f I ! 1 THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN I Advert i King Rates. Trip large and rapidly increasing circulation of The Kkem an commends It to the favorable consideration of advertiser. Advertiaerneota will be inserted at the following rate:- 1 inch. 3 time. 1 60 1 " 3 month 2. so 1 6 month. g to 1 I year .. SCO 2 " month? e on S " 1 year 10 3 month 00 3 " 1 year 12.n0 V col'n 6 montha lu.OB X 6 months au"C X " 1 year as .00 1 " months 4ii on 1 " 1 year 7S no Administrator and Executor' Notice... 2 W Auditor's Notices S.U0 Stray and similar Notice-. . 1.50 lusincA items, first insertion l'tc. per line; each suosequcnt insertion 5c. per line. 99Rrthiti'n or j'rtirr fling nf anu cnrjtnra fton nr ori fy. nti1 commt.-ntrof tons oV-nenrd to mllattrntii'ii t'imiv mn'irrnf limitrri or in-findt-al tn-fcrt-sf. murt fx imut or a wlrrr'.iivmr nf. Job Pristino of ail kind neatly and expedi tiously executed at lowest prices. Iion't for-e-et it. IS ITBLISHED ETKBI FRIDAY SOKMMJ At Ebensburg, Pa., by M. A. McPike. itt. Guaranteed Circulation - 1,12S ASD STILL A BOOMING. MATCH IT? SriJSCRlPTIOJl RATFM. One copr. one year, cash In advance II. SO II 11111 . J Wlllllll .J I11UD. .- " " if not p'd within 6 moB. 2.0") " " " if not p'd within year.. 2.2.5 rTn tiernons 'residing outside the county jn f?nt lditlonal per ar will bee-barbed to ra postage. 1 L - -' -- .... as-Ant will (hit ti.T m a Ytn Ho H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. "HI IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE." SI.SO and postage per year, In advance. oira interests, by paying in advance must not niptri I run I n 'I I uo-,; w ui u mi i HIII.UII turn PX lied to tie plat eo n l lie "nii . itiounKHii nose rho no. iniri mui uc uisiuiuuj uuucibiuuu from Hits time lorwar-j. -I'a? for your paper before youstopit. If mop it you must. None hut scalawags do ot h VOLUME XIII. E BENS BURG, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1879. NUMBER 2-2. crwise. Don i oe a nouiawag me a too snort. C fits ' frtt i 1 I V ! 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WK SXxVTCWED TIIBSK GOODS AT PRICES SO LOW that we ran nell you niiy tliltiK yon annt one liam rver THIS PEOPI.i: THE EXCITEMENT INCREASING! A TKHKIBLK PANIC FROM THE VERY START! t ntimer, will pleae enll early In the we find It nereaoary in the afternoon to employ a police force to keep the anririni; mns of linmanity in circulation. 1 !.!. VINO Wl 1: A M. ui's Suit f.ir .5 1 . t m tlwit others sell at A M;m"s Suit f.-r .-.m that others sell at .?. h. A Man's Suit for ?7.ihi that others sell at rlo.nO. A Man's Suit for ?s.ih that others sell at .-rl-Jj.Ht. A Man's Suit for ?1immi that others sell at .?l.".(w. A Man's I51ue Suit for cH.oo that others sell at SI -".- A Man 'air of Wotkinir I'ant's for .W. A Man's pair of -tra cimhI orkinir I ants for .c. A Man's White Vest for ". A Man's pair of Overalls for -.Mr. A Man's -ood ('alien Shirt for 4e. A Man's frf d White Dress Shirt for "IV. A Man's Hat for :. A pair of Men's Siisjx nders for 7c. Men's Socks. " pairs for 2"m. A Boy's Hat for J"e. A r.oy'sOoat, I'ants and Vest for?2.2".. And a thousand and one other things we have neither time nor space to enumerate ; but just, come and see the rush at the RENOWNED AND POPULAR CLOTHING Corner ELEVENTH AVENUE April 25. 1STS.-1H. TOU WANT TO CJlCIttT-rVIZS'l' Then net the nhr part tn lien for liarcaln where jour lrj- tooili. your lrc ;ol, ami wo forth. Ie nnre to VISIT the JMIMOTII "BOSS'' STORE of MOOM, win .1:1: rm:v i FAIT! DEALING XO SQUEALING, Anl Never Back Down on the Prices They Quote. With us will be found a full line of goods, too manr to enumerate, such as PRINTS AND MUSLINS! 3-' -ni-hui-ziy low price. Figured Alpacas from 10e. a yard nji. White lres floods from 8c. a yard up to .ih cent. A big reduction in WHITE QUILTS! J. r.Mir offered for$l...V t "retonne from f,.. up : .! 1 '..r !- than tic. now l..wn to .v. : Toweling ".: 1 ..-kti-x Irom up to the lie.-t quality : Striped Skirting from xe.tni.ic.; 1 nlile I n innK trom . rhi. -t ; Cottonadcs and Jean from .-. up to the best : Youth' ("assiiueres from 'iie. up to l'r I., :.in Iroin IV. no to ".. : 'uniih.nn lro-n fe. up to the hncst Scotch and French. Also, a .i'i! :; i i--ortmeiit of MIIIOXNaiiil IKIif tllX.S. such a Muttons. Fringes, kc. Spool r t, ' per doen up. ladies' and t ' h i 1 . 1 ren'i lioe Iroin oo. a pair up to the finest French. 3 r.t j i ll lie f Sun 1 inbrellas and i style ot Corsets. GREAT BARGAINS in Shetland and other SHAWLS. K I'll tr .in a air up to tho 1-eM t-ualit y - r :;l t. ,,. ; '..lor1'! Itc-.s Silk;, st n -i: t. 1 : I- rn h SaTinn. ior weiMinir miii-. vkui ( HKU. ,.o. never pucn a itarvain in I r : :r . !or An ernih-' variety of fires tiatirttl and plain, from Jh up to 5V. x i ii- in w ns 6 4r.. and lx. up to the bet Kr m h. Cai,M.ts: Caip(!ls! Oil V . t . . er were sn.-li rice heard of before from 1 V. a yard to the very bet Itruel Carpet, &5e., ' i --. M..:ri'jr,ii troin -s.-. a vard up. 4-4 Oil Cloth trom uio. lip. Window HHnds and Fix- " - i" r- ,:y r I n 1 pr.ee. straw" M ittinif. St.iir and Table Ml Cloth wonderfully cheap. Cor- 1-. .. t in np t the tinet. Irish l.inen I.aa n as low as l'V-. Bowman & Morrow's f'tlOTi ELEVENTH AVEME AM) TO BE OPENED jn COMING WEEK. TWliNTY-FIVJil J )OZ legtI-io:r:n- hats: Al.so, A l-TI.I. LINK OF CHIP KN(iLISIL AND AMERICAN GOODS, Trlmm.tnl I nlrimiiinl. r th I.adieo. nt well ni SAlUH AX1) OT1IHU HTYLIHU JIAT8 For 4 lill.lren.