Handler. 2 Mates. 1 go(,d ; oll n reasonahio terms. Thellouse is brick and let lo h..rse power. 1 Hark Mill. 1 Maotiine rn,,n" u, 1r,,"'-.is. a f.-ct hallsand basement wash- "I "amer. and ot ier t iiarr a Thi.K. i mil ca mcitr ur linn nr S a l hl.lun.. ; d ha, adrantags in the wav'of low price, 1 , fnvoni.'nte to railroad and market, etc. ! a rare chance ror For term. etc., a tanner with a small it plv to JOIIXSTO 0. 1874.-tf. F.beiif burg, Pi. I SALE Oil FOi; RENT No- ' is i lieralMr giraa t all parties inter lt I hare ,T.ral raRMS. Hnr.u and h' ill iIlr,l,".L,OT" for "Tr all of 'id be.hM,Hd of at lowt1Urr,ad on fair ill also proenre tmsma lor thotn having ! Lott or t arms for rent, a.d having 2 kt V oi";'i?"J "" rea,onabla. r.. tary. 1C. 26, 18.4.-U. " ICE An nut.liffit !nn -;n u ""!i,h1,"n Febn.arv next for of ViloVk Ti :"T" "-"i-T 1'ce or the dut.as of VelTiil. S?7i ! K ad analsgou, pJrfe'' f..T Ayer's Cathartic Pills, For the relief and cure of all derange ments Ui the ctom arh, liver, and bow els. They are a mild, aperient, and an excellent purgative. Being purely vege table, they contain no mercury or mino ra whatever. Much Berlonn sickness and suffering is preren ed hv their tiinelv He; and every famllvfhouM have them on hand $ c their protection and relief, when required. .Long experience has proved them to he the saf . lit, sureut, and best of all the fill with which lie market abounds. By their occasional use, the blood is purified, the corruptions of the sys tem expelled, obstructions removed, and the whole machinery of life restored to its healthy activity. Internal organs which become clogged and sluggish are cleansed by Atvr'a I'M a, and stimulated into action. Thus incipient disease is changed into health, the value of which change. When reckoned on the vast multitudes who enjoy it, can hardly be computed. Their sugar coating makes them pleasant to take, and preserves their virtues unimpaired for any length of time, so that they are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable. Although, searching, they are mild, and operate withotit disturbance to the constitution, or diet, or occupation. Full directions are given on the wrapper to each box, how to use them as a Family l'hysic, and for the following complaints, which these fill rapidly cure: For DyapeiMisa or ladle-ration, I.latleaa . I.aiiiiuor and Lou of Appettt, they should be taken moderately to stimulate the stom ach, am! restore its healthy tone and action. For J.ivrr I'omplafn'i and its various svmp toms, lliliona llrailarba, HIcU Heart l. Jiinndlcr or Urtfn Mlcltnraa, Ilil. . our nd Ililioua lin, they should b i i u ! t;'X ::; r each case, to correct the "in:r i! at.Ui-ii or t xiiot'c vi.e obstructions which csui-e ft fr n?Mnm rr Tliarrbirw, but one crld d-T i- f ; n?rnPv renii.."'l. For at :ir iimtttWm. .'nn, p(Atln of the II on i t. Iin in t,vr Ifxck Rni l.nin, t'u v shoui't romin tfnnsly taken, as reiuire-1. to cV.- nce the clisease.! anion of the system. Willi su!i ch:uge those coinnhiints disappear. For Drain and lropal-al Mwf-llintra, they should be taken in large and frequent dost-a to produce the effect of a drastic purge. For NaiprrMion. a large dope should be taken, as it produces the desired effect by 6ym I athy. Asa Dinner nil, take one or two nils to promote digestion and relieve the stomach. An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and bowel, restores the appetite, and invigorates the system. Ileix-e It is ollen advantageous where no serious deraniremcnt exist. One who feel, tolerably well, often finds that a dose of these I'M mikes him feel decidedly better, from their cicansinc and renovating effect on the digestive apparatus. rRFPAEKO BT Ur.J. C. A TKR A- CO.. Vrnrticnt ChemUtm. LOllELZ, MASS., V. S. A. FOH SALE lit ALL DBUCiGISTS EVERYWHERE IN IOWA AKD f.CD.ASKA ri)H SAl.F I!V IRE BURLINGTON & MISSOURI RIVER II. . fO. On Tfn tears Credit ami 6 per rent. Interest. Orir. Milli.Ht Arrr in Imct .t Siruthrrn XthrnsJta. The finest country in the world to eombina rarm Intr iinH Mock KsiiHir. The soil is rich mi. I easi ly cultivated : t'limnte wnrm : Season, long ; Taxes low, and INItir 1 1 f jfn Pnvntents re quired en principal till FI F TM vear. snii then onlv l)S tS K V F.N Til I. ( 11 V FA K U M il. 1'AI li. Land Kxploriiuj Tickets Sold at imporiant stations on the Chicago, liiir linrfnn nn.l riuluey I.' ml Knad, and cost of same refunded when land is bought. Half I'sre to families of purchasers, and JjftXV Fii KKill I'S on hnusehold oods and farm stock. Twenty per rent, premium for cultivation. Inrjf liisronnts for Cash within one, two and three years. I'rHhtrt nlll tr T.nn1 and Improvement Jon;; In f.,re the, lrinriia hrcimr ilur. "Tha so-called destitution In Nebraska Pes in the r.