fW i nlPsi 4iV1 rrv rrsv t-.- ,:."s ;f,-'i .piK, P.d'tcr and Publisher. "HE IS A FREEMA3 WHOM THE TKUTII MAKES Fl'.EE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. Terms, S2 per yCar, in advance EHENSBUllG, PA., FRIDAY, PECIIUAI1Y 4, IS76. NUMBER 3. m m ks . ft-- nsm m .m. ,m .mmm f.OiK A. - i.' 'i ll!! POOR OF flrwsrnverMi rr.. . if f-r.. ii r ..5 !,'- t,in h"rt... ! A. I ,v (i . li lli'i'-' It " ) i i'i ;; i v, i-ii 41 .!-.' r t . A! I-I !." 'Kt fi tl T Vll 2 .Tit 1'i M ! ' i r 4 .". ' I'll i tv; jr, - if) 1I-" II i;t 7 3 P e) 11 ii kt' !tt 4" e (Hi i IK) ! 7 "i r. r " .' 17 77 2 .-' 4" 'M 1 w ! i'.7 7 t 5 "il ?'t .'in C'-"! 'Vl : i ;r; ..I iit pit i' i n 7! ".a 1 r-' - :: .-..) "t -.'."i nt vi .'!!? . ,f..ti . 1 1 i I V -.I ,-ory 7. fri'.'i'H'. . . j.. I- i. . . . I iv I I" M 7S I t fii ro l i) Pi i-ii :;7 7' Z i..j rt -f r,i ':, ::: :. 1 ": tj !- : ki !i ill II i 2 '"i .'ii ' (rl) .ri 7 ". l.V :i M r-i) '--' 2 " 1 i " t li'll") 1 2", f7 St 20 1-1 7!) 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Sl.iel.1s & Son. toods to Si(M A?. ( ( .ItiiicsJ. Afnrphy. flothiiig' to 10,;:o Oeorv Wehn, clnthiiiir to ' 'ion. C. K. Zalnii. e-lcithintf to tl0.ri72T" I -" n I - Wthn, shoes to - f Nnrn-y N'nlfri, nllow.inro. in. I lartery, junico fees, John ("oi. rsq.. Ju- t it-f fco?, John iinnjy. -si , j;:tke ft-es, -Ii. Cu-f.jr, psq. .jt.-,tlco Tors. . 500 10 U I j MTjson, rw., .luslieo fci-s, ' V. M. Ilfririrf, -s:j ., jii?t'n-c, f-s. Josopli Yilipr, isq., justk-e fca, i i .'nt:n ShiirbiJiiu'li, tsa., ' " I P. J, Iittlf, " A. !! r ?t!-M-i.. " 1!' ; Ttou;:is r.tllan. esq., " '") ! K. .1. Wptr rs. csn., - -'rj : .. H. FHkf, 1 "-'. John T. Ff;rrts, cons'aWe fooS, J-.tm I.ycL-ct. : ' rhnrks o- vaM, " ?rn , j, lth 10 iXt 4.1. I' I . M. r) lVi. 2" J ;v-rf MialTcri . " 8 '.o :" t"' ! tii nijrt. VnriuT, " 4:''j lJenstis (Vli.nnell, !. u. LiUen. V' ; ! J. A. )ate.. j Jiiuu'S simulate, I" I j .fiii.-p!! ;i.,rr,er. " v i Aur. Ki-keiiroile. " ' '.". j if. V. M Ti.-ary, " s:- i .i. n. T(vJ4 I'" ; !f. " Hr, :,'. Vi;j;i-:i 'A'.-iitcr, " ' ,J : J.'hn V. Ji.ru. . " , 't:irl(-i P.ituiiH?. 3 fjO .i:t7 4 eo 1 '- 7 f 7 5 in 5 ;;; l ; i r.o S 4H 75' I'' 13 1 I'nuri almr-r. ti!Mt oi... i . .. . . : : Ain't p'li'l A. Crisse, Eio.. hy I. Lilly, ' Stc-iVRi-J , t.-)"t,3 , jf ip.JJTi 77 STATEMENT. Ain't of Orders paiJ ty A. U. C'rNtc. .i!3,77'J ritiiM wiircir iirin-rt: St;sH. l!nv'R pnkl Aril, 'i'i't.$ 93 8j UrilL-r- tor uet-ts prior to J:in. I. 1-7'. lit C) lltZtnnut l!or-:p!?:ll .Jl:liH l.l'll'lliir Il.lrli'till ) I'hiliiOf-trmfi AliTth;'!i.. 32 07 M. I'.iriilll- t ''-.litis y M ; ) l.mrr-iie!' fount v.. . . IV 71 Plivsic-inns, iiut-dunr pfiiincn 6.'i.") 13 f..u:il. " AitO ti it-.!iv r relief, rer.t. nurses, h.n.l)ri! te.. n. ii. r 1.5'.)'' f-i CotTin1 iii'il fuiK r.it t ipnnsPJ, oi.t liinr p:iiipers ZC- TjO tifiiii; !rrf-.'--i. o. t. puupei? (51 ol 'rriui;i irt,itiiii nnil i rt et irs' si-rv ii.-e-?-. out-il.fr n;ipT9. Sijt Si try, on t it.'Or p:;ii p,. . s . rMnO Kxp.'ii to IMTin.rnt fJ r.KpHt-fos to Moaf.iur Muiiitv. 21 ;j I.u int(T au-.l po?tf for fen'i.:if, etc l.nmi rr aui shin-rlea for now porches J(1 73 f.u'p.Miti-r mil mason work fur n--w p.ii-i'li' S im S (ir-.'.tinir and holt f. r e-tl. .. . !7." Si) J'i-ii. nnd emist .iti! fees ... f ai ri.ie iitil eul tin-lioT. .. 1;0(K) Ain't liiif from J;i?. J. i.vans f.irLi.iis 4.1.-9 C.J1IC3 Nrt expenses of House and Farm, lS75.4,rSl S Hr.POKT OF I. LIMA. Stekako. S'i:ik i n J'ctpt. 4 horsri". K rows. sheep, 2 f;w.. 1 t'linr, 7 tiont!. S tui ivevs, Ss c!i!ceiis. I 'f lac In tf f'im. 14 tons liny, 7 In;!! iut, r.iil bu-'. i-nrii, !:!; !m. po! ito.'S, H tins, biirlt- lif.'.f , 1C tuts. tiii r.ip.J. '.mi dead en''ln s. 1 'i t'!)ii. eui'iimers. ii-efl. In a:is, parsnip", tonia I civu rt e. : I1 1 oft. wool. t'ru r.ui.a Itr. :...r.'i.-, Ac 1 f our-hore wsir in. 1 fprlntr Wiivoii. 1 f.nil.i;;e. 1 tn;;y. I em t. 1 tirml-i'!rt, 1 sli'i, 2 i!e-.). 1 tl-reshinsr tnnfliine. 1 fnowint maerririe. 1 u-inin rlrt'l. I iti ler mil!. 2 euttirv-tjose. 