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AICrEL WRIGHT, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XXXIV, NUMBER 37.1
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H. M. NORTH,
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Il Columbia,Pa .
Colleetionn.p romptl y made n Cancoale land Yort
younues.
Calumbia,lltay 4,1850.
11. B. ESSICU,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
COLUMBIA. PA
.Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silver
and Silver-Plated Ware.
SHREINER 'St; SPEUING,
TjAyING taken the old established •tand of . Joha
I belix, Front -trees, Columbia, respectfully Invite
the public to call and examine their large assortment
of
CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY,
SILVER and SILVER-PLATED WARE,
CUTLERY, COMBS, PISTOLS,
ACCORDEONS, and FANCY ARTICLES,
5...1101 as are usual* kept in a fir-t-ela.s Jewel ry Store.
We will keep constantly no hand .1 large stock of
li7linewtcaLest,
4 n Gold and Slayer Cases—Appleton, Tracy Sr Co , P.
S Hanka and Wm Ellery movements—which we
will otter to the public at prices to suit the times
A continuance of the former patronage is respect
fully solicited.
ErRILPAISISO OP ALL ACIDS PRONISELY ATTESERD TO
umbla, July 19. 1862.
NOW FOR BARGAINS.
TATE have just received another lot of all•wool De
!!V Wines and plaid hlosamingueo which we offer at
seduced prices. STEACV & HOWERd,
Cola. June 2:3. SE62 Coe 2d and LOMA% Sta.
OLD URBAN OF GLYCERINE.---For the Off
A./ and preveotion in ehapprd hunt da. kn. Fut •ta
et the )LDEN hIO69'A DRU'
Dce2,18511 4 ..11.1
SALT! SALT!
UST reeeivett .th •uttto•rilte r, et ittetr store •
L.J.11..1.81f1it1 briosW :4e1.011d,
100 Bags Ground Alum Salt,
h wII • • • I t inurhet t Heed.
U July _ _ RU .11'1.19 S
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aRAIRM, or, Bond's Boston Crackers, for
Ltyepeplke and Arrow Root Craeker-, fur o.•
au I 1 . 101:11 articled in Columbia, at
the l'arrilly Medicine Stare,
d tturil Id. :HMI.
maim s Qui:obis= rtic.
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t u rllloll i. •upertor o • lice, iteuunociolv (dank.
IV and not corrodiug the pea. vett lie had 111 am
.anoty. at the Vitality 51edietoe :Store, told blaeloor
yet La that Eugli,a Boot Poliph.
enlambia. Anne 9. 1.t.59
FISH! rzionti
ACKERT-1. I y the barr, l. holt barrel and quarter
LL bursel, of the be.' qualittes.
Apply to B. F. APPOI.D.
Columbia, July 12. I 2. Cui, l Room.
WALL PAPER!
PAPER. CHEAPER THAN WHITEWASH.
E have juvt received a large lot of I%W! Paper,
all !he aelve4t sty 01 and hest goods, which we
sell nt prates 10,4111 the lumen.
SAYLOR & 11UPPOVALD.
Honk Store, Front Si, shove Loeust,Cotuumbia.
Morel, d. •Gl.
NOTICE.
lire to nettle up the old boot: arcounia, ofboth
I more* and reque.d all periam+ kaaveng them
itelves indebted to please cull and +attic the ramp.
MC. FONDER:: mrrii.
Colt mbia, May 17, 1862.
,ZPILDING'S PREPARED GLUE.-.TM want o
I C J -ueli 1111 at, vie tw tell in every faunly, and now
cull be supplied; for mending luiniiure, china
ware. orn.imental work, toys &e, there is nothing
eirpertor We have found it u-pfirl in repairing man)
nrileie- which liaise been unclean lor nio,uih3. Vo
Jan . 4..111 It a, the
in Oar A• Fll.l I I,Y %TEM' N STORE:
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POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES.
A LA Al 4 Li 1,111., 441. , 2 Common l'ot•kel Honks
and 15 cent- to inn dollar- each
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lit alquarter- and New- Depot.
Cotgmblw, April 14. 1 sGI).
Zaiamg, Lawns, Lawns.
1 . A DlF:s e.di.fid bee our beautiful 12} Ural r.awn.
lI ft.t e.loro. at S'VEACI -
J Mit. 2,, 11,12 I fppos.te ttd.l tall
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HOOPED SKITS
A NEW and I,pleudid Ftyln of Hooped jug
reeeiveq; Also, a full uo.itawat..l ether •IYles,
very cheap AIALTHV
Columbia, .Apnl 26, It .4. Locust
ron SALL23,
1 5 nnSack. G. A. Salt, 100 Sucks Ashton Salt Ap-
Vti ply ut AP I'OLD'A
Wareboase, Canal Sabin.