-.r western region, bey..ud the lands of the li. &. Al. IJ. R I'n." For circulars that will describe fully thrse bin is, and the terms of sale, apply to or adi!res I. A MM ' I.M.M 1SS KIN KK. 12-'J5-3m.l Pnrlinirton. Iowa, ror Iowa Iinds. or Lincoln, jNl-I., tor Nebraska Lands. Ti THR AMOt'NT OF TWO MILT.ION FT VR lll NIHIKil TllorsAM) AUK TO UK IMS Till m-l'Fl) OX TMK. LTTH KI'.BHl XitV UV TDK IMIif.lt; Lllt(.-MiV OF KV , IPON Til K OfCASION OF Tilk:iU Flfni AND LAST CO XC El IT. Drawing Certain or Money Refunded. One Grand Cash Gift One Urand Cah tiift One Grand Cah ii rt nap Grand fash Gift. Otic Grand f'asht.ltt 5 t'nsh Girts, .tl.oon each. 10 Ch Gifts, ll.omi each. iV).nna 100,000 To. ooo 50.000 . 2.V0O0 lOO.OIII Ito.nmi 1'O.OlNl HCLHtiO lou.tmn no. ors ) Mo.ooo lmi.oim Intuitu) 50.000 9tO,OU0 l.i t isn til ts. lO.tHKl a h. T) ( ih Gifts, 2T GmsIi Gif ts, rm cH-h Girts, no Cash tJifts, 1) Cash Gifts, T40Cash filfts, W Cash Gifts. 19,0-0 Cash Gilts, R.i soil eieh. 4 JMI each. 3.000 each. 2.(H each, I.!) each. TOO each. 100 aeh. 60 each. Whole Tickets ). Halves 25. Tenth, or each Coupon, 5. Kleven V hole Tickets, 4:00. For Tickets, or Information, address '. M. HKItlfK. Agent and Manager, Ixmls ville, Ky., or THUS. 11. HAYS it CO., t:09 Hroad way, N. Y. 1 22.-. NOTICE isTicreby Riven that I did on the UOt n lav of Dei emlxT. 1S74. Imv I at Constable's sale the following personal proper , ty belonging to Jacob Wh:tb. to wit : 1 Ret b"nch j planes and all his 'arpenter tools, 1 toot ehest., 1 eik stove and utensils 1 corner cupboard. 2 ta j bles. 1 douvh'ray, 1 sewing machine. 2 bedsteads ' ami heddinir. 1 cradle. 1 heating stove, 1 bureau, 1 clock. I rocking chair. 1 stand & crocks, and 20 ! yards of carpet all which I pur.se leaving with the said Jacob White, at Niektown. in Karr town- ship.dr.rlns? my pleasure, and hereby caution all m i"M3 nn. 1 1 on. uiicrifcrinu: wnn t n same. Jan. 15, ls75--3t. A1H;IIAEL. K1KSCII. ii..nar, ur-iun 'L i .K '"" e"llardivlded intotwonpart he Lot is ! r, . .i ..' t : ii lzs-J4 foot i. .oil ..t with all kinds ol fruit ,,( xlmn.rv. La r ire St ".T- I,-e 'i.??"0 hr.-e liniidings used at law him fiiriiooerv. Larire Stn- mr.-e iiiti .!inirs nsd nm 1 ly. or with verv little impr-.vemtnt would make a" nrst class hotel or summer hoard in jr house JNO. K. SCANLAN A's-ent Ehensburg, Aug. 21, 1.74-tf. Agent. JJX EC UTO R'S XOTI C E. " Estate of John O'Ioxsell, decM letters testamentary on the estate of John O' Conneil. late of Cambria township. Cambria couu- '"" . ma iiruwnr im n.rjl.u I.... i r i y, t enn a, deceased, have tieen issued to the un. ilersigne.1 . residing In said township, to whom all persons Indebted to said estate are requested to ;.... ,, t ,,,,, naving claims or te- mands will make known the same without delay. J" U3t- WM.O-CUN N I LL, Lxecntor. A D M I X I K T RAT lONOTICE.-- T. Adminiatration on the e. tHw-ri?? ? N, luwi te of Stimmerhlll P l'amb,rl' eaunty, having been issued to the undersigned notiee ia hereby giren that all fltlniL against tlie aaine shonld be preianu a.?ulJr ululioiita.l for ettlemnt. Uc 23.-t. FHAKU1 XVLXtJT. A4m'r. 2iK W A D Vim T7SEMEXT8. TEAS The choicest tn the world. Importers' prices - j.nnc7i v iiijuii in nuici n staple article pleases everybody Trade .Anij-i..n lni.-in a,ir A ,rnnt. wo nl I'll wm-m ' 1 1 1 i 1 1 1, .1 I I J III' 1 V , i ... 1 1 . . . u ....... evervwherc best inducemimts don't waste time send fur Circular to Kokkrt Wells, 43 Vesey at., ri. ., i . yj. noi i-oi. UiALITCn AGENTS for theI.IFI-: AM) ?f AN I tUl KXIM.tMl TIOS F lW. I.J V I . Si F.." Oanplete, au'hentle: a fresh book. Price suited to the times. Address 15. U. Kl'SSLLU, l ublishcr, Boston. Mass. (JtKC ( per da v at home. Terms free. Address vJ H vU(Jko. Stinsok &. Co., Portland, Me. S77 A WEEK irunrantoed to Male and Fe male Asrents, in tbeir own localit v. Costs NOTHING- to trv it. Particulars Free. P. O. VIOKERY t CO.. Ausrusta, Me. f fr AnitMTS W antf.o Immediately, to sell very OvJl I desirable Nkw Patkmt articles for house keepers and others. O. J. Cafkwkll, Cheshire,Ct. .so. F. Eowsll I Co. conduct an Agency for the reception of advertise ments for American Pf kwbpapeiss the mist com plete establishment of the kind in the world. Six thousand NewspapkiiS are kept constantly on file, open to inspection by customers. Every verttemeni is taken at the home price "of the paper, withont any additional charge or commis sion. An advertiser, in dealing with the Aurency, is saved trouble and correspondence, making one contract instead of a dor.cn. a hundred or a thous and. A ttnok ol eisrhty pares, containing lists of best papers, largest circulations, reliirious. agri cultural, class, political, daily and country papers, and all publications which are specially valuable to advertisers, with some information about priei s, issent Fit t.V- toany address on application. Per son? at a ilistance wishing to make contracts for advertising In anv town, city, county. State or TcrHtory of the Ignited States, or any portion of toe 1 . ii'.oi. -. , ft lanada. may send a concise state- tii'-nt !' w'.