SAMUEL' WRIGHT, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 19.1
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DR. J. Z. 11OFFER,
TIENTIST.---OFFICE, Front Street 4th' door
..1/4rorix UM++Al. over Saylor & McDonald' 13onk store
Colarithia,74. , 117 Entrance, beta evo the Rook and
Dr. lierr's Drag•ntore. [August :41, 1h
•'• • • : "t PJ.R. S. ARMOR,
HONCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
COLUMBIA, PA.
OFFICE AND RralLE]CE—Second Street, one door from
Walnut.
March 1.3,1155 a.
"I'IIOMAS WELSH,
TUSTICE OP THE PEACE, Columbia, Pa.
OFFICE; in' Thapper's New Building, below
Black's Hotel, From street.
fa - Prompt attention given to all business entrusted
lits Cure.
November 2:3, 1657.
DIC'G. W. MIFFLIN,
DE?TIST, Locust street, a Few doors above
Jl the Odd Fellow.' Hull, Columbia, Pa.
Columbia. May 3. ISM.
11. M. NORTH',
A TTORNEY AND CUt?SELLOIt AT LAW.
Ll Columbia,Pa.
Collectione, romptly made, in Laneasterand York
:roomier,
Columbia. Mny 4,1850.
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J. w. FISHER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Columbia., Ara,.
Columb.a, :•••:eptember ti,l aio.it
GEORGE J. METH,
WIiOLESALE and Retail Bread and Cake
Baker.—Conclatitly on lotoil a ....new of Colic..
100 notneroon to locution: Ctrnekert; Soda. Wine. Scroll,
sad Sugar .I.3i.euiti Confectionery. of every de , ernltloll,
&c., de. LocusT sTl3l:l7l',
Feb.2, - 30. Between the Bank and Franklin liotr.e.
Cold Cream of Glycerine,
FOlitthe Curo and Prevention of Chap
ped iland, For I.y Dr. E. It. III:11K.
,Por. v 7, *5B. Golden Mori, Drne More
VARPETINGS, DK CLOTHS, AND 1001i1ING
GLASSES alveny. 011 51:4114i. 11l lOW priVeg. nt
THE PEOPLE'S s'l'Olt E.
Adjonung Inc
March 13, 1858
TM received, three dozen Dr. Branon's
vegmble n colons core for Ily.pcp-m;
also. n fre , h lot of pup Sono and Pine Annie Chee,e,
.Purinn:and Corn Starch, nt D. 111:ftR'S
ept 5, 1557. Grocery and Liquor Store.
TOT RECEIVED, a beautiful assortment of
Glass Ink lit the Ileadquartars and
News Depot.
Columbia, April IS, 1537.
frAIII.F. AND FLOOR OIL ChOTlld, all widths,
1 and Carpeting's, for sale cheap. by
Oct, LO, 1557. 1. 0 RRVNER & CO.
I i ATS ANOCAPS, , uituble for the season, and nt
low prices,at the Corner ofTliirdand Union ios.
Oct. 10,
LOOKING GLASSES, all size., by
1 0. 111111'is:ER k CO.,
Corner of Third and Union ete,
Oct.lo, 1857.
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,/ HEAP White. Red and Yellow Wool Flannc'sand
‘Vool,Yurn t of all colurs end quolhien.nt
October 10,1837. BRUNER'S.
•QALT by the seek or bushel, and Mackerel by the
1..1 barrel or retell, et 1.0. BRUNER S. CO'S.
October 10, 1847.
IDRIME SEGA RS AND TOITACCO 3 of gliffere t
0 rands, whoie.ale and Wail, 4y
October 10,1957. 1.0 11RIT1EIL h CO.
( minx and Rock Salt, by the sack or bothel,for
.1. sale tow, by
Oct. 10, 19.57.
THORN'S Extract of Copailia and Sarsaparilla, for
sale at the Golden Mortar Drug Store.
March 27, MSS.
FANCY TOILET SOAPS.
rfitHE finest OeFortment of Taney 'Toile t Soaps, ever
J. offered to Columbium.) at '
HARRY GREEN'S,
N 0.3 Wolf'. Row, Front mice(
',mil 17,1454
Pure Currant and Elderberry Wines.
, a ,AN be obtained at the Golden Mortar Drag store,
V Front street. above Loewe. by the pint. quart or gal
lon. For a good article, warranted pure, soli at
Dr. E. B. 11111111.'S.
Columbia, June 5, 1659.
JUST RECEIVED
AND for sale at the Golden Illortar Drug Slore, a
fresh lot of VANILLA BEANS, Syrups by the
bottle, for Soda Wateg and Ire Cream; curb NS Pine
Apple. Strawberry, lllrpberry, Currant. ()rec.', Va
nilla, tee., tee. 11.11 ERR.
bleiy :19, ILES'S.
POCKET _KNIVES.
tibitT 'RECEIVED nt the Faintly Drug St°. e of
HARRY GREEN, a large aseortment of - the finer.
and beet rocket Knive• in Columbia. It I% confident
ly believed that Ohio it the beet lot of Wren ever
offered to the cttizen% of thi• Mace. Tho•c deniring a
really good ankle, will call at
NO. 3, WOLF'S ROW-FRONT ST.
