r , nn- n - n rig n in gnaMMWMMMMMawwMiwMwwiwi , II jgCAWBRIA FREEMAN VclvortiHinpr I nto. The lara-e and relfaMe UrculaUun of tbe Cam rria Frkkmasi Mmmcsdslt to t be fav.ri)e ooo fldemtlon of advertiser, wliwe favors mm be In perted at tbe following low rates : I oMIatinl Weekly at BEXSBURG, Cambria Co., !"., ! X MM BY II. A. McPIKIi. 1 men, ttmf.... . 1 i , Xu , 8-" , to , t oo , 10.00 , a oo . 1I.PW Je.oa , au.oo , s so " months. 1 months , 1 " lyr , 1 " months S " 1 year S " 6 months....... S " 1 vrar eol'n 8 months U " e months. H " 1 year I t months- 1 ' 1 rear 'guaranteed Circulation - 1.11. KCBtCRIPTIOJI RATE". , eopy. on, year casb ., . JJSffi s' ; : r. r. if'-stS&- TS Oo LPa7rt..Terrw,T, becbar.ed to Administrator's and Executory Notices k AmU'or's Noting t oo Stray and similar Notices l.ao r!uslnes Items, first Inser'ton lw.per line ; eh lutwquMit insertion 60. per line. XW Hem'.atiom or procrrdinq of any corpora.tm or tocirty. and comminirtttinit rfaiim'fl to call attmim lion to any yruittrr of hmifrti or individual intarttt. must bt paid for at idvrrtiiomrnli. Job Pamrtim of all kind neatlv and expediti ously executed at lowest prices, lion't you Ioret It. ! 7 n"tae' the above terms be de- CI?.SeI53 tboii who dan't consult their ,r m4rt 5r paVmc advance must not ,J?to be place T on the mi footing aa those " 5!i Lft thU fact be distinctly understood 1i tt time forward J Pay for your paper before yon stop It. If I. ir von rnu.t. None but scalawags do otb- H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. "HB IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FRHE, AND ALL ARB SLAVES BESIDE." 81. SO and postage per year. In advance. VOLUME XVI. EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1882. NUMBER 29. i Ml Wit' If ft ft 0 I 1 II I If fOlIMISSIOIRS' SALE Seatetl and Unseated LANDS ! Vs COMMISSIONERS oOambria CorJTT 1 1 ;11 c?er at public sale, at tbe Court House in j; iky, ttellti day September, 1882, lork, P. yt .. the following pieces a nd L.-, of eatod ami nseated land, which were hm fti i rwiuirri pivht hqu uhvo ueru iiciu 't ears, iub;ect to but without redemption : SEATED JLYD. Tear of Purchaii. FAMES. ADAMS IWf. ...Jopoph Koe. ...James Koe., 18T9 1879 ALLKQHBT TWP. 1 Nicholas N wle 1 l'atriclt i. Howley 18rt-i K. E. Johm-ton 1R J"hn and .Tas. Hutton 18ofl Solomon Kamey .............1870 BARR TWP. Samuel Earner 18T9 ; Wm. McDonald 1878 KLACKLICK TWP. Jacob Lelb 1870 Hummond A Williams ...1879 I AVI1RIA ROR. 1 Matlilfts Klnx 1899 U V..,...'athir(ne Early 18T4 1 Diivitlj Bower 18T4 1 P. V. ElKht 1(,74 I S Bierhnks A Burns 1874 1 Jacob Kcmlre ....1874 1 1 Kvsn P. Jor.es 1HT4 1 1 M.-P. Kelly ...: 1HT4 Catharine Early ,....1879 CAMBRIA TWP. D. ii. MK-arthv 12 Wm. s. Wiliiaina 1JP9. John J. Evans -. .1470 t liarid T. James 1879 CARROLL TWP. David Iarls 1870 cn EST TWP. Jacuh NiiKle 1873 CLBARFIKLD TWr. 1'anlol and (leorsre Kraft lsuu .Michael Will lsyj , Valentine ( Has. ShiuikI t'alvin 1170 -Abe Humphreys 172 A. E. Hollldiiy 172 Thomas Kavs 174 John Hmtherllne 1874 TtHn;a Kavs.: 179 Binuham A Holllday 1879 Samuel Calvio 17"1 A. J. Steel 1879 tCNKMAl'llH BR. 1 Christian Hlock I8A4 8 John Knlti 1.V4 1 John Sin JS64 H ..ore Wrif Ml S lUnry A. Pniit 14 1 Josi-ph or John tfrubb 1864 1 Andrew Somerly's est, 1S4 y Iaclen Seliihman. lsct 1 i Matthew Kellly 1S74 1 1 Plus Vlerlng 1878 CONBMAroH TWP. John Ik.novan I870 I Wm. vVatklns lTi Wm. Orr 174 CROVI.B TWP. ! i f V s 25 25 40M 75 50 -'5 409 2 50 8 TO 179 400 100 ...Joseph Kltner 18i .Patrick TM' Intlre or MaAteer...l8',i (r-orne Wertx 111 1 Wm. I'rinnle est Ii54 'i Peter Varner .164 ( Iorph Kitner 19 iMniel Dunmyer 1W8 Penna, K. K. "'o 1868 Thoman Croyle est 170 James Hurke 1K7Q Win. B. Butler !87i 1 Wm. Earnest ..172 Amies Burke 1S74 1 lolin W. Junes lTi 1 1 Jacob Sc 179 1 1 1 Edward Wadswortb 1S79 oallitii noli. 1.. .Mrs. Ku.shman 1370 OALLITZI TWP. .Jacob Fotle 1870 .Cornelius (Ji!I!rau 1872 1... 1... ......Solomon Kamey 1872 1 facoD Konle 1872 John McHukq 187J Owen Clark 174 Michael Iilmond 174 1 1 lames McCullounh e?t 179 1 1 Andrew elites, jr 1878 JAITjOK TWP. Wm. lwi.nn 12 Paul IMslionn, jr 12 .lames E.-kles .162 Hi l ert Hrannon 14 Albert poy 194 ......Tlmnias Haer 18C4 John W.Shatrer 168 Wm. Plat t cry 172 J. P. Jal'ahan 172 1 John C. Pl.Ier 1872 ...... Ephriarn MeKelvey I874 tleorsre Waner 1879 Peter IHsnnny 179 ......P. f. Brown 18T9 JOHsiSTOWK BOB. 1 Watson A (lalloway 184 1 Win. A. Alters. s naries jonnston... 1894 194 1 1 W m. Klllln 1 1 Owen Ko.jfers Samuel Kaufman.... 1 Philip f rrager l......John Sherman I John W. Davis 1 Henrv Truss 1 John'Fry 1 Nicholas Anstln ...1870 ...1870 ...1970 ...170 ...1870 ...1970 .. 1970 ...1870 ...1970 JOH5STOWH-FIRST WARD. 1 1 Conrad Wlttle 138 1 John Roberts igea JOHKSTOWW RSTOTrD WARD. 1 James M. Morgan 1868 JOHSSTOWjr FOURTH WARD. ! Henry Thellor. 1878 johnbtow!! Birrs ward. 1 D. Sherer 1879 1 Conrad Smith 1878 VILLVILXB BOB. Andrew Torlev 192 J Keoje D. Davis 182 J John J. Iwls 164 . 1 K .hert Ihmond 1994 1 , Michael Do ran 1898 1 W hite A Co 1878 It SSTKR TWP. John Noel 1874 PRIBI'KT BOR. 1 1 David Williams 1972 FI HLAUD TWP. .Joseph Durman 1962 ..Jacob Koi)le. .1994 ..Pliilip Wondle ..Knanuel Noon ..John Hershherger. . W m. B. Stull .. -Samuel J. Smith ... 'C. Holslnirer. ....... Conrad S'uflt ...InryS. Murphy.... - E. W. Moore .. .Samuel Horner Shank !. Mlllor John Loved ...CHihanne Noon ...s..t.at!an Inill . ..Theo.wre Makln ....lo.rph La lie .. Josei h Miller ..Patrick Iforey 194 1 18C8 199 170 170 1870 170 170 1870 172 172 172 172 1972 1872 174 1979 ar FRHILL TWP. -..J r.n Oels. 1894 J 'hn King , 14 Alsip shiner 18,4 Terence MeK.nrue l ...J.vsph Dunlap.Jr 1ka John lleis ls?) -Terence McCune 1 Al-lp shiner lwa '. B.J-7111. Irt4 K. L. Johnston 198 W m. K. Carr 118 lames Hurkn , Diniel SherMne. jr. Joseph Burke.... . - ienamln, Noon..... reorite IJHy .Alsip l Shiner le .rue Lilly Snnih 1'lum'mer.... Alice Hughes W m. A. Skelly -Iaac W. Plummer. Wm. A. Skelly H-innafi Wolf W m. A Skelly Inrl ! i. tvans est - Alice Huiihes .. .. Alice Ilngh-s Alice H-ivbes Alsi, shiner .... ' Ait.ert Wilson '.Patrick Mc'rosla Eevt Ham Simon Ihmond Hiram Crura . Philip 4eorite Philip (ieorire , I hilij. Oeorge 170 ..170 ..170 170 . . 