-t t'o v,i, together with a cpy of :.-,-,' i '.tv .T''-e inserted, iind will r -e'-r, ..t-e...u:e n - ' '' ' r : T'deii will cri:i!-'' li'.f'sn, io il-f i i.' ?. '.-vt'-e .r r-- tioe ti e ."I'.r. For steh informs "-" Li. ri' is no chr-e. til l. ,-? are taken for a Siriirl" .wf ,t.t weil ns fer a I. si; lora sin-jle dollar in riaitily S3 for a larger susa. ii.licts ( l ifuits iiuiiding), i lib 1st, 1 1 SHERIi r'S SALES. By virtue of sundry writs of I'cmJ. Erpttn. and Al. TVnrf, F'rp'.ri.. issued ut of Court of Common Pleas of Cambria Ctnr.tyan I t me dir. ere I, ther.- will tie exposed to Public Pale, at the Court Mouse io Khcnshiiri, on Trisn ty. thi; rn oavof Fkhkuahv next.at 1 o'clock, p.m the following Kcid Fstate. t it: A ix the right 'titleand interest of Wm. Grimth, of, in nnd to a piece or parcel of land situate in Washington township. Cambria county, l'a.. ad joining lands of Philip Hopt'er, Aiiilinel F. Ham mers, and ol hers, containing 50 acr"s. mere or lecs, about 10 acres of which are cleared, having there on erected a two story plank house, store room, frame stable, water saw mill, ami shook snop. now in the occupancy of Wtn. Griffith. Taken in exe cution and to be sold atthe suit of G. V. Heed & Co. Ar.so. all the right, title and Interest of John Funk, of, in and to a piece or parcel of land situate tn J.icksou township. Cambria county. Pa., adjoin ing Ian is of Samuel Paul. Daniel Paul, and John Dunmyr. containing 40 acres, more or les, nbmt l." acre's el.-ared. having thereon erected a twostory frame house and frame stable, not now occupied. Taken in execution and to he sold at the suit of the Johnstown Mechanical Works. Al so, nil the right, title and interest of Theo dore M. Apple, of. in and to a piece or parcel of land situate in White township. Cambria eountv. Pa., a.l joining lands ot G illig.in Hollen. H. V. Heil, Hon. John Dean, and others, containing I0i7 acres, more or less, aIout J" acres cleared, having there, on erected a two story frame house, frame stable, and two log eatiii3, now In the occupancy of T. M. Apple, and a two story plank lionsc and water saw mili, in the occupancy of A. D. Flanagan. Taken In execution and to lie sold at the suit of Joseph Van Ormer. At.so. all the riirht. title and Interest of Mrs. Anna Murphy, now Intermarried with James Mc Cartney, of. in and to two lots of gronnd situivte at Lilly's'station. Washington township, Cambria comity. Pa., fronting on the Pa. K. H. and adjoin ing b ts of Sibun Hkip. David Wilhelrn. an I Ste plied Kotiine. having thereon erected a two story plank house, now in the occupancy of Mrs. Me SlcCartney. and a two story plank house, now in th occupancy of James Hrawley. Taken in exe cution and to" be sol 1 at the suit of Thos. H. Kerr. A l.so, all the riirht, tit le and interest of Isaac "Bnrket, of. in and to a lot of ground siinate In Washington township, Cambria county. Pa., ad joining lands of Martin c Co., having thereon erected a two story plank house, now in the occu pancy ut Isaac Hurket. Taken in execution and to lie sold at the suit of Samuel F enner. Ai.rt. all the right, title nnd Interest of Georare W. Adams, of. In and to a lot of gronn I si'uate in Wasiiington township. Cambria county. Pa . ad joining lands of Martin Co.. having thereon erected a one-and-a-h.i If storv plank house, now in the oecupaney of George v Adams. Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit of Samuel Fienner. Terms or Sale. One-third the pnrch se mon ey to be pa:d when the property is knocked down, and the remaining two-thirds "on continuation of the Deed. HERMAN HAUMEW. Sheriff. Sheriffs Ofllcc, Ebensburg, Jan. 13, 1875. SHERIFF'S SALES. By virtue of sundry writs of Vend. Export., issued out of the District Court of Common Pleas of Cam bill county and to ire directed, there will br exposed to Publio S .le. at the Opera Hons;., Johnstown, on Tuesday. 