The American Volunteer I'UBttISHHD EVERY THURSDAY MORNING ■) * ■ BT ’ •Toliu B. Bratton. OFBICB SO UTS MARKET SQ XT ARB. Tebiw.—Two dollars por year if paid strictly 1b advance. Two 'Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid within three months, after which Three Dollars will be charged. Those terms will ho rigidly adhered to*ln every Instance. No sub scription discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. ||oftical. BAEEPOQT, Oh, don't you remember the old hillside farm. And tho farm house with clap-boards so gray, With gardeiS of rosesand sweetplnks, and balm; And the meadows with buttercups gay t And don’t you remember how, in doors and out And under tho old orchard trees, The gay. laughing children were skipping about With bare feet, os busy as boos? How we all played together, the girls and the boys, And hadhouses and workshops and stores, Hng babies and " oartbens,” and Just as much noise As our voices could make out of doors 1 How wo loved through tho pastures and wood land to roam, To gather bright mosses and flowers I. Wo thought then, os now, there was "no place like homo," And no home bo delightful as ours. And don’t you remember tho pleasant school road, And the school house so sunny in Jane. With the lessons we learned, “the mark" that wo " toed," And how we played “plzen." at noon ? our sunbonnets, crumpled, hung over our nocks, I’iie summer wind played with our hair; While tho sun paid our faces its warmest respects, .And kissed our white toes that went bare. How we cllmbed'ttae steephlUsldes as nimble as goats, And skipped over tbe ledges In glee; \Vo mimicked the woodlark and whlppoorwlll’a notes, And sung with the chlok-a-dee*deo ; Wo waded-the brook when the water was low, And shouted to make the woods ring, or played on -its banks in the summer’s soft glow, Light-hearted ns birds on the wing. You remember the pond where the geese used to swim, ' How we called it tbe ocean so wide, And In an old hat that was minus the brim We nailed our rag dolls on its tide 7 And when they had cruised all the wide ocean through, And outdone both Magellan and Cook, We drew them all home in an old ragged shoe, And called It a coach-ride they took. How we danced In the mud with our bare, naked feet, • And played *' ’twaa the Dutch way to churn I We made us mud biscuits and plumcakes so sweet, Without any cook book to learn; How we pitied tbe children whoso stockings and ■ shoes Forbade them to shore In our fun 1 While we stirred up our puddings and pastries and stews, • And left them to cook In the sun. tllancnm. LAWTEE TEMPLE'S PLOT, Old Walter Kilborne died and left a L-rtnno that aggregated nearly a million. The gloomy old house which bad been the family residence for many a year, ln one of tbe down town streets ■ Imt hud once been the site of the faah loiiuh e residences of New York city. Hut* i * v *althy had long ago removed to the MVHiiuea, leaving the perverse old , niiiiiomiiiv to bold bis own among tbe i> rowing i nslnees of the once aristocratic thoroughfare. A bunch of black crape Milt hunu on the bell knob, four days af i. r the luneral, when a bent, wily-loob iiii. mui, pulled it. Being, admitted, be wu- shown into the dingy room Which Mr. Kilhorne had in his life used as an, . olttrn. Tins bent and wily-looking man wut Lawyer Whitemore. Ooud morning,’ said the lawyer, as Ruin I, a grundcbild of the dead million aire, u joung man who,showed plainly enough ihe marks of rough social usage, entered and extended bis band rather listlessly. ■Gnod mm ulng,'was the reply. ‘Weil.’ ■Win ?’ iM-lioad tha,lawyer. ■You (ini my note?' •A-Kii.ji me to meet you here? Yee; wlmi ilu you want? 1 •Ymi drew my grandfather’s will!’ •I did, two days before be died.’. 1 VVhai whie lie contents?’ '1 have on right to tell you,’ and Mr. Whhemure Irled to look severe. ‘lt is with the Surrogate now, and you will know Ps contents on Thursday, when It will In- officially opened. I couldn’t think of violating my official—’ Not unless you are paid for It,' inter rupted the young man. ’I understand that perfectly well,and will be plain and idlef with you. As you are aware, my self and niy cousin Myra are the only living relatives of my grandfather. We have been brought up here In this house together, and each hates the other as much as possible. Now, I have no idea how the property is left, and I want to know. I am willing to pay for the knowl edge In advance of the opening of the will and you have it to sell.’ The lawyer assented with a cool nod of his head.. ‘Then name your price,' continued Robert 'One thousao d dollars.’ *1 haven’t so much.’ 'A note for a month will do.’ The document was quickly written out, signed by the young man, and trans ferred to the lawyer's pocket. •The will,’ then said Mr. Whltemore, ‘ls a strange one—as strange as the man who made It—but he would listen to no advice, and I had nothing to do but carry out Ida wishes. Ha leaves all his proper ty to Myra Kllborne.’ ■D u him 1’ hissed Robert. ■Hold,’ said the lawyer, ‘until you hear the conditions. He leaves all bla properly to Myra, ns I said before, on condition that she shall Immediately sign an agreement to, within a year, be come your wife. If she shall decline to fulfil this condition, the property belongs to you. The only other point is, that In case Myra is married to anybody before the will is opened, she gets the property the same as if she marries you. But that' provision, of course Is of no consequence, us she is uot likely to marry before day after to-morrow, which will be the Thursday on. which the document Is to be opened.’ Here the lawyer stopped and looked Into his companion’s face as if expecting uu expression of displeasure. He was disappointed, however, for Bobert seem ed rather satisfied than otherwise. 'll pleases me well enough,’ he said, ■lor I half expected to be out off uncon ditionally. You see, I've been rather fast, and the old man disliked It, while Myra's gentle ways and attention to bis wants won his regard, tibe li complete ly bound up In her lover, Harry Fenton, who Is hundreds of miles away Just now, and I don’t believe she would give him JOHN B. BRATTON. up for the fortune a dozen times over. Even If she should consent to marry mo, I wouldn't bo so badly off with ihe prop erty almost under my control.’ The lawyer here arose, bade hie un scrupulous patron good day and went out. But as he did so, had hia ears been younger, he might, have caught the sound of rustling skirts fleeing up the stairway—thoso same skirts enveloping the pretty form of Myra iCilborne, who had heard every word of the interview by listening at the door. .'So, so,’ she mused, when she had reached her own room and thrown her self into the chair, 'I am to buy the for tune by selling myself. I won't do it. I would not give up Harry for iifty times a million, Robert can take tbe money, and much good may It do him.*. 'Vet, notwithstanding her conclusive decision, Myra could not relinguish with out a pang the fortune.to which she bad always looked forward as her certain portion. Her grandfather bad always seemed to regard her with affection, and she had not dreamed that in bis will he could impose such a distasteful restric tion. 'lf Harry was only here,’ she thought, ‘there would not be any trouble, because we could get married before Thursday. What shall I do ? I wish 1 had somebody to advise me. And I can have—a law yer is what I want. They are up to all sorts of tricks, so they say.’ Without a moment’s delay she dressed herself for tbe street and went out. She knew no lawyer, but walked until she came to a building upon which she had often noticed ah array of legal signs. Passing up stairs, and selecting a name from the lot that chanced to strike her moat favorably, she entered a well fur nished office. A middle aged man sat alone writing at a desk. ‘ls Mr. Temple In ?’ asked Myra. ■Yes,’ said the man, looking up at bis pretty visitor, and motioning her to take a seat,’ 'that is ray name.’ 'I have come for some legal advice some advice on a matter of the greatest importance to me, and—’ ‘lf lam to aid you,’ said the lawyer, kindly, 'ypu must epeak frankly and un reservedly, which you may do in the ut most confidence.’ Thus encouraged, Myra told him the whole story of the will, the manner in Which she bad obtained information, and her feelings in the matter. ‘Of course,' she concluded, 'I want to retain tbe fortune, but not at the price stipulated In the will. Can you help me?’ Mr. Temple sat for a while in deep thought—so long in fact, that Myra got fidgetty with waiting. At last bis face brightened with an idea, and he at once Imparted it to his fair client. For an hour they were in close consultation. That day and the next passed, and Thursday came. The will was to bo read in tbe Surrogate’s office ; at twelve o’clock, a carriage drove up to the Kit borne residence. In it were Mr. Temple and two of bis intimate friends. Tbe former alighted and entered tbe house, lu a moment be reappeared with Myra. She acted a little nervous, but seemed reassured by the presence of the lawyer, who helped her into tbe carriage, and all were taken away. They proceeded to the residence of a clergyman, where they were evidently expected, as they were shown promptly into tho parlor. The reverend gentleman entered, and the lawyer stepped forward with Myra. 'We are the couple, sir.’ The marriage ceremony of the .Episco pal church was performed, a certificate was made out, the two friends signed it as witnesses, and the quartette were soon again seated in the carriage. ‘Drive on to the Court House,’ said Mr. Temple to the driver. The Surrogate, the clerk, Robert.Kil borne, Lawyer Whltemore, and a few others, were in the Surrogate’s office when the ‘wedding party,' returned,- It was just twelve o’clock. The will was read and Robert turned rather supercili ously to Myra for her decision. ‘Will you sign this agreement to mar ry me ?' he asked. ‘No,’she replied. ‘Then you resign the property to me?' and a gleam of triumph shot from bis eyes. •No!’ ‘That will provides,’ said Mr. Temple, 'that she shall take the fortuue If mar ried at Its oppning. She Is married to me, and here is the certificate. The cere mony was performed an hour ago.’ On the same day proceedings were in stituted by Mr. Temple on behalf of My ra to obtain a- divorce for himself. : ‘Abandonment’ was the ground. A few days later Harry returned, and before the day appointed for his marriage to Myra ebo had obtained a,divorce from Mr. Temple. The latter was one of the jolliest of the guests. ‘lf It hadn’t been for you—' began the grateful bride. ‘Stop 1’ Ipterrupted Mr. Temple. • I'm to put It all in my bill. For the will suit so many dollars; for the divorce suit, so many more dollars—you see I’m the one to be grateful after all.’ But no bill for legal services was ever paid with a bettor grace. A Pastor’s Reward.—That good, faithful pastoral work ia appreciated in Ohio, is illustrated by the following in cident that occurred in Ironton. A re vival preacher, who had won fame by his power in the pulpit, came to Iron ton for a week's work. He was very zealous, preached every night, excited considerable interest, and was vehe ment in his exhortations to the un renewed portion of the congregation to come forward. On the last evening of his labors be outdid himself, but not a person came forward. Discouraged he sat down; whereupon a grave-faced, anxious looking man got up, and said that the elder had been working hard and laboring faithfully among them, and as a token of their appreciation, he moved that the congregation give him three cheers I It was done right heartily, and that contrite congrega went quietly out and silently home, satisfied (bat they had fully and faith fully performed their duty. An accommodating Newark man did bis sutoide Job in the graveyard, a few days ago. . Qii.t frames—our jail windows. the Meriwn iolunteer One Sonny evening a party of trav elers were seate d around a blazing fire in n house .nving somewhat the ap pearance of a Intel upon the Allegheny mountains. Th« coach had broken down, and we were detained until the □ext morning. We had just finisher. a substantial supper and were’ sitting \fith our feet on the fender, and cigars in o.r mouths, ruminating upon the storm vithout, and the warm, cozy comfort wlth'.n. Each one told a story, or relateaan anecdote; and at last' the turn cam, round to a hollow cheeked individual, who until then, had remained silent. 