1 870 ..170 .170 ..1970 . . 1 72 ..172 .-173 ..1872 .172 ..1872 ..174 -.174 ..1879 ..178 ..179 ..179 ..179 ..1878 .1878 ..1878 ..1879 .1879 ..1S70 M.MMlTVILLB BOR. Jvhn Coulter ..ls2 ersjuwRAwA Twr. John Moore vse? Christopher Decker lseu Andrew Kelly ism Lewis I. Keltb 1894 ......John Cunningham ...1S04 ......Wm. KupKles 184 Thomas H. Moore 18 Thomas B. Moore 189 Thomas B. Moore 198 Joseph McDonald 1870 Wyrne A Hnyder 1870 W m. Piatt ext. 1870 Wm. Piatt est 1874 Wm. McDonald 1874 E. V. Jones 187fl to a TO 25 10 1ft 1T0 to 170 69 154 90 eo 108 10J TAYLOR TWP. tleoive EInsey , ...182 ...1894 ....194 -..194 ...1894 ...1894 ...1S94 ...1894 1870 ..1870 ,1870 ..1870 1S72 ...1872 ...1872 ...1872 ..1872 -.1872 ...1874 ..1874 ...1874 1874 ..1878 187f ...1878 -.1378 ...Daniel Koueb...... 1. ...lames Kellly .W. W. Harris , .1'homas Hlldebrand.... .David Teeter .Samuel Smith , .Michael Karney, .Isaac. Jeffrfes....... .James Smith.........., 1. in Anifiine Kerr.. ..Joseph tJeorge ....KaKer (widow ol D.). ..... John W- Jones .... K1 ward Pedeo .....Sarah Roberts ....Charles Michael... ....Bart Hoey ....James H Wilson ....Patrick fftan ton ....Thomas Kinney ...John O'N.ill ....Thomas Kinney lohn O'Neill . James H. W ilson. .-Bridget Scott WASHIKOTOS TWP. ..Jaooh Nanle est ....David Ratter ...John ATnrphv Wm. Brure ....Rev, C. M. Sbeehan ....Oeo. A Alex. Buchanan..... .Biiiliret Brawley , ...-James Burns ..(eorve Eenny............. ....Mrs. Trotter -..John Bnrtroon ,...R. L. Johnston ....Edward Burke est , -...Tames Burns .Edward Burke ....James H. ..John Ramey ...Ellen A Rose McLaughlin. , ...Ellas (rum ..John Murphy ...Wm. R. Hughes ...Bridget Bradley ...James Burns ...K M. Lemon's est ...Thomas Carroll est ..James Burns ...John Brady. ...Daniel Helsel ...Jhn Knepper, jr - ...Ellas Crura 850 ...1892 ...1892 .192 1892 .. 1892 1892 ..1899 ...188 ...1999 ...169 ...1898 ...1R9 ...1870 ...1870 . .1870 ..1872 ...1872 ...1872 ...1872 ...1872 ..1S72 -172 ...1874 ...1874 ..1T4 ...l'79 ..1879 ...1879 ...1879 ...1878 T3 00 1.. 1.. .., i.., 100 87 120 60 225 60 ma WSI1TB TWP. ..John Edmlnston... ..Wm. Holland ..Samuel Holes .. James E. Davis .... ..Jeffreys A Berdlne. ..Simon Noel .. Wm. Ream ...Tames E. Iavls ..Jos. Hollen , . John H.Iovell , ..Jackson Kinney ..Benjamin Beers ...Lyonell Weld ...James E. Davis ...Albert Mllliiran WILMORB DOR. ...Harkln ott est ...Oeorge Dean VODKB TWP. ...tleonro Orris .... ...John I own ...John Banan , ...John Croyle ...John Cunn ...Daniel Hlieara ...Wm. Mclaughlin.. ..Anthony Snowden.. ...John Kunsman ...Henry Easch ..John Kurtz, jr.... ...John Myers ..Wm. M'Olaugblln.. ...Hlrain Koed...,.... .1892 .1899 .1869 .1870 .1870 1872 .1874 .1874 .1874 .1874 .1878 .178 .1879 .1878 .1879 ..1878 ..1978 1 1 1 IX.. ,.152 ..ie4 ..1994 ..lS'tt ..1S98 ..1970 ..172 ..172 ..1972 ..172 ..1872 ..1872 ..1974 ..1874 9 25 4 13 I lX 4 i&;i ti 1..-.. i.'.'Z UNSEATED LAND. AC. Per'.. A.. Adam Tvp. 400 ...Edward Breneman 1878 Blac klick Tic,. 60 ...William Davis 172 1 20 Duncan A Ural Her 1872 100 Andrew Dufl 1878 Cambria Tic p. 3 John Boyd 1989 25 lohn Boyd ..1870 150 Evan M. Davis ......1972 50 Andrew Duff 1978 SsO Wm. Burnhamer .1870 Carroll Twp. ta 80 Daniel Barr 1870 40 David Barr 1670 Chett Ticp. 3f'3 100 Frederick Molynoux. 19T0 tX 122 Martin Meyer 1970 l."8 18 John Meyer 170 4'i5 109 James Ruth 1870 4")0 Oeorge Swenta.. 18"2 13 80 Henry Philips 1872 98 John Ketland (part of) 1872 4o3 153 John Ahlev 1872 13 80 Henry Philips 1974 43 153 John Ashley. 1874 Clearfitld Twp. 433 153 ..Robert Evans 1889 433 153 Oeonre Richards...... 1899 100 Joseph Troxler . 1870 108 . -James Hocus .....1872 420 Samuel Calvln. ....1872 194 00 Jesse Hoops 172 430 Samuel Calvin - ...1872 400 James Harris,.. 1974 184 00 Jesse Hoops (part) 1874 1'8 James Hoops ...1878 loo Dennis Conohan 1S78 70 Joseph Trexler.jr 1870 (oy Tic p. 100 ... Wm. Clark 1898 1970 Gallitzin Twp. K. L. Johnston.-.. ...1898 Martha Hannao 1870 Nicholas Bell...............1970 S. C Baker 1972 ......8olomon Kamey... 1872 Jackson Tvp. John McAnnlty.. ......1T0 . James Stltt ..1970 Philip Alwlne 1870 .Samuel Davis - 1979 Richland Tvp. Joseph Vlckroy..............1894 ..... Isaac Brennan ...1868 Wm. Nichols 1870 Xummrrhill Tic p. ..Wm, Smith ....1988 ...K- L. Johnston 1988 Jacob (ioughnour....... 180 Siuoufhanna Tvp. S. W. Fisher 1871 Morgan James 1872 ff'athington Tvp. Henry Sharp 1898 Peter Watt. 198 - M. Ryan 170 Philip Collins 1872 Simon Roop 1872 Daniel Murry 1872 Ihinlel Henry 1972 Oeo. C. K. Zahm ...179 PhlIIp;West 1870 White Twp. John Clay 184 Oeorge Hill 189 Oeorge Peddle 199 Thomas Conley .199 ...Wm. Rush 1870 Apple A Berger .1870 ........ John Ketland..... 170 John Servoss 1870 Thomas Town 1870 . Wm. Roth 1870 14 4M 400 13 2U0 300 5"0 81 110 53 75 177 400 230 443 140 100 la IV) 150 3o4 150 2f2 50 50 f0 -0 139 4;3 4.M no 371 174 45 5) 118 371 250 45 100 4 179 623 4 ISO 50 100 371 371 13.. 153.. l&S.. TS!! 109.. T3., James Clay." 1870 ...John Ketland.............. 1972 John Mvr ...1872 - OrafT A Malone . lT2 81 Oeorge Orafl 1872 8) ...Henrv Philips... 1872 ...OrafT A Malone .1874 13 John Clay 174 John Servoss. . 1978 John Mjrre ....1878 T3 Wm. Rush 1979 TS Wm. Kuth 1870 Yodrr Ttrp. 1T Ooorge Oates 1879 118 Oeorge Oates .....1T8 4"0 ..W'm. Werti 1"9 200 John Wertx. 1978 Tbe owners of the above pieces or tmets of land desiring to redeem them, en do so by applvlng to tbe Commissioners at their office before the time of tbe sale. JOHN C A.MPBELL, ) S. W. DAVIS. J Commissioners. JOSEPH HOOVE, W. H. Mo.Mruss, Clerk. Commissioner's Office, Ebensburg, Aug. 7, 1892. TRAY KIIEEP. Strayed from the premises of the subscriber, at bead of Plane No. 0, In Washington township, en or about the 1st of July, four bead of sheep and three lnmi.s. One of the sheep Is a bnck, as Is also one ol the lambs, but only two of the older ewes are marked, said mark consisting of a slit or notch In one ear. One of the old ewes has also a small bell on ber neck. A liberal reward will be paid for any Infor mation that will lead to the recovery of said sheen. I. J. HANCUFF. Washington Twp., July 28, 18?2.