1 hny-rke, 1 ei;;ti utor.a rlown, 3 hirinj-1,.1 liiy-fo ki.n l flxruri-s. 1 h i -1 riir -j 'Ck. 3 rr.iio rrao'efi. ." rnotvli'y "vt!n s, 8 s"t9 l-o-p c "i-s, '2 icis iiijiMl I'.ar'ii-f'F, 1 F'-t lin?;v l:r:i"-s, 3 a Idii s. li t lies, ii I'fers, foik, rakts, Pl'iUT'l, iixr, :nvs, liis -). e!r'ins, el e. Mninif'i'lir.v,! tn tht 1 mtittil inn. 4 pt Irts. T4 Tvi-.riK-n's dii-FSi-fi, 17 ehll.lrt n' Mi-ess s.tS niC'iues, 2' apron ;, :i' clieinis- s. 7 slin-uds, :ijp llov-siin. 2.'. sh .:. 2.1 pillows. JO l."l-ter. 10 to.vi-ls. J I l'"l-ticks, 1" prs. t:ijtt-i;. 12 v.-onvn's rap. 10 p-rt t iron ' s. S5 nt f orkc. 2J prs. f.t.i ktr.-i. 5 (iiri t'wnpet". 1"M It;. inp. S t.i!s. s. Tt soap, 1 kettle r.r:'e 1 1 1 : r i , 1 t I tiis. mr ki a u r. .1 Tin -Z.- m If !':!.- S m-". sitoe-. 3 prs. b-mt. f.2 m.Ti' hii 1 I T V's mhh. 6H ots, 21 pr. rant, -t ri s. 'Ir.i'.vcrj n I mi r-liii t s. 12 !i ' . :i." p' . f-"-k. 100 Mm. rotten hips. :VI v". n.-w mu 1 1 '' s. 2 C y !-?. enlii-. i. :v!j. hhirt :n i, (1 yrl. towel itr. W vds, inu -iin.ut.'t lbs. fw"a'i, 2S Ids. ciislf!'" frnati 2 :,I,U. ..ft i-"!i p. 2 i, k. l.i I'd. 000 His. ta'low. ! 0 ii-. cn.tp.a.(!-l ll. ti-ii. P. lb-', eorit e. :r0 Pis, Hv-ar.ir. .1! s's. svri-p. 2s Ht. p p .or. 17" l. oofi-ti-li. I."i00 It is. lerk. lS!llS-. lel. I SI ins. rut-aiirt-dry isnl nuv,- to'im-co. :t iM. Uour, 100 Ik-'!s r:i'hh:i;r.l t.ld. v:n.-L? :r. h!.s. tie.-. H c!s. iipplr-lmtt.-r. ?l ti'. :iur tniiit. 1 doz. ro.-r t i-oottis. S rm.r-t hUn'tct in -wi, 10 tons liey. . Oiit-i. r, l.us. rm ii, 0J I n. po'aloes. CO tins, turnips. 20 ties, tiuekwlirif., 150 liU-j. coal, ffl loi. wool. t'MATE.-t. ix nctrsr. Xu;nler of Inmates Janunry J, TS75 4 " aJmil ''''I durirrf 'nr. 60 ' born. .Juno Is7". a rnntf rhlH, A?n"S O. Ure- n helnjf tlie mother.. l-WS Di-u li.n tfed and absconded durlrir Hi" ruir , Died dm inff the year... Iirmnininy lr House January J, lO ca id OH)' A'lmrx of Tnn-t!'- nt o 'f'.'f d"iii'7 '"'i 51) ' fin! .(.''n. pvilv Trover, .TmiiMrv r'''"'- '.v i) t IWyles April Pttlt; Jnhn .11 n .urt K, i-r -. 'I'lm.nii. imm. M it i 2!-Ui Vollv SoimeK, July 21 7", 1 2.; i; M.-iry Lmi-jtii tb, Si pt. l'Jtli : tJco. K. Ua :; t2 ; r'-r. Nov. J'.ith.' A N. burled fit Poor Hoie. io "itil unknown irtfin, lounu ueau u vi.ij inn.-. v;i ii.i 1. ' Of tli" iiiinate rrmnitHnic January l.-t. Jft, tbere are! ?.itie mn!c. 2 : sine femah s. to : 37 s i Insure inrIe, ins.iti" l.-mle. m: nnnn iohk-. It; Miii'l leiii:U. I. aim-rini'i""".. '. 2', Cf-idciif r the reik-r district, D2: non rfc'rlftit". S. Avorii-.-e numlter of inmates prr Piontli fwj- Hvernj-e -ot of re!i Inumfe week Iv. I.Vi. whieh iucluden I.fl- mrnls to tramps, during the year, . J- LI Lbi , fclewai .1. AsrorNT duk poor itnrsr as pkr acditor's ... Iti.J'OKT. Am t due from County Jm'y 1.13T5.... W Ain't l ul l A. I. Lriste, l-.-b. Atu't its per following statement 9S 8i cr: fit Requisition for 1573 , O.iWOO ( I Amount Orders paid. 1C75... 10.770 j i i f ' ; Ualance in favor of Poor House.. .. $ 3,7t7 00 jj J Aiorvt rrt roon hocse. . n i r..nm fni. T Ti un for hides t '6 .'0 t i-i i .' i , . nuiivi " J. S. Ptrayer. F.sq. Committee of r wti'inm nrK- nmy Mrs. viiurjioii .. 51 ICS $-.57 ei Wr.. the understood Dirrrtorsof thc Poor of Cumbria county, do certlfv tlmt tlie foresoimr is a rerrcel f'tiff ment ot the exprno, etc., (if tlie I'oor and .IIou--a or Employment for the ear A. I. 1S75. AH which id respectfully su'j- "VlVne our hands, this 21st flay of January, A. I). 1,76. AssyJ V WEAK1.EX. ' nrAlftrsibH.'K. VDireclors. JE-SSK PATTERSON. S Attest-J, Llt.i.r. Steward ami Clerk.' AVEUX STAND FOR. UENT, -Tim w ell lorated Tav- 1 jr., W nj ; urn ?M:ini iin.i iwvumir i.'- tjj- r ... i 1...1 : iin.li.rn in(il. M r . . .TV ... . J tl,.n. J.',,,.' .1 15 71 known a the 'Tnrtln Hhum." .'ri 10 fituate on Tunnel mu, in :i"'i- .VM 1 zin town-hlti. Cambria county, about a nrler or 1 :U ! a mile from Oallitiin Station, t o.'iere.I for rent D170 I ..nUir term. INiion will be given on the 1 4" I tin-t day of Mareh. Js7. Tins House Imi lltli H 4S necessary Bei-onnxtittion required by ltiw, suc.i as li wfUofrne ' wr.rj l)', ten appltcatiou. will bm promptly .altered, nd i Wi terms specified, wUtcli w 1 1 i i mo- rr.. 7 182 M ' Xnal KiU, Jn. 7, 18.