CHEWING TOBACCO.
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AT TIFII , III.Y PFAIILEIPS, Locust street, opposite the
Franklin House, can lie had CUBA LEAF, CON-
S, and several oilier brands of the first Chewing
I,ltes which the attention of chewers is invited.
Slay 1, ISKA.
PATENTED, 1858.
ANEW Preserve Jar perfectly nir tight, more con
venient, and a better article than those sold last
season, has Just been received at
H. C. PONTW.RSMITIPS
People', Cash Store.
June 20. 1858
ALARGE stock of all Linde of Drugs. Chemicals
Medicines, he., &c, for sale at tic Golden Moe-
Aar Drug Store. [mar. 27, '53
40 DOZEN of all kinds of Snuff Boxes
wholcsule or rcouL nt
FGNDRICII &
Front street, sdoors chore Locust.
April2l, Fersq.
TMPORTED Lupin's, al•o, Glenn's Double Extracts
3. for the handkerchief, at
HARRY' MIERN'S.
Wolf's Row, Front street.
Apri117,1959.
VIRANCIPANNI Extracts and G 11117; nn POPO:Paling
perfume. at GARRY GREEN'S,
Aprill7,lU39. No. 'Wolfs Row, Front rtreet.
BAY RUM , Cologne in Toilet 110111ev, Hair Oil
every kind,lYood's liairfestoruit vv. nnd 11nrry's
Yricopheroas, at llAnar (1 REEN . 16,
April 17, 181/3, No. 3 Yoll's Row.rront street.
COLOGNE WATER by the pint. quart or canon;
Glenn's Extracts for the handkerchief by the
ounce or pound, or .to any quantity to sun purchaser's
April 17, 1858. No. 3 Welt' Rov, Prmit sireitt.
Bcerhave's Rolland Bitters.
THE Celebrated Eqlland Remedy for Disease
of the kidneys, llyepepsta, Indigestion, 1100.1-
ache, Lou of Appetite, hr. For "Ale at
McCORKL.I h DIU.LETT'S
Family Medicine titOTC, Odd Fellow'' , Hall
Augastl4,lBs9.
3112ILDICINES, marancirms.
WOOD'S Hair Restorative.
Hunter's Vegetable Panacea.
Helmbold's Bucha and Sarsaparilla.
Costar's Rat and Roach Exterminator.
Kennedy's Medical Discovery.
Bach's American Compound.
Deshler, Fever and Ague Pill,.
Holloway', Pills, Ointment nod Worm Confections!
Aycr's Pills and Cherry Pectoral.
Tobias" Veintian Liniment.
Balm of to Thou-and Flowers.
floben , acl.'s Sy rup'and
Terrel's Healing Ointment.
P,--ence of Jamaica Conger.
Hair Dye. (black and brown.)
Hieing:lnd Firnifichr, Caine Powder.
Stamen', Superior Hor-e POVAler.
Wright', Lublin Vegetable Pills.
Dr. Juines' Extract of Cannabis, Pills and Ointmeut
Ilueliunan's Aguc Mixture.
linorland's Bauer, John Bull'. Sarsaparilla,.
Sanford'. Invigorator. Jayne' , flair Dye.
Hunt's Liniment. Wistar's Cough Syrup.
Lyon'. Kasharion. Houek's Panacea.
flurry's Tneopheroas. Cod Liver Oil
Stale Syrup of Tar. Brandreilt's Pills.
fradway s R. R. R. Fiteli's Medicines.
Bus-ia Salve. Dr. Jayne.. Medicines.
A. 11. Boll's Sarsaparilla. Louden & CO'E Medicines.
SI 50
DR• E. H. HERR'S GOLDEN MORTAR.
DRUG STORE,
Front Street. Columbia, Pa.
Columbia, Oct.-l.
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
PLIILADELPIIIA.
STIITEMP I iT i oLthc Assets of the Company on
Published in conformity with the provision of the
sixth neeilollof the Aci of A sseinb ly, of Apr 115110942.
DIORTGAGES.
Being first morlgngesott real estate, la lb
City and Count} of Philadelphia, excel
$30.950 pi 11 ontgoine ry, Bungs, :Seim}
kill and Allegheny counties,Pennsylv!
REAL ESTATE.
Purctia.ed at ,sherilra , under'
mnrtgitge cl lilac, Si,:
Eight houses and lot, 70 by 150 feet, on
the South-west corner at Chesnut and
Seventeenth ctrert,
A house owl lot, 27 by 71 feet. on North
side of Spruce street, West of Elev
enth street.
A house and lot. 21-7 by 100 feet. on
Rest -tile of Penn Square, South of
Mull street,
Two liouses and lots. each 15 by SO feet,
OH South side or ',Mee street, near
SiXter lan .-tre,.t.
Fise houses and lots. each 17.0 lay 00
feet, Nos. 150, 101, 163, 165 and 167
Dilwyn st.,
Three 0011, , and 101,40 by .54 feet, on
East side of Seventeenth sireet,south
of Pine st.