-3t. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS wtll cure dyspcTia,heertbuxn, mala ria, kidney disease, liver complaint. And otLer wasting disease. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS enriches the blood and purifie the system; cures weakness, lack of energy, etc Try a bottle. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS b the only Iron preparation that does not color the teeth, and will not Cause headache or constipation, at Otter Iron preparations wUL . gin iiLuw.il tmrnm BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Ladies and all sufferers from neu ralgia, hysteria, and kindred com plaints, will find it without an equal. . s PHI LuVD EL.PHIA SINGER MACinNE 4 to any Sinaor in (A Market. The above cut rcuresuuts the liooniar stvle for the people, which the unilersiirnvd oflers for sale at tho wonderful low price of 0. Tuia machinn has given perfect satisfaction v. horuver used, and Is warranted for the term of three yiart. Kuinem ber that we are here all the tlmo and that you not umjr uuvo otrj opportunity 10 cxaiuino the ma chine and see it in ooeritlon. but tun know when. to come to et your money back if the machine uon t ao eiacuy as representcl. Vou will there lore consult your own inter-sti bv buvltiir th Phil. adelphla Singer Machine aud buyiu'n trora no one but w. J. BUCK., Bock's Mill. Allegheny Twp 8-2.-0m.J On which any one can play. THE MoTAMMANY Organettes, Melopeana and Antomatio Orgvos, 8B4 for Clrenlan, Catalogue of Moslo, & I. M cTAJriatAirr, tw. UrmOot aad tumMmt. Woroostes, AQSNT3 WA2TTSD. 1794. 1-VW-J. T. W. DICK, AtJF.M KOU THi OLD HARTFORD FIRE Ii$UlUiIJE 10MT. COMMENCED BVSINES!9 1794. Ebecsburg, July 21. 1982.-3m. Or XVXJLT KIHO CH1APIK TB-AH EVBS. lUflea, Shot Onns, Revolvers, Ammnil. uoa, Fishing Tackle, Sotnea. Mete, Knivea, Raiors, Skstea, Hammocks, eto. L&rgpe Ulastrsted CataJogna FBEB. GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, PJTTSBUBOn, PAl. WANTED! Ladles and Gentlemen, to engae witn us to sell several I sernl HoUMhold Artlelvs. 4mtiti lirre. ljtbor la llarbt. Vxelnslve territory arlTcvs. No eompetl- . icnna uwthl circulars t ke-k. Aaoreaa, Hewitt naaafact'g Co., Box htJS, PIttabargk, Pa. A NEW CURE FOR POTATO 1UGS IVIl 1! I TRflllRI F.V.MF VFRW!M st.f. tare, eieui'.y and ehD. Sun pis Pukace, Tot- J. XX. sXoKansaon, IHtirfk, Pa. nUSICAL INSTRUMENTS I lot all kinds for sale venr cheao. i 1 Catalogues free. Addmea, RICHIRO I HULL I CO.. BOX Pittabargn, Pa. "JrtlrBooks & Bibles ' " sVSft., OO . J THE GIRL WHO SAVED THE GENERAL. Far down the Carolina coast lies tho lovely Island of St John, where stood, one hundred years bro a noble brick built mansion, with lofty portico and broad piazza. It was the home of Mr. Robert Gibbes and his beautiful young wife, and the great house was full at all seasons. Eight children had airendy come to this couple, and seven little adopted cousins were their playmates the orphan children of Mrs. Fenwlck, sis ter of Mr. Gibbes. Ue himself was a cripple and could not walk. In a chair which ran on wheels he was drawn daily over the pleasant paths, sometimes by the fakhful black ser vants, sometimes by the btill more devoted children, who tagged at the rope like so many frisky colts. The loveliness of the spot suited well itsname, 'Teaceful retread, " by which It was known through all the coun try. But In those troublous times It could not always remain "peaceful," In the spring of 1779 the British took possession of all the 6ea-board. General Provost marched up from Savannah and laid siege to Charleston. But hearlhg that General Lincoln was ap proaching he struck his tent In the night, and retreated rapidly towards Savannah. lie crossed the Stone Ferry, and fortified himself on John's Island, as the island of St John's was often called. For weeks now the noise of musketry and heavy guns destroyed the joy at "Peaceful retreat." The children In the midst of play, would hear the dreadful booming, and sud denly grow still and pale. The eldest daugh ter, Mary An-na, was a sprightly, courageous girl of thirteen. She had the care of the lit tle ones, for her mother's hands were full In managing the great estate and caring for her husband. After a time the enemy determined to tako possession of this beautiful place. A body of British and ITessians quietly captured the landing one midnight, and creeping stealthi ly onward, filled the park and surrounded the house. At daybreak the- Inmates found themselves prisoners. Then came trying days for the family. The officers took np their quarters In the mansion, allowing the family to occupy the upper story. John's Island was less than thirty miles from Charleston, and when the American officers In the city heard that the 'Teaceful Retreat" had been captured by the British, they determined to rescue It from the enemy. Two large galleys were Immediately manned and equipped and sent to the plantation, with strict orders not to fire upon the man sion. Sailing noiselessly np the Stone river, at dead of night, the vessels anchored abreast the plantation. Suddenly, oat of the thick darkness burst a flame and it roar, and the shot came crashing throueh the British en campment. The whole place was Instantly In an uproar. The officers in tho house sprang from bed, and hastily dressed and armed. The family, rudely awakened, rushed to the windows. A cold rain was falling, and the soldiers, half-clad, were running hither and thither, while the oflleers were frantically calling them to arms. Mary awoke at the first terrible roar and fled to her mother's room. The excited negro ser vants uttered most piercing shrieks. The poor little children were too frightened to scream, bnt