-ti. original. las! Farewell to My Native Mountains. by j. gil. uisde:;. i Vast temple cf nature J nuconqnered and 0) St rciii Let the bard of thy bosom bequeath thee ; son"- 4 50 "o mn can uniout nor canvas finiow many aounuoneu ineii uuiurs iui mo cmo S?', I Th t,r";,,ful enchantment encirclins thy f t, u. famiiies ; and it is probable that brow. i 1,1.1 ?) ; VP bere the beautiful morning is new, , the cnliic district won!d have been depop lj OO ! Siretching her anna to gather the dew; ukttcd in a short time, had it not been for I 50 Or tr.iihi' lior robes, she measure the snow ... e ' .1 And tovuw the graves of the lillios below. V thc courage cf one woman. 1"!,. . , . Her name was Alice Keanchampe. 1 fiO ; X: where, the antrela of snnset retire. . , , e 2 ik) I l5!1 u,is th.-ir wings in the mysti. al tire; . It was a dark night m tho last week of 3 jj ' IJotiayliig tho trnib of Ihe inner disguise Xovem'oer, when the heroine of rny story ! I liTkies!lUi!'Ul 8'Uil lL'ft toleeP U ,haTleft tl.o house of a frici.d. Her own house, 1 .i0 i All honor is t'rtinr! in season of rest. I which had been deserted for several days, I AU ,ia"lr,! r.'ires to thy leaf, oveiedhreast, I And hoiniise to thee g'ad nsorninsr must, pay ! Kre she ixvWta her rim born-beautiful dav. 0 OO i What pleasures are fauod in the breast of her king. 2KEldl brook, as it fiows through moss- .-,()! covered hanks, IsmJ Mus'- whisper farewell with a M"h in its i linn .vs. A fill tlio Vr.1 iTffc .Tniitfitl ti il fi l r. t :.l ir .1 ri.ciiif.l .i i J ....t... .......v..(. o daintily (lressr.1, e.'.i , , . ,i ,i isull honors tliv name in her dew-ladened I renst; And the birds drink her song as she flows to Theu warLTes it, forth in honor of thee. All J'.onor to thee ! when 0"i'S unborn KIl;,U view thv bosom betoken the storm, And all thy gia.i screams esnlti ugly roll from the innermost part of thy "mystical foursU.g t'hs valley, refreshing the soil, Or turitiug the wheels in tim houses of toil; With thy brow in the eiouds, thy loot in the Iieantiful niountain, all honor to therl" Yes, honor to thee, in honor, farewell: No more shuli I gilli-r thy mystical spill: No longer look down from thy leaf-. oveie.l Io!iie, And view the glad spot of my hoyhond home; No longer to wander beneath thy green pnios, Or set in the shade of thy wild hanging vines, Tint snusiti a'one, in s-ieret, devote My s iig-lilo endowed .with each tremulous llct-N Farcwell'to the bents I have loved in the r;u"r; May tln-v live in thv grandeur, unselfish, unma-.ke.l- " As purr a thy tlo-.vers, or dew newly laid, May I always be proud of my own mountain May her song be as sweet as the echo's that fell Through the long summer doy-ovcr lowland ana dell ; Then tip from her hemt one thought may strittr, To welcome tho bird to his own native skies. P.aiTISH Ami iiica, Jan. 1 1, lSiG. i j;i:Gis(j.'s a myelins. A STOUY OF PAl'.TISAX DAYS. "This for the gallant Ferguson !"' rr r : : 1.,1 : . , c : . . t r. ,1 ' loyalty, and in secresy swore revenge. Hut the eettlcmcnts were eoon to learn that tho victory of King's Mountain had ncivcd t!io arm of a foo more ten iblo thau any which they had hitheito known The existence of the ucw terror was dis-' COvered by a boy one morning about a fort- night after lho battle. He fouud the 1am ily of Archibald Iettson murdered in their own house, and to the corpses had been pinned a paper bearing these words: "This for the gallaut Ferguson!'.' . This terrible atrocity aroused the country, and thii excitement was quickly heightened by the finding of thc body of another mur dered patriot. On the cold breast, which had been pierced by pistol balls, w as t he palid paper and its words of terrible im port, and tho country knew that a fearful vengeance would be takeu for Khig's Moun tain. During the week that followed the dis coveries I have mentioned, the work of the Avengers was terrible. They fell upon patriot houses at the dead of night, and left on the bosom of theirvictims the fi ve words which had already terrorized the country. It was in vain that tho patriots summoned their cunning and energy for tho captiue of the band of demons, which, , H'.KOovered. numbered nix aK 1L liaU UeCU UIMSUlllH uuiuuvyu ouen, masked, and uiouuted ou black ine loiegomg wo.ms ua,. ...nt.ttCU not , he daugh tor. a reign of terror in oue pf the loveliest