-nll of them falilnniilile ami K-avmablr. .lo, FLOWERSand RIBBONS VERY CHEAP. iti;.Mi;Miii;it tin: timi; and pi. i- - ,S- B. CORN & CO., NO. 1307 ELEVENTH AVENUE, ALTOONA, PA OF THE SEASON AT THE MM MM EEEE RHTSR II CC A AA A A AAA A A M M M M E K 1111 C C R HIIC URI1R IHJ II K11C M M M M E M MM M EE M M ME A M M M E 11 UII O OA A A AM M MEEEEIi UII CCA House In the line nf ClothlnK at fijrnrea no tlrrnniril of. AKE AVI I.D I noriiJnir to make their purchase, an (ilVE A FI'AV OF Till-: MAN Y UAItOAIXS on 1:11 to cash juvi:i:s: ?t;.m. and ELEVENTH Street, ALTOONA, PA. MAKE IT PAY! YOU T0 ! jon iro forth. anl pre hnylnar else ; hite Shirting from.v.np: Pinafore Apron. from r to I' l-. per yard : towels from 4c. each . : Hlark Silk from 6.V. to f2 ; Samraornnil Colored hamM anl !ain, fp,m 6k to f.'h ; ('nhnHTPS, all dotliHl Oil ClotlisI "BOSS" STORE, TWELFTH STREET, ALTOONA, PA. 6m. 1 EMPOR UM i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Tnis standard article is com pounded with the greatest care. Its effects are as wonderful and as satisfactory; as ever. It restores srray- or faded hair to its youthful color. It removes all eruptions, itchirrg and dandruff. It gives the head a cooling, soothing sensation of great comfort, and the scalp hy its use becomes white and clean. II3- its tonic properties it restores the capillary glands to their normal vigor, preventing baldness, and making the hair grow thick and strong. As a dressing, nothing has been found so effectual or desirable. A. A. Hayes: M. D., State As sayer of Massachusetts, says, "The constituents are pure, and carefully selected for excellent quality ; and I consider it the Best I'keparatioji for its intended purposes." Price, One Dollar. BuclsinglinnVs TDyo FOR THE WHISKERS. This elegant preparation may be relied on to change the color of the beard from gray or any other un desirable shade, to brown or black, at discretion. It is easily applied, being in one preparation, and quick ly and effectually produces a per manent color, which will neither rub nor wash off. Manufactured by R. P. HALL &. NASHUA, N. II. Call ty U Erj-Iit:. tii Ii'.:rt !: CO- Reject all Violent Pnrgatives. They ruin the tone it (he howc! and weaken t lie diiretion. Tarrant's EFFERVESCENT KM.TZI R APERIENT i- iiM-tl by ratiniuil people as a mean- 01 relieving all derangements ol the stomai-h. liver and intes tine, brca u. e it removes obrriiet ions without pa i n, and impart vigor to the orirans uhieh it purities ami regulates. SOI.T) 1!Y ALL lIU H(iISTS. G IF YOU ARE P 0I TO KAXSAd Sent! for I'rre 4-uil irivinz lull ami rrlinHe in formation 111 roirartt t" thr nh'-iiDrsr. most tn(Jm' tivoniul Itct lM-,itO'1 farminir lamis in the State. J. E. LOCKWOOD, J-n'l linniiiTaiion Airciit, K;mi.-;is ''ity, Missouri. K-l)".isL&J.C.'EII)LET, ST. I.OITS. MO., Write: t'olden's I.lelioar's I.liill Extract of Rfff i a very agreeable article 01 diet, ami par- ' Ocularly usetill wiu-ll tonic are required, being tol- j crated when other forin-- of animal fon! are reieet- 1 cd. In IKplit hcri. MalarLilTj hoii;Fr. i tfr, M oak nrw. ;u:d cv er depreVMiigdi'disc, we have precMtteii it with grt at &mmcrit. old by n 11 drugiri.ts. V: wi:i i-.iv A is- nt a .--aiary ol M' jier rnoultl and .xpen-.. or nliom Inr commis.inn. to 911 our tj.wainl woii.lz.rrnl invention.. H mf nn ti na w ! iul'!e free. AJ'lrei9.-nEBHAi Co., Marshall, w aym .Mich. invested in Wall St. Stock make lorrunes every montb. H'ok sent lree CTolninihir evervtlitnir. Ad dress HAXTKR . CO.. Hanker. 17 Wall St., X.Y. to F. i. RK H v .. Portland, Maine, lor best Airenev llusinoss in the World. Kxiietisive Outfit Free. 30 with name, loc. J. MillklerftL o.. Na.-sau, N.Y. a Month and expenses irnaranteed to Atrents. O I Ontnt tree. Sh.ov Js. Co., At i.i sta. Maims. a VE.Mtand expenses to Agents. lutfit Free. C H Address P. ". V1CKPKY, Augusta. .Vlaine. EMPIRE THRESHER MANUFACTURED A T HAGERSTOWN.Md. lay the: ha gerstown steam engineimacmnECA THE BES TIN THE WORLD. MP.NSTK 11 T( ) WXM 1 1 P. St atem "t of Auditors' settlement with the Supervisors ol Minister township lor the year ending April 14, 1 John K.vse. supcr isor, Im. To ain't implicate, work tax UW.24 - money tax 6: ?237.53 I'R. Mr work done bv taxable ?lv.24 ces. 17 davs at il.bo oer day ' of .las. riste. npiK.inted Supervisor in place of Jim. Kane, resigned 8 days at tl.SO per day ' orders. Malance due township 9.00 .S2 SV2.60 24.87 Anthonv SnntvF.it. Supervisor. Pit. To am't duplicate, work tax J1710 money tax 74.7-?-A0.?3 Cb. Mv work done by taxable $176.10 service. lyCdays at 1. VI per day iTVJS cash tor bridge purpose... 4.W) ' orders S6.&1 J244.60 Malance due township 9 4.17 I I vntl.ITlKS OF TOW NSHIP. Am't of outsUmding order ? 57.25 We. the undersigned, do hereby certify that we i have exa m i tied the dnpi ica le- and "vouchers ot John j Kane an t .Anthony rewires, aim nnu me aoove 10 be correct according to our judgment and belief. KlittAHli FAKHKN, 1 .inlIN l-AKiilH. V Auditors. rHll.ll' FAKKF.N. S Attest Wm. Mi;itkk, Twp. clerk. f-.-3t. VsslGXKE'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that Iaae Crawford, of the bor ough ol K.benburg. Cambria county. Ia.. and Har riet, his wile, by deed of voluntary assignment have assigned all the estate, real and personal, of the said laac Crawford to Abel I,loyd, of Cambria township, in the county and State aioresaid. in trust for the creditors of said I -aae Craw ford. All per son, therefore, indebted to the said Isaac Crawford w ill uiiike payment to the said aignee. and those having claim's or demands will make known the same without delay. ABM M.OYU. May a:!, ls.7W.