clung, trembling to Mary. Mrs. Gibbes was In great distress. She knew not at first, whether it was an attack by friends on the camp, or an assault on the house by the enemy. She ordered the ser vants to cease their walling and dress them selves. Then her husband and the children were prepared; and while the cannon bel lowed In quick succession and the noise around the house grew louder, the father and mother consulted what was best to do. It was now evident that the attack was by their own friends, and its object was to dis lodge the enemy. But Mr. Gibbes did not know that the house would not be fired on, and he advised Instant flight Be was car ried to his chair, and the whole household sailed forth from the back door. The scene was terrific The night was pitchy dark, and when Just as they stepped out, a sheet of flame belched forth from the vessels. It seemed to be almost against their faces. The roar shook the irronnd. The troops were too busy saving themselves to notice the fugitives ; and they pushed on as rapidly as possible. No one was sufficiently protected from the rain. Little Mary had the hardest part, for nearly all the children were In her care. The mud was deep. Some of the little ones could walk but a short distance at a time, and had to be carried Mary having always one, sometimes two, in ber arms. Several of the servants were near her, but none of them seemed to notice her or her burdens. The last horse had been carried off that very day ; there was no escape but on foot. Suddenly, a ball came crashing through the trees I Then a charge of grape shot cut the boughs overhead. Thev were exactly In the range of the guns I It was evlden t they had taken the worst direction, but there was no help for it now it was too late to turn back. In her agony the mother cried aloud on God to protect her family. Mary hugged closer the child In her arms, and trembled so she could hardly keep up. Another crash I The shot shrieked past them, striking the trees in every direction. The assault was fierce and the roar was incessant The frightened family rushed on as swiftly as possible toward a friend's plantation, far back from tbe shore ; but it was soon 6een that they would not have strength to reach It even If they were not struck down by the flying shot. The Americans were pouring their fire into these woods, thinking the ene my would seek refuge there. The wretched fugitives expected every moment to be their last On they pushed through mud and rain and screaming shot Soon they found they were getting more out of the range of the guns. They began to hope ; now and then a ball tore np the trees around them, or rolled fearfully across their path. They reached one of their hous es where their field hands lived, with no one hurt ; they were over a mile from the man sion, and out of rango. The negroes said no shot had come that way. Unable to flee further, the family determined to stop here. As soon as they entered, Mrs. Gibbes felt her strength leaving her, and sank down upon a low bed. Chilled to the bone, drenched, trembling with terror and exhaustion, the family gathered around her. She opened her eyes and looked about She sprang up wildly. "Oh, Mary !" she cried, "where is John ?" The little girl turned pale, and moaned : "Oh mother ! mother ! he's left" She broke into crying. The negroes, quickly sympa thetic, began to wring their bands and wall. "Silence I" said Mr. Gibbes, with stern but trembling voice, Tbe tears were In his own eyes. The little child now missing was very dear to them all, and moreover, was deemed a sacred charge, as he was one of the orphan children of Mr. Gibbes' sister, Intrusted to him on her death-bed. The walling ceased; there was silence, broken only by sobs, and the master asked : "Who Is willing to go back for the child ?" No one spoke. Mr. Gibbes turned to his wife for counsel. As the two talked In low tones, Mrs. Gibbes called her husband's at tention to Mary, who was kneeling with clasped hands, In prayer at the foot of the bed. In a moment, the little maid rose and came to them, saying calmly : "Mother, I must go baclt for baby." "Oh, my child," cried the mother. In agony, "I cannot lot you 1" "But mother, I must" pleaded Mary, "God will care for me." It was a fearful responsibility. The guns yet roared constantly through the darkness ; the house might now be in flames ; it might be filled with carnage and blood. Mrs. Glo bes turned to her husband. His face was burled In his hands. Plainly she must de cide It herself. With streaming eyes, she looked at Mary. "Come here, my child," she called throngh her sobs. Mary fell upon her mother's neck. One long passionate embrace, in which all a mother's love and devotion were poured out and the clinging arms were opened without a word. Mary sprang up, kissed her father's forehead, and sped forth on her dangerous mission of love. The rain had now ceased, but the night was still dark and full of terror, for through the trees she saw the frequent flashes of the great guns. The woods were filled with booming echoes, so that cannon seemed to be on every hand. She flew on with all tspeed. Soon she heard the crashing trees ahead, and knew that In a moment she would be once more face to fatre with death. She did not falter. Now she was again In the fierce whirlwind ! All around her the shot howled and shrieked. Ou every side the branches fell crashing to the earth. A cannon-ball plunged Into the ground close beside her, cast over her heap of mud, and threw her down. She sprang up and press ed on with redoubled vigor. Not even that ball could make her turn back. She reached the house. She ran to the room where the little child usually slept The bed was empty ! Distracted, she flew from chamber to chamber. Suddenly she remembered that this night, he had been given to another nurse, Up Into tbe third story she hurried, and, as she pushed open the door, the little fellow sitting np in bed, cooed to her and put out his band. With tears running down her cheeks, Mary