16th pat or Fkr!c aiiv next, at 1 o'clock, p. m., the following Keal Estate, to wit : All the right, title and interest of Thomas A. Carroll, of. in and to a lot of gronnd situate in the Fourth-Ward of Johnstown, Cambria county. Pa., fronilnir on Hedtord street on the north, and ad joining lot of John Carroll on the east an t lot of teorge t 'arroll on t he west nnd the t voder on the south, having thereon erected a two story plank house, now In the occupancy of Daniel Slump. Ta ken in execution and to be sold at the suit of Wil liam Young. Also, all the right, title nnd Interest of Daniel Fulton, of. In nnd to a lot of ground situate In the Korough of t'oneraaujrii, Cambria county. Pa... fronting on Locust street, and adjoining lot of t ;naries itTinger on t tie one sine and lot or t red erick Ritweigeron the ot her side, nnd extending back to the Frankstown road, having theroon erected a two story plank house and a plank sia hle, now Id the occupancy of David Fulton. Ta ken in execution ana to be sold at the suit of Geo. iWalen. Tkkms op Sale. One-third of the purchase money to be paid when the property is knocked down." and the remaining two-thirds at the confir mation of the Deed. HERMAN BAUMER, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Johnstown, Jan. 18, 1S75. US. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, Westfrx District of Pknv'a. I'lTTSBritoH, Jan,. 15, 1S75. This Is to givenoiiort that on the 14th" day of Jan uary, A. D. 1S75. a Warrant In Bankruptcy was Issued against the estate of Gfoiiuk J. Thomas, of Johnstown, iu the County of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a H.mk rnpt on his own petition : that the pavmentof any debts and delivery of any property belonging to him or for his use. and the transfer of any proper ty by him are forbidden by law; that a meeting of tho Creditors of the said liankrupt, to prove their debts, and to choose one or more Assignees of his FslVe, will be holden at the District Court House, Johnstown, Pa., before John HaoTRER lise, Esq., Kegister, on the 18th day ot February, A. D. 1875, at 11 o'clock, a. m. JOHN PI ALL, 1-22.-2'.. V. S. Marshal, as Messenger. QEO. L. PEABODi5f6 WHOLES A LI DEALERS IW SEEDS, GRAIN, FLOUR, &c, &c., 325 Liberty Street, ri-i5-2m.i Pittsburgh, Pa. T .GALLITZIN LAKE, Attorney f at Law, EbBbnrg, P. Office) with ' Keg'ster and Keeorder, tn Court House. , CURIOSITIES OF CRIME. nOW A MCRPF.RER WAS ACQUITTED BY A WRONG ALMANAC. The career of Abraham Lincoln as a criminal lawyer furaisbes more than one instance winch might with great propriety be introduced into this collection of the curiosities of ciTininal jurisprudence. For many years he was leading counsel in almost every noted criminal case in the State of Illinois, and his eloquence in pleading, his keenness in retort, and scaching examina tion of the witnesses, were famous through out the West long before either ho or his ft iends began to dream of the presidency as among the possibilities of his future. One of his most decided triumphs was won in the case of Wm. D. Armstrong, who was tried at Eeardstown, Cass county, 111., in 18."S, charged with the crime of murder. Iu Lincoln's early days, when Le was a poor, homeless, almost friendless boy, he formed the acquaintance of a family named Aimstiong, John, his wife Hannah, and a babe a few months old, to whom Lincoln, by permission, gave the name of Win. D., in honor of one of his best loved frieuils, who bad died a few months before. The Armstrongs were hospitable and kind, almost filling the place of parents to their guest, aud he in time grew very fond of the child, which he rocked, carried, pet ted and fondled, day after day, for weeks and months, while he was wailing for employment.. ' At 'first's a new life opened to young Li;:c;ln, and he -. t:d.v.!!f drifted away from the port of geneiotis't.'rv'e Into the wide busy world, and for a time hi fiS?IL' w fcle lost sight of, but never foiguttcn. " He studied, law, became famous as an : advocate aud a politician, and these humble but warm and ttied friends watched with j pleasure and pride every step of his progi ess ' up the ladder of fame. The babe lie had so fondly cared for grew to manhood, and ' although a brave, generous youth, the j crude pioneer civilization under which he grew up unfortunately developed a love for the excitements of the cup, and a taste for the rougher sports peculiar to the somewhat primitive society in which he was trained. In the summer of lfi7 there was a Meth- ' odist camp meeting in Mason county, at- : tended by not a few of the riotous element, and every night some outrage was commit- i tod which filled the decent portion of the community with indignation. A patrol j was organized for the preservation of order, which was one night 'attacked by tho riot ers, and a leading citizen named ilitzar most brutally murdered. I "James D. Norris and William D. Arm- I strong were indicted for the crime. Sep- j crate trials were demanded, and Not lis was firston the docket. He was speedily con victed and sentenced to a long term in the State Penitentiary. The feeling against Armstrong was very bitter, and his c.mnsel was persuaded to take a change of venue to Cass county, aud the trial came on at Beardstowu in ISoS. Hannah Armstrong, the mother of the accused, was in great distress. Her hus band, Jack, had been dead for some years. 