Columbia, Dec.2B, 1801.
• RAISINS.
AFULL supply of Raisins—Seedless and Layer—
will be sound at the Cor. of Trent and Union 010.
Nov. V. Ihr HENRI' SUYDAM.
JUST REC.1311733D
ANIM for sale. by the berrsl or larger roan:Wes, 160
barrels Monongahela Whi.ky. at
PPOLD'S Wareham,
Cole. May 14, 'M. Canal Hash
For Sale at a Bargain.
Milli choice of Two Fire and Burglar Proof Safer
J...Herriiir or —Lillies” Proem; Also, a Family
Hor•e. and a Ern-rate Carriage and Harneva. Call a
the atom of
H. C. FON DERSNIIII.
Cola. May 17, 1P62. adjoining the Dank
HO! FOR CHRISTMAS!
A Choke Batting hlohteiter. the heel in the market at
STEADY & BOWERS.
Cale Dee 6. ! NV. Car. 2d and Locaot Ste.
CLOAKING CLOTH.
BEAUTIFUL Black Cloth. sukable for ladies cloaks
STEACV & BOWERS.
Corner Second and l.neu•t Sorel.;
Cola. Dee. G . St repposiie Odd Fellows , Call
LIQUORS.
W 6 have received a Supply Of
Pure Brandy. Old Supp ly
Whisky,
Old Port Nine,
orbieb we ofer for sale for Medicinal Powwow ,
. • A. DRAY de CO.
Cola. July 6, '6l. Golden Monet Drug Swre
DRESS GOODS,
Dplainer, Cashmere•. Black Silk.. Pack Flannels
Tlekings, Cheeks, Alnaliuq Shettinim Blanket.
testes, at BRUNKRS'
Cola. Oct v,isao. Cor. Third mad Union.
lllllFATlClL—Notwithetaadiag the advaiet
in the pnee of Goode. permits will 6 ral if to the fr
adviatia lg e to call and examine oar Week of new
Slosihic aideirdiwt, Tiekinse, Gash.
in fact every else. of goods mailable for new
b 'donee' at towielreepin e . and old ottee too.
num," it BOWERS. Opposite Odd renews , Hill.
TTOOFLllNailignona-jitterp. eau he 4-
Erittrg.
The Reveille.-
$1 50
In the course of the late patriotic lecture by T.
Starr King, ha recited the following stanzas written,
and not belure publist ed, by T. B. Hart, of San Fran
cisco:—
Hark! I hear the tramp or thousands,
And of armed men the hum,
Lo! a nation's hosts have gathered
Round the quick alarming drum—
Saying '•Come,
Freemen, Come!
Cil
Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarm
ing drum.
"Let me of my heart rake counsel,
NVur is not of Life the sum;
Who .3 11 81 1 stay and reap the harvest
When the autumn days shall comer ,
But the drum
Echoed "Come!
Death shall reap the howler harvest," Lair the solemn
sounding drum.
"But when won the coming battle,
What of profit Pprings therefrom!
What if conquest—subjugation—
. Even greater ills become?"
But the drum
Answered "Como,
You must do the.sum to prove.itP , said.the Yankee an
swermg drum.
4 tWhat if, rn'tl the cannons' 'bander,
WhiAtling shot and bursting bomb— •
When my brothers full around me,
Should my hear: vow cold and numb?" ,
But the drum
Answered - Come.
Better there in death united, than in life a recreant—
Comer,
Thus they answered—hopinr, fearing,
dome in calth, and doubting some,
Till a trmnpe.•veice proclaiming,
Said, ..31y chosen people, counel"
Then the drum,
Lo! wa. dumb,
For clue greet bean of the nation, throbbing,answered,
"Lord, we come:"
Lines for Music
The dtedal tones of rosy light
Are clinging round the amber dawn,
And crimson isles of verdure bright
Lie bailed in odor .reshly drawn.
The vesner lire of vernal touch
Asreilds with si.irlike foot the snow,
Wir I hearts of gold thet Inca too much
Are cradled fair in bleep below.
Undy , ng crimson .wells and curls
O'cr_hinpid wild and hi-irous boy,
And ~lowers on showees of csystal pearls
On music's pinions glide and sway.