-Ct. Assignee of Isaac Crawford. TXKCl'TOirS NOTICE ! Letters -A testamentary on the estate of F.li7abcth Stu bv. late ot Carroli township, have been irnintcd bv the Kegisterof 'ambria county to the undersigncif. residing near F.bensbunr. Fa." All persons indebt ed to s. ii.l estate will please make prompt payment o the same, and t!e.e having eiaiins will present them properly nut hent i.-jde l for settlement. M A K 11 N SAMiEKS, Fxecutor. Ehvnsl.-ni-g. War t. lsT.'.-j;. 1 I THE AME Or LIFE. This life Is hnt a game of cards, which mortals have to learn : Each shuffles, cut? and deals the pack, and each a trump doth turn : Some brtnir a high card to the top and others bring a low. Some hold a hand quite flush of trumps, while oth ers none can show. Some shuffle with a practiced hand and pack their cards with care. So thev may know when they arc dealt where all the best cards are ; Thus fools are made the dupes of rogues while rogues each other cheat. And ho is very wife indeed who never meets defeat In playing some throw out the ace the counting c'ards to save. Some play the deuce and some the ten, butmany play the knave ; Shme play tor money, some for fun and some for world lv fame. But not until the game's played out can they count up their game. When hearts are trumps they play for love and pleasure rules the hour; No thought of sorrow checks our joy in beauty's rosy bower ; We sinir" we dance, sweet verges make, our cards at random play. And while our trump remains on top our game's a holiday. When diamonds chance to crown the pack and players stake their gold. And heavy sums are lost and won hy gambler's young and old. Intent on winning, each his game doth watch with euirer eye.J How he may "see his neighbor's cards and beat him on the sly. When clubs are trumps look out fur war on ocean and on land. For Woody horrors always come when clubs are hold in hand : Then lives are staked instead of gold, the dogs of war are ireeil ; This side the broad Atlantic late the clubs have 1 had the lead. Last game of all is when the spade is turned by hand of time He alwavs deals the closing game in every land anl clime No matter how much each man wins or how much each man saves. The spade will finish upthegamcand dig theplay- er's ierave. SVUMMIXi FOK LIFE. A THHll.I.IN'O EPISODE ON TI1EMOXON GAIIELA Kl VEK. I am fifty years old now, hale and strong, but not the vigorous man I was at the time of the events descrilied in this story. I was reared on the Monon gahela river. My earliest employment was on that stream. I was a terry man. a fisherman, a lioatman, a raftsman, and certainly a swimmer everything that did not call me away from the river. AVhen the United States declared war against Mexico I enlisted at 1'ittsburg in tiie Second Pennsylvania regiment, and went. I passetl through (.ieneral Scott's campaign with but one slight wound, and it was an adventure I had near the City of Mexico, after the lighting was over, that resulted, strange as it may seem, in a big swim in the Monongehela two years afterward. One day while we were miartercd at ('uvea 11. seven miles I from the conquered capital, I, lieing a i sergeant, was ordered to take a tile of men and pursue a reckless character named M'Cntchin, who had escajx-d from the guard house and lied toward the city, lie was one of the worst men in the regiment, and had Iatelv lieen conlined in the guard house to await a trial bv court martial on a charge of murderous assault on a sujierior otlicer. We caught sight of the fugitive lefore we had gone half the distance to the city, and he immediately left the road and plunged into a dense thicket of a square mile in extent. AVe immediately scattered through the bushes in pursuit, and five minutes later I came ujhui him hiding in a very thick clump of the chaparal. I expected he would run for it on ljeing discovered, but to my sur prise he sprang out and rushed ujion me like a tiger, flourishing a large knife. I had barely time to club my musket when he was within two feet of me, and had he lx-cii one second sooner he certainly would have stahlied me. But with one blow from the butt of my musket 1 fell ed him. and immediately called for my companions. They were both within hearing, and soon at the spot. Here he is, lioys."' I said. ""The ras cal made an assault on me with his knife, and I knocked him down. Watch him. AVhere is that knife V "Here it is,' said one of the lioys, picking it up. M'Cntchin had now got upon his feet and was rubbing his head, every now and then scowling iqon me in a very terrible manner. "Oh. I'll pay yon for this ;' he finally said. M'Cntchin." said I. "in arresting you I simply obeyed orders, and in knocking you down I simply acted in self-defense. Von know you attempted to kill me with that knife Now I want none of vour threats case worse than it is March him to j ' camp, boys." ! AVe jiroceeded to camp, the desperate ! prisoner all the while glaring u'xin lne j like a demon, and re'ieating muttered j threats. He was a very wicked ami re- vengeful man. lie was soon after court-martialed i and sentenced to wear a ball and chain i aliout his ankle for one month, and af- j ter that to lie dismissed from the army i in disgrace, forfeiting all his back pay. So two months later hp was put onlioard 1 a transjiort. at Vera Cruz and sent to New Orleans. : During the second summer after my i return to tne Limed Mates i was em ployed as a mate of a steamlioat on the Monongahela. She was a light (fraught lioat called the Merry, and as the water did not usually fall low till late in Au gust, we plied between Pittsburgh and New (ienea nearlv all summer the distance lieing one hundred miles. Oc casionally, when