1 |Qentlemen,’ said he, fixing a pierc ing grey eye upon one of the company —a Spaniard who, uninvited, had drawn his chair up to the fire, ‘some ten years ago I was near being murder ed in this very house.’ . At this moment the Spaniard got up, and was going out of the room, when the narrator rose, and looking the door, put the key into his pocket. ■ : He then took the Spaniard’s arm, and leading him up to an old picture, sur mounted by the English coat of arms, ran' his finger along tho motto, and said, at the same time displaying the butt ,of a revolver: •Evil to him who evil does.’ The Spaniard smiled, and said he did not feel well; but the stranger swore that no man should leave the room un til he finished his story. Eequesting us not to be amazed at his conduct.he proceeded. ‘Some years ago I was traveling across the mountains on horseback, and I stopped at this very house. The landlord was extremely obsequious in attending to my comfort; and after supper he. requested me to join him in a bottle of wine. ‘Nothing loth, I consented’; and be fore midnight four empty bottles stood upon the table, and ha was acquainted with ail my business. I had a very large amount of money in my valise, and he politely Informed me that he would take care of it till morning. Al though somewhat Intoxicated I did not approve of leaving it in his charge, and wishing him good night, I took my va lise in my hand and retired to bed. ‘After I had undressed, I put my re volver under the pillow, and carefully, as I thought, examined tbe room. I laid myself down, and soon fell into the arms of Morpheus. ‘I suppose it must have been two hours after when I awoke, and collect ing iny scattered senses, I endeavored to think what I had been about.' Sud denly I detected a noise under my bed. ‘What was my horror when I ob served a piece of carpet stretched along side the bed move aa if oooaothing yraa under it. A cold perspiration started from every pore; but, thank heaven, I had presence of mind enough to pre pare for tho worst. •Grasping my revolver in my hand, and hiding it under the bed clothes, I feigned to be asleep. In an. instant afterwards I saw, a trap door, which had been concealed by the carpet, cau tiously raised up ; and I beheld my landlord, with a knife in one hand and a dark lantern in the other, directing his glittering .eye towards me. Still 1 moved not, but as ho turned to put the lahtern on the floor, 1 fired, and ’ ‘You killed him, did you ?’ shrieked the Spaniard, almost jumping from his seat. ‘Silence till I have finished,’ said the stranger, again tapping his weapon. ‘The Instant I fired the villian fell. I got up, and merely putting on my coat snatched up the lantern he had drop ped, and with my valise crept cautious ly down to the stable. It was a bright, moonlight night, and I soon saddled my horse. I galloped about ten miles, when I met a party of wagoners, and in their company returned to the house; but, despite of our rigid search, not even as much as the villian’s body could be found. But if I can lay my hands upon him, if it costs me my life, he shall die the death of a dog.’ As the stranger concluded, he rose and caught the Spaniard by the throat, and tearing open bis shirt collar, show ed the mark of a wound on his heck. Three weeks afterward Joseph Gom ez. the Spaniard, was hung on his own confession of having murdered no less than five travelers in that same room. A Thrilling Adventure. The following is from a California paper: Millie Coyau aged about ten years, and daughter of George M. Coy an, general manager of all the mines in and about Lost Camp, was assisting some of her younger sisters over the sluice boxes, In the mine known as Wood’s Ravine, when she missed her footing and fell into the boxes, through which was running at the time about five hundred inches of water. She was swept for a distance of sixteen hundred feet through the sluices ns though she bad been a feather. It appears that she passed through the boxes in a sit ting position, and daring her terrible race tried repeatedly to rescue herself from what in ninety-nine cases out of one hundred would have proved fatal to the strongest man. Even while going at the rate of a railroad train the girl exhibited presence of mind enough to let her head fall back Into the water, to escape a piece of wood that was nailed over the boxes, and against which, but for the precaution taken, her brains would have been dashed out. After being carried a distance of nine hundred feet she was washed over a “ dump," twelve feet high, falling into another sluice box, seven hundred feet long. Passing through the latter, she was swept over another “ dump,” twenty feet high, falling among rough, Jagged rocks. Here she managed to crawl out a few feet from under, the heavy body of falling water, and was shortly after rescued by Mr. Bartlett, foreman ol the mine. It was found that she sustained severe injuries on the left knee, hip and side. Her face was also scratched and swelled, but for tunately neither will permanently dis figure her. A TEAVELEH'3 STOEY, CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1873. AETEEWAED^. "Light after darkness. Gain alter loss. Strength after Buffering, Crown after cross. Sweet after bitter, Song after sigh. Home after wandering, Praise after cry. .“Sheaves after sowing; Sun after rain, Sight after mystery, Peace after pain. Joy after sorrow, Calm after blast, Rest after weariness, Sweet rest at last. “Near after distant, Gleam after gloom, Love after loneliness, Life alter tomb, After long agony Rapture of bliss! Right whs tho pathway Loading to this. JENKXN'q HEST VOYAGE, When I had opened the letter and read a few lines, I exclaimed : ‘Oh, 'Jenks! here's some great news for you. And then I read from the letter : ‘My physician says I most have a dally drive upon the beach, but I really do not feel as if I should take a moment of comfort without my old horse and oar rlageandmyold driver. Ifyou can manage to get along for two or three weeks with the cook, who is. entirely capable to take till the service of the house upon her hands, you may send Jenks tome with the horse and carriage. The road is very heavy, however, and It is beat for him to put everything on the Belle of Bradford, and come with it himself. The Belle touches every day at our wharf, and the horse will be ready for service os soon as he lands.’ I read this without looking at Jenks’ face, but when I finished I glanced at him, expecting to see him radiant with delight. I was therefore surprised to hud him pale and trembling In every fiber of his frame. ‘That’s just like an old woman,’said Jenks. ‘How does she s’pose a horse is going to sea? What's he to do when , the steamer rolls ?’ 'Oh, horses ate very fond of rolling,' I said, laughing. ‘All he will have to do will be to lie down and roil all the way, without straining himself for it.’ 'And bow does she s’pose a carriage is going to keep right side up?’ ‘Well you can sit In it and hold It down.’ Jenks looked down upon his thin frame and slender legs, and shook bis head. ‘lf there’s anything that I bate,’ said he, It’s a steamboat. X think it will scare the old horse to death. They whistle and toot, and blow up and burn up. Now, don’t you really think—candid, now — that I’d better drive the old horse down 7 Don’t you think the property’ll be safer? She never can get another horse like him. She never’ll get a carriage that OUila bar'half ao wol) ao Chat. It don’t seem to me as If I could take the respon- Blbillty of risking that property. She left It in my hands. ‘Take good care of the old horse, Jenks,’ was the last words she said to me ; and now because she’s an old woman, and doesn’t know any better, she tells me to put him on a steamboat, where he’s just as likely to be banged about and have his riba broke in, or be burned up or bibwed up, as be is to get through alive. It seem’s to me the old woman’s out of her head, and that I ought to do j ust as she told me to do whpn she was all right. ‘Take good care of the old horse, Jenks,’ was the last words she said.’ The old man was excited, but still pale, and be stood waiting before mu with a pitiful, pleading expression upon his wizen features, I shook my head. ‘l'm afraid we shall be obliged to risk the property, Jenks,’ X said. ‘Mrs. Sanderson is. very particu lar, you know, about having all her or ders obeyed to the letter. She will have no one to blame but herself if the whole establishment goes overboard, and if I were you I wouldn’t miss this chance of going to sea at her expense for any thing.’ Then Jenks resolutely unuertook to bring his mind,to It. ‘How long will it take?’ he inquired. *Ob, three hours or so,’ I replied care lessly. ‘Do we go out of sight of land ?’ 'No you sail down the river a few miles, then you strike the ocean, and just hug the shore until you get there,’ I replied. ‘Yes, strike the ocean—hug the shore —’ he mumbled to himself, looking down and rubbing the bald spot on the top of his head. 'Strike the ocean—hug the shore. Three hours—oh I Do you know , whether they have life-preservers on that steamboat ?’ 'Stacks of them,' I replied. I’ve seen them often.’ ‘Wouldn’t it bo a good plan td slip one on to the horse’s neok when they start? He’ll think It's a collar, and won't be soared you know ; and if there should happen to be any trouble it would help to keep his nose up.’ 'Capital plan,’ I responded. ‘What time do we start?' 'At eight o’clock to-morrow morn ing.’ • Jenks retired with the look and bear ing of a man who bad been sentenced to be' banged. He went brat to tbe stable, and made all tbe necessary arrange ments there, and late into tbe nlgbc I beard him moving about bis room. I presume be did not once close bis eyes In sleep that night. I was exceedingly amused by bis /nervousness, though I would not Intimated to him that I bad any doubt of his courage for the world. He was astir at an early hour In tbe morning; and breakfast was upon tbe table, while yet tbe early birds were singing. ‘You will have a lovely day, Jenks,’ I said, os he banded me my coffee. As hbeut to set the cup beside my plate, there came close to my ear a curious crepitant rustle. ‘What have you got about you, Jenks?’ I said. He made a sickly attempt to smile, and then pulling open tbe bosom of his shirt, displayed a collapsed dry bladder, with a goose quill in the neck ready for its inflation. 'That’s a capital idea, Jenks,’ I said. ‘Do you think so? What do you think of that?’ and ho showed me the breast pocket of bis coat full of corks. It was impossible for mo to restrain my laughter any longer. ‘Number one, you know,’ said Jenks, buttoning up his coat. ‘Number one, and a stiff upper lip.’ ‘You’re a brave old fellow, any way, Jenks, and you’re going to have, the best time you ever hud. I envy you.’ X rode down to the boat with him, to make the arrangements for tbe ship ment, and saw him and the establish ment safely on board. The bottom of the carriage was loaded with appli ances for securing bis. personal safety in case of an accident, including a bil let of wood, which he assured mo was to be used for blocking the wheels of the carrirge in ease of a storm. I bade him good-by at last, and wont on shore, where I waited to see the steamer wheel into the stream. The last view I had of the old man, showed that he had relieved himself of hatand boots, and placed himself in light swimming order. In'the place of the former ho had tied a red bandana handkerchief around his head, and for the latter he had substituted slippers.— Ho had entirely forgotten me and the existence of such a town as Bradford. Looking dreamily down the river, out toward that mysterious sea, on which bis childish imagination had dwelt so long, and of which he stood in such mortal fear, he passed out of sight. Tho next evening I heard from him in a characteristic letter. It was dated at ‘The Glaids,’ and read thus: “ Tfao Bell Is a noble vessel; “ Tho horse ami currldgo Is saif. “ She welcomed mo from tho sea. It seems to mo I am la the moou, “Once or twice shq roalod forofully. ‘‘But she riled ami drove on. “I count nineteen distant sales. “ If you will no so klud os to not mention the binder, “ Tho waves roll in and roro all night. “Tho see Is a tremendous thing, and. tho atlas Is nowhare. “ From nn old Tart, " Tiieophilus Jekics.” .