1 She was oppressed by poverty, deserted by old friends, and now a shameful death or a lingering imprisonment threatened her son. In ths emergency she bethought i herself of the poor youth to whom she had once given a home, and who had so often played with the boy thai now stood in such imminent peril. For many years Mr. Lincoln had been known as a most successful lawyerand "Mrs. ' Armstrong became possessed of the idea ' that if he would but undertake her sou's case he would bo saved. j She therefore wrote to him at Springfield begging his assistance. Though pressed by clients on every side, Mr. Lincoln imme- diately responded that the memories of past ' kindnesses were yet green, and their obli gation sacred, and Providence permitting he would undertake the defense of her son, if he didn't try another case that season. Upoii examination he found the case to be a most desperate one. A jury had al ready passed upon an alleged accomplice, md rendered a verdict of guilty. The same evidence would have to be confronted in the coming trial, and only by a miracle could a similar result be avoided. The only hoie was to blot out the record of the previous trial, refute the senses of witnesses and cause the jury to forget both their duty and their oaths. At length the day of trial arrived, and the prosecution brought forward their array of witnesses. As one after another came upon tho stand and gave their evidence, they were subjected to a rigid cross exam ination, but without any very satisfactory results. The testimony seemed conclusive, and every word fell like the dreaded kuell of death. When the prosecution had finished their case, it appeared that oiy one witness had directly connected the accused with the crime. He swore that lie saw the affray, that Norris pounded the deceased with a club from behind, while Armstrong assail ed him in front with a slung-shot, and tho doctors testified that the wounds inflicted by either would have produced death. He explained that lie was enabled to see so distinctly, owing to the light of the moon, which was nearly at its full, and at the time of the occurrence, eleven o'clock, standing in the heavens about where the sun would be at ten o'clock in the morning. It occurred to Mr. Lincoln to test the truth of this statement by the almanac. Turning to the clerk, he requested that one be handed to him, but it was not readily found. Old almanacs are not gen- j erally considered of sufficient value in a court of justice to call for tlieir prcserva- ! tion, so one was not to be obtained until a ; messenger had visited a neighboring sta , tionery and book establishment, when the ; volume was obtained and handed to the ' clerk of the court, with instructions to de I liver it to Mr. Lincoln when wanted, j In due time Mr. Lincoln rose to make ; the closing argument for the defense. It ' is said by those who listened to the address, j that the like of it was never before heard by the bar of Beardstown. j He began by describing his early strug 1 gles with poverty, how he had been a friendless, homeless wanderer, until the parents of the accused opened to him their door, aud henceforth had been to him all that father and mother could ever expect ' to be. Their generosity had never been fvrgolton, and now that befriended boy stood before them to plead for the life of ! his benefactor's son the babe that he had j fondled so often in the days of his unques- tinned . innocence. He drew a touching picture of the widowed mother following j with atiemMing, bleeding heart every step iu the terrible inquisition, bending her ear to every word, and watching with incx ! pressible anxiety and dread the faces of j the jury now seeing a ray of hope in the softened expression, or despair and death in the cold, haid lines which might sotne times cross the features of the perplexed and patient men who held the issues of and douth, sid could send her f irm that room ahifuaai mm'i' TSiHi childless, or fill to the biim the