wrapped the babe warmly and started down the stairs. Out into the darkness once more ; onward with her precious burden, throngh cannon-roar, through shot and shell I Three times she passed through this Iron storm. The balls still swept the forest ; tbe terrific booming filled tho air. With the child pressed tightly to her brave young heart she tied on. She neither stum bled nor fell. The shot threw the dirt in her face, and showered the twigs down upon her head. But she was not struck. In safe ty she reached the hut and fell exhausted across the threshold. And the little boy thus saved by a girl's brave devotion, afterward became General Fenwick, famous In the war of 1812. THE FIRST DEAD EE BEL. THE BEARDLESS BOY WHO mi IS THE BAT TLE OF BIO BETHEL. Tne first soldier who died while in the ser vice of tbe Southern States, says S. R. Wright in the Kicnmond Utspatcfi, was a tailor from Augusta, Ga., who died in April, 1B6T, and the first soldier killed in battle was a beardless boy not twenty years old, from North Carolina, In May, 1861. This was the first blood shed in the Southern cause. There were two First Georgia regi ments which went to the war in April, 1861 the Frst Regulars, who were sent to Sa vannah, aud the First Volunteers, who were ordered to Pensacola under Colonel Ramsey, from Augusta. There were two companies from Augusta, Ga., in this regiment one of boys just from school, and one of older citi zens or Augusta, in tan latter company was a tailor, who in a frolic caught and put In his bosom a garter, or, as sometimes called, a tbnnder-and-lightning snake. There Is a variety of this species of serpent some whose bite is deadly, and others who aie not at all poisonous. The soldiers made a mistake, as there Is but very little differ ence In their looks. Whilst going around with the snake In his bosom a crowd of his fellow-soldiers gathered around, and in a spirit of a bravado he took out and provoked the reptile until it bit him on the back ot bis hand, from which he died very soon. The snake was killed, taken to Augusta and pre- berved in alcohol. Being in that city a few months afterwards I saw the reptile, which was two feet long and about the size of a child's finger. All the members of the First Georgia Regiment will recollect this circum stance. The first soldier killed in battle on the Southern side was at Big Bethel Church, about fifty miles from Gut Town, Va. Ben jamin Butler had landed the first Yankee troops in Virginia In 1861, and was met by a Virginia regiment at the church named, General Wadsworth, of Connecticut was in immediate command, and upon seeing the Southern troops advancing on him jumped upon a log, waved his f word over hl3 head and ordered his men to fire. They did so, and the North Carolina boy, who was a vol unteer in the Virginia regiment, felj, dead, the only one killed on our side. Immediate ly our men returned the fire, Bbooting the General from the log, and his soldiers left the battle-field. These two men, one on each side, was the first blood shed In the war, except the men of the Massachusetts regiment who were killed by a mob In Bal timore, Md. I wa3 with my regiment in July, 1861, and visited the cemetery in Rich mond, Va., and stood ovei the grave, at the head of which was a board bearing this in scription (the name I have forgotten) : "From North Carolina, the First Soldier Killed in the War Between the North and South." Any of the older soldiers of the Sixteenth Georgia Regiment will recollect the circumstances of this, the first battle of the war. It is said that paper can be compressed into a substancs so hard that only diamond can scratch it. That will be the boss paper on which to print election tickets. A CUBAN ROMANCE. A TRAGIC STORY TOED BY A WTKE MERCHANT, FORMERLY A CUB AT PATRIOT. A reporter of the Philadelphia PreM who dropped into a wine store in that city the other day heard, or thinks he heard, the fol lowing story from the proprietor, who had been one of Lopez's band in Cuba : "As a young man I took an active part In the Lo pez conspiracy In '31, nor was I a very old man In '68, when we almost succeeded In teailng our beloved country from the grasp of the overbearing Peninsularians, as the Spaniards are called by the Cubans. I was more fortunate than tbe rest for I made my escape when disaster fell upon our arms, and I have succeeded in living in comfort in this country. Still, even here, I know that spies of the royal government are aware of every thing I do but stay, I must not make my story too long by talking about myself. When the patriot Narciso Lopez raised the standard of revolt in 1851, some of his most devoted adherents were women. Cuban ladies are more patriotic than the men. Inspired by the songs of Gabriel de la Conception Val dez, our national poet they arm their hus bands, Bons and brothers for the combat, and bid them go forth and conquer. In all our attempts at independence women have taken actual part In the struggle, and In tbe battles of '68 the corpses of women were frequently fonnd on the field disguised as men, "The Senora Inez Bestrano was the daugh ter of a rich Creole planter In the eastern in terior of the island. Above the average height of perfect form, and with eyes of the soft shade of green which Longfellow tells us we sometimes see In evening skies, a con stitution equal to any amount of fatigue or exertion, and with a complete mastery of horsemanship, and, strange to say, of the manual of arms, she was just the woman for a modern J oan of Arc. Iler love for her country and her hatred for the Spaniards was her religion. The slaves of her father's plantation regarded her almost as a goddess and kissed the ground on which she walked, and as for the Guagiros, or native Cuban jeomenry peasants, there was not one In the district who would not have laid down his life for Inez. Nor did she want for lovers among the neighboring planters ; but she did not show them any favor. One man, how ever, had pained her heart Pedro