S. W. YOCUM. Editor.
VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 16.]
THE COLUMBIA SPY,
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7. K A IMP:NE.4N,
.ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
Con nties.
Pension,, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims
against the government promptly prosecuted.
0 thee—No. 152, Locust street.
J
W YOCUM,
ATTORNEY
AND
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
COLUMBIA. PA.
OFFICE—SrY B‘dlclin,.;, Bank Stree., near
Lneust.
Collections made in Lancaster anti adjoining
counties.
Consnl tations in English or German.
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H M. NORTH,
AiIIORNEY dr COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW.
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster and
VorlcCounties.
TEIOMS J. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAV
Yo. 14 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa
Professional Business carefully and prompt
ly attended to.
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A J. GULICK,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Extracts Teeth without rain. Nitrous Oxide or
Laughing Gas administered.
OFFICE 24S LOCUST STREET.
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1105 C. UNSELD,
JD.
TEA.CHER. OF SIUSTC
PIANO,
ORG \ Y,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION of the VOICE and SINGING.
Special attention given Beginners awl young
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219 LOCUST STREET
CLARK,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
OFFICE—No. 12 N. Third street,.
01Ilee Hours—From 6 to 7 A. M. 12 to 1 P. H.,
and from 6 to 9 P. H. [sept-69-tic
SAMUEL EVANS,
JUSTICE Or THE PEACE.
Orace, on Second St., adjoining Odd Fellows
Hall, Columbia, Pa.
T • Z. HOFFER,
J. DENTIST.
sitrouv Oxide Gas administered in the extrac
tion of Teed!.
Otilce— Front Street, next door to R. 'Williams'
Dreg Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets,
Columbia .Pa.
lIINKLE,
112-. --P LEYS'ICIXN: & SURGEON;
offers his professional services to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. to may be found at. the
otlice connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and Union, every day,
from 7toii -A M., and irons ii to SP. M. Persons
wisning his services in special cases, between
these hours, will leave word by note at his office,
or thronzh the post
D ENTAT, SURGERY,
.1. S. SMITII, Dr:yrisT,
Graduate ~1* Pennsylvania College of Denial
Surgery. °Mee. in Wagner's Building, over
Haldeman's dry goods store. En
trance. 270 Locust Street,
Columbia., Penn'a.
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Dr T. S smith thanks Ills friends and the pub
lic in goncral for their liberal patronage in the
past, anti assuring them that they can rely upon
Intving every attimthm given to them in the
future, In every branch of his profession he
has ala ilys given entire satisfaction. He calls
mitten riot) to the anstfrpaSssed style 011:1
0: laid-fat teeth inserted by him. He Irents
dise.oes etmunon to the mouth and teeth of
children and adults. Teeth tilled with the great
est .:are Will in the most approved manner.
Ai:fling teeth treated and tilled to last for years.
Tit, brat ut dentritices and mouth washes con
t.:taut ly on hand.
N. work warranted.
se:ll.l).l3'w J. S. SMITH. I). I). S.
I.:TATE AGENCY.
Th.: onder,iened have opened no office for the
purelitew ;Old stile of roll estate. eolleetion of
end th- 'entitle of property. Business
~nts.ll,l eel to their care will meet with Prompt
mini earnfol :Mention. F. X.
A. .T. KAUFFMAN.
r But L;DERS AND OTHERS
liailding, paving and other brick always on
Tlwy arc hand made and superior to any
brick. In this part of the country. They are of
fered:it Ibe very lowest price.
sep -1-6104fw] MICHAEL LIPHART.
HOTELS.
ESPE 1.1. N }TOTE r„
1, 13 A: is CORTLANDT STREET,
NEW YORE.
THOS. D. WINCHESTER, PROPRIEron.
This Hotel is central and convenient for Penn
sylvanians.
Afrsittnit. of Reading, Pa.,
is an lisistant at this Hotel, and wilt be glad to
see h. friends nt all times. sent4-66-nw
" CONTINENTAL."
THIS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
between the Stations of the Reading and Co!inn-
And Pennsylvania Rilroads,
prtoNT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
• ph', accommodations for Stranger and Tray
clefs. The Bar is stoelced with
CROICE LIQUORS,
And the Tables tarnished with the best fare.
URIAIT FINDLEY,
Proprietor.
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R UCKLIN HOUSE,
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA
This Is a Sind-class holed, strid is in every respect
adapted to meet the wishes and desires of the
lravoling public. MARTIN ERWIN,
Proprietor,
F ItBNCII'S HOTEL,
On the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park
New York. R. FRENCH,
Sept. 19.1,365. Proprietor.
'sir LE S .lIOT I,
INlarket Square, Reading Renn'n.
EVAN 31ISEILER,
Proprietor.
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A„rALTBY HOUSE,
la BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
This hotel has heel lately refitted with all the
ra , ees.4try improvements known to hotel enter
prise and therefore. offers first-class acconnuoda
t an; to strangers and others visiting Baltimore.