atci-nre of her joy. IIvitig wa-med rp v it.i ibis exordium, he took up the theory of the prosecution, and with some logic, much sophistry and unstinted ridicule, he made it appear pre posterous, if not impossible. The testimony was then attacked. Each individual statement analyzed, dtscrcpen cies pointed out, and inconsistencies ex posed, and the fact clearly brought out that but o'.ie witness had sworn to having seen the prisoner commit the assault ut eleven o'clock at nijht of a certain day the moon being rery bright, nearly at the fall and about as high iu the heavens as the sun is at ten o'clock in the iitorning. Ir. Lincoln then called upon the clerk for the almanac, opened it and proceeded to show that on the day and at tho hour mentioned there un no moon at all, it hav ing ttl al nine o'clock two boms before the attVay took place. The result of this exposure was like the bursting of a bombshell. The masterly eloquence of the plea had already enlisted their sympathies, and the jury had already been seeking some pretext for an acquit tal, when this exposure of the boldest ;er jury filled the court, judge aud jury with indignation, demoralized the prosecution, incensed the spectators, and iu the tumult and excitement the case was abruptly closed a verdict of 'not guilty" almost jnstantly rendered, and the prisoner walked out of the dock a fi e3 man. But the most curious part of this story is yet to be told. Some days after the ac quittal it was discovered that the almanac which had been giver, to Mr. Lincoln to read from was not for the year of the mur der at all. It was fmt her shown that at the time rreutioned by the witness, the moon was in substantially the position he described ; but the mischief had been done, and the verdict could not be recalled. How the almanac came to be handed to Mr. Lincolr. has never been satisfactorially explained. That it was accidental, there is no doubt, and in the excitement no one thought to call the accuracy of the volume in question until too late. This is the way the Boston Advertiser puts the "Old Mother Hubbard" story : The aged and venerable maternal repre sentative of a family which descended from an ancestral progeritor known in his time by the patronymic appellation of lliibbnrd (perhaps from his having been one of the early poets or bards of the hub.) Wendod her way to the small apartment, ordinarily devoted to the storage of crock ery, and such portions of the family pro visions as were left unused at the pran dial meal. To obtain for the gratification of herf tvor ite but emaciated siecimen of the genus canis, a fragment or an osseous nature once composing an integral portion of tlis skeleton of an animal (whether bo- . .i.t., n. iiiv, .lutcmnr, loc ll.t!ltl;r ; was not able to Determine satisfactoii'y,) from which she b.nd reason to believe her j !etted nuadrnned would ailment When by continuous progressive motion t sue una arrived at the end of her brief journey and in fact had reached the ob jective point, and the goal of her desire. Her fond anticipations were not realized, and her calculations came to naught ; for the family receptacle, before alluded to, prove to be entirely denuded of every thing in the way of that sustenance which tends to prolong life when received within and assimilated by the animal or ganism. Consequently this indignant and lonor suf fering memler of t he high class of verte biata called mammals, but fami:iarly known as the "roor dor." failed on thia occasion to obtain anything to apjease ' his unsated and voracious appetite which we have reason to believe had prerVms- ; ly been whetted by the anticipation of the favorable lesult of the visit of his friend and protector to the usual store- ' bouse of his rupplies. TllK CROW. The crows had kept up a racket since dawn. Trees and palmetto scrub were black with them. They alighted in camp within 10 feet of us, and stole the provisions the instant our baeks wcte turned. Inces santly did they scold us. It was plain that they were anxious for us to break camp so that they might pick up vl:at was left. 