dis- W-JJ niait tl e ,;(1C U(.m-oo whc.n tricts of the Palmetto State a district fc)C f(nm(1- lclseif so licni. Ulu dreaded watered by the UataAb-i and Facolct livers tCouI gos of l!jC country, and she did not and their gm.tle tributaries. j nf)ve llntU ghe ,ifald lhc froul dum. t,1)encd In the month of September, 17S0, Corn- by a kic! anJ heavily bootc-1 feet in the war.i:; di-pntchid the notorious Col. Fcrgu- j ,oom bf.0T. sou fo the fronticis of North Carolina, for J Tlltn a ca1m -boi'ight cf her situation the ostensible p'irHse of encouraging the ! fhove fe;u. flom 1e,. lu.arr ailj Alice tnrtesof that region to take up arms for '; eac;lil;l,le Jncpaied to ii fonn one of thc King. Ferguson's force consisted in n.0 mofct ti!llillg deeds of the Kc volutionary part of tho most pioCigate r.nd abandoned 1 y.u. characters of the partisan days, and his J T,!e njisc i(1 lho jOUSO increased, and march was marked by atroeitie3 of the ; oall)S a.ui ruj jest3 p!Cceded and followed most shocking deseiiption. 'fha hardy tl0 i;yiig tf a fll0 on the hearth, men of the Carolir.as, Kentucky, and Vir- j Alice, who had longed for a sight or the ginia, ne against the marauders, and, led dreaded six, crept to a spot near the by Boone and other backwoods worthies, ; j,ni.eau wilClC there was a crack in the gave them n decisive defeat at King's jiWr Then applying her eye to tho peek Mountain. Ferguson was slain in the bat-, hoCf fcaw six iwi-jvg men directly tie, and his fellow foragers, numbering i.ch i,er. . about one thousand, were nearly all tap- j 'f Jicy were, beyond upubt, the Avengers tured or killed. ' ' j of Ferguson's death, for several masks lay 1 his conflict revived tlie hopes of tho ; on tj.e table, along with three or four bot Soutbein patriots, and forced Cornwallis of will0 .jd, they had taken from t return to Charleston discomfittcd and pcil,0 patriot's cellar. Tall, rough, devil cast down, j niay-carcdookin fellows they were, armed "We shall have rest itow," tho patriots j v.ith pistols, carbines, and sabres, the kind said, after tho battle., ''Ferguson, tho 0r alt;I, 1j0 never com t the smiles f meicy dreaded, is dead, and the few toiies who j or jjstcll to the pleading of innocence, escaped with their wretched lives are not Jnst such fellows as they were, Alice had strong enough to do us harm." .... supposed ' them 'to be, for the had seen Everywhere in tho vicinity of;tho bat - J m;lily (f tho prisoners taken at King's fie -field tho Americans breathed freer, and j Mountain, and sho lotted for lhc presence thc loyalists in whose interests Fetguson j of a bat!d (f patriots. There were true had marched to his death, curbed their ; nie in g0,l(i, Carolina at that time who Iioikcs. Thpy canie and went liko ghosts, ; but .vUvaj-s left behind the tenibio sentence ; At tJmcs t,( fel, upon tiei.. iiutcrs, and lcTt them by the road.sido trarked with the a " ,' , -..., t Fear began to paralyze the C;ii;i:iiiano , sicu of vengoance. j was llnt rar away, and she had detei mined , p, ietu5 a to lt tllC lrPwe of sccul,n an article of apparel left beLiud in her le- ccnr n'Snr- Def.ue she set out on her journey she was walr( cf tho dangers that j . ... ., , , , , ifc ; but she smned, and (ItiC.arc environed cd that she . l i ' did not fear them, fcho could enter the ! , .... . :,t, ; H, ri.nr U 1 lli'll.l? lUil'llu kilt: iv uv.li. ti, " ' find the Raiment without a iigbt, ana re- ! turn safely to her friends. j T ha Ttcn traversed was I barelj' ciisceriiable ; bnt she made good ' , , , . ,. i i,, ., . f ! 1cauwoy, and leached l;ei .homo without i incident. Tho silence of tho grave hung , about tho forsaken placo, and t he lifting of j tho latch sent a chill of terror to the young girl's heart. Through the kitchen, across ; be joSerted pajh.r, and tip the stairs, . sho j crept to the loom whero sho bad left the j object of her nocli'i i.al ;Mest. The drawer 0r ,;1C cj bureau yielded without noise, i .... , , t ! -'"ce was drawing fcrtli tlie garment ! hrn the voices of men fell itpm her cars. J g j di',lped her J.i izc, and with ! 1 11 i 1 . : bcr heart in her throat crept t i iu window that overlooked the pjic'n in f tut of thc . ( bouse. She Could C0 nothing, for h" night was too dark ; but the voices of ni.