[From the Detroit Free Press.] - An Encounter Under the Water. John Quinn, the submarine diver stationed at this port for the past six or seven years, has been “ down among the dead men” a great many times, and has had some thrilling experiences, but he was more frightened recently than ever before in his life. The pipe leading from the water-works into the river, put down last fall, settled a short time ago, and one of the joints opened. Quinn was emyioyed to make repairs, and he took his apparatus and attend ants and went down. A great many cords of stofae bad been piled on the pipe to hold it down, and his work was near the outer end of the pile. The water was veay clear, and, as he landed on the bottom, he noticed some object leaning up against the stones, and sup posed it to bo a log, and wont at his work. The crevice in the joints was to be filled up with wedges, and the diver was about half an hour getting to work with the bummer. He was working away when a schooner’s yawl pulling three oafs, and kicking up a swell, passed near him. He felt the swell somewhat -after a time, and was straightening up after pounding away, when something struck his head and he felt himself embraced. He had no thought of a corpse, and, when he looked up, and found one right before him, with one arm over his air-pipe, he cried out in alarm, and moved back, The corpse, that of a man moved after him, and Quinn stumbled backwards over the pipe, and went flat down, with a horrid form on top of him.— Those above felt that he was moving, and gave him more line and pipe. He pushed at the, body, and cleared him self of it, but as he regained his feet, it came down upon him, and one of its legs rubbed across his shoulders. The diver did not wish to fake hold of the object, but .he was forced to, and he pulled it about for several minutes be fore he could clear his pipe. He pushed it by the legs back to the stone pile, and would have made his line fast and sent it up, but the swell washed il from his grasp, and the men above, mistaking his signal, drew him up. He went down again, and made a long search for the body, but it had floated away. Owing to his fright at first, and his nervousness afterward, the diver saw but little which might identify the body. He was sure that there was a gold ring on one of the Angers, and that the man had on light boots, as he had his hands on them. The body was below all the inlet pipes when first dis covered, and was either sitting or standing against the stones, as one would sit or stand to rest. While the diver admits the fact of being frightens ed, he says it was because he had no idea of finding such a visitor down there. The repairs to the pipe were completed, and Quinn sent word along the dock, that the body might be watched for. A WILD HHNTEES3. A Pennsylvania Girl Lost in the Wilderness —Her Love of Hunting Stronger than Har Lots of Home. The Wheeling Register of tbe 20th ist.,tells the following story on the au- thority of Julia Messenger, of Wind ridge, Green county, Pennsylvania, for whose veracity It vouches: “A man living near Wlndrldge, Green county, Pennsylvania, bad born to him five children, four girls and one boy. His name is Daniel Lewis. When quite young the and second daughter, named Lufithda Lewis, developed quite a fondness for bunting, and were out nearly all tbe time, roaming the woods in search of game. They seemed to de light la nothing so muob us tbe full life of a hunter, and would be gone from borne for weeks at a time. After some four or five years tbe boy quit it, and en tered on the more industrious pursuits of life, but tbe girl continued in the chase. Drawing herself more and more from human intercourse and restraint, she bud become a wild woman, fleeing from the approach of her kind with tbe speed of a deer. During the early years of her solitary life she used to approach her father’s house and entice the dogs to follow her, learning almost any breed ot dogs to be come good hunters, In tbe hope of bringing her buck to her Jiome and to civilization her brother followed her and shot the dog she had taken away, using every Inducement to get her to go back with him. But all in vain. For eighteen years, since abb was twelve years of age, she bad lived, this wild life, sleeping In tbe centres of straw stacks during tbe night and biding in them during the summer the wild and cultivated fruits she intends for her win ter’s store of provisions. She is now 30 years old, and is as wild as tbe most un tamed denizen of tbo forest.' Mr. Messenger says he at one time, while out hunting, met her in her woods. Her long black hair, covering her face and eyes, was matted with burs and leaves, and her black flashing eyes made her a startling picture. She re mained perfectly still until he got with in twenty feet of her when she turned and fled with the swiftness no man could hope to rival. A few days since she was seen again, and then bad in her hand three pheas ants and lour rabbits.but although these encumbered her she eluded every at tempt to capture her. She has been so long in tbe woods that she has be come perfectly wild. He dress is made of tho skins of wild animals and a blanket that she has taken somewhere during some of her nocturnal predatory tours. THE DEW GAME LAW, The last Legislature passed a general law amending and .consolidating the various laws on .the statute book rela tive to game. The first section prohib its tho killing of wild elk or deer in the State between the first day of Septem ber and the first day of January, with various other provisions relative to. deer. Then follow 37 other sections provid that no person shall kill, offer for sale, a hare or rabbit between the first day of February and the first day of Octo ber, under a penalty of $5 for each, one killed, and rabbits shall not be hunted with ferrets under a penalty of $lO for each one so killed. No person shall kill, or expose for sale any gray, black or fox squirrel, be tween the first day of January and the first day of July, under a penalty