'Talk about crows" said Moore, while pnffing his morning pipe, they're the most knowing biid in Florida. "Yes, sir, their intelligence is ahead of the nigger. They tell a nigger from a white man a mile oil, and they kuow a shot-gun from a ri lie. They know that they are of no account. Nobody hankers after crow meat, and no hunter wastes powder and shot on them. Why, I've been hunting and had the crows follow me and point out the game. They were willing to take their share of the work, too, and were satisfied with the h avings. If a man only knows how to take hiiu, a crow is just as good as a dog. When I've been jump'ng a bear or a deer, I've had the crows light on trees above 'em and sing out: 'Here he is, old man, down below here ! Go for him I" And if I shot and missed those crows would actually get disgusted, and I could hartbem talking to one anoth er and saying, 'Oh, he's an old hombic he don't know how to shoot.' But if I brought down the game, they'd scream and bounce from the trees and sail iu for their divvy. "But the greatest case of sagacity in a crow that I ever saw," continued Mxrc, "was on the ocean bech, jn.t acivc the lower end "f the lake. Las; year me m3 a fellow named Crowell were do mi there catching turtle. ! to f i-luti ashore. There wor th.-mj-andsnf ( 'n.vsn band a picking u; the entrails and a scoop ing out the shells. They were so noisy that we had to holler to understand one another. Yon never seen such a raft of crmvs. They were pretty shy along in the lieginning,lmt kept getting Wider and bold er, and by and by thny walked, right up to the mahogany beam, and stole the choice steaks t hat we were saving fr ourselves. Weil, when C;owcll seen thai, he began to get mad. He swore lie couldn't stasid it, and he hauled up and gave the crows t wo barrels of duck-shot, ile had in a, thun deiin charge a pailful of shot in each barrel. You never see such a s'.obt. If it had been raining crows the Leae'.i couldn't have been blacker. You sec, this was in the morning. Well, for several hours the crows were mighty shy agair, but along in the afternoon t hey took their chances once more and were around thicker than ever. They fought among themselves for 'he shells and the entrails, but they gave the steaks a wide beith. They were smart enough to know what the shooting was for. "Well, among the flock we noticed a lame crow, with a sickly kind ofa caw. He had come out from under Crowell's battery with one leg gone. He was a liard sight. When we first saw him his winji was a dropping, ami he was a limbing along and a skirmishing around for something to eat, with the rest of them. We felt sorry for him. If you'd seen him you couldn't help but feel sorry for him too. Yon see, the other crows didn't give him a living show. He would hare starved to death if we hadn't sympathized with him, and seen that he got his share. We fed him the nicest chunks eif turlh;, and he g t so tame that he'd limp up within'two or three feet, and almost cat out of our bauds. We us-el to call hitn Santa Anna, because you see he had lost his leg. "Well," C'ntinued Moore, "for some time Santa Anna turned up regularly for his rations. He seemed to be growing weak in spite of all the building up we gave him. Oue day we misse'd him. Criwell felt mighty bad. Poor Santa Anna,' says he, 'couldn't roost any place but on the ground. Some snake has got him, antl that's the last ef him.' You sco the biid had got to be a great favorite. I felt as bad about itasCrowelL and no mistake. Dunn bete in the wilderness, where you dou't see a white man once a year, a fellow gets mishtily attached to a crow wl en he's so cial like and puts confidence in you. Well all that day the crows kept a coming in and ripping away at the lights and livers, but poor Santa never turned op. I reckon if we talked about liiin once we talked about him a hund.ed times. "The next forenoon, while we were dressing a big turtle", we heaiel a feeble kind of a caw, and Crowell sung .ut, 'Here's Santa Anna again, as sure as you're born" and sure enough there was the little black cuss a bopping along on one foot over the sand. He cocked bis head on one side, and seemed thundering glatl to see us. We were hyteicane. We picked out the rich est pait of the turtle and fetl him. Well, geod Lord, you'd ought to have seen that crow eat. He stuffed himself so full that he couldn't, holler. You could see him swell out like a rubber ball. The other crows stoxd o.T about 20 feet watching him. The little hombre got all he wanted, aud then started off. He limped awfully for about 15 feet, and I heard Crowell say 'Poor little devil! I'm afraid he'll never get well.' Just then the crow stopped, and kind a shook up his wing. Then, as I'm alive and a sinner, hedropped another little black foot, aud walked oHon two legs is sound as a dollar. 