Hotel stud 10t,50 ItySl fect,onthe South-
at:n.l corner of Chesnat and Hooch sts.,
Five house-and lot. 42 by tri; feet. outhe
North stile of George street, West of
A-Idon street.
Seven houses and lot. t2O by 117 tees, on
the Fast -lite of 1100011 street, south
of Chesnut art eel.
A house and lot. Is by 30 feet, No. 96
Fitzwoter street. Ea-1 of Ninth street.
A ground rent ot issuing out of a lot '
13.4 by 40 feet. on Not tit side of Otter
street, 40 feet West of Leopard Street,
LOANS.
Teniperary Lanes, on Stocks as Collat.
era' Security,
STOCKS.
810.000 Alms House Loan, 5 per cent. 't
Ont. on.)
200 :"....11;11 . C., Rank or Kentucky.
17 t• Norther a (tank nf Re stocky,
100 ‘ 1.711103 11311 k of T , 113e ,, CC.
13 " 111.1111111, (11 1 U1p311y 01111 e ;
Slate of Penn.} Ica
200 t. nlll h •4' d Co.
37 " Commercial and Railroad
Vick.burg. 471,232
3011 6 , Pennsylvania Railroad Co., T.
DI " Franklin Fuel 'warn:tee Co,
111ercagi le Library Co., 4:
24" Union Canal company,
10 "Schuylkill Railroad Cn.
SIP 000 Non), Pen as Railroad Bodds,
City Warrants,
Note' nail hill-receivable,
Un.ettled l'olicies,
Cash on
Cabla In hands of 4 gents,
Los.es paid during the yearlSsG,
13y order Grille Board,
_ CIIAIMES N. HANCKER, President
Attest CITABLE. , G. Itatccamt.Seeretnry.
DIFILX . TLIP9,—ChaA. N. Danaher. Tebino Wagner,
Samuel Grant, Jacob R. Smith, Geo. \V. Richardq,
alorderai D. Level.. David 8. 13rown,lisaite Lea, Ed-
ward C. Dale, Oro. Fates.
TIIOS. LLOYD, Agent, Columbia.
Nlay '2, 16.57
HAIR BRUSHES ALIV COMBS.
AT the Family Drug Score of If s GREEN
Front Trent. CHU lie had Fine Tooke Shell Red
ding and Pocket Coml,4.lfulo rand Horn Comb.,
Ladies' Puff' Conahm, Pint Burrico Rack and other
Bru..lie.; a superior a,ortniena. Only good articles
kept for sale...hada Ore , old at thin loseq prices.
AT NO 3, WOLF'S ROW, FRONT ST.
r.O. 13RLIN F.R CO
Spain's Premium Atmospheric Churns.
WILL produce more butter. from a given
quantity Or cr eam than any churn in Use.—
Seven wholesale and retail.
AMER'S & CO.
N. E Ear. 7th and .Varlet sts., Philadelphia,
February till. I E,:"H.
Field, 'Flower and Garden Seeds,
In great variety. Warranted Fresh and
Genuine. eal.Vg.o, :11ape's Nitrogenized Super
Pho..pliate of Lime. Poudrene. dee.
PASCIIAL.I.. MORRIS & ro
N Gor.7ih and Market OS, Philadelphia.
February ^_o.l
HE AP WATCHES gr. JEWELRY.
WIEOL I ES p A I L I E d Ap i RE a J/IG
at
and Jewelry e
Store, No. 143 (j1 1 1 . : 1 •_..—".( 4 - --- 4-;>,
No. NI) North Second street, corner of Quarry,
Philadelphia.
Gold Lever Watches, fullJewelled,l9 cases,4l - 2.9 On
Gold Lepitte, IR corer. tl4 00
Silver Lever, full jewelled,
Silver Lepine.jevvele,
Superior Quiff:mi..,
Gold Speciaelea,
Fine Silver do.,
Gold Bracelets,
Lady's Gold Pencils,
silver Tea dpoon..•et.
Gold Pens, Wllil Peneil and Silver holder, 100
Gold Finger Rings 9:; eta to 15. , 0; %Viitch
plain 12k els.. patent lrl, Ltinet :23; other articles in
proportion. All goods warranted to Ito what they
are sold for. STAUFFER 434. HARLEY.
Er On baud someCiold and Salver Levers and Le
noes Mill lower than the above prices.
Philadelphia, December 5, 15574 y
AND STILL ANOTHER CARD.
An Ordinary Old Style Arrangement,
A s it bus bceomc customary for the Mr
./AL chants of [our borough, to specify their mode of
doing business,-.the undersigned respectfully call
the attention and solicit the patronage of the inhalu.
tants of Columbia, to the store of 1. O. Bruner & Co..
on the corner of Third and Union streets. They do
not incur theexpense of Inm:twining PEVEJiAL or even
one person to purchase their goods in the eity. but buy
their own goods for cacti. effect their own sales, dis
pense with show windows, and are Wiiilllf to credit
ntl honest men. rind do not exact the half cent from
the customer unjustly.