From fairy harps the faintest a dog
rertio deck thy golden
And Beout)'s own etei epilog,
With sweeter pang i. quivering there.
[...unS4
getettiml4s.
Principal and Interest.
"Oh, mother, mother, lam iso tired !"
The dew drops quivered like imperial
diamonds upon the broad green plumes of
the corn field by the way side; the grass
that bent over the foot-path was heavy with
evening moisture, and the sultary old pine
tree at the curve of the rued upheld its black.
fringed arms against a sunset sky, where
the ruddy crimson had lung since faded in
to sombre way. Birds were warbling their
last reapers under the shadow of softly
moving leaves; blossoms were closing their
fragrant cups along the course of a thousand
dulcet-voiced streams; sleepy little ones were
gathered safely round every hearth stone;
yet these two wanderers clung together
homeless and alone, in the falling shadows
of the night.
"Cheer up, my child, we have not very
far to go. Come closer. let me brush the
dew from your curls. Now take my band."
But the child hung back, sobbing with
weariness and exhaustion, and the pale
young toothier betiding over her in the vain
attempt to soothe the hysterical excitement,
did not hear the rumble of advancing wheels
until they paused &lose to her and a rough
hearty voice exclaimed:
"What ails the little one? Ain't eiek,ie else?"
Mary Ellsworth bad never seen Farmer
Raynesford before—yet the moment her
eyes rested on his wrinkled, sun-burned
face, and the shaggy brows overshadowing
kind eyes, she felt that be wails friend. and
made answer promptly:
"Not sick, sir; but very tired. We have
walked a long way."
"Got much further to go?" asked the far
mer, tickling hie horse's ear the end of his
whip.
"To Ereckton."
Mr. Raynesford gave a low whistle.
"That's four miles off, and the little gal
is pretty nigh used up a'ready."
"I:know it," said the woman, with a
sigh, "but I have no money to hire a lodg
ing nearer. In Brockton I hope to obtain
work in the factory."
Farmer Raynesford gave the seat et his
wogon a thump with his whip handle that
made old Bunny drop the mouthful of clover
he was nipping from the road-side, and
prick up his ears io astonishment.
"I won't hear no such thing!" said he
energetically. "%Vhy, that child can't go
twenty rods further! Here, get in 'long
with me. You won't be none the worse for
n bit of sapper and a good night's rest. I
know Rannah'll scold!" he muttered, as he
lifted the little girl to his side and. extended
his hand to the mother; "but I can't see the
Lilts perisbin' by the wayside and never
off rto help 'em. I don't care if she scolds
the roof albs house off."
Ile drone rapidly along making °session
al interjectional remarks to his horse, while
Mrs. Ellsworth drew•her thin shawl around
the little golden bead that already drooped
4inwsilj upon her shoulder, and thought
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1863.
bolter heaven had provided her in her
sorest strait.
It was an oddly shaped old farmhouses,
gray with the storms of nearly half a cen
tury, with a. broad door-stone, overhung by
giant lilac bushes, and a kitchen where,
even in the bloomy month of June, a great
11:e reared up the wide-throated chim
ney, and shining rows of tins winked and
glittered at every upward leap of the flames.
Such a neat kitchen as it wad The floor
boards white as snow, the windows clear as
diamonds; the hearth trimly brushed up,
and the table spread for supper in the mid
dle of the room. Mrs. Ellsworth's heart
involuntarily warmed at the genial sight.
Mr. Raynesford jumped out of the wagon,
threw the reins over a post, and went in to
conciliate his domestic despot.
"Look here; Hannah," said be, to a tall,
angular-looking female who emerged from
a pantry near by, at the sound of his foot
step, her„fsee nearly or quite as sour as the
saucer of pickles she was carrying, "jest
set a couple more plates on the table will
you? I've brought home a woman end a
little gal that I found a piece below here,
4'n a'most tired to death. They was calcu
la in' to walk on to Brockton, but J thought
it wouldn't hurt us to keep 'em over night?"
"I'm astonished at you, Job Raynesford,"
said his better half, in a tone of indignant
remonstrance. "We might jest as well hang
out a tavern sign at once, and done with it
—you're always bringing home some poor,
mis'able creature or other, and"—
"There, there, Hannah," interrupted Mr.
Raynesford, "I'm always willin' to hear
to you when you are any ways reasonable,
but it goes clear ag'in my grain to see poor
folks a sufferin' and never stretch oat a
helpin' hand. 'Taint Scripture nor 'taint
human natur."