-o, mingled : with ths champipg of bits, cji.tiiivicd to sslute hcrwars. ! . . . , , . . ...,. . "lliis is Bcauchampe .s botise, said i one. '"It has been deserted for' several :: tays. 'ji,0 daughter, frightened by the manner in which wo treated her father, has lied some whete for protection." . T wou drove every vest Jge of color 1 , from the listener's face ; they told her who ! tie ,e below were, though she could not ! . ; see even thc outlines of their persons. One p ,t ' week prior to her visit, her father, one ol the ! King's Mountain heroes, was found dead j in a palmetto grove, ami the woids of Fer guson's Avengers lay on bis breast. Then ; she had descried her homo, knowing that j ... .,,.n-V tl futl-.or w,.-ild would have given their right arms for a ihar.co to externiiiuate the Acngcrs, and t Alice kaew whero a little party of patriots J iaJj ljut i.,, ; r,,oy wt.re uot veiy near. "We'd rest, here and fiuish that win6 !" said one of tho loaders of the band, whose I face told that h1 ready he bad imbibed freely. "Bring in tho poultry, and on eld Deau champe's hearth we'll prepare a feast." At his command, one of the men left the house, but soon rrturned, bearing with him a duck and several chickens, from whose freshly wrung necks the warm blood was dripping. . . ' "How's the horses," asked ono of the Avengers, as the man fJung thc poultry on the table. "Standing like rocks," was the reply. "Such horses as they are don't need watch ing, and, beside, there isn't a rebel within ten miles of this accursed place." "Why, there's tho Widow llartzcll." "I didu't think of her," was the reply. "TIow bitterly old llartzcll hated us, tut we caught hiin at last." ' "And presented hira with a breastpin ! 11a ! ha I" And the laugh went round tho room. Alice Beauchampo did not wait until the laugh was ended ; while'jet it filled the house with its devilish echoes, fche glided acros-i the room to a window that looked out upon the dark palmetto grove, behind the building. There was no sash in the window, and the Cool w inds of tho night kissed the palid cheek of the partisan's daughter. For a moment she tried to pierce the darkness beneath the window but, failing in her endeavors, she crept over thc slil, resolved to trust to fortune for success. The distance to the ground was not great, and the daring girl alighted without injury. , Now she was free to make her escape to the friends she had lately left ; but imme diate flight in that direction was not her intention. "Heaven aid me !" she murmured, as she glided around thc old house and ap proached the Lorsc-s which the tories had left tethered to tlie small trees a few yards from the door. A glance info the room revealed tho forms of tho Avengers discussing the wine with oath and jest, or watching the roasting of the fowls. They did not fear danger, for their horrible deeds bad completely terror ized the count ryi and uudt r the cway of their lawlessness it vrr.s fast becoming a desert. Alice counted them before she touched a sing'.e rein ; and then in a brief period of time she loosened the horses aud quietly led them into a small copse not far away. Tho steeds did not refuse to obey he guidanceship, and w hen she had reached the copse, she trnck them with a whip which she bad found beneath a saddle, lt was a smart blow that she administered, and the horses started forward and disnp pearcd in an instant. Thus in a few moments Fergusou'a Avengers had been deprived of their horses. Flushed with triumph, Alice Beauchampe returned to thc house, and again looked in upon its hilarious tenants. Fhe now held a pistol in her hand a weapon which a holster had granted her, and she crept to the edge of the porch be fore she balled. There was the flash of vengeance in tlie dark eyes of the partisan girl while she gazed upon thc party beyond the threshold. Once or twice she raised the weapon, but lowered it again, as if playing with the life of the leader of the six, whose burly form was revealed by the light of the fire. 1 She saw the fowls, smoking and well burned, placed on the table, and watched the greedy men crowd around for their shares. Their tongues and movements told her that stolen liquor was doing its accustomed work on all save the giant, who had superintended the cooking of the iate repast. This man appeared perfectly Sober, and the angiy glances which he of ten cast at his comrades told that he did not sanction their bacchaualian conduct. "Come ! enough of Ibis I" he suddenly cried, rising from tho table, which had been dragged to the centre of the room. "Get up, boys, and let's be going. 