We hove just received a new and Cull assortment
of Dry Gnosis. have re-fitted otir ease with the best
Indies and children's shoes of all descriptions; have
a Mil supply of Crocerirs. nod. in fort, every nem
that can he had in any other store out of the city.
1. O.ItRUNER.
F. BRUNER.
May 13,1E59
Commonwealth Insurance Co.,
UNION BUILDINGS, Third street, Darrisburg,
CHARTERED CAPITAL, $200,000.
twarre fluildinge and other Property agairvn !tom or
damage by fire. againvt perils of th e Sea, In
land Navigation and Tra nsportation.
RECTORS,—SIimon Cameron, Geo. Bf. Lawman,
Wilimm Dock, Eh Sldcr , .Tamcv Pox. Geo. Dergner,
Beinamm Parke. %Vol. U. Kepner. A.K. Warlord, W.
F. Alarray,F. K. Boa., John H. Berryhilf, Wm. F.
Packer.. _
OFFICF:FIA:—SIMON CAMERON, President,
BENJ. PARKE, Vice PresideAt..B, S. CARRIER,
Secretary.
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IC IF. FRY, Agent, Col cambia, Pa
August al, INA.
EMIZEIMM
FRANXLIN
42.160 '2 ,
12;312 I
LOSSES BY FIRE
0301,638 84
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59,114.10
ANOTHER SUPPLY OF
SPRING GOODS.
WE have just received and opened our
TIMM :sILIVI'LY OF SPRING GOODS,
comimitic of
Plus English. Creme], rind American Cloths, Cocci-
MereS an.l Vr•Illle.;
LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
Such a' Palley and 131uel: Silk., including many de
sirable Impnrinnon..; //dailies.
Challies, Paul de Sliver•. Ducals,Lawnii,Chintres.
COlieDe., Se., all of which have been ..elseied with
grcat care and will be bold at greatly reduced
prices.
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.
v 9,1712 70
1 216 50
In this line our =lock is complete. and cannot be
surraysed by any other i.tore in the county. rer=an=
desiring, Sltcetings,Clieeks.Tickingv. ac., will find
It to their advriiinge to give u, a mill. an we have
everything to linen line that con be ached for, and we
ure determined not to he undernold.
51 Go:I3G
6 I ,827,1 t 35 SO
Oil Cloths, Oarpeti nes, Mats, Draggets, &c.
China, C. lass, and Quecnswa re
GROCERIES.'
Sugarg, Colt es, Tea., Mackerel, Heal ng,Sal /cc.,
a large stock, ar the lowest prices.
WALL PAPERS.
$20,000 Pieces New York Wail Papers,
anew rind beautiful deigns, ranging 111 price from
i cools and upward. As we get nil of our Wail
Papers, Fun Screen', &e., direct from the manufac
turer. we can them al the mu /11.2n!elliser%
We have several hundred different de , imm vii hand,
and we feel confident that a •eleetion can be made
from our Stock, with frenter sutkraetion to the pur•
diuser lhau can be given by any other stare in the
county.
In conclusion, we would Stly our Sloe', is
FULL & COMPLETE IN EVERY BRANCH,
and we offer great inducements to purcha.ers, in
The puce uud qualnv of our g oods.
GIVE US A CALL.
FRY & RAGMAN,
Locust street. directly opposite the Batik.
Columbia. April 17, 1,33.
PRODTY'S Subsoil, Prouty's Double Nicht
gun Sad and Fadt.otl. and Prouty's Centre Drell
C:Ol7l7lEr. Thee Plows nre constructed
on `cient‘he Prtactitlettt .0/ a. to turn and pulverize
the ground atone operation. It look the fir , l premium
at the World'a Fair, London, tsgstm.t all competition.
All the ditrerent t.t.ret. at NV holcsale and Retail
MORRISec CO,
N. E. Car. 7th and Market streete, l'hiladelptua
February 10, I tes9.
CO-P.A.II!ZNE3.SECIP.
TUB undersigned having entered into
partnership, wider the firm of Shreiner &Son,
desire to enll the attention of the public to their fine
assorimentnf
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY,
Their stork Irnc been selected with great tare and
with due regard to style and quality. Every article
is warranted to be OA represented.
By strict attention to amines, They hope to retain
the patronage of the old establishment. and will en
deavor to please all who will favor them with a call.
PHILIP SIiBEINIM.
EDW. M. SHREINER.
1.00
000
7 00
7 00
1 50
300
1 00
5 00
Columbia, July ?G,
In entering into the nbnve arrongemont i would mice
ibis opportunity of returning my thanks to my former
friend. and customers for the patronage heretofore so
liberally bestowed. and respectfully solicit a contin
uance of Om same for the new firm.
Columbin. July 31.1 Prpl-tf
ARM X'WU IMMURED?
West Branch Insurance Company.
TATS Company was organized in June,
1855. None hut the safest bllenieiQ Ints been
done. and the prosperous financial condition of the
Company is evidence of its standing.