"Well, go your own gait, Job Baynes
ford." responded his wife, tartly, "only
mark my words, if you don't end your days
in the poor-house 'twon't he through no
fault o'yournl"
She shut the pantry door with a bang
that made all tha jelly cups and milk pans
rattle, while Job, with an odd grimaee,went
out to help his gti - ests alight.
"Dan't mind my old woman," said be,
apologetically, as Mr. Ellsworth sprang to
the ground; "she's kind o'sharp-spoken but
she means well arter all. We ain't all jest
alike in our notions, you know!"
'lf all the world were liko you, sir,"
said theyoung widow with tears in her eyes,
"there would be less want and suffering by
far?"
Farmer Raynoeford pretended not to bear
—be wee bogy lifting little Mary out.
"Set on them blackberries, Hannah!"
said he, toward the close of their evening
meal; "the little gal's so tired she can't eat
nothin' solid!"
"I was calculatin' to keep the blackber
ries fur the donation party to-morrow," said
Mrs. llaynesford, rising with rather an un
willing air.
"Nonsense!" quoth the farmer, with a
broad laugh. "Pm havin,' a donation party
of my own to-night! Here, little one, see if
these berries don't put the color into your
cheeks!"
All the evening little Mary eat by the
hearth, with he: hands in her mother's and
her large blue eyes fixed earnestly upon the
kind farmer's face.
"What aro yoo thinking about, dearest?"
asked Mrs. Ellsworth, once. She drew a
long sigh, and whispered:
-0, mamma! lie is so kind to us!"
Cha tuipi of the far toff eastern woods were
just being turned to gold by that wondrous
udelteutist, the rising. sun, when Mary Ells
worth and her little girl sot out upon the
lung walk to Breckton. Job Raynesford
went with them to the gate, fumbling unea
sily in his pocket, and glancing guiltily
around, to make sure that Hannah was not
within seeing distance. When Mary ex
tended her hand to say a grateful good-bye,
to her astonishment a bank bill was thrust
into it.
"Don't say nothlo'," muttered Job, with
a sheepish air. "Ten dollars ain't much to
me, and, if jou don't chance to get work in
the factory right away, it may be a good
deal o' use to you. Needn't thank mo—
you're as welcome as Ildayl"
lie bent over to kiss the child's fair fore
head, and stood watching them until the
two slight figures disappeared, and only the
golden sky and the moving crest of the sum
mer woods remained.
"Ten dollars!" ejaculated Mrs. Raynes
ford, who had witnessed this little episode
from•behind the aurtains of her milk•room
window. •'ls Job Raynesford crazy? To
give ten dollars to a poor strolling vagrant!
If he don't get a piece of my mind"—
Aod she hastened out, her cap-border
fairly standing on end with horror. Job
awaited the waning tempest with philosophic
coolness, his hands in his pockets, and his
lips parted in a good humored smile. It
wts not the firat piece of Mrs. Ranuah's
"mind" that had been bestowed upon him,
uor did he suppose it was likely to be the
last!
"She means well," he said to himself,
when the volley of wrath had been discharged
on his luckless head, and Mrs. Raynosford
had returned t 3 her batter-making, ' but
she's got the greatest faculty for scoldin' of
any woman I ever sawl"
The :years flitted by, sprinkling the steep
old Eartahnuse roof with the crystal drops
of April showers, and thatching, it with the
••
nal many a time. Gray hairs crept in
among the raven locks of Farmer Itaynes
ford, care-worn wrinkles began to gather
around his mouth and brow. Alas! those
evrift-footed years brought tro Ales innumer
able to the kind old man.
`•Twenty years!" mused he, one bright
June morning; it don't seem possible, Han
nah, that it was twenty years this very day,
that I caught that ugly fall from the hay
rick, and got lame for life."
Ho looked down at the crutches by his
side as be spoke, and sighed from the very
depths of hie heart.
Hannah stood in the doorway, tossing
earn to a forlorn colony of chichens. Twen
ty years had not improved her in any re
spect—she was gaunter, bonier, and more
vinegar -faced than ever.
"Yes," she said, shortly, "and perhaps
you don't remember that it was just twenty
years ago to-day that you threw ten dollars
away on that woman and her child. I told
you then you'd end your days in the poor
house, and I don't see but what my pre
diction is likely to become true. Didn't I
say you would live to repent it?"