there was any consid erable rise in the river, we ran up to Morgantown. AV. Va., twenty miles above New Geneva. One rainy evening, when we arrived at New Geneva, we found the water high enough for a venture to Morgan town, and the captain decided to run up. Jnst lefore we left the binding a strange man came aloard. stating to the clerk that he wished to take a deck pas sage to Pittsburg, and asking permission to remain on the loat while running up to Morgantown and back, that he might at once "turn in," and have an unbro ken night's sleep, to which the clerk assented, the passenger paying his fare to Pittsburg. He was a rough loookingman. with a sandy lieard that covered three-fourths of his face. However, I paid but little attention to him, and he soon passetl aft to where the freight was stored and the deck hands slept. Our lioat steamed up the river a little before dark, and we passed the month of the Cheat river just as night fairly set in which it did in terrible earnest. The clouds thickened up, the rain came down in torrents, and 1 never liefore or since saw a night so intensely dark. The Merry could hardly proceeed far without running aground, for the tall shores entirely disappeared from view in the awful gloom : but thedoorsof the fiunace were thrown open and the blaz- ing fire under the lioilers shed a dim light ahead, which enabled the pilot to pick his way along for a time, bj run ning very slowly. We had gone about two miles above the mouth of the C'heat'river, when, de scending from the cabin deck by means of a very narrow flight of steps on the larloard side, I saw our deck passenger skulk away from the loot of the stairs and pass into the quarters aft, as though to escajie observation. As he did so I caught a brief glimpse of his face for the light of a lamp at one of the engines shone on it and it immediately siruek me that it was not unfamiliar. A mo ment later, while I stood imiulerir.g, the face reapjieared at the door, and the deck passenger stepped out, saying, in a low tone : "Do you know me ?' "I was just thinking I had seen you somewhere,"' I replied. "Must I tell you my name?'' he asked, "Yes, I would like to know it." The mysterious deck passenger step IM'd closer to me, so that his lx-arded face was within an inch of my ear, and w hisjiered, "M Cut chin."' I had scarcely time to think ere he gave me a violent push with both hands, and I fell backward from the low deck into the river, immmediately forward of the crashing wheel. A blow of one of its paddles would have crushed me, but fortunately I sank to the bottom and lie fore I arose to the surface the wheel I had passed over me. I shall never for ! get the sensations produced by thethun j deringof the paddles over nty head and ; the rushing and bubbling of the muddy j water aliout my ears. 1 My plunge into the water had leen so ! entirely unexjieeted that I strangled j badly at first, but leing on of the best j of swimmers I soon recovered, rested j upon the surface with but little exer- tion, and legan to deliberate as to what I was going to do with myself. The j clatter of paddles, rapidly receding from ; me. reminded me that I ought to make i some effort to attract the attention of 1 those on the lat, and I shouted with 1 all my might, but to no irose ; and the faint iights that ieccd from the af I ter cabin soon disappeared lieyond a lend ', in the river, a little way almve. The rain was pouring down, and the I darkness so intense that I strained my eyes in vain to catch the outlines of the : tall hills against the sky. The heavens I themselves were as black as the rushing river. Nothing was to lie seen : I could only feel ; and it may he relied on that j I felt very uncomfortable. The water j was not decidedly cold, but it was much t too cool when taken in such quantities. Hut I was too familiar with the water i to lie easly daunted, and although I ! could not say with Byron that I was a i "child of the ocean,1" I deemed myself, ' at least, as near as a brother-in-law to i the Monniigahela river. So I struck out vigorously for what? Shore? i Well, yes, I had some vague notion of I getting to shore before morning, but i how was I to cet there? In which di- rection should swim? For the life of me anl that life was at stake 1 couni i I not guess in what direction either shore : j lay. So I st ruck out at random. There j was a strong current in the river, but as j ' I moved along with it. I had no means of calculating its course. Still. I swam I away through the black torrent, eonti- dent that 1 must eventually reach one i ' shore or the other. AVhen I had swam at least four times i I the width of the river I lay-to a mo- ! incut, and again endeavored to pierce j the awful gloom, but in vain. My eyes j i actually pained and head throbliediwith I I the effort. It was so jH-rfectly "dark j ' that I rememlier wondering if it ever ; could grow light again. There was no i , means of ascertaining where the shore j j was. and I endeavored more than once ! I to "touch ljottom" with my toes, but in ' ; vain. I j I then struck out again, and after j swimming with all mv might for ten or ' j fifteen minutes, I began to be tired, and ' liecame really alarmed. Suppose whole j hours should pass, and I should still lie ; unable to discover the shore or strike it : by accident V The danger of my situa I tion now burst upon me with bewilder I ing force, and I felt that my strength j was failing. I grew impatient and an i gry, and began locating the cruel waters j in my frenzy, and screaming loud curses I against the murderous M'Cutchin, j whose revengeful