C. It. HOGAN,
Proprietor.
,e pt t -65-tf W.
MARBLE WORKS.
ri )I.I3MARBLE WORKS.
tk... ) The Snbscrl hers would, respectfully inform
the cltiz,•ns of Columbia, and surrounding
country, that they have opened
A NEW MARBLE YARD IN
COLUMBIA,
Oa .Ith :Street, between Iswust and Walnut 5t...,
and ask the p ttrotm4e of the public.
They have had great experletwe nn fine work,
botA ralladelph and Now York. They will
furnish in the highest std loot' the art, handsome
GUAVE SrONES, MONUNIENTS,
STATUARY, ORNAMENTS, dc.
also :NIA. MILE MA NTLES, IWILDIRG WORN_
ate. Orders promptly attended and executed at
cheaper rates than elsewhere. Call and see u.
Designs of now styles of Fine work,such
'muniments' ,tine arts, atm., will be furnished
parties upon application to the proprietors.
HEPTING .t MEHL
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DITCHER'S COLV3EN;
ttC. BUCH R
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Wholesale and Retail Inaler In
Flvr: CENTS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Wines and Liquors !
Has removed his Store to his Ma ilding, adjoining
Haldeman's Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa.,
where he has fitted up rooms, and great]}
increased ids facilities for doing
a more, extensive business
MISHLER'S CELEBRATED
HERB BITTERS !
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures
they have performed In every case, when tried
•Dr. Mishler offers live handrat dollars to the pro
prietor of any .;fedleine that can show a greater
number of genuine certificates of cures effected
by 11, near the place where it. is made, than
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
AIISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
Is for solo in Columbia by
.T. C. DITCHER,
At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia
WINES AND LIQUORS!
Embinetng the following
Cat.twba,
Port,
Lisbon,
Cherry,
Currant and Muscat WIINZES
COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and
I3RANDTES of all kinds
Illttelzberry -
612222
ELME
MB
YS Old stye X Old Rye
Pure Old Rye, Manong,nlieln,
Rectified Wilisky,London Brown Stout
Scotch Ale, &e., kc., Se,
MALT AND CIDER VINEGAR
He is also Agent for the Celebrated
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
POCKET FLASKS
DEMIJOHICS,
TOBACCO BOXES,
and FANCY ARTICLES,, in great variety,
MIS ELLER'S BITTERS!
PURE UNADULTERATED
BEST STOUT PORTER!
Frorn E. ..t7 G. lIII3fIERT. LONDON
PURE MALT VINEGA.II
Cannot be pureousetl :a any other establish-
rnent in town. and Is warranted to keep fruits
and vegetables perfect
The Best Brands of Imported
SCOTCH . AND LONDON ALE
TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS
nuerTER will still keep on hand the
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and
CO3IMON SEGST:S. AINo,
SNUFF it TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a
thousand and one varieties. Call at
J. C. BUCHER'S,
Locust Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store.
It is the greatest est:11)1101%nm t of the kind this
side of Philadelphia.
.Only Agency for Lee's London Porter, and
Mishler's Bitters.
INiaderin,
Malaga,
Champagne,
Claret,
Rhine,
Blackberry,
Elderberry,
Jamaica Spirits,
MEE!
Ginger
Superior 010 Rye,
Pure Old Bye
XXX Ohl Rye
AGENCY FOR
FOR SALE
At J. C. BUCHER'S
For Sale b 3
J. C. BIiCITER
For %ale V.',
J. C. 111.JCIFF;11,
Locust Street, above Front
Agent for the
=EMI
J. C. BUCHER. S
Best Brands of
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." $2,00 Per Year, in, Advance; $2,50 if not Paid in Advance.
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COLUMBIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NO . VI-4;MBER 1869. [WHOLE NUMBER 2,0816.
MISCELLANEOUS.
K MAY & ERWIN, B
E 10.3 Locust St., Columbia, l'a.
DEALERS IN
Agents SCHOOL, elt Sheet
fo r all Y 'Miscellaneous and %AV Mus i c
New York, ta BLANK le of all kinds,
Philadelphia, Q/BOORS. le
Dime and
and Lancaster c a. half Dime copies.
Dailies and Weer- Ila Initial Caskets,
lies. Now publi- ALL 1 7 low, frown
cationcreceiv- TKINDS a cents, 13 cents
ed as soonexpis h OF STATIONERY. and up
as issued. ®SCHOOL DIREC-% 0 war dB.
in TORS AND TEACHERS SUP- RN
n..P LI E D AT WHOLESALE aVI
ERATES. DON'T FORGET 'THE PLACE.
N'o. 103 LOCUST ST., coLummA, PU.
n0v20:69-13-
1869. NO. 25 1870.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YE.:111
G[FTS.