"I won't deny, Hannah," said the old
man, "but that I've done a good many
things I've been sorry for—we ain't none Of
us perfect, you know, wife—but that is not
one of them. No, I never repented being
'kind to the witless and the fatherless."
Hannah shrugged her shoulder, bitt made
no answer
"Didn't you say you were going up to sea
that rich lawyer about the five thousand
dollar note to-daft" she asked, presently.
"Yes, but I don't b'pose it'll be much use.
If he'd wait a little, I'd do my beat to pay
'him. Jones says he'll be sure to sell :he /
old place from over our heads, however, they
tell me he's a hard moo. .1 mean to explain
to him just how the matter stands, and
4 1 told you how it would be long ag , .!"
ejaculated Hannah, unable to restrain her
vexation. -What on airth ever
.possessed
you to sign for Jesse Fairweather?"
s'posed he was an honest man, and
wouldn't see an old friend wronged."
"Fiddlestick!" exclaimed Mrs. Raynes
ford. "Thut's just your calculation, Job!
There—Zeke has brought the wagon; do
start off, or you'll be too late for the New
York train!"
And Job meekly obeyed, only too happy
to escape from the endless discord of his
wife's railing tongue.
The rays of the noonday sun streamed
brightly through the the stained ' g lass case
ments of Mr. Ererleigh's superb Gothic
beery. The room was decorated with every
appurtenance of wealth and taste. Velvet
chairs, with tall backs of •daintly carved
rosewood, were scattered here and there;
marble vases occupied niches beside the
doorway, and rarest pictures hung on the
paneled and gilded walls. But the prettiest
object of all—the one which the rich lawycr
uftenest raised his eyes from his writing ti)
contemplate with an involuntary smile of
pride and affection—was a lovely woman in
a white Cashmere morning robe, trimmed
with white velvet, who stood opposite, ar
ranging flowers in a boquet. She wore a
spray of berries, carved of pink Napoleon
coral, at her throat, and tiny pendants of
the same rare stone in her small, shell-like
ears, and the slender waist was tied round I
with a broad pink ribbon.
"There Walter, isn't that pretty?" she
asked, holding up her completed bouquet.
"Very pretty," he answered looking not
at the roses and geraninume, but directly
at the blue eyes and the golden curls of hie
beautiful young wife.
"You are not even noticing it," she
pouted.
"Because I see aotnething so much better
worth looking at," he said playfully.
"Do you really love me very much?" she
asked, throwing down the flowers and coal_
ing round to his side.
Ile arose and drew her caressingly to
ward him.
"My dearest, you are more precious to
me than the whole world besides!"
She left her head rest a moment on his
shoulder, and when she raised it, there was
a tear on her eyelashes.
"Oh, Walter, if mamma could only have
lived to see how happy we are"
There was a knock at the door. Mrs.
Everleigh slipped from her husband's arm
with the prettiest blush in the world, and
was very busy with her flowers when the
rich lawyer's •'right hand man" put his
grissled head into the room.
"The old man wants to see you about
that Fairweather business."
"Show him in. Don't look so disappoint
ed, lore," be said, turning to his wife, as
the grizzled head disappeared, "I shall not
be detained three minutes, and the horses
are at the door."
Mary Everleigh never troubled her pretty
little head about business matter', so she
never even looked up as the halting sound
of old Mr. Raynesford's crutch echoed on
the carpet. But the instant he spoke ste
started as Wan arrow had smitten her, and
stood with eyes dilated, and her slender
bands clasped together, lietening as intently
as if her life depended on hearing every
word. The old man pleading and sorrowful
—her husband politely inflexible. At length
Rayoesford turned to go.
"Well sir," be said, in a subdued tone,
"I don't know much about law and law
booka..bat itdosa seem - hard that an old
hae sheltered him for sixty years, and all
for no fault of his own. They say you are
a very rich gentleman, air — five thousand
dollars may seem a small sum to you but it
is my aW"
Mrs. Everlegh's soft voice broke the mo
mentary silence that succeeded this Yippee'.
"Walter, come here one minute—l want
to speak to you."
Ile obeyed, somewhat surprised; shs drew
him into the deep recess of the stained glass
day widow, and standing there, with the
rosy and amber shadows playing about her
lovely brow, like some fair pictured saint,
she told him how, twenty years ago, a.
wearied child and its mother were fed and
sheltered by a kind hearted stranger; how
he had given them money and kind wishes
whoa they were utterly alone and desolate
in the wide world.
"But, my love, what has all this to do
with my business matters?"
"Much, Walter, I am that little child!"