spirit had prompted j him to hurl me into the fearful jieril. i Presently I heard the rippling of wa j ter near me, and. thinking it was the current flowing among the rocks or direction with new hope. I put out my hand and touched something solid. lint it was not the shore ; it was a large snag that barely iieejH'd out of the water. Gladly accepting a respite, however, I dimlied upon it, almost exhausted, and sat half immersed in water, shivering, trembling, and wondering whether the morning would see me alive. The rain was still lMiuring down, and T caught the glimmer of a faint Hash of lightning, whieh was followed by the low rumbling of distant thunder. But the lightning was too dim to reveal the hidden shore. Presently I felt the snag sinking ltcueath mv weight, and I plunged into the current again and re- j sumed my swimming in what direction : 1 did not know. At last, when I felt that I could not stay up much longer, I caught a glimpse of a light in the distance. It was evi dently shining from a window, and I was sure it must le on shore ; so, with new courage, 1 steered for the light, which for the first twenty-live minutes seemed to recede from me like an ignis fatuus. lut 1 jierseveretl, determined to strike as long as a muscle would move, for I was swimming to some pur jiose now. Ten minutes more, and I found that T was undoubtedly Hearing the light. Hoi lent me new strength and courage, and I think that, exhaust ed though I had recently felt, I now did such swimming as 1 had never done before. Ten minutes more, I was rapidly Hearing the light, when, to my dismay, it suddenly vanished. My heart sank again; my strength was fast leaving me, and I was aluuit to go down with a half uttered prayer on my lips, when my feet touched the ixbbly bottom, and I found myself iu shallow water. I stood up. and with a tottering step, waded out and found myself on shore. I crawled up a steep and muddy bank and for a few minutes lay down almost helpless. The rain had abated somewhat, tho the darkness had not, but presently a flash of lightning revealed the whole scene to me among other objects, a lit tle log house, not more than fifty yards distant. 1 arose from the wet earth, and with trembling steps went stagger ing toward the house. Another kindly flash of lightning guided me to the door, at which I knocked without hesitation. "Who's there ?"' came from within. "My name is M'Cann," 1 replied. "I live at New Geneva, and am mate of the Merry. I fell off, and have just swam ashore' "But what was the steamboat doing on Cheat river?" asked the man of the house, striking I light. "Cheat river!" I exclaimed. "We haven't been on Cheat river." The door was cautiously opened, and the farmer appeared, with a candle in one hand and a gun in the other. "Oh, come in," he said, as he recog nized me (for he had seen me before), "what's all this?" I tottered in and fell to the floor ex hausted. I must have leena picture to look at with my wet and muddy clothes, hair disordered, and without hat or coat. "Dear me," I presently heard him say in a low tone to his w ife, who came in from an adjoining room, "I've often heard he drank too much, oor feller, but I never know'd he got on such ter rible 'uns as this." But I soon convinced them that I w as not on a "terrible "un." A roaring wood tire was started in the huge lire place, and some coffee made for me, which I drank, and found mvself ma terially revived. Then I told my story. Mr. Davis house stood on the right bank of the Cheat river, a mile from its junction with the Monongahela ; and it liegan to apix-ar to mind and such was the fact that after having swam a cou ple of miles down the Monongahela, I had varied the exercise, in the blind night, by swimmingamile up the Cheat river, and that against a strong current. I presume that I had first descried the light shining from Mr. Davis' window while still floating in the Monongahela at the mouth of its tributary. Such was my swim for life. Xot long after I had been pushed from the deck of the Merry she ran aground, as I afterwards learned, and stuck till morning. M'Cntchin, the malevolent deck passenger, thinking it a good optx'rt unity to escape, attempted to leap ashore; but the boat was not so near the shore as he snpxised. and he lauded in the water, and was shii car ried Ix-yond his depth by the swift cur rent. Not lxing such a swimmer as the man he had endeavored to murder on that dark night, he soon sank lx-neath the muddy torrent and bis lxxly was found a few days afterwards a short dis tance lxdow Brownsville. NATURAL CURIOSITIES. On land, a short distance southeast j from the Weir station, Taunton. Mass., is a double tree comjiosed of a complete living apple tree, out of the trunk of i which grows a line elm thirty feet or j more. And nearthe house of Mr. Ik-uu. ! in the same- town, stands an elm, near ' the foot of which there springs, or did i at last accounts, the butt of .a vigorous j grajf vine, which, at considerable dis- i tance from the ground, grows entirely ! into the tree, then reapjears and is at length once more entirely lost. On the j farm of a Mr. Head, in the same vicinity. 