Nothing more suitable than a nice
FLAT OR GAP
FROM
Smith Sz; e s
NEw sToRE,
25 East King Street, Lancaster, l'enn'a.
F. SMITH. ( . 11.1.1tLES 11. A3f
T0V2020-1Y
r. LANDIS, IZRA F, LANDIS, .lAColt S. LANDIS
KEYSTONE
MACHINE WORKS,
EAST JAMES STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
Manufacturers of S tationeryand Portable En
gines, of the most approved style and plan.
.N 1 ill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers and
Couplings, of an improved pattern. Farmers
Portable Grist Mill.
OUP. NEW AND IMPROVED GRAIN
T tiRESIE E R AND SEPARATOR.
With the Ilest Tripled Geared force Power
Iron and Brass works made to order. Furnish
Models for Patters at reasonable rates. Having
goad and experienced hands,and being practiCal
mechanics themselves, feel sate in guarantee
ing all their work to give ..itisfaction. For par
ticulars, address L NDI6 A: CO..
nov2o;b9-tf I Lancaster, Pa.
1 Ql, l q FALL WI TERN (.2 OM
( o
WILLIAM G. PATTON
No. IGO LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA.,
Is now opening A Largo Stork of
DRY (MODS,
GnocERIE:s
Suitable to Use Season, emnprising a Splendid
Assortment of
DRESS GOODS,
SHAWLS, SACKINGS, BLANKETS, WHITE
GOODS, TRIMMINGS, HOSIERY,GLOYES
NOTIONS, LADIES' AND GENT'S 3:1711-
SISHING GOODS, LAD TES',
Nr SFS, s CEIIII.IIIIEN*.=.
SHOES.
SEWING MACHINES !
Of fill leatling makes at Agent's Prices
3IERCHANT TAILORING
lit ail its tiran,•ttes. Satisfaction gultrantevd
A full line of CLOTHS, CASSIMKRES, VEST
INGS, always on hand.
REMEMBER that I hi, is the place to get the
BEST GOODS at the LOWEST PRICES.
wrr.r.rAm G. PATTO:s:
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OMER, COLLA DAY & CO.'S
1412 AND 1414 CHESTNUT ST.,
YIfILAJ)]:LPFIfA
GREAT BARGAINS
DRESS CO ODS.
Taklnz:nivnnlngt. of Inc g•fent denre , ...ion in
bu.inoti<, IL C..t: CO. have i. tide
immense Pureith ses
of Dre, , “rwoll, in tlik marl:o for rash at
Enormous Reduction
Below [ho e. of import it Lon, which they are
opening. and vill oNi , r at a very sll4lit vaare
They de,,lte 10 direvt ,peeial attention tc.
1.4004 • together witlh• their own Imp. intporla-
Owl, which have bract reduced In corn...pond-
Jingly loAr rat...and will 1). - . found tlit
LARGEST AID CREAM STOCK
EVEII OFFERED, INC ut:DrNi:
10 ca,,e, 131 ale nald. Green Stripes,
'P'ol3linr4 and 11c.)11n.i2”., ln
great varlety of style, for ...nits, it 3;
11:m111_75c. to 41.00
'Very Isenvy ecl :4ervres. fn the
fashionable shade:, for •ard is, .lae
Fine A..11-Wool Clolle-L.ln
nll enlors, I ncl nQi sig :Ire very desirable
shades in Navy DI tie, Inr au a'ie
cipsrtlity Rah la all
7. - ,t
Stich Itroche F'oplln, Silk and Word.
very goods, 7:3e
T.'3.4tch ]-t<3ll 1' opt and Won!,
EMI
Flxt riL ltuatt•y Wool
for NV2111:11)g liressps, 51.27
TEAM PIIINTING.—CaII at the
Steam Priming Ilouse of the COLUMBIA
Y, rear 01 Columbia National Bank, and ex.
aminesueeimensof Letter fleada,Notes,Cardad:e
For Men, Youth and Children, ever before titter
ed to the people of Columbia, comprising as it
does, STYLE and QUALITY in soft and stiff
brim, such as the Warwick - , Ida Lewis, Sinhad,
Prince Arthur, American Girl, ICute, Peerless,
Lady Timm Rowing, Star, Cuban, Waverly,
Gilmore, Rob Roy, and the Fall style of Silk
Hats, just out, together with a full stock of
Cons4•ting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel
Shirts and Drswers,Engllsh, German and Do
mestic Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sus
penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cuffs and Col
lin,. &c. Also,
Parties who favor us with their patronage :u•e
assured that it - win be our constant aim to
merit their confidence and support.
Call and examine our well selected stock at
at low prices.
MEM
Jr A. MP:VE[IS
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Druggist and Apothecary,
n few , pecialtle, nose in
stock':
PRATT'S BED BUG KILLER, (sure thing and
'ROTHE'S . I , .:ENV AND IMPROVED RAT KIL
LER, clhe best I ng we have yet sold,)
QtrEENSWARE, ate.,
BATH TOWELS, SPONGES AND GLOVES,
COARSE AND FINE PEPPED, ground In the
Together with our usual large stock. of Ditur.s
3lpintersES and DRIIGOISTS SY:CI:MIES which
arc entirely CASH purchases.