1 told you at Wiley's that you had wine enough, but you must bring sonic here and drink yourselves stupid, loin Scott, and you Blakeijun, .It. am ashamed of you! What would we do if a gang of rebels should catch us in this condition ? You know the meicy we would get, and yet you sit there as careless as statues drunk as oIJ Bacchus himself." Then an expression of contempt passed over tlie mau's face, and, stooping he cried : "Up ! up ! tho rebels aro coming I" But his cry of alarm did not infuse much life into the men at the table. One or two heads were raised, but the drunken leer that made tho faces hideous was enough to provoke a smile, even from tho mad toryi "Men !' he sneered, contemptuously. "Dogs 1 every one cf you. I've a mind to lido down to the Tacolet swamp and tell thc rebels hiding there that the meri tl.ey bate are in their power. I have thought that I commanded men, uot drunkards !" and be struck the table 'wiih tlie butt of I1I3 pistol, but could not rouse his stupid folio weis. The next moment, with an oath on his lips, he strode to the door, which he jerked open, and stepped upon the porch. "Curse such dogs as I lead !" he hissed. "I suppose I must lead the horses up, and tie each fool in thc saddle." lie was stepping from thc poich for lher purpose of intending to thc horses which he supposed wero still tethered at the trees, when a form rose before him and he started back, with a gasp of terror. "Who in the mischief " "Alice Beauchampe I" was the interrup tion of the apparition. ' "The daughter of tho old man basely muidered by your hands ! Down on your miserable knees, Godfrey Lang, and beg for the mercy you have never granted others! Down, I say!" Perhaps the shadows of the window sash did not permit hini to see the pistol that was clutched in the hand of tho fearless girl clso his rashness might have beeu curbed. "Kneel to.you? Never!" ho cried. Tho w eapon which he raised dropped bo fore tho flash that followed his Last words, and with a groan of paiu he staggered back to drop dead among his drtinkcn comrades. Alice Beauchampe, amazed at her own courage, 6tood silent amidst the smoke of her own pistol. She saw the bacchantes try to shake off their torper at sight of their stricken leader, and one rose to his feet to fall as soon as he needed support. . . 'Now for tho swamp !" she cried, with triumph, and the next minute itTshcd from the disgusting sight. An hour passed away, aud thc drunken toiies began to recover; their chief, who had dropped to the floor, seemed to sober them with his cold face and staring eyes, and when they had almost, recovered their scattered wits, the foe they dreaded was upon thc-m. Alice Eeauehampe's voice had fired the hearts of a patriot band for engeancc. On her way to tho swamp she had encoun tered the partisans who had captured one of the tha flying horses, and were following thc trail. f The conflict between patriot and tory was brief and almost bloodless. The five avengers were made prisoners, aud sued like cowards for mercy they had never granted a living being. . I needn't describe thc scene that followed. Suffice it to say that the trees in front of Alice Beauchampc's homo bore the strang est fruit that ever Lung from living limb. The vengcaiipe of the patriots was as complete a terrible, and when the glorious sun roso again, the dreaded men of the lovely district had ceased to frighten peo ple with their name. Alice. Beauchampe, whose conraga had led to the extermination of tho avenging band, became the heroine of the day, and after the termination of hostilities wedded a licuteuantof Marion's men. Herheroism is venerated, and her gallant cxjiloit nar rated d.rilyby hundreds of. her descendants in the Palmetto State. Jianiiitn as a 