1 he other crows set up1 a mighty cawing, and all of them (lew away together," "Well." inquired Hammond, "how did. lie get his leg lixed?' "It wasn't Santa Anna at all," Moore re plied. "Some other crow had plaved Sauta Anna on us. Our crow had beeu eaten np by a 'possum. We found the feathers afs terard. And," continued Moore, turning to me, "you won't believe me, but that sto- , ry's just as true asthe Gospel every word ; of it." ! From the Fireghle Frien l.J Tu ice ToUl Tale Tvll Over Again. M SELLOWYVSI. CHATTKR. I. Thia story is relative to the life and ad ventures ofa certain Miss Minnie Warner, a very beautiful orphan just turned eigh teen, who had been suddenly transplanted from her father's faim in the bosom of the New England hills to the home f.f a ', wealthy aunt in a small village, when i-he immediately became metamorphosed into a highly accomplished young lady with "patrician" manners, notwithstanding that she had hitherto spent ber time milking the cows and feeding the pigs on her fath er's farm, and bad no advantages of educa tion excepting those she received at a dis trict school. Frm the hour of her arrival at her aunt's abode Miss Warner was beseiged by crowds of suitors, all of whom were faultlessly handsome immensely wea'tby and iu every way unexceptionable. Weeks passed away, and her heart re- ( mai'ieu untouched. iit n we say tin. ; incited, vre untouched by those who bcseigi-d :1 i'-r tl.ei was one v 1 o h td n:;n n l- ; impr : ?i-.a n the beast c-f ' i. c J .' ir V ' ' ji . A young caipentf i, r"tl o. d:-. 7 viols i eye, (ihe other ha.iiig t-n pu'-.e i i M-t with a gimlet.) passed the l.ouse of l.ei aunt evei-y day with a paper cap on hi ample brow, and across-cut saw in his wcll formrd hand. This young man, who re joiced in the p-et5cal name of ""Wilhela:," had become master of her affections by daily casting a sheep's eje at her bed roam window, though she cart-fully guarded her secret from her aunt, who. by the w ay. was a terrible old grind, who starved and Miub Wd her most unmercifully. Suddenly a dark-eyed stranger, whom the aunt accidently diseovored to be a millionaire from New York, appealed on the fccne and immeeli iltly slitittd the hand of the fair Miunie iu ntatriage. rnAPTLn 11. The sit'i was sinking like a ripe pumpkin bebindthc clouds which were rolling over the sky like feather beds of a dark gray color, and a terrible scene was being en acted in the aunt's back kitchen. "Accept the dark-eyed stranger, or leave this house t his night ; I w ill no longer snub and starve yon, aud dicss you up in cast off clothes I" bowled the aunt iu a menac ing toite. "O Wtlhelm, my beloved, where art thou?" screamed Minnie, tearing off" her back hair and tramping on it. The click of the garden gate here caused her heart to stand still, and the next moment Wil helm j resented himself at the kitchen door. "Minnie, my own, what is the matter?" he exclaimed, in a clear ringing voice which went straight to her heart. "My aunt would make me wed the dark eyed st 1 anger, w hen I love none but thee !" exclaimed Minnie, who had changed her mind about her back hair, which she was now entwining about her queenly head, afier the manner of a coronet. A storm was brewing in Wilhelm's solitaiy 01b. He laid dawn bis crossse.it saw, tho..k tho sawdust ofl'the wrinkles infiis pai.ts, pulictl his paper, cap down over Lis cars, and j struck a poetic attitude. j "Mrs., whatever your name is, nbsq'iat- ' nlate ! Yamewse this instant!" he thun dered, shaking his fist at the old aunt, who immediately disappeared behind the , clothes horse. I "Minnie, my own, lot us instantly repair ; to the house ef old Keggs, the bolieiin' I Methodist preacher, and be made oue," ! he continued in a softened voice. Whereupon Minnie ft-11 into his arms in ! a dead faint. Putting Ida hand into his I pocket, lie pulled out a handful f shav itigs, which l.e s'urTitl down her thiont, anel which of course instantly revived her. They were married. Old ITeggs made them one that very Lour. Years afterwards, when Minnie would stand at her back kitchen d.or surrounded by innumerable little carjeiiteis nnd car penleiesses, ami watch her foimer suitors with their wives and children roliing past in their can iages, she would remark : "WelL Wilhelrn, we have lenty of shav ings." And Wiihelm would screw tip his d.'ep vk-let eye (now changed to a Tght, tratIike gray.) and respond : "Yes, ole gal, plenty tshav:nK." THK EN D. "Yor have a pleasant home and a bright fireside, with happy children sitting around it, haven't yon?" said the Juelire. "es, sir," said Mr. Thompson, who thon?M ho saw a way out of the difficulty. VNV.i." said the Judge, Sf the happy children sit around the cheerful lire until you return, they will stay there just 4'i days, as I bhail have to send ytui up for that time." Bktgitam Yorso hat snflleiciitly recov ered to sit up aud be tiiariiiti octali."t'ly. I.
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