PwrsicrAN's PnE.SuairrioNs and FAMILY RE
req by P 1 1 - ; 337,1t11 aegti racy.
Remember the
FAMILY MEDICINE STORE,
sept..r69-tfiej Odd Fellows' Hall.
TB. KEVINSKI,
itP • PEALIIIe
PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS
A large assortment of Molina, Flutes, Guitars,
Banjo., Tan 'mines. Attordaon't. Flies, Har
monicas, mid musical a tureitandise always on
hand.
SI-lE]ET MUSIC.
A huge stock on hand, and constantly receiving
ail the latest public.. tions as boon as :stled.
Music and Musical Book. %win he sent by mail
free or pnstnge, when the market price is remit
ted.
DACALCOMANIA,,
gar she Art of transferring Pictures. Can be
transferred on any object.
I «•ould call special attention of the Co:ten
ni:titers to my stork of Duca
STEINWAYS SON'S PIANOS, PHINC3:.I•
IcEEDir.vm ez SON'S CEi,EHIL A t
OItfIANS ANI) MELODEONS.
O. 3 NORTH' PRINCE STI EICI
COOPER 1c CONARI)
Having rebuilt their store, will open about
Oetoner Ist. with an elegant stock, to which
they invite an examination.
Upwards of seventeen years of act ve 1111si-
IIeSS at their present location, enable!: thein to
Judge of the wants of their patrons, to bay at
the lowest prices and to sell at t he , inalle , t mar
gin of profit. Full lines of
BLACK SILKS,
DRESS, STUFFS,
SILK. VELVETS,
CLOAKS, SHAW 14,
HOSIERY, TIES,
HANDNERCI II EFS,
COLLARS, CUFFS. t . e..
\ VI ITE GOODS.
QUILTS.
MUSLIN'S, LINENS,
CASSIMERES. CIA ails,
C LOAF:IN:GS,
CE NET E EN: S,
MRS. C li. .1;00;1117,
PIPES,
Atta. all articles %mustily it rya in 11111 A-etas, Tn
later° and Segar Store The public can rely On
getting at our store as good goods for the money
at, ran be obtained at tiny similar establishment
in the State.
I do not think it necessary to publi3h my
priers, as the (:nods svill tell for themselves.
Skits. (I. M. BOOTH,Locust Sitreet, Columbia.
Sign of the Punek.
sept I 1-4D-] y w j
TO MANITACTUREES
Itights to wie ••ALLEN'S PATENT ANTI
LAMINA" be. trued on application to the
undersigned. It b 4
Sure Preventative of Scale in Boilers
This article will be furnished at Six Doz.LAns
pe• Can, or we will sell rights to make and use
the same for
The material for making the Anti-La:nines will
he supplied l us, if desired, at low priem
nigh ts for Coon ties, States or other Territory
for sale at fair 'lilies.
ALLEN NEEDLES.
Dealer:, in Oils,
\n, 12 S. Dela wit re Avenue, Philndelphia
Mil
°MI6 :1111
Having disposed of my Watch and Jewelry
Store, No. 39 Front street, Columbia. Pa.. to Me
firm of Butler, McCarty ti Co., of Philadelphia.
I hereby notify all persons that the Mime is now
their hands from this date, and respectfully
request a continuance of the patronage of the
people. EDMUND SPERING.
oet39-111 Columbia. Oct. 27. Pita•
MIS CE LLANEOVS.
OPEN ! OPENING ! OPENED!
THIS DAY, THIS WEEK,
kND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS,
B REINg - EM _A_ 'N'S
EL'S ?Locust. Street.
TILE LA.ItGEST STOCK OF
HATS AND CAPS,
GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS,
UMBRELLAS AND CANES
BRENEM A N'S
'So. 1 . 2 S Locust Street, Columbia, Pa
0e1.9.1;9-ly
.:)DD FELLOWS' Jl_ LL,
NEW C_l.NAltr SEE Ile
OLD PALM SOAP IN BARS,
harmless to rer,ons)
SPLENDID LOT OF CITAMOIS SKINS,
CORK WOOD FOR SHOEMAKERS,
MEE
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.I.ND MUSICAL INSTRT7MENTS
GENERALLY.
ME=
what withering• secret, by what de
stroving affliction, had he been thns agon
ized? thus haunted? he so noble and
good ! lte so wealthy and distinguished :
As he moved restlessly upon his hum
riot's cushions the pretty clock on the
mantle-piece struck five, every stroke
seemed to fall like a haffillter upon the
heart of the nervon, invalid. Ile arous
ed himself. struggling reebiy to a sitting
S. E, cur. Put k. Market Sts., pustule.
Sole ,Igent for : 4 tnir.; unrivaled riANo
PORTE AND FURNITUIZE POLISH.
Call and examine sog stuck al
LANC.ASTEIZ.
PHILADELPHIA
COOPF.V... CONAIU).