d'Aguas, son of the Marquis do los Claras, a wealthy nobleman residing in the city of Havana. Senor d'Aguas was thirty years of age, and outwardly just the man to attract a woman's eye. Ue was tall, broad-shouldered, with regular features and a soft pleasant voice. Ue rode his horse as though he were part of the animal, and dressed with tasteful ele gance. Men did not like him ; there was something which had a false ring when ho spoke, and it was often noticed how uneasily bis eyes shifted whenever you looked him straight In the face. Ilia brother Carlos was etill more unpopular, but the latter very sel dom made his appearance at the Bestrano plantation. I told you Tedro was the son of a marquis. You must not confide the Cuban nobility with any other aristocracy. A Cu ban noWe Is a contemptible individual who is generally of humble origin, but has amass ed by severe toil and economy a large amount of money. Finally, to oil his vanity, he pur chased a title of the Spanish government usually count or marquis, and struts about like a jay In peacock's feathers. So It was with tbe Marquis de los Claras. Ue and his sons always professed patriotism, although of course they had to keep their expression secret. But when visiting Inez Pedio and his brother Carlos were loud In their denun ciations of the iniquities of the Spaniard, and when Senora Inez proposed to raise a com pany of men to join the revolutionary leader, Lopez, Don Pedo was warm in his approval of the scheme. "Inez had no difficulty In finding men. She picked out two hundred of the most promising looking Guagiros, and, placing herself at their head, with Tedro as her lieu tenant by her side, sbe one morning present ed herself in the rebel camp and demanded enlistment from Lopez. It was a dashing calvacade which met the eyes of the rebel commander. Picture to yourselves two hun dred handsomely mounted men, attired In beautifully embroidered fehirts, with wide cambric sashes around their waists, in which a silver handled sword or machete glittered with the rays of the sun ; a long rifle slung across the back of each man and the butt of a pistol peeping out of their breasts. Not such a bad addition even to a large army, es pecially when the colonel of the volunteer regiment happened to be a beautiful woman as in this case. Lopez received the fair girl patriot with tears in bis eyes, and for tbe few short weeks that ensued prior to the titter annihilation of the rebel army by the royal army Inez shared in all the hardships, fa tigues and dangers of the campaign. Don Pedro was employed on scout duty by Lopez and was sometimes away for days together, lie brought In what seemed to be good infor mation, but It often struck us I may as well tell you I was an officer with Lopez that it was very wonderful he could ride so near the royal lines and always escape without cap ture. At last came the crowning disaster. We were defeated and scattered In every di rection, each man for himself, and the unfor tunate Lopez was captured near the falls of Rosario, taken to the capitol and garroted. His last words were "I die for Cuba." Senora Inez, Don Pedro, myself and about a doien others escaped in the same direction, and were very fortunate In eluding rnrsuit Pe dro appeared to be very devoted to Inez and she loved him with her whole soul, almost as much as she loved her beloved Cuba, but not quite, as the sequel wi II show. One evening we were resting on the spur of a mountain, and looking around for a convenient place to carup out for the night Inez and Pedro had dismounted, and were resting side by side on the banks of a little spring. Ue had one arm around her waist and was talking to her earnestly. Sbe was listening to him with pleasure, for I could not help seeing the hap py blushes which chased each other over her sweet face. Conscious that I was watching them I turned on my heel to allow them more privacy, when I noticed a leather pocketbook lying at my feet. I picked it up. It was full of papers, and the envelope of one of the let ters denoted it belonged to Don Pedro. I was about to return k tahlm when something said: "Examine It first" It was a mean act to do, but I suspected the man, and here was a chance of proving or disproving my suspicions. So I retired behind the trunk of a large tree and began lo Investigate my find. The first paper I came across was a pass signed by the royal general giving Don Pedro permission to cross the Spanish lines. Next I found half a dozen letters acknowledging receipt of information, and asking for in- structions as to certain movements taken by Lopez. Then I found another document from the royal general offering 2,000 doub loons for the head of Lopez, and finally worst treachery of all, a letter written by Pedro, to be dropped on the road over which we were making our flight showing bow and where Inez and our little baud could Jest be captured. I soon made up my m lnd. I call ed together half a" dozen of my companions, rapidly related to them what I had discover ed and then we quietly approached tofwhere Don Pedro was still sitting with Inez, threw him on his back and bound bb hands and feet with a cord. "'What does that mean ?' exclaimed Inez, looking at us with indignant astonishment. "I replied by placing the letter written by Tedro In ber hand. She read It and fell into a swoon to the ground. In a few minutes she had recovered, but she was a changed woman. Seating hers9lf on the trunk of a tree she exclaimed : 'Form a circle, gentle men, with the prisoner In the centre,' and then she calmly began the perusal of the contents of Don redro's pocketbook. Ue lay writhing on the ground the very picture of abject terror. Ue did not speak a single word, but the wretch well knew what his fate would be. Having read the letter, tbe senora turned to us and asked us whether we considered Pedro guilty or not guilty. Onllty,' we all shouted, casting revengeful glances at the prisoner. Then let him be executed at once. TJang him no shoot him. Give him five