1 there is a willow of considerable size i grown from seed brought to maturity in the original tree over the burial sjot of j Na'xileon. at St. Helena. A fourth j wonder in thisneighliorhood isthe graie vine on the Kichardson estate. The trunk of this vine is more than twenty- , seven inehes in circumference, and j several of the branches girt eight and i nine inehes. We doubt whether the famous Hampton Court vine is much ; bigger than some of its humble relations, j About four miles northwest of Sin-ncer. Indiana, stands a sugar tree on the brow of a hill, which has two distinct trunks j that start from the ground four feet : apart. They are eight inches in diame- ; ter and unite in one trunk of almt twelve inches in diameter, at nine feet j from the ground, forming a solid, com- pact ImmIv from that point upwards. On I the bank of the Kansas river, a short ! distance north of Udora, stands a water i elm, aliout twenty-four inches in diame ter. At aliout twelve feet distant, another of the same species leans towards and enters into the larger trunk, and be comes a part of it at about fifteen feet from t he ground. One of the most curi ous, anil at the same time most useful of trees, isthe bamtoo ltotanically a grass, yet practically a foreign tree. It grows as high as eighty feet ami has t-lums so strong that they are used fr masts, joists of houses. pijes. and every purixise to which poles can le applied. The tender young shoots serve as a vegetable for the natives, and aie used for pickles by the Europeans; they serve, when sown together, as garments, ami are also used for thatching roofs of houses. The wood cut into splints is worked into baskets, twisted into cables, and. in fact in some form or other, furnishes the lied, mattress, chair, table, curtain, pile, chopstick. flute, broom, food, garment, book, paper, fuel, food, etc., of a large class of human lK'ings. One of the most remarkable instances of abnormal growth is that of a decaying sugar tree, in Town ship Fifteen, aliout one mile east of Iiockville. Indiana. From some cause its tophasliecn lent down tothe ground, against a hillside in such a manner that its branches liecame in time covered with earth that was washed down the hillside. This resulted in its taking root at the top. Then followed a series of sprouts, that become dwarf trees, along the iipjier side of the main trunk, form ing a fantastic arch over the little hol low. A M'ondeki i, Man Namki Smith. A man named Smith in Otis. Mass., has excited great intf rest, and some fear, by cannibalistic projiensities. He eats pies, plates and all ; chews fowls right down without wringing their necks; eats fish off the hook, rotten eggs, dead snakes, and any kind of meat without picking out the bones. He swears that lie ate a man in New-.Frsey, where he used to live, and will eat all the young people who are fad. handsome, and doi't use tobacco or wear w hiskers. He has several times chased children, but so far as known has no harmed them. lie of fered to work six months for one little girl to eat. He worships everything that is queer, anil has a wooden image for a god which he calls "lloudish." At 10 o'clock every Sunday he washes its face and liws at its feet in prayer. He also worshijis squirrels and gnarled anJ twisted trees. Some think the man crazy, but his lx havior is the result of twenty years" residence among the can nibals. A T.itti.i-: oiki. at school read thus: '"The widow lived on a limbacv left her by a relative." "What did yoii call that word ?"" asked the teacher. "The word is legacy, not limbacy." "15ut." said the little girl, "mv sifter savs T must sav limb, not i-.-g." MAJOR GENERAL SHIELDS. INCIDEXTS IN THE LIFE OF A Till AVE SOLDIER AN INTERESTING AND rtEMAKKAItLE C AKF.ER. The late (ieneral James Shields was one of the most gallant soldiers whoever lived, lie was alisolutely devoid of the sensation of fear, and to storm a fortress or lead a charge was merely a diversion for his overflowing- spirits. AVhile be was yet a young man, and was Auditor (General of the State of Illinois, he chal lenged Abraham Lincoln to tight a duel, on the presumption that Mr. Lincoln wts the author of a letter abusive of (ieneral Shields which had been publish ed in the Springfield J'on-nnl. The chal lenge was accepted by Lincoln, and shot guns at forty paces were chosen as the weapons. Before the duel could lx" fought, however, the editor certified that Mr. Lincoln was not the writer of the letter in which among other things shields was sjxiken of as a "dandy who went float iu' alxmt the air w ithout heft or earthly substance, just like a lot of cat-fur whar cats had lxen lightin'." Shields then challenged the editor, but the journalist, while lie refused to give his author, declined to fight and publish ed an answer from "Aunt Becca" the author of the objectionable letter. The answer closed thus : "If this should not answer, there is one thing more 1 wouhl rather do than take a lickin'. I have all along exjx-ct-ed to die a widow, but as Mr. S. is rather gfxxl-looking than otherwise, I must say j I don't care if we compromise the mat- j ter by really, Mr. Printer, I can't help! blush in1- but- I it must come out I j but widowed modesty well, if I must I must wouldn't he maylx sorter, let old grudge drap if I was to consent tolx' i ! h-i-s w-i-f-e ! I know he is a i tight in man and would rather fight than 1 eat : but isn't marryin" Ix-tter than j lightin though it d'X-s sometimes run ' into it ? And I don't think ujxn the : whole I'd be such a bad match neither ; : I'm not over sixty, and am just four feet three in my bare feet, and not much more round the girth; ami for color, I wouldn't turn my back to nary a gal in the Iost Townships. But, after all. mav)x I'm count in" mv chickens Ix-foie they're hatched, and dreainin" of matri- monial bliss when the only alternative reserved for me mav lie a lickin". .left" tells me the way these fire-eaters do is to give the challenged party choice of weapons, etc., which liein' the case. I'll tell you in confidence that 1 