S. E. e.r. Ninth Lt :Market St,.,
Philadelphia.
oct.:2-'69.1y-1-2-3p;
..tio. 153 LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA. ILA
DEALER. IS
SEARS, TOBACCO, SNIT.F.F4,
Tel. Dollars per SiIIMIM for each Boller
Cirettlan; will be sent on application.
oct:2-I:tt
0 men! grown sick with toll and care,
Leave for a while the crowded mart
0 woman! sinking with despair,
Weary of limb and faint or heart,
Forget your years to-day, and come
As children back to childhood'. home !
Followagain the winding runs,
Go to the place , + where you went,
When climbing up the saintner hills,
In their green taps you sat content;
And softly leaned your head to rest
On Nature's calm and peaceful breast
Walk through the sere and faded wood,
So lightly trodden by your feet,
When all you I:new of life was good,
And :11l you dreamed of life is sweet
And let fond memory lead you back
O'er youthful love's enchanted track.
Taste tile ripe fruit of orchard-boughs,
Drink from tile mossy well once more,
Breathe fragrance from the crowded ntows
With fresh sweet clover running o'er;
And count the treasuresat yore• feet
9f sliver rye and golden wheat:'
Gait beside the hearth again,
Whose circles once was glad and gay;
And irfroin out the precious chain
Some shining links have dropped awa,
Then guide with tenderer heart and hand
The ieinnant or thy household band.
Draw near the board with plenty spread
And 11 in the acenstotned place
You see the father's reverend head,
Or mother's patient, lovlng . face,
Wharer your life may have of ill,
Thank God that these are left you st ill
And though where home haft' been, you stand
siTo-day in alien loneliness;
Though you may clasp no orother's not,
And claim no sister's tender kiss ;
Though, with no friend nor lover nigh
The hart iv all your company.
Thank God for friend,, your li re ha 4 known,
For every dear, departed day ;
The blessed past is safe alone
-1:0,1 gi veq, but doe.; not take away ;
He only safely keeps above
For a, the treasures that we love.
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.. , ittistcllancotto citdingj
THE BROKEN 11011 E.
" rn sTRANG E.. THAN FICTION
In San Francisco, on the north tide of
Poison-. street, overlooking )fission Bay,
stands a palatial residence.
The interior of this house is even more
beautiful than its exterior, every apart
ment being in its way a gem of magnifi
cence and refinement.
The library especially realizes the
most perfect ideal or an elegant and cul
tared home.
And yet, at the moment we looked in
upon him—one August afternoon, a.; he
occupied his library—the proprietor of
all this wealth appeared of all nien the
most miserable.
lie was Mr. Morton Preble, for many
bauker , of San Frauei,oo.
It was in vain that the bro.id boy•wiu
dow at the south end of the room had
been opened, giving Ingres-, to the sun
shine and the fragrance of rare flowere—
in vain that the walls were lined with
richly carved book-cases and paintings—
in vain thatsoft couches and luxurioni
chairs had been gathered around him.
Ile was wretched.
lie lay on a sofii, in the depths of the
great, hay-window. the wreck of a Once
powerful wan His figure was thin and
gaunt ; his face white as marble ; hts e . 3 es
having an exprersion of woful apprehen
sion, of harrowing anxiety. of dreadful
expectancy.
It was evident at a glance that, no
merely phybieal ailment had wade hint
what he was.
=3
Oh, will this tatal never. liever
never pass?" he itinrinutel ; •• nor bring
us relief ?"
NOt lei IT' With a !lel Vlittz Aart that he
wa:. alone, he tsmuce.l a bell upon a tabla
berore him, and called :
•• ITeleu. Hale!
n : tv.iere ate you'.'
Before the echoes of his voice had died
out a step Niat. heard. and his n•ife entered
his presence
•• T left you only for a moment, Mor
-4.11,1, pis° saki, advancing to the banke r
side. '• You wt•re dozing, I think. I
islied to send for the doctor :•'
She Iva , : beautiful wont: u t• of me
-.ix and thirty years. graceful, with broad
white brott•s, and loving e . 7e.s, in which
the brightness and sweetness of a sun
shiny nature were till preceptible, ender
a grief and anxiety no lens poignant than
that evinced by her husband.
•• The doctor f - he echoed. half re
proachfully.
y es , dear." she said, in a calm and
cheerful voice, a , she drew :{ chair to the
side of the aofh. and sat down, stroking
the corrugated forehead of the invalid
with a magnetic touch. "He will be
here immediately. Your last nervous
crisis alarmed me. Yon may become se
riously ill!"
Mr. Preble be:•towed an affectionate
look upon his wile. but said elit•pontleutly:
"The doctor: lie cannot minister to
a mind diseased !' Oh, if these long hours
would only'. pass ! If I only knew what
the day has yet in store fur us:"
Look up, 31orton !" enjoined Nlrs.
Treble. with a reverently trustful glance
upward through the open window at the
blue sky, and as if looking beyond the
azure clouds therein. Let us appeal
from the injustice and wickedness of
earth to tl.e goodness and mercy of
Heaven !"