Whole amount of Properly Insured, 81,187 GlB ec
Losses raid. 5:358 80
LEWIS TREDENICK. Columbia, Pa., I. the au
thorized agent. and us empowered to make surveys
and insure property ut the regular rate.. cf the Com
►any. Dec. 5.14;37
WE SPEAR THE TRUTH!
IF
yon don't believe it call and see for
your•elves.
sweet Congress. Raw Twist,
Sweet Black Fat. Vic Leaf;
Sweet Block /lava, 1:1 Dorado,
Sweet Pear li-Leal, Natural,
honey Dew, Virginia Brag,
Sweet Twist, Pine Cut,
Plain Lent'. Anti-Nervous,
Chewing Tobacco, wholesale and retail. at
I'EN [MICH A. 81105',
Front street, i doors above Locust.
April 21, 1859.
NEW SZGAZ. SiI'OELII,
Front at, one door above Locust, Columbia, Pa.
TUC SUBSCRIBER would cell atiennon of the
citizens of Columbia to his newly opened stork ot
TOBACCO, SUGARS, SNUFF, GERMAN'
SMOKING TOBACCO, &c
His Sogara sire of every Choice Brand, and hi.
Tobacco and Snuirof all cavorile Varieties. Ile will
furnish all articles In hi. line at lie
LOWEST PRICES,
and the quality ni his mock cannot tail to meet with
genera: appreciation. He n.ka of hi• friends and the
Smoking, Chewing, and Snuffing public, a share of
patronage.
OTTO STEINER.
Columbia, April 10,16519,
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1858.
EARLY COPIES
rEnms
CLUBBING
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For the Columbia Spy
" The Pleasures of Love is in Loving.'
ROCLIEFOISCAL!.I).
I come not to wage a war with the Sage,
Ilia maxim I fain would believe,
For all have been taught to treaaure the though;
'Tis better to give than receive.
To love and to trust, as loving hearty must,
A glimpse is of I leaven above;
Yet, come woe conic sveal. %is sweetest to feel
We're rennin of somebody's love.
To hide in our hearts the joy lore imparts,
The purest, the dearest e'er know,,,
Were selfish to do. —'o I wouldn't would you?
Enjoy all the rapture alone.
A weary world not made up of Wise;
Al,, then, d our joys are so few,
Oh. never would I to my dear one deny
The pleasure of loving me too. D. C
The Ladder of St. Augustine.
FROM LONGEEI.I.O , eS NEW 14001; OC EOENIS.
Saint Augu , dilkei well lia.d thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A Judder, if we ',till but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame!
All common ihingq, each day's events,
That with the hour begin and end,
Our plea,ures nod our di-coulonot,
Are rounds by which we 'nay ascend
The lOW desire. the base design,
That makes another's s irtues less
The revel of the treacherous wine,
And all occasions of excess;
The longing for ignoble things
The strife for triumph inure than truth;
The hardening of the heart, that bring 4
Irreverence for tic rircoms or }ouch.
All thouglitc or ill; nil evil deeds,
That have their roots In thoughts of ill;
Whatever hinders or annriles
'rite action of the nobler will;
All these inuQt first be trnnipled down
Beneath our feet. if w•e would gain
In the bright held, of fair renown
The right of eminent domain.
We have not %sings, we cannot soar;
But w•e hare feet to scale and climb
It) slow dea - reeq, by more until more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and boner known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
The cliginal mouraning tlint uprcnr
Their solid bagtion, to the skies,
Are croigml by pathways, that appear
As we to higher levels rise.
The heights by great mon-reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
\Vera toiling upward in tho night.
Shin,Wig on what too long we bore
With shouttlers bent and dotvncn•t eyes,
W.. may thscern—unseen before—
A path to higher destinies.
Nor deem the irrevocable Past,
As wholly wasted, Is holly vain,
If, rising on its wreck , , hist
To something nobler we attain.
glisttivito. .
Love in the Clouds
"And this is the fellow that wants to
marry my daughter! A pretty fool I should
be to give Annie to a coward like him!"
So shouted honest Master Joss, the sacristan
of the cathedral of Vienna, as he stood in
the public room of the "Adam and Eve"
inn, and looked after the angry retreating
figure of Master Ottkar, the head-mason.
As he spoke an honest young gardener,
named Gabriel, entered; and for a moment
the youth's handsome face flushed high, as
he thought the sacristan's words were di
rected at him. For it was the old, old story.
Gabriel and Annie had played together and
loved each other before they knew the
meaning of the word love; and when, a few
months before, they had found it out, and
Gabriel proposed to make Annie his wife,
her father rejected him with scorn, The
young gardener bad little to offer besides an
honest heart and a pair of industrious
hands, while Master Ottkar, the mason had
both houses and money. To him, then,
sorely against her will, was the pretty
Annie promised; and poor Gabriel kept
away from the sacristan's pleasant cottage,
manfully endeavoring to root out his love
while exterminating the weeds in his gar
den. But somehow it happened that, al
though the docks and thistles withered and
died, that other pertinacious plant, clinging
and twining like the wild convolvulus, grew
and flourished, nurtured, perchance, by an
occasional distant glimpse of sweet Annie's
pale cheek and drooping form.