of $5 for each-offence. No person shall kill, or expose for sale, any wild turkey between the first of Januaryand the first of October under penalty of $25 No person , shall kill, or expose for sale, any, wild duck or goose with a swivel or punt gun, or with any net, instrument, or device, other than the ordinary shot gun, under penalty of $5O. ■ No person, shall kill, or expose to sale any upland or grass plover between the first of January and the first of Au- gust under penalty of $lO, or Wilson or gray snip© botwoontho 20th' of April and the first of September, under a like penalt . Np woodcock shall be killed or sold between the first of January aud the first of August, under penally of $lO. No quail or Virginia partridge shall he killed or sold between the first of January and the first of November, under penalty of $lO for each bird kill ed or bad in possession; No ruffed grouse, commonly called pheasant, or pinnated grouse, common ly called prairie chickens, shall be kill ed or had in possession between the first day of January and the first day of September, under penalty of $lO for each offence. Bail or reed birds shall not be killed or had in possession except in the months of September, October and November, under penalty of $5 for each bird. No person shall, at any time, within this State, kill, trap or expose for sale, or have unlawfully in his or her pos session, after the same is killed, any nighthawk, whipporwil, sparrow, lark, thrush, finch, martin, chimney swai- lows, barn swallows, woodpecker, flicker, rohbin, oriole, red or cardinal bird, cedar bird, tanager, cat bird, blue bird, or any other insectivorous bird, under a penalty of five dollars for each bird trapped, exposed for sale or had in possession. This section shall not apply to any person who shall kill a bird for scientific investigation or to have stuffed. No person shall rob or destroy the eggs or nests of any wild bird, save only those of such predatory birds ns are destructive of game and insectivo rous birds, under penalty of $lO for each offence. No person shall kill, eaten, or dis charge any fire-arms at any wild pigeon while on its nesting ground, or in any .manner disturb such nesting ground or the birds therein or discharge any fire-arms within one-fourth of a mile of such nesting place, at any wild pigeon or pigeons, or shoot at, maim or kilt them within their roostings, under a penalty of $25. No person shall trap, snare or net a wild turkey, pheasant,, quail, wood cock, rail or reed bird under penalty of $lO, except when they are caught for preservation over Winter. Any person shooting or hunting on Sunday shall be fined from $lO to $25. No person or corporation shall throw or deposit, or permit to be thrown or deposited, any culm or coal dirt into or upon any of the rivers, lakes, ponds or streams of this State, under penalty of $5O for each offence, in addition to damages to individual owners or lessees of such wafers. No person shall catch spreckled trout save only with hook and line, except for breeding purposes, or place any sot lines in waters inhabited by them, un der penalty of $25 for each offence. No person shall kill or expose to sale, any salmon or spreckled trout, save only during the months of April, May, June and July, and the first fif teen days of August, under penalty of $lO for each salmon or trout. This pro provision is not to prevent any person from catching trout with not In waters owned by himself to stock other wa ters. Lake trout or salmon shall not be taken in October, November, Decem ber, January and February under tho penalty of $lO. VOL. 59—HO, 52, Any person trespassing on advertised grounds for the purpose of taking fish from any private pond, stream or spring, shall be liable to the owner, lessee or occupant in a penalty of $lOO in addition to being guilty of trespass. Any person placing a set net across any of the canals, rivulets or creeks in this State shall be liable to a penalty of $25 for each offence. No person shall place in any fresh water stream, lake or pond, any lime or other deleterious substance, or any drug or medicated bait with intent to Injure, poison or catch fish, nor place in any pond, lake or stream, stocked with or inhabited by salmon, trout, bass, pickerel, sun fish or perch, any drug or deleterious substance with in tent to hill or catch fish, under a penal ty of $5O, imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both. ■ No person shall at any time catch, or kill, with hook and line or scroll or ex pose for sale, black bass or pickerel, and only with hook and line, &c., from the first day of March to the first day of Juno, under a penalty "of $25. No fishing shall be done in any of the inland waters where trout or bass exist, with nets having meshes less than three inches. . No fish shall bo caught by draining of waters or by dragging nets or seines when water is drawn off, except by order of the State fishery commission ers, under a penalty of $23. Any person may sell or have in his possession, pinnated grouse, ruffed grouse, and quail, for a period of fifteen days after the tinie limited for killing them has expired, provided he. can prove they were killed before the time expired or were killed outside the lim its of the State, at some place where it was not unlawful to kill them. Judges, Mayors, Burgesses, Alder men, Justices of the Peace, and magistrates are invested with full power to enforce the provisions of the law, and to issue warrants for the arrest of any person or persons tempo rarily residing-in their respective juris dictions who may be believed to have violated the law; and to.issue search warrants, for the search of any house, market, boat, car, or other building, in Which there 1s probable cause for be lieving game to be concealed during any of the prohibited periods. It is made the special duty of all constables and police officers to diligently search out and arrest all violators of this law —said officers being competent witness es to testify against persons having in their possession game out of season; the officer making information to receive one half the penalty Imposed, the oth half to go to the treasury of the county or city in which the offence was com mitted. Nothing in this act shall be construed as to prevent the catching of bait fish by means of hand nets or cast nets for angling or scientific purposes. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. REMARKS OF SAMUEL M. WHERRY, ESQ. OP CUMBERLAND COUNTY, IN THE CON STITUTIONAL CONVENTION, THE SUB JECT OF THE JUDICIARY BKINO BEFORE THE BODY Mk. Whgrry, Mr. Chairman : In the discussion upon tbe article, reported by tbe Committee on tbe Judiciary, I have, I think, shown that modesty which Is becoming a layman. So far as the mere organization of tbe courts is concerned, I have bad nothing to ssy. So far as tbe questions, debated involved the honor and the emoluments of the Judges or tbe advantage of the attorneys, I have had nothing to say. But whenever this sub ject begins to touch the dear people, of whom I am one, I desire to say a word. I have listened m amazement to some of. tbe vagaries in political science advanc ed upon this floor in tbe discussion of this judiciary article. We should be forced to believe, if wo credited all-tbat has been said upon this subject, that tbe people have no concern whatever In the establishment of the judiciary. Against that idea I desire to protest. The estab lishment of the judiciary, in my judg ment, implies on tbe part of tbo people three necessary conditions. In- tbe first place, they must be willing to accept it. The shoemaker works In vain Jf his cus lomers cannot wear his boots, Bo will this Convention have worked in. vain if tbe people refuse to accept tbe judiciary system (bat we establish for them. In the second place, tbe people must te willing to do what is necessary to maintain tbo judiciary. If it be adopted, and be found to work badly, they will not sustain it; they will refuse to give it their moral sanction and support. In tbo third place, tbe people must be both willing ami able to do all that which is neces sary to make this judicial system per form tbe purpose for which it baa been organized. Could justice be Administered in a court of justice if ail men were liars, if your witnesses refused to testify, it men wilfully perjured themselves, if Ju ries gave verdicts contrary to the facts? Isay that for the successful establish ment of a judicial system, those three conditions are requisite, and in my judg meat, speaking as a layman, any judi cial system, however fine Id theory it may be, however perfect you may make it in detail, which overlooks and ignores these points of contact with the people, must utterly fail of giving a wholesome administration of justice. For, sir, how ever It may conflict with the philosophy and war with the prejudices of a class of political teachers on this floor, in tbe ju dicial department of the government, equally with every other department, as in mechanics, the power which keeps the engine moving must be sought for outside the machinery. That power, operating through every department of government, is tbo intelligence, the vir tue, the moral sense, tbe innate love of right and justice of the people. Judicial machinery, judicial contrivances and rules of court, can have no efficacy un less sustained by tbe moral sanction and political support of the people. The goodness of an administration of justice is in compound ratio of the worth of the men composing tbo tribunal and the worth of the public opinion which con • trols them. A good system will not bo a pure abstraction, It will not be an “ark of covenant" that dare not be touched by the hands of common men. It never can be better and it never ought to be better than the aggregate goodness of the men composing it, and the men for whom it is provided. But a good system brings ail the moral worth of the community to bear upon tbe administration of Justice, and makes it operative upon the result. Now to tbe immediate question under consideration, I remark, in the first place, that aa much of tbe business of our dis trict courts id of that character that both tbe facts and the law are to be decided upon by the court It would be unwise, not to say unsafe, to vest so much discre tion In the person of one man. The right of widows and orphans are to be sacred ly preserved. Executors, administrators, guardians, committees, trustee?, auditors, viewers are to be appointed, and the court ' must pass upon the character and quail- i lfntos~ot Advertl»id|fi No.llmPaT»q7jaßq. 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Besides most, if pot all of these, are required to give bond for the faithful per formance of duty, and the court must severally pass upon , the character and lidaocial ability of the bondsman. Are not these great powers Involving great responsibilities? Would you leave them to the uugulded judgment of one man? Why, sir, it Is accounted a responsible of fice to try causes, Instruct juries in the application of law, administer Justice with tho aid of counsel and jury; but here, sir, is a power ten times greater which some would leave depending up on the will of a single judge. This, sir. In effect,' would be but to establish a court of chancery—a court in every way repugnant to the wishes and feelings of our citizens, and at variance with the settled policy of our Mate. Associate judges arc indispensable links between tho court and the people. They give the people confidence in the decisions. of the court. They preserve the court from falling into many and unintentional er rors of judgment. They dlvlc/e the re sponsibility of judgment with the presi dent judge In case of great doubt or great popular clamor, thereby relieving him of much unjust odium. And, lastly, every honest, God-fearing judge I ever knew and talked with, wanted these associates by bis side; wanted, if not their intel lectual, at least their moral support ; wahted their Intuitive seine of just ice as a mirror in which ho might reflect the Image of his purely mental or speculative judgment. I move to amorfd the amend ment of the gentleman from Allegheny, by strickiug out the words “associate jud ges are hereby abolished.” Mu. Fulton. Mr. Chairman,; I had desired, to offer an amendment or a sub stitute for this