The banker gnncr n. low, subbing sigh
" I eandot look up. Helen," be answer
ed, with a passionate tremor in his woke
`X'octrii.
TUANKSGIVING
BE=
—" only down, down at the grave that is
opening before me r'
Mrs. Treble continued to stroke his
forehead softly, while she lifted her pale
face to the sunlight streaming into the
appartment.
" Look up, Morton—: ]ways look up !"
she again enjoined upan the invalid•
'• During all these fourteen years of agony,
I have not once doubted either the good
or the justice of Heaven. • Blessed are
they that mourn ; fbr they shall be com
forted.: I believe that we . yet re
joice mon , keenly than we have mourned,
and that we shall come to a glorious day
of joy beyond all this long night of sro
row !"
The face of the invalid lighted up with
an answering glow, and he murmured
" Glorious faith : My wife. you are
indeed . a blessed tomfbrter ! Perhaps,
after all, you are right'"
A km ck resounded on a side-door at
this juncture. and the next moment Pr
lfutton, the family physician, ibr whom
Mrs. Treble had sent, entered the ,aom.
lle tree an old man, portly in figure.
with white hair and beard, but with a
fresh and ruddy complexion, a pair of
shrewd blue cyci, and with an exuber
ant boyishness of manner that sat well
upon him. Ile had e kind heart and a
clear heart. Ile approached the sofa
after greeting the husband and wile. :111(1
lifted the thin re , tle= , hand the
lid, feeling his pult.c•
—Quite a high fever." he said. after a
brief .Worrying ;1•••• tin, el:. 3/r.
Preble ? Von are wcarin_ so•n•-clr out
Medicine will do you no gull so boig
sour m i n d ii, / It it pro,ent eon:::::on.
must give you ar opiare—"
'• Not now. doctor.'' interpacd . Cue
hanker. •• I cannot—must not—sleep
to-day : 1 need to be broad awake now,
for 1 cannot tell at any moment what the
next may bring firth. I ant looking for
the culmination of all my years of an
guish—for the crowning agoay of the
whole. Perhar even now— All. what
was that f
go started up wildly, and then, as the
:...onnd that had disturbed hint was not re
peated, he sank back again on his cush
ions, pallid and panting.
The doctor looked at Mrs. Prehle with
an anxious, questioning gin nee
It is the anniversary," she replied to
Iris unspoken inquiry—` the anniversary
or orir less."
" Ali,yel4," said the doctor. •`I remem
ber."
"Xes, it's another or those terrible
days," Cried the banker, in a hollow
whisper. " Sit down, doctor, and I will
tell you the whole story. 1 con think of
notitin_ el-te to-day, and out almost wild
with apprehension and anxiety. Sit
down."
Dr. Hutton drew up a chair and seated
himself, his face expres:ing the double
solicitude of a friend and a physician.
—You knew us fourteen years ago, doc
tor," said Mr. Treble. "We lived then
where we do now, in cottage ou the site
of this great mansion. There were but
the three of us—Helen aid T. and our
three-year oh: .Tessin. And it was four
teen years a,:o to-day that our little des
sie was stolen from us"
"I remember it," said the doctor softly.
••Yet might she n.)t have been lost, )l r.
Treble? She went out to play in the-gar
den, if 1 remember rightly, and was nev
er seen by you again. She might have
strayed away—"
-- So we thought for a whole year, due
tor" interrupted the banker. ••We never
dreamed that she had been qtaden. W e
searched everywhere for her, and offered
int Li ruse IV:MIS for her a ei:ovc ry . I
employed detectives, but all to no p a r
pose. When our little .lest,ie man 111.1Y11
the steps into that flower garden," and
he pointed to the front of the house. "as
if the earth had ()pencil :mil swallowed
her up. we never saw her again."
, •She must have found the gate open•
and wandered out," suggested Dr. Hutton.
•'She might have 'strolled down to the
waters and been drowned.'.
The banker fiscal hi burnio; . t e . es
upon the physician's fliee and whispered :
'•1 said we never saw the Four child
again. I did not say we had not heard of
her. She Iva; lost on the :nil of Ao_zunt,
1854. For a year we thought her dead
But on the anniversary or our loss we re-
ceived a written message concerning her.
-A MOSS:I Lre ()Pied Dr. Hutton. start
A mere scrawl—a single line in a
hand evidently disgui , ed," said dm hank
er. "Here it is."
lie produced a. dingy scrap of paper
from a drawer in the table, and held it
up to the view of the physician. who lead
as follows:
ACOCST ir, ho, ha
Dr. Hutton looked, with a puzzled air,
from the scrap of paper, which he turned
ov,r and over, to the countenance of the
banker
•'I can make nothing or this. — he de
clared. '•lt is merely a date, with the
name or your I.st daughter. Ir tells we
110illing
-Nor did it cs, at lirst.'• said Mr. Peble.