never light with anything but broomsticks or hot water or a shovelful of coals or some such thing, the former of which, "neing somewhat a shillalah. may not Ik- so very objectionable to him. I will give him choice, however, in one thing, and that is. when we tight I shall wear breeches or heiett icoats. for I presume t lie change is sutlicieiit to place us on on equality."' In Mexico General Shields was for some time Military Governor of Tainpi co, but rejoining his command in the spring of ls47, he assisted at the reduc tion of Vera Cruz, and was commended for good conduct by his division com mander. General Patterson, and also by General Scott. March :o, 147. On the lsthof March Shields brigade. conioseil of New York and Illinois volunteers, and of the South Carolina "Palmetto" regiment, halted at the foot of Cerro Gordo. Theengineers. who had brought up three gnus to lie placed on a precipi tous height for use in the coming battle, were overtaken by the nightfall and alniut to abandon the undertaking as hopeless, when Shields sent five hundred New York and South Carolina men un der Major Harris to attempt the feat. To the general surprise they got the guns up. and next day the batterv did eiiecuve service, j-.ariy in me morning Shields hrigade had orders to advance across rugged broken ground, attack the Mexican reserve, under Santa Anna, and seize the .lalapa road, in older to cut off his retreat to the Capital. The attack was so sudden and unexjiected that Santa Anna had hardly time to escaj-e into the woods, leaving his carriage, baggage, money and plate in the handsof the vol unteers, and the whole medical staff of the Mexican army were surrounded and captured. A few minutes later Shields was struck down while leading his t roups, a big copie r grapeshot passing through his lungs. His soldiers halted to attend to their idolized commander, but he said to them : "Men, I am of no further use to my country, you are. Iiy me down and let me die. 1 might as well die here as le taken off to die. You are all strong, able-bodied men, able to do your country some service. For God's sake lay me down and goto your duty'.' 15ut be was not fated to die then. One of the captured Mexican surgeons drew ' a silk handkerchief through the wound j the silk went in at the breast and came out at the back aad cleansed it of clot- i tetl gore. and. thanks to a splendid con- ! stitution and careful nursing. Shields I recovered. He was brevet led Major tures should get his work in. A wood General of A olunteers. and Kith Twiggs ; ,.t ,,f this seem- fr. in t-vi iv .lav life and Scott eulogized him in their rejiort s. the latter as a commander of activity, zeal and talent. "' Four months later he was in the field, and August -.M. IS47. fought at Colli rerss and Cherubusco, leading in the latter bloody encounter the famous charge of the-Palmetto and ; New York regiments. 400 against -I.ikm. : lighting till Worth came up with rein forcements. Gen. (juitman. shields" di 1 vision commander, highly eulogized him ; for his "distinguished conduct. ' j While the American army lay In-fore the City of Mexico shields erformcl I one characterist ic deed, a recital of which reads like a chapter from a media-val j romance. An English Ky, arrested ;:s ; a spy, obtained a private audience of the : General and told him that a Mexican i dosp.'rado had sought his sister's hand. and lt ing refused had threatened ven- geance and obtained from Santa Anna ! the control of that part of the city in j whi'.-h the boy's father, mother and two sisters lived, and hired a gang of villains who were to plunder the house, keep the ; . booty pud deliver the girls to this Mexi- 1 ! can. Pro;eily disguised, the lmy had ! . entered the American ranks to lieseech i j ass'stance of (ieneral Shields, whose I fame was known in the enemv's ranks, j j There was little time for debate, and as j ; it was certain that (ieneral Scott would '. refuse to sanction any plan for attempt- , j ing a rescue, shields got together 4' i volunteers and dashed at the walls. The i Am; rici-ns went over them with a fierce '. rush, bayoneted the few sentries, took the English girls and their parents and ; starttd ba k for the American lines. A j Mexican infantry regiment which had ; duty 1-mnd. was very fond of her hus-la-en turned out to stop Ihem. was-scat- . band, not . i; hstandicg his extreme ligh tered by a rcsoline charge, and the gills n ess of j-pr-oii. once remarked to a w itty were brought in safety to Shields" head- ! friend : quarter. The most indescribable ecu- J "What do you think? My husband fusion reigned in both armies ; the Mex- j has ho ! out ten dollars fora large lialxHW icans were all underarms, apprehending j just to pVasc me !" a genend assault, and the American I " The dear bt 1 V man !" exclaimed tho comma is t. f h ir mi v. ticiiiating a sortie. Scott was furious, as from a strictly military ioiiit of view he well might lx but the sight of the rescued captives and the story which they told him appeased him. and' General Shields was not even court-martialed. At Chapulteix-c, Septendx-r 13, shields was again wounded, this time in the arm, but he refused to retire. Scott had ordered him to make a demonstration with the Palmetto and New York regi ments, the Mounted Rifles and O'Brien's Battery. Shields made a da-di along the aqueduct towards the city. The enemy gave way and Shields pressed them hotly to prevent them reforming, (ieneral Scott, who had intended that Worth should deliver the serious attack by the San Cosmo route, saw that Shields was making ttxi rapid progress and sent two