"You, my dearest?"
"I, my husband; and the noble man who,
I am persuaded, saved my life that night,
stands yonder, with gray, bowed head and
sinking heart!"
"Mary you must surely be mistaken."
"I cannot be mistaken, Walter; I should
know him among a thousand. You said
you loved me this morning—now grant me
one little boon?"
"What is it, dearest?"
"Give me that note he speaks of."
Mr. Everleigh silently went to a small
ebony cabinet, unlocked it, and drew out a
folded paper, which be placed in her hands.
She glided up to the old man, who had been
gazing out of the window in a sort of reverie,
and laid her soft hand on his arm.
"Do you remember the little golden-haired
Mary whom you found with her mother,
wearied out upon the readeide twenty years
ago?"
"Do I remember her, lady? It was but
this very morning I wee recalling the whole
acene."
"And don't you recognize me?" she asked
strolling up into hie face, as she threw back
the drooping curls. "1 am little Mary!"
Ue stool in bewildered silence; all of a
sudden the truth seemed to break upon him,
and he laid his hands upon her head with a
teat ful blessing.
"And your mother, my child?"
"She has been dead for years, but it is
my dearest task to be the instrument of her
[gratitude. Here is the note you indorsed—
! my husband has given it to me—Seel"
A small spirit lamp was bur ling in one
of the niches; she bold the bit of paper
.over its flame until it fell a cloud of light I
.ashes upon the floor.
"Veil?"
Mrs. Raynesford met her husband nt the
door at the instant his crutches sounded ou
the little graveled path,
"Why don't you speak? Of course I
knew you've nothing but bud news to tell,
and I may as well hear it nt once. Have
you seen the gentleman? What did he say?"
"Hannah!" said old Job Raynesfurd,
slowly folding up his gloves, "do you re
member the ten dollars I gave that pour
young wanderer a score of years to-day?"
"Why, of course [ do; didn't I remind
you of it not twelve hours since? What has
that to do with our troubles, pray?"
"Just this—to-day I received payment,
principal and interest?"
"What do you mean, Job Raynesford?"
"The little golden-huired child that sat
on our hearth -stone, that June evening, is
Lawyer Everleigh's wife, and I have seen
her burn the note that has hung liken mill_
stone round my neck these many years.
She said it was but discharging a sacred
debt of gratitude; but Heaven knows I
looked for-no such reward."
There was a moment's silence. The old
man was pondering over the past, and Mrs.
Raynesford was so taken by surprise that
she really could not speak.
"And now, wife, what have you to say
about my financial mistakes?" said Job,
archly.
Rtynesford bad no argument suited
to the emergencies of the case, so she very
wisely said—noth Mg!
Biography of an Elephant,
Among the moat attractive features of
Van Amburg & Co.'s 3lensgerie is the cele
brated elephant llantalbal, the largest ani
mal over exhibited in this country or in
Europe, and as the old fellow has so fre
quently furnished newspaper itemizers with
material fur spicy paragraphs that his name
has become familiar with almost every one,
a brief sketch of hie history may found of
interest.
Hannibal was brought to this country in
1824 from the East Indian, and was pur
chase Iby a butcher in Now York, who ex
hibited him for a time in a amble in that
eity. Hu shortly after fell into the hands
of his present owners, who have retained
him ever since. and who would not nil him
at any price. Ile was [suppose' to be about
tmenty-five years of age when imported
which would make him ditty-three years
old at the present time.
Hannibal firet distinguished himself at
the Zoologioal Institute in the Bowery,
New 'York, in 1825, when be waved the life
or his keeper. Mr. Joseph Martin, who now
resides at Girard, in Erie county. A large
tiger and tigress bad escaped frosit their
noes and fastened monri slams which was
$1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANE; 8200 IF NOM ADVANE
Mr. Martin hearlbOhe noise, entered the
apartment without suspecting the extent of
the danger, when the tiger immediately
crouched to spring upon him. Martin was
entirely unarmed, and all resistance to the
attack of the infuriated beast would have
been ueeless. At this juncture Hannibal .
rushed forward, seized hie keeper, and rais
ing him out of danger; held him in safety
until assistance arr:ted and the animals
were secured.
The admirable disposition exhibited t y
Hannibal in the incident just narrated,
gained him credit with the public, of good
feelings and generous impulses; but his sub•
uquent conduct, we are sorry to say, hat ,
entirely de,troyed that favorable impression
and he is now regarded, and not without
reason, as a morose and incorrigible old
rascal, who can only be kept within the
bounds of decent behavior by the constant
use of chains and frequent application of
condign punishment. Hie breaches of
peace have been so numerous that it would
be impossible to detail them within the
limits of a newspaper article, but we will
briefly allude to a few of his most violent
outbreaks.