"Then that, name and that date, with the
demon laugh connecting them, set us to
thinking. • A
whole year we agonized
over the dreadful problem, and then we
received anothermessage, which you shall
lie thrust a second slip of paper. iden•
tical in shape and appearance with the
first, before the gaze of Dr. Hutton, who
mad it aloud :
` , A.vigust 9 , 1556. Ymir Je.ic 4,111,
The physician started, as if electrified.
ah ! this is sornethin2. definite—
something decisive. he muttered. "It
convinced you that your daughter was
still living."
"Yes, doctor," said Mr. Preble, "and
every anniversary of that day has brought
us some m,ssage. The disappearance of
the child. mysterious as it is, does not
seem to me half so strange as that the
Gillian who took her away could contrive
to communicate with us every year since,
and always on a particular day—the an
niversary of:that on which she was stolen;
without out being able to discoi•er who
he is. And a still greAter wonder to me
is what can be his motive. It seems in
credible. If it was stated in a novel
many people would not believe it. But
'•truth is s'rztnger than fiction."
Mrs. Prehle drew from her husband's
breast- pocket his note-book, opened it to
the proper page. and presented it to the
phyl4ician.
Dr. [Tinton adjusted his spectables,
glanced over the page, and the slowly
read the group of errtr•ies aloud, The I
entry the first year is as follows
" A ucusT
And the nest year it I.
' 4 AVC:lterr Si, ISiti. r slat I,.r=
the neXt—
' AnnrsT U, 1i57,
And the next
- Ari; lira 9, 114::, (41 ft ,
And the nexi—
.S"P h m 7
"A I'M - 4T 9. ISO. I Pr , :r . 1, I . qi,h,.111.1
kill' the next—
AUGUST 1/, LW). , urn
And the nexL—
•• -Atri: UST 9, IN9I. S'ec r.,16,11.t• rk, tr , !!
ita the next—
At - “usr PI, ISO 2,
.%)1 , 1 the next—
_\ rGuht• 1:44:.
. 4 .11,1 the 'text
9, 1861. e4l! / 0 •
And 111.1 next—
' .1.1 - r: usT 18(r1. r
r +t , fF:r
MMI!EMEM
kn.! Inst yew.'
1,;:. t
OEM
physician luolitd up end fixed
thJeglitrui have upon the bereaved hu ,
baud end
HOW did
he demanded
11, tore the envelop open.
I . contained a :dip of lapel.. of• well
known bliape dull appearance, upon Which
was seraw•icd a binede line iu an equally
well-known hand writing, which the
banker exhibited to his wife and the
_ktid you L•tve never seen their an- physician.
Invariably by pOSt,.. replied 3lr.
Preble. "Usual to the house. but some
times to the office !"
thor
••Never
• -The la+t or then: i , dated• T seio, a year
ago to-day :'•
••Yes, yes,•' faltered the banker, "and
the time has coma for another message.
This i> the `.lth of August,
fee,•' said Dr. Ilutton. "And this
is the secret of your terrible excitement 1
You are expecting to receive to-day an
other of these strange messages I"
Phew. was a brief silence. Mrs. Pre
ble's hamd fluttered in its task and her
facigrew,very pale. The hankerbreatli
ed 'graspingly. The physician regarded
them both in friendly sympathy.
"We shall hear of her agai N to-day,"
said Mr. Prehle; "and what will the mes
sage be ?"
The mother averterd her race. Her
brave heart faltered as that rineqtion
echoed in her sAll.
"The writer of these letters is unques
tionably the abductor of your child I" said
Dr. Truttou. "Have you any suspiei:m as
to his identity!"
—Not the said 31r. Prchle.
We have puzzled over the problem for
many years. but we cannot guess who he
is."
-Think." said the doctor. "have you
no enemy ? Ido not mean people with
whom you are not friendly—every stir
ring man has plenty of these—but a down
right enemy Is there no man whom you
knew in the East who bated you ? No
one al..;:tint4 whom you were (ined upon to
te•Aii:‘,.—no 0110 whom pet po-,,ildy
'rlic b li nker shialk id-; head. Ile had
asked him elf alf the repc.at
edly.
••1 Imre 110 t-41C11 enemy, ductur;' Lc
an ncnal ‘s:111 Hlicrity of yoke atni matt-
IMIE
old 11 r-
doctor. turning to her. ••liave yon no re
jeeted ,uitor w•ho, might be rovenect•ttl
enough to desolate yottt• home, r'
the ;ady. 'I married earl•.
)iorion was my iirt love
"This is strange—very str.inge : mut
tered the doctor. "You ate not conscious
of having an enemy in the worhi and yet
you have an enemy —a hidden foe — a fiend
in bur an form—who is working out
against you fearful hatred: .'tndy ou
r tet t he shch test ~ t l<i);einti :t, to
whom lie is 7
Not the ,lightc-
the l'• echoed 'Alts. Tre
ble. ••:Nly huAattyl hail a step-brother
who might have been capable of this in
famy—hut he is deal
"The hand writing is nut familiar ?