aides to check him. General shield'', shaking of this occurrence, said: "I didn't want any message from Cent ral Scott at that precise moment, and when the aides-de-camp got within speaking range and said, "(ieneral Scott sends his complimeiitsto (ieneral Shields." I called out, A11 right, but I haven't time to talk with you now : wait a bit. (iener al Scott, seeing that we were still push ing ahead at a break-e k pace toward the city, sent (ieneral (uitman to me, and. my horse having lx-cn hot under me. I was on fxit explaining to Cent ral (juitman that it would lx? madness for us to desist from our advantage, and that (ieneral Scott never would have or dered it if he knew how gloriously we were advancing. h. but he was a gal lant soldier, (ieneral (juitmau. and a generous one. and. instead of ordering me back, he told me to go ahead ! So on we went and in less than twenty minutes we entered the ;"-('f.(, or city gate, and unfurled the lirt American flag in the ( 'ity of Mexico." A ASH BAY SKETCH. If there is any one thing more than another calculated to make a wrong im ; pression on the mind of the uiisophisti i cated man. it is the picture of a woman ! using a patent washing mat bine. The I picture represents a woman dressed in j silk, trimmed with lace, having full . train, bustle and t!low sleeves cut on ; the bias. There she stands, a sweet smile illimiiiiat itiT her coillileiiaiice. ' ji,.r iair is Panged and frizzed in the . most approved fash n. and jH-rhaiis a ; jaunty lace cap surmounts hoi wealth of ' golden, red. brown, black orjyellow hair, j as the case inaylie. or the imagination ;jKirtray. one hand grasps the machine ! lightly and the otht r is at lilx-ity to ar ' range her hair or train. The clothes are in the tub the other clothes and ' are apparently lieing washed without the slightest effort mi the part of thewoinan. ! The wall is covered with the latest and most approved style of paer. with dad? 'to match, and is hung with numerous I pictures. The floor is coered with lo ' dy Urussels earit-t and several children i in Sunday-go-io-nieeting clothes are I playing almut.just as though n- wash ing were lieing done. All is as serene and as clean and tidy as t he sales-room of a millinery shop. Not even the faint est t-uil of steam arises from the tub. It is a very pretty picture, and perhas the unsophisticated young man may ' think that it correctly reprc-eids the I manner in which the average w ashing is done. 15ut it is a delusion and a snare. The artist who drew it must have de ! jwnded on his imagination wholly. He : should have been a mariied lean and should have sketched the picture from life. He should have gone to dinner some Monday and found the woman of the house up to her ellmws in the wash tub. Look at her: Her hair is w addoI up in a little ball on th" liorthwtt side of her head and several locks straggle i down in several direct lis. rshe is elud in a dingy old calico dress, and a pair of carjiet slip; rs which are not matt s. The scene is located in the back w odsh d or "summer kitchen," so-calied. The ther mometer Maud- at ninety in the shade and in the wash-room it is ninety and nine. The woman's face, in color, re sembles a 1m.;m-.1 lobster. The inspira tion drips off her chin, and her fingers, which are parboiled, remind you 'f dried a j 'pies, bleached. Two of the children are making pancakes in their hat s out of water and coal ashes. The third one has erpt sttv k under the bark gate in an. : effort to crawl through. Just at that ' moment a small dog ins mak ing faces, , at him, and the voui --sler. unable t wiggle one way or the j yell which would put ' manch" Indian. At t ' one of the tiancake nial ihi-r. sets up a blush a Com ie same instant rsslaps a hatful i of "batter" on the head of his sister, ami : running to escaie the inatt iial slipper. , which he conjectures will Ik- foithcoui j ing, falls headforemost into a t ub of suds. I The last mentioned youngsters turn up and swell the chorus br the soloist under the g ite. lint we dron thecuiiain w it li simply the remark that at this juncture tlo sWetcbor ol WMslmio- ln-idiinc inc. would take the romance all out of the l"pular i'ii tures of washing mat bines. A WoNUKKi i 1. 1-i.i. The P.arnes ville (G.i.) itiz'U. descrilies a most wonderful hcii's-cgg. H is the shae of a irf-rfect human head, the black feath ers like hair, and more resembling hair than feathers, are parted just as a oung man of the dandy order would arrange bis fascinating lot ks very near his mid dle. The while streak across t he skull where the hair is parted, is as visible as any human skull evt r exhibited after emerging from the l..ulcr"s sham;" and combs. The fi.rchca 1 an 1 top of the skull are as pel feet a representation of the human bead as Niu'leon's was. The arched black br w. the twirled moustache and t' e delicate goatee art ail plaii ly visible. The ee. the ear and the no.-e all look as if life 1 erformed its misf i..n through them, mi it-rfect do they appear. The deli-atc outline of the fort h.-ad and the little wrinkles, without which no human f; e could li itself, can la traced. The nicely chisel ed chin is formed by the gradual taper ing from the oval cheek. The rear of no human skull is more t-ii'ect in con struction or apearance. The face of no human l-h.g is more interest ing to l.xtk at. It issimply a wonderful phenomen on and cain i t receive just ice from hu man d -script pu. Tiic p. Vitor will keep the egg o;i exhibition. A m:vi.y man if d la lv. who. as In m- otiier. 1 V, if - jut 1 b I 1
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