1'ounrf Ijovcr. That was a big book 1. T. Barmim wrote about himself. It i very complete, too, but there is one little incident which he cither forgot to mention, or which got pied when the forms went to press. It occurred when - the great show man was a young man, and a 'resident of this section, lie was paying impetuous attentions to a young lady living in Newton. Being a son of poor but honest parents, he was obliged to walk over to the village which contained his adored, on the Sunday nights he visited her. When there lie labored under anoth er and more awkward disadvantage.. Tlie 3'Oung lady's father conceived a singular and most violent dislike of the armable embryotic showman. This neccsitated ex treme caution on the part of tlie lover, and he was equal to thc emergency, as a matter of course. His ingress to the house was by a window 011 the second floor, which bo reached by springing from the cover of a ci.-tein curb, aud catching hold of tho v.iudovv ledge. His egress was effected by banging full length from the ledge, and then dropping to the cistern cover, a fall of about six inches. Oi.e Sunday he took with him on the visit a young man who now carries his silvered haii3 behind a Danbury grocery store. They reached the place, the young lady saw the signal, opeued the window, aud thc famous Bar num sprang up info bliss. Tho young man was to amuse himself about the vil lage until the hour of departure. lie amused himself. It don't seem possible that anybody could be so brutal, but that young man actually removed the cover to tho cistern, Then ho sat down by tho fence and ate currants, and calmly waited for tho result. P. T. finished l.ia spark ing, and backed out tho window the full length his hands would permit. "Good by," he gasped in a whisper, ns ho prepared to drop. 'Good by, riiinny,"suc w hispered back. Then helet go, and instantly shot front sight into a yawning abyss of daikncss nnd rain water, and if he had been of solid iron heated to a white glow be could not have created more of a commotion in strik ing the water. It is not necessary to re peat what Mr. Earnum said, bi.ih when crawling out of the cistern aud during the eight miles walk home, but shortly aft. r he became a Uuiversali.st. Diinlurg At .v. A Sad Stout. A New Yoik kt.ei snys : Thero is iu this city, however, one most amusing, low comedian who has a reason for. never smiling. In his youth bo was the father of a little girl of a refractor;.', obstinate disposition. One day, to iniuisb ; her for something, he locked her in a bed- . room, and- with his wife went dowu to dinner. I Soon the child began to scream in a ter rible manner, w hich the parents considered was only temper; but as the shrieks con tinued the wife .became alarmed and de sired to go to her. lie however foibado her doing so, as he said the child tuut bo taught obedience, and that she should not gain her end by screaming. They went 011 with their dinner, the fearful shrieks continuing for awhile and then ceasing. As they were about leaving the table, smoke began to pass through the house". There was fire somewhere. Kush ing to release the poor little girl they found her dead. Her clothes had evidently taken fire f.'om thc grate, and while the parents were eating, the child was dying. The comedian's wife took a horror and hatred of her husband after this, as she believed that if he had allowed her to go to the poor infant she might have saved her life. They were divorced. No woudrr that man never smiles off the stage. Oregon boasts of a grandmother who is only thirty-two years of age. 0x1: iiuxii:i:i yl:.ii:s ao. One hundred years ago wedding tours were not fashionable. One hundred years ago farmers did not Cut their logs off wiih mow ing'niachines. Ono hundred years ago our mothers did not. worry over disoi tiered sewing machines. One bundled years ago horses which could trot a imle in 2:14 were somewhat scarce. One hundred years ago it took several days to procure a divorce and find a con genial spirit. One hundred years ago there were no dispn'es about the impoliteness of street car drivers. Oiiebnndred years ago "rrookcd"whisky was not known. Our forefathers took theirs tra'gbt. One hundred years