So matters stood, when one day, as Ga
briel was passing through a crowded street,
a neighbor hailed him:
"Great news, my boy! glorious news!
Our Leopold has been chosen emperor at
Frankfort. Long lice the House of Aus
tria! lie is to make his triumphal entry
here in a day or two. Come with me to the
'Adam and Eve,' and we will drink his
health, and hear all about it."
In spite of his dejection, Gabriel would
hare been no true son of Vienna if he had
refused this invitation: and waving his cap
in sympathy with his comrade's enthusiasm,
he hastened with him to the inn.
We have already soon how the unexpected
appearance and more unexpected words of
Master Jose met him on the entrance. In
the height of his indignation the sacristan
did not observe Gabriel, and continued in
the same tone:
"I declare, I'd give this moment full and
free permission to woo and win mydaughter
to any honest young fellow who would
wave the banner in my stead—ay, and think
her well rid of that cowardly mason."
From time immemorial it had been the
custom in Vienna, whenever the emperor
made a triumphal entry, for the sacristan
of the cathedral to stand on the very pin
nacle of the highest tower and wave a ban
ner while the procesSion passed. But Master
Joss was old, stiff, and rheumatic, and such
an exploit would have been quite as much
out of his line as dancing on a tight-rope.
It was therefore needful for him to provide
a substitute; and it never occurred to him
that his intended son-in-law, who professed
such devotion to his interests, and whose
daily occupation obliged him to climb to
dizzy heights, and stand on slender scaffold
ing, could possibly object to take his place.
What, then, was his chagrin and indig
nation when, on broaching the matter that
afternoon to Master Ottkar, he was met by
a flat and not over-courteous refusal! The
old man made a hasty retort; words ran
high, and the parting volley, leveled at the
the retreating mason, we have already re
ported.
" Would you, dear Master Joss, would
you indeed do so? Then, with the help of
Providence, I'll wave the banner fur you as
long as you please from the top of St.
Stephen's tower."
" You, Gabriel?" said the old man, look
ing at him as kindly as ho was wont to do
in former days. "My poor boy! you never
could do it; you, a gardener, who never has
had any practice in climbing."
"Alf, non- you want to draw back from
your word!" exclaimed the youth, redden
ing. "My head is steady - enough; and if
my heart is heavy, why, it was you who
made it so. sever mind, Master Joss.
Only promise me, on the word of an honest
man, that you'll not interfere anymore with
Annie's free choice, and you may depend
on seeing the banner of our emperor, whom
may 'Heaven long preserve! wave gloriously
on the old pinnacle."
"I will, my brave lad; I do promise, in
the presence of all these honest folks, that
Annie shall be yours!" said the sacristan,
grasping Gabriel's hand with one of his,
while he wiped his eyes with the back of
the other.
"One thing I have to 'ask you," 'said the
young man, " That you will keep this mat
ter a secret from Annie. She'd never con
sent; she'd say I was tempting Providence;
and who knows whether the thought of her
displeasure might not make my head turn
giddy, just when I want it to be most firm
collected."
"No fear of her knowing it, for I have
sent her on a visit to her aunt two or three
miles in the country."
"And why do you send her from home,
Master Joss?"
"Because the sight of her pale face and
weeping eyes troubled me; because I was
vexed with her; because, to tell you the
truth, I was vexed with myself. Gabriel, I
was a hardhearted old fool; I see it now.
And I was very near destroying the happi
ness of my only remaining child ; for my
poor boy Arnold, your old friend and
school-fellow, Gabriel, has been for years in
foreign parts, and we don't know what has
become of him. But now, please God,
Annie at least will be happy, and you shall
marry her, my lad, as soon after the day of
procession as you and she please. There's
my hand on it."
There was not a happier man that eve
ning within the precincts of Vienna than
Gabriel the gardener, although Le well knew
that be was attemptin a most perilous en
terprise, amid one as likely as not to result
in his death. Ile made all necessary ar
rangements in case of that event, especially
in reference to the comfort of an only sister
who lived with him, and whom ho was care
ful to keep lit ignorance of his intended
venture. This done, ho resigned himself to
dream all night of tumbling from terrific
heights, and all day of his approaching
happiness. Meanwhile, Ottkar swallowed
his chagrin as ho best might, and kept
aloof from Master Joss; but he might have
been seen holding frequent and secret com
munication with Lawrence, a man who
assisted 'the sacristan in the care; of the
church.
The day of the young emperor's trium
phal entry arrived. He was not expected
to reach Vienna before evening; and at the
appointed hour the sacristan embraced Ga
briel, and, giving him the banner of the
House of Austria, gorgeously embroidered,
said: " Now, my boy, up in God's name!
follow Lawrence; he'll guide you safely to
the top of the spire, and afterward assist
you in coming down."
Five hundred and fifty steps to the top
of the tower] Mere child's play—theyoung
gardner flew up them with a joyous step.
Then came two hundred wooden stairs over
the clock-tower and belfry; then Cvo steep
ladders up the narrow pinnacle. Courage!