In 1847 New York was the scene of one
of his most violent bursts of fury. The
menagerie was wintering in the warehouse
of Leech Co., on the banks of the canal,
where the Cleveland and Pittsburg freight
depot now stands. "Queen Ann." an ele
phantine maid, for whom Hannibal hid
formed a tender attachment, was removed
from his companionship, and he immediate
ly fell into a fearful state of sulkiness and
rage.
For twelve days he refused all food, and
during that time lost no less than three
tiousald p3unds in weight. as was d finitely
sszertained at the time by the scales. lie
endeavored to drown his sorrows "in the
flowing bowl," refusing to drink mien' the
water given him was stiffly infused with
whisky, but this indulgence, by which it
was sought to humor him, only rendered
him more frantic in the end. Ilia keeper.
and a favorite dog with whom he had been
upon the best terms, became the special ob
jects of his animosity. At the first symp
toms of his insubordination he had been
loaded with chains, and so firmly secured
that it was thought impossible fur him to
break loose. Day after day passed away
Iwithout any diminuation of ill-temper upon
the part of the large beast, until at last his
unintertnitting eurginge resulted in tearing
away his fastenings, and the infuriated
animal was at large in the building. The
lions, tigers, Jeep trds, and other animals
commenced dashing against the sides of the
cages, while the air resounded with their
cries of fright; the people by thousands gath
ered around the warehouses armed with
rifles and every description of fire-arms.—
Hannibal roamed through the building.
tearing down timbers. raising his enormous
bulk upon his hind legs and beating the
roof with his trunk, and threatening every
moment to make a complete wreck of the
whole structure.
But the manager of the menagerie had
provided for this. Long poles with strong
steel hooks at the ends, were brought for
ward and inserted in hin flesh on every side;
these were attached to ropes and tackle,
managed by hundreds of men, and finally
the angry monster, the blood flowing from
his lacerated body in torrents, but still
struggling desperately and trumpeting
fiercely, was brought to the ground and so
chained es to render him perfectly helpless.
Spears and pitchforks were then brought
into requisitiJn, and he was punished until
completely exhausted, he then announcing
in his usual manner his complete submission
and promise of better behavior, when he
was released, a wiser, and, for a time, a
better elephant. His appetite returned im•
mediately, and in a very short space of time
he had more than supplied his extraordinary
loss of flesh.
In BM, while going from Pawtucket to
Fall river, in Massachusetts, he had a mis
understanding with his keeper, whom he
compelled to fly for his life. Finding him.
self at liberty he started oft at a furious
pace, attacking every animate object that
he found in his path. lie threw a horse
and wagon into the air, smashing the velti
ale all to pieces, and then carried the man
gled remains of the horse a distance of thir
ty feet to a pond, into which ho threw the
lifeless body. Its next encountered another
horse and wagon, and made kindling wood
of the latter, the horse escaping by Hight.
Coming to a third wagon he smashed up
the whole establishment, throw the horse
thirty feet into an adjoining field, and then
tearing down the fence, brought the body of
the horse back and laid it down in the road.
Orertaking still another horse and wagon
he demolished the vehicle, arid the horse
escaping with the fore wheels, he pursued
him or eight miles, without being able to
overtake the frightened steed. In the race
he traveled a portion of the distance at the
rate of a mile in three minutes. Fortunate
ly the occupants of the vehicles sustained
no very serious injuries, and the proprietors
of the menagerie effected a satisfactory
settlement for the damages with the parties
interested. After killing another bores and
doing other mischief of a lees serious
character, he lay down exhausted in the
bushes, where he was soon after found and
properly secured.