minutes to prepare.' The traitor did not appear to be anxious to make hte peace with heaven ; his last moments were passed in a series of execrations upon all of us. We did not reply, however ; but when the five minutes were passed we bound his eyes and placed him on his knees. Four of us stepped forward with leveled carbiues. Stay, suddenly exclaimed Senora Inez; stay, I will give tbe word. Now, ruady, fire F Our volley was delivered and Pedro fell. lie still shewed signs of life, and one of us was about to complete despatching him with a machete, but Inez motioned Lira back. Walking slowly up to the dying wretch, she drew her own pistol and calmly placing it to his forehead, gave him the coup de grace by blowing out his brains. She then turned to us, and for a moment a smile of tender yearning appeared on her face. Gentlemen, justice has been done. After death, forgiveness.' Stooping, she kissed the lips of the dead traitor, and then, before one of us could realize her action she drew a second pistol from her belt turued the muzzle to her heart and fired, falling dead across tbe body of her lover. "We buried her beside the little stream where she had sat listening to the lying words of the man she had believed in so thoroughly. As for him, we fastened a rope round his neck and suspended hU carrion from the branch of a tree. On his breast we placed a card with the words: IIere is breakfast for the crows.' "The remainder of our little band man aged to escape and to remain in hiding until an opportunity enabled us to gain the coast and obtain passage in a vessel to America. I returned to Cuba in 1868, when the stan dard of revolution was again raised at Yara, and was present at the reading of tho De claration of Independence at Menzanlllo. I only remained a few months, however, for I saw there was no chance for successful re bellion without arms, money or efficient leaders. Before leaving the Island I bought a few cases of wine, which were sold at auc tion In Havana. In tbe invoices which proved my possession, I found the wine I had bought had belonged to Don Carlos d'Aguas, Marquis de los Claras, brother to the traitor Don Pedro, whom I had helped to execute in 1S51. I brought the wine along with roe to Philadelphia, and for some reason or other I have never cared to sell it. I am drinking it myself by degrees. I do not care to taste it of ten. It brings up too many memories. Fill your glasses, gentlemen, and drink to tbe freedom of Cuba." BOW A B0I SAWS WOOD. No one ever bears a boy complain about tbe back breaking, soul-killing hardship of wood-sawing. All such talk Is confined to adults, and it has no real foundation. There is only one way to saw wood and take com fort at the same time, and everybody has that way. Yesterday afternoon half a cord of four-foot wood was flung down at the gate of a bouse on Second street and tbe wagon bad only departed when a boy fifteen years old appeared with a bucksaw in his hand. All his actions indicated bis purpose to go through that wood pile like chain lightning, but it took him exactly sere a min utes to discover that he had left the saw buck in the woodshed, aud five minutes more to bring it out Some boys would bare dropped tbe saw bnck wherever It happened and pitched right in, but this boy spent five minutes in select ing a location of the first water. By this time he had the presence of three other boys to cheer him on to victory. These three boys made the following suggestions : "I'd hire a masheen." "I'd run away and fight Iujuns." "I'd let the old man do It." But the hero went right ahead with his work. In twenty minutes after his first move he had a stick of wood on the saw buck, lie turned it over four times before it settled over to his satisfaction, and then picked up the saw. A buck saw is a simple yet Ingenious pieceot machinery. Men who were sawing wood by the day have been known to stand and gaze at the saw for an hour at a time without being able to solve its mysterious points. This boy picked up the saw and carefully examined it In the course of seven minutes, with the aid of tbe other threo boys, he was enablad to discover : 1. That the teeth were all there. 2. That the framework was of beech. 3. That it was in perfect order, as far as boy could judge. When these discoveries bad been made, a discussion arose to whether a boy could saw faster by sawing left-banded. The vote on this question was carried In the negative, and now the moment arrived for action. The boy spit on his hands. lie removed his coat. lie humped up his back. lie pulled his cap over his ears. Ue had his knee on the stick and saw in hand, when a little three-cent dog down on the next corner ran out at a passing goat Tbe goat rushed Into a yard and a girl was heard screami ng. The saw fell to the g round, the saw-buck was upset, and the boy went tearing down to the corner like a cheap whirlwind, and when darkness began to set tle down over the face of the earth he re turned to carry the saw and buck to the woodshed for tbe night x. OJL'R LITTLE GIRLS. WHAT 13 BPOIL1SO THE DEAREST THISGB OJt EARTH. It is really becoming a question of Import ance whether or not we are much longer to have any little girls In our midst. The pre sent high pressure system of education forces them into "young ladles" while they ought still to be In the sheltered privacy of the nur sery and the school room. I am not overstating the case when I de clare that a little girl, 6imple, sweet Inno cent, unconscious of herself, and willing to be guided by her parents, Is Just now a very lovable, but alas I a very rare treasure. More than one mother Is puzzled by the problem : "IIow am I to bring up my daughter so that the shall preserve until her dawning woman hood the 6weet charm of girlish delicacy un touched and unthreatened?" Little maids, of ten and twelve, going to school with their primary grammars aud arithmetics in their dimpled hands, blush and simper if a boy happens to pass. Little girls sitting by win dows, sewing up