A few more bold steps—half an hour of
peril—then triumph, reward, the priest's
blessing, and the joyful "Yes!" before the
altar. Ale, how heavy was the banner to
drag upward—how dark the strait, stony
shaft! Hold, there is the trap door. Law
rence, and an assistant who accompanied
him, pushed Gabriel through.
"That's it'," cried Lawrence: "you'll see
the iron steps and clamps to hold on by the
outside—only keep your head steady. When
'tis your Limo to come down, hail us, and
we'll throw you a rope-ladder with hooks.
Farewell!" As be said these words. Ga
briel passed through the trap-door, and with
feet and hands clinging to the slender iron
projections, felt himself hanging over a tre
mendous precipice, while the cold evening
breeze rulEod his Bair. He bad still, bard
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ened as ho was with the banner, to steady
himself on a part of the spire sculptured in
the similitude of a rose, and then, after two
or three daring steps still higher to bestride
the very pinnacle, and wave his gay gold
flag.
"May God be merciful to me!" sighed the
poor lad, as glancing downward on the busy
streets, lying so far beneath, the whole ex
tent of his danger flashed upon him. lie
felt so lonely, so utterly forsaken:in that
desert of the upper air, and the cruel wind
strove with him, and struggled to wrest the
heavy banner from his hand. "Annie, An
nie, 'tis for thee!" he murmured, and the
sound of that sweet name nerved him to en
durance. lie wound his left arm firmly
round the iron bar which supported the
golden star, surrounded by a crescent, that
served as a weathercock, and with the right
waved the flag, which flapped and rustled
like some mighty bird of prey. The sky—
how near it seemed—grew dark above his
head, and the lights and bonfires glanced
upward from the great city below. But the
cries of rejoicing came faintly on his ear,
until one long-continued shout, mingled
with the sound of drums and trumpets, an
nounced the approach of Leopold.
“Iluzza! huzza! long live the emperor!"
shouted Gabriel, and waved his banner
proudly. But the deepening twilight and
the dizzy height rendered him unseen and
unheard by the busy crowd below.
The deep voice of the cathedral clock
tolled the hour.
"Now my task is ended," said Gabriel,
drawing a deep sigh of relief, and shivering
in the chilly breeze. "Now I have only to
get down and give the signal."
More heedfully and slowly than he had
ascended he began his descent. Only once
he looked up to the golden star and crescent,
now beginning to look colorless against the
dark sky.
"lla!" said he, "does'nt it look now as if
that heathenish turk of a crescent were
nodding and wishing me an evil 'good-night?'
Be quiet, Mohammed!"
A few courageous steps landed him once
more amidst the petals of the gigantic sculp
tured. rose, which offered the best, indeed
the only coin of vantage for his feet to rest
on.
Ho furled his banner tightly together,
and shouted: "Halm, Lawrence! Albert!
here! throw me up the ]adder and the
hooks."
No answer.
More loudly and shrilly did Gabriel re
iterate the call. Not a word, not a stir be
low.
"Holy Virgin! can they have forgotten
me? Or have they fallen asleep?" cried the
poor fellow aloud; and the sighing wind
seemed to answer like a mocking demon.
"What shall I do? What will become of
me?"
Now enveloped in darkness, he dared not
stir one hair-breath to the right or to the
left. A painful sensation of tightness came
across his chest, and his soul grew bitter
within him.
"They hare left me hero of set purpose,"
he muttered, through his clenched teeth.—
"The torches below will shine on my crushed
body."
Then, after a moment:
"No, no; the sacristan could notfind it in
his heart; men born of women could not
do it . They will come; they must come."
But when they did not come, and the
pitiless darkness thickened around him, so
that ho could not see his hand, his death
anguish grew to the pitch of insanity.
"God!" he cried, "the emperor will not
sorer such barbarity. Noble Leopold, help!
Ono word from you would save me."
But the cold night-wind, blowing omin
ously around the tower, seemed to answer:
"here I alone am emperor, and this is
my domain."
While this was passing, two men stood
conversing together at the corner of a dark
street, aloof from the rejoicing, crowd.
"Haven't I managed it well?" asked one.
"Yes; he'll never reach the ground alive,
unless the sacristan—"
"Oh, no, the old man is too busy with his
son, who came home unexpectedly an hour
ago. lle'll never think of that fool Oa
brie! until—.
"Until 't.is too late. How did you get rid
of Albert?"
"By telling him that Master Joss had
undertaken to go himself and fetch the
gardner down. Tho trap-door is fast, and
no one within call. But I. think, Master
Ottkar, you and I may as well keep out of
the way till the fellow has dropped down,
like a ripe apple from the stem."
And so the two villians took their way
down a narrow street, and appeared no
more that night.
Meanwhile, a dark shadowy fiend sat on
one of the leaves of the sculptured rose,
and hissed in Gahriel's car: " Renounce thy
salvation, and I will bring thee down in 1
safety."
"May Cod preserve mo from such sin."
cried the poor lad, shuddering.
" Or only promise to give rue your Annie,
and I'll save you."