A few years sieee, while the menagerie
was at Williamsbnnr. N. Y., Ilannibal
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the absence of hie keeper from the tent,
and after dernolfrhing a wagon loaded with
sawdust, turned his attention to the (lgol
of animals which he upset right and left,
f.rtunately, however, without setting loose
any of the dartgerouvi-ohabitanti, with the
exception of a hyena or - two, which were
soon captured. Ile then sal ied forth into
the street, dragging his chain after him.
and trumpeting defiance. The attache* of
the menagerie followed him and drove him
into a stone yard, where he was kept until
'he long pikes and hooks of the ung
American Hook and Ladder.- Camparry
were brought upon the ground, when ho
was surrounded and kept at bay until
ropes were thrown around his legs and
wound e ., that be could nut move. He was
'then thrown, after which he was speared
nod stabbed with pitchforks unto complete
ly reducedrto submission, as he signified by
I - "begging" piteously, when he was led back
to his quartets as docile as a damlr
Ilia last fit of 'neat:ordination eccnrren
in Philadelphia, in February 18G1, and
continued fur three weeks. Ilia owner
know him 93 well now, that they can de
tect the approach of one of those frennie,
and guard against its unpleasant consequen
ces. Su, on the occasion, he was so occurs
-y chained upon showing tho symptoms of
ill-temper, that he was unable to du any
mischief, except tearing down an iron col
umn which stood within hie roach and
throwing it with great violence across the
building. Since then ho has conducted
himself with groat propriety, and Vas
Ambarg S Cu. ere in hopes that he has re
formed, and wilt hereafter conduct himself
as a peaceable, respectable elephant should.
Still they watch him with the utmost vigil
ance, and his keeper is always ready fur
him incase ha should ni tnifest any dispu
sition to return to his old disreputable
tt icks.
In 1.' 4 50 while traveling in Mississippi.
Hannibll was ordered to swim the Black
Warrior River, which was greatly swollen
by a fruelet. Instead, however, of 'crossing
as directed, he star el on a voyage of discov
ery down the stream, emerging suddenly on
a plantation some twelve miles below where
he entered. He came ashore on the edge of
a cotton field, where a large number of
darkies were as work, and the effect pro
duced among them by the unexpected and
terrific apparition may be imagined but can
not be described. The news spread with
all the exaggerations which would natural
ly be given to such an event, with incredi
ble rapidity, and resulted in a general stam
pede of the entire colored population of the
county. It is oven said by some theta good
many of the derides turned white with
fright, and as a proof of this numbers are
pointed out in that region who have not yet
fully regained their natural hue. It would
hardly be fair, however, to hold Hannibal
responsible for alt the doubtful shades of
complexion to be found in that vicinity.
In ISCO a keeper who bad taken care of
ilinnibul fur many years. fell from his
horse in a fit. near Zan'tsville, Ohio. The
huge Least, instead of deserting him,
stood watching over his senseless form until
the train of cars came up, and then suffer
ing himself to be chained and led by Mr.
Thomas, his present keeper, without making
the slightest resintence, although had thn
other keeper been well, such an attempt at
authority on the part of Mr. Thomas would
have been resented with fury.
Hannibal is temperate, and regular in
his habits, eating about four hundrel pounds
of hay, and a couple of bushels of oats daily,
with such allowance of apples, gingerbread,
&a., as the generosity of visitors may bestow
upon him, and an acre (more or less) of
clover, by way of salad, when ho can get it.
His only beverage is water, of whioh ho
consum.s a couple of barrels every day.
His weight is probably from 13,000 to 1:3,-
000 pounds. The last attempt at weighing
him was made some five years since, whoa
he broke down the soaks at 14,000 pounds.
In consideration of the recent goal conduct
of Hannibal his owners have bad a magnifi
cent golden fringed and embroidered cover
ing manufactured fur him, at an expense of
ano thousand 'dollars. As he march
es in - the line of cages in all the pride of his
gorgeous apparel, the spectator cannot but
feel that the old follow is fully sensible in
his own mind that he is the meet icupirtent
individual connected with the establish
ment.---Etc York Paper.
/NOCNTOCra AFTLICAVON or PVOVGGRAPIf 7.
—Sevearl indictments have been found by
the grand jury of the United States Di.-
trict Court the present term against miner.
who have enlisted into the military aerie
for the purpose of receiving the goverrtminr
bounty, and have then obtained a discharge
on a writ of habeas corpus. In drawinz
Vie indictment it becomes necessary toast
forth the tenor of the writing—the enlist
ment r o ll—which. from the interlining..
erasures and blots becomes not only exceed
iagly difficult to copy. but in many imman
ent wholly undecipherable. The idea was
o inceired of- taking ph stographie cople',
which proved a complete accost. Every
line, blot and erasure of the o.py is an er
ect fee simile of the original, and it is at
tached to the indictment as a perfect Blot
) ration of the writing and signstnext.Whith
1 opposing counsel cannot contradict oc- Ldis
pate on the ground of its not being, a ecopy
of the original documeent.—Basfiefetlkan
z.--.int.
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