seams under their mother' direction, have their attention diverted by the neighbor's son on Lis way to the post of fice. The commonest courtesy cannot be ex tended by a little gentleman to a llttie lady without some other child and perhaps some eilly grown person, being prompted to talk of "Susie's beau." Children who should play together like little children, and not flirt and: coquette like premature men and women, have gone quite beyond the etage of being Juvenile. Formerly, modest obedient and gentle be havior was expected, as a matter of course, from every little dauchterof a respectable family. It was not supposed that people of gentle birth and mauLers would tolerate in. their children deportment which befits the lower and untrained orders ot society. To day a well-bred boy is a delight, and when we travel, mingling with strangers In hotels and on railroads, we single out from the mis cellaneous crowds those who have been taught how to conduct themselves agreeably. The majority of youthful traveleis have the manners of young barbarians. They are clamorous, selfish, loud, devoted to eating all sorts of dainties, aud they make tlieir vicin age a place to be avoided. Touiy; wouieu, too, not uufrequently behave in a way eo thoughtless and giddy as to attract attention on the promenade and in public conveyance, and they do so, not from unfeiuinine coarse ness, but becamse they were not allowed at the rroper period to be little girls, loved and taught, and kept in the happy background of home, as little girls should be. j What is tho duty of those who have the responsibility of educating and moulding the future women of the nation ? Manifestly it is, as soon as practicable, to return to the simplicity of our w ise mothers and grand mothers. Let the little girls at least be set free from the dominion of fashion. Tiain, stout serviceable dresses, loose enough to allow the lungs full play, thick shoes, broad sunbats, should be given to the girls, and they should be permitted to run, skip, climb. and jump out of doors lu the daytime to their hearts content This will not make them hoydens. It will simply give to their animal spirits the same healthy vent which everybody admits tlieir brothers must have. Inculcate upon them by precept and example the most exquisite neatness and cleanliness. A little girl's aprons and collars frboulj be daintily clean, and she should be taught to bate soiled and tawdry finery. Let the mother take time to be her daugh ter's intimate friend, receiving all her little confidences, and giving hei advice, even if to do this she must surrender some other en gagement SOME 5 ARROW ESCAPES. Marvelous are tbe escapes from tigers. Colonel Warren, of the Bengal army , was carried off, but killed tbe tiger by means ot a pistol he had with him, I believe ; and many other sportsmen have recovered after being severely mauled. But the most extraordi nary escape was Captain Hill's, who, while leading a party of police, was attacked by a noted man eater in the Yonzaleen Ililis, and had a stand-up fight The tiger pinioned his arm to bis side, put his paws on 11 ill's shoul ders, and stood over him open-mruthed, while Hill endeavored to strike him with his left arm over tbe riiht shoulder. With a fiendish growl the tiger snapped down on his victim's neck, who fortunately fell at that moment Thus only the upper fangs pene trated, and the tiger turned over a complete sommersault and when the man and tiger faced each other again the biped had appa rently bwn converted iuto a quadruped, a he was on his bands and knees, and the blood pouring down his face and beard gave him, I have no doubt a diabolical expression or at all events the tiger seemed to think eo, for he pat his tail between his legs and ran for his life. This tiger afterward killed a Karen and was shot over the body by means of two guns tied near It with a string attached to the triggers, fastened over the path he was ex pected by. To show the audacity of the tiger may briefly relate the lollowing : "Our thirty-sixth native infantry was enronte to Ber hampore, and an officer's servant who, with the roen'a kit had, as Is often the case, pre. ceded the corps to tho next camping ground was, just at dusk, and close to the m-s.-i guard, carried off the high road by a tiger. An infant he bad in his arms was quite un hurt in the awful rush that took place. Early next morning the tracks were followed by three officers, and as the body had been very little mangled it was determined to wait for the tig?r's return. While a platform was being got ready one of the party went back, while the other two sat a little way off to eat their lunch, and their gun carriers were scat tered about collecting materials for the ma chan. While thus employed the tiger carried off the body from their midst In open dfy, and through not very thick brushwood with out being observed. To follow up was use less, as the body had neither blood nor rags to leave a trace behind. Tigers were so plentiful close to the large town of Tegu, la British Burmah, that many traps were set for them. In one, for lack of something better. Dr. Le Preslo, assistant-surgeon of her ma jesty's Eighty-fourth regiment placed a dock and enght a big ticer An officer of the commission, who was sleeping with the doora and windows of his bedroom open, had a powerful bull-dng which was chained to hte bed, killed by a tiger by his bedside. When I was at Banlong, a xor woman who wm sleeping in the veranda of her house was fearfully clawed, but not bitten or carried off by a tiger. When the plains of Svlhet are covered with water timers asoeDd the hills, and are very plentiful at Cberra Poonehte. often leaving their marks, not only within the compounds of the houses, but In the ve randas tliemsplves, and no one dare to ven ture out at night without tom-toms and torch es. At Soillongwe and tbe fvp.ivs killed several on foot one year. London Ve.'d. t t t i ; I i ' i ' I - f
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