"Will you hold your tongue, you wicked
spirit?"
''Or just soy that you'll make me a pres
ent of your first-born child, and I'll bear
you away as softly as if you were floating
on down."
" Avaunt, Satan I I'll have nothing to d
with gentlemen who wear borne and a tail!
cried Gabriel, manfully.
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The clock tolled again, and the gardener,
aroused by the sound and vibration, per
ceived that ho had been asleep. Yes, ho
had actually slumbered, standing on that
dizzy point, suspended over that fearful
abyss.
" Am I really here?" he asked himself, as
he awoke; "or is it ail a frightful dream
that I have had while lying in my bed?"
A. cold shudder passed through his frame,
followed by a. burning heat, and ho grasped
the pinnacle with a convulsive tightness. A
voice seemed to whisper in his ear:
"Pool! this is death, that unknown an
guish which no man shall escape. Antici
pate the moment, and throw thyself down."
"Must I, then, die?" murmured Gabriel,
while the cold sweat started from his brow.
"Must I die while life is so pleasant? Oh,
Annie, Annie! pray for me; the world is so
beautiful, and life is so sweet."
Then it seemed as if soft white wings
floated above and around him, while a gen
tle voice whispered:
"Awake, awake! The night is far spent,
the day is at hand. Look up, and be com
forted."
Wrapped in the banner, whose weight helped
to preserve his equilibrium, Gabriel still
held on with his numbed arm, and, with a
sensation almost of joy, watched the first
dawn lighting up the roofs of the city.
Far below, in the sacristan's dwelling, the
old man sat fondly eltvping the hand of a
handsome sunburned youth, his long lost
son Arnold, who had sat by his side the
livelong night, recounting the adventures
which had befallen him in foreign lands,
without either father or sun feeling the want
of sleep.
At length Arnold said:
"I am longing to see Annie, father. I
dare say she has grown a fine girl. How is
my friend Gabriel, who used to be so fond
of her when we were all children together?"
The sacristan sprang from his seat.
"Gabriel! Holy Virgin! I had quite
forgotten him."
A rapid explanation followed. Master
Joss and his son hastened toward the cathe
dral, and met Albert on their way.
"Where is Gabriel?" cried the sacristan.
"1 don't know; I have not seen him since
he climbed through the trap-door."
"But who helped him down?"
"Why, you yourself, of course," replied
Albert, with a look of astonishment. "Law
rence told me, when we came down, that
you had undertaken to do it."
"Oh, the villains, the double-dyed scoun
drels! Now I understand it all," groaned
the old man. "Quick! Arnold, Albert!—
Come for the love of God; look up, look up
to the spire!"
Arnold rushed toward the square, and his
keen eye, accustomed to look out at great
distances at sea, discerned through the gray
uncertain morning twilight something flat-
tering on the spire.:
"'Tis he! It must be he, still living!"
"Oh God!" cried Master Joss, "where are
my ' keys? Oh that we may not be too
late!"
The keys were found in the old man's
pocket; and all three, rushing through the
cathedral-gate, darted up the stairs, the
sacristan, in the dread excitement of the
moment, moving as stating, as his young
companions.
Albert, knowing the trick of the trap
door, went through it first.
"Call out to him, lad!" exclaimed Master
Joss
A breathless pause
"I hear nothing stirring," said Albert,
"nor can I see anything from this. I'll
climb orcr the rose."
Bravely did he surmount the perilous
projection; and after a few moments of in
tense anxiety, he re-appeared at the trap
door.
"There certainly is a figure standing on
the rose, but 'Lisn't Gabriel—"tis a ghost!"
"A ghost! you dreaming dunderhead,"
shouted Arnold. "Let me up!" And he
began to climb with the agility of a cat.
Presently he called out: "Come on, come
on as far as you can. I have him, thank
God! But quick; time is precious."
Speedily and deftly they gave him aid;
and at length a half-unconscious figure,
still wrapped in the banner, was brought
down in safety.
They bore him into the "Adam and Eve,"
laid him in a warm bed, and poured by de
grees a little wine down his throat. Under
this treatment ho soon recovered his eon
sciousness, and began to thank his deliver
ers. Suddenly his eye fell on a mirror
hanging on the wall opposite the bed, and
he exclaimed:
"Wipe the hoar-frost ort my hair, and
that yellow . Just off my cheeks!"
In truth, his curled locks were white, his
rosy cheeks yellow and wrinkled, and his
bright eyes dim and sullen; but neither dust
nor hoarfrost was there to wipe away—
that one night of horror had added forty
years to his age!
In the course of that day numbers who
had heard of Gabriel's adventure crowded
to the inn and sought ton see him, but none
were admitted save the three who sat con
tinually by his bedside—his weeping young
sister, the brave Arnold, and Master Joss,
the most unhappy of all; for his conscience
ceased not to say, in a voice that would be
heard: "You alone are the cause of all
this!" By way of a little self-comfort, the
sacristan used to exclaim at intervals: "IC
I only had hold of that Lawrence! If I once
had that Ottkar by the throat!" But bo