rgo every young man was not an applicant for a position as clcik or book-keeper. One hundred years ago kerosene lamps did not explode and asiist women to shuffle 01T their mortal coil. One bundled years ago men did uot commit suicide by going up in balloons and coming down without them. One hundred years ago there were no Turkish harem? at Salt Lake, and no Ann Eii;:as suing for the nineteenth part of a divorce. One hundred years rgo England was not very far behind the United Stales in all that goes to make a nation powerful aud progressive. Oi:c hundred years ago a young w oman did not lode caste by wetting her hands iu dish water or. rubbing the skiu oil" her knuckles on a wash board. One hundred years r:go the physician who c .uld not draw every form of disease from thc system by tapping a large vein in the arm was not much of a doctor. Otic hundred years ago men were not ruuuing about over the country with mil lions of fish egjs to be hatched to order. Fish superintended their owu hateliiug in those days. One hundred years ago the condition of the weather on the l.tof January was not telegraphed ail over the continent on the evening of December 31st. Things have changed. One hundred years ago people did not worry about rapid transit and cheap trans portation, but threw their grain across tho La :ks of their horses and uncomplainingly "went to mill." One hundred years ago ecry man cut Lis coat according to his cloth, every man was estimated at his real value, shoddy was uot known, nobody had struck "ile," and true merit and honest worth were the only ground for promotion. Tun following pitiful story comes from St. Louis : It appears that at a school in that city tho pupils were in the habit of bringing a luncheon. Among those who did not go home for dinner the teacher no ticed a little girl who always sat looking at her playmates when they went out with their .luncheons, but who never biought auy herself. Thc child was always neatly bat veiy poorly clad, and one of the closest students in school hours. One day the teacher noticed that the little unfortunate had .ppaient'.y bronght her dinner with her. The noon hour came and the children tok their lunch as Usual and went out to cat it, this little giilalouo remaining in the room, with her dinner wrapped tip in pa per ou tho desk before her. The teacher went to thc child and asked w hy she didn't go out w ith tho rest, at the same time put ting out her hand toward the package.' Quick as thought tlie little girl clasped her bauds over it and exclaimed, gobbing "Don't touch it, teacher, and don't tell, plrasft. It's only blocks." Having n dinner to bring, and too proud to reveal the poverty of her family, the child had carefully wrapped up a number of block ia paper, and brought the package to pre sent the apprarai'ce of a lunch. Or.ioivS ok Si h-Names. It is interest ing to trace some sur-namcs back to origi nal meanings. The name Latimer is a writer of Latin; Barker is sj-nonymous w ith tanner ; Mikicr is an old form of mil ler ; Lander is a contractor of iavcudier, a washer-woiiian ; Baiiioter is tlie keeper of a bath ; Tupman a name familiar to the readers pf thc Pick wick Papers means a breeder of rams, which used to be called "tups." The names Spinner, Fuller, Tuc ker and Dyer aie derived from the wool manufacture carried on by Flemish colo nists who settled New England. As a general rule, says Mr. Lower, all names terminating wiih er indicate some employ ment or profession, or is believed to come from the AagloSaxon wcr, a man ; hence Sailer is f.altman, Miller mill man, Webster is thc old feminine form of webber, Spinis ter of spinner, Brewster of brew er. A young gentleman in this city, ia whom wo have the most perfect confidence, gives, us tho following conversation, which he overheard between two colored citizen the other evening, as he was returning from prayer-meeting : "Sam docs you know Jonah?" "Jonah! Who is he?" "Why Jonah dat swallowed de whale ; don't you know him?" "WhyCa n his bg-nioufed soul, was he from Firginny?" "Of course he was4from Firginny." "Well the Firgia-. nians always was h 11 for tisu." JLTaa rills Bulletin.
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