section, bill I suppose it would not be in orcler now. os an amend ment to an amendment is now pend ing. 1 agree with the delegate who sits at my right,. (Mr. S. A. Purvianoe.) who offered the original amendment, that this a question of importance, and one that we should approach with every caution. During the entire history of our Commonwealth one of the boasts of tbe State of Pennsylvania has been ber judiciary. Whilst charges have been made against every other branch of our government of impurity and corruption, the judiciary of the Commonwealth has always stood above suspicion ; and I say • now that it should be. with great cure that we would undertake to entirely rev olutionize thejudiclary of Pennsylvania. There are two aspects of this case that 1 desire to call tbe attention, of this com mittee to. Tbe first is the effect that this section would have upon tbe elec tion of our judiciary. I ask that wo all go back about a mouth In the history of this convention, and re call the discussion of the apportionment of tbe .Legislature in this city, when It was agreed here by common consent that the representation of the city of Phila delphia from the adoption of tbe amend ment to the constitution in 1557, cutting the city up into single districts, has gone back every day; and ibis is the very thing that is now proposed to be done with the judiciary all over Pennsylva nia ; to cut up our State into small judi cial districts, and I ask you to answer tbe question by this vote, whether if is not tue uuiveraai-rule that tbe smaller you make the districts for which,men are elected to fill any position, tbe smaller you- make the men that obtain tbe posi tions. It was said here the other day in dla ■ cussing this question in a rather different form that If tbe section then under con sideration was adopted, It would make onr judiciary political; it would put po litlcarjudges upon tbe bench. Now. will it not have such an efleet to a far greater extent than the section then under con sideration, if you cut up Uie State into counties of 25,000 or I.)0,000 as separate jqfiiolal .districts ? If you look over tbe cdffutles of the Commonwealth you will find that there are not three conn ties that are not so decidedly either Demo cratic or Republican that all a man has to do is to gel a nomination in tbe coun ty, and if you cut up the districts to.that size the very smallest-sized lawyer in tbe Commonwealth will start and canvass Uia county and secure the nomination, and be elected judge. I ask gentlemen to Consider whether this is not the very thing that will put our local politicians upon the bench '}'■■. , What effect will it have upon our courts? It is urged by the gentleman who introduced this amendment that it will enable ua to have our business done with dispatch. Suppose we retain our districts as they are, and give them a judge for say every 40,000 or 50,000 popu lation in a district. Our districts are formed of two, three and four counties over the Commonwealth. My own dis trict and the district of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Clark) have been run in here as an.argument. What would the effect be there upon our courts if our district was divided into throe districts, each of the three counties in.the district being large enough to come within tbe provisions of this section? Every ten years we have to elect a new Judge. It is known to every gentlemen in this Con- vention that when wo do elect a new judge lu a district or a county, he is cho sen from the members of the bar, and in nineteen cases.out of twenty from the members of the bar Id that county ; and not only that, but he is taken from the best practitioners, from among the lead ing members of tbo bar. You put a man upon the bench who is concerned, per haps, in over one»third of the cases on the docket in that county, and the busi ness of that county is interrupted at every term by cases coming.up in which your judge Is concerned. He cannot try them, uud you have to wait until such time us you can borrow a judge from au adjoin ing district to come in and Cry them. Suppose we put judges enough on the bench In that district to give u judge for each county, what then? I think'two would be amply sullicient to do tbe busi ness of the counties in the district; and oaeof the judges lived In my county and the other in Indiana county, let them change back and forward; they can try each other’s cases without the slightest inconvenience or interruption of the busi- ness of the court. But again,, following that same district still further, we find that tbe county which I have the honor to represent here has about Co,ooo popu lation at this time, Wo find in that coun- ty two hundred miles of railroad and large coal operations, with some fifteen or twenty large corporations there en- gaged in mining coal. AU these are pro vocatives to litigation, and the litigation in our county is increasing every day. Oo over to tbe adjoining county of Indi ana, and you will find there about 30,000 population, an ugrlculturalcounty, I dare say to-day, and not business enough to keep a judge engaged one-fourth of hla time. Within the next three years one judge lu our county will not be able to alieud tbe business of the county. A judge in our neighboring county, now in the same district, will be sluing there three-fourths of his time Idle. Is there any economy, la there any wisdom in making such a change as this la our ju dicial district at this time? Is it not bettor to elect sufficient Judges lu the districts whero they are, and to leave U to the Legislature, as it has been, to make such changes as from time to time may become necessary? Mr. Chairman, 1 hope that (his section will not meet with the favor of this com- mittee, because 1 fear that It would, have the worst elleot upon the judiciary of our Commonwealth of anything that this Convention can do. ‘lp a man bequeathed you a hundred dollars would you pray for him?’ asked a Sunday-school teacher of a youngster. ‘No, I’d pray fur another like him.* Can a 'gentleman who sees a lady homo under an umbrella, bo fitly design nated a rain-beau? ■»
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