No. 1t is merely a rude -crawl, a you
see." said the banker. ••lt .ugge't3
noth
in2—except that it evidently disguis
ed l"
Again there wip, a profilond i•ilence
Our chill is seventeen years old now, -
at len., , ,th murmured :qrs. Prehle, her
voice trembling. She is on the thres
hold of Wunlanhood. No doubt during
all these yeal,, she has yearned for us,
wherever she may be, as we have yearned
for her !"
But where is :.he r a-Aced the physi
cian—and nun. his voice w: hruken by
Lis deep SyMputhe with the agunized par
'where eau she be ?"
ME
•• Heaven only knows. - answered the
mother. Perhaps in San Francisco—
perhaps i❑ some rude hut in the interior,
with some obscure farmer, and under a
name that is not hers : think her ab
ductor would have carried her to some
lonely region of the interior. among the
valleys and mountains. Yet I never see
a young girl in the streets without turn•
ins to look at her. I never hear a old-
ish voice without lizteuing eagerly, half
lancying that it may prove the voice of
my lost Jessie I" •
Oh, pitying heaven !" sighed Dr.
Hutton, dashing a flood of tears from his
eyes. " Will this lung, agony never he
over ?''
We hope so, and even believe so,"
answered Mrs. Preble, with the firmness
of an unfaltering trust ia. God's mercy.
The last message we received from our
enemy ,seems to point to some kind of a
change."
True,'7,assented Dr. Hutton; -looking
at the message in question. is un
like the other_. it says that his reward
is at hand.' lie means'either that he in
tends to marry your daughter, or that he
intend to demand .money of you for
bringing her back—or both.-
•- We shall soon know... said Mrs
Phobia, with forced calmness. Today
we shall have another message, no doubt.
What. will it be :2-
'he banker turned restlessly on his
soft, and Isis face grew even paler.
•• E•.'hatever it is, let it come:'• he mur
mured. '• Anything can be borne better
01:111 Ibis an•iul, tillSpinSl). 1 4 et it come
As it hi:, impatient words had precipi
tated a crisis. a step was heard nn.the
walk at this moment, and a ring at the
hoot door loliutt•ed.
bit) hel
A :-ervalit auuu entered, hearing a let
ter, n•hirh he extended to :Vr.
t the :qlperseriptiou of the missive.
It i t rom Um."' be lulu:refl.
.•ottie to youl'"
This line was :
"Aup,onst 9, MN. _1 / six I will call.'"
A, shock of wonder and horror shook
the three simultaneously.
Will call 1" cried Mr. Preble, start
in!, to his feet, and glaring wildly around.
1., coming here?" cried Mrs. Preble,
arisi ug
It seems to," said. Dr. Flatten, his
eyes again reverting to the message. "Ile
will be here at six o'clock, and see! it is
six already
Even as he spoke, Jhe clock on the
ulautelpiececounineneed striking the ap
pointed hour, and at thin instant , heaey
footsteps resounded in the hall, approach
ing the library.
It is he cried the doctor, also aris
As the last stroke of the hour resound
ed, the door leading form the ball again
opened.
One long and horrified glance east the
banker and his wife in that direction, and
then she fell heavily to the floor.
Ifer senses had left, her. The above
we publish as a specimen chapter ; but
the continuation of thh: story will be found
only in the N. V. Ledger. Ask for the
number dated December 4th, which can
be Lad at auy news office or bookstore.
If you arc not within reach of a news of
fice, yea can have the Ledger mailed to
you for on year by sending three dollars
to Ilolicrt Donner, publisher, ]tit 11'il
lieu sheet, New York The Ledger
pays more for original contributions than
any other periodical in the world. ft
will publish none but the very, very
best. Its moral tone is the purest. and
Its circulation tic kirgest. Every body
Who take , it is happier for having it.
Leon Lewir. Mrs. Harriet Lewis, Mrs.
Southworth, Mr Cobh, Professor Peck.
Mary Kyle Dallas, Fanny Fern and Miss
Dupuy will write only fun the Ledger•
he real ter.
su!..t . est the
Mr. Donner, like other katling pub
lishers. might i,sue thrtm or five papers
and magazines; but he prefers to con
centrate all bis energies upon one, and in
that way to make it the best. Oue Dex
ter is worth more ti t an three or fire or
dinary horses.
liomuurx, DEsPEUATELY WICKED
Scr—rrnitcc Ilovs nohn FOVItT.II octal
1' 137:.1\1 _ROAST! HIM.—WO have hoard
of an net perpetrated on the 20th of October.,
near this Borough, which surpasses in cool
ferocity and fiendishness anything that
ever took place in this county. It seems that
on that day. three boys belonging to this
Borett t .th or :%It. Carbon., it is not yet dell
n ii e ty known, went not on the road between
this Borough and Uressinta,untll they reach
ed a point about a mile. beyond Hillside.
About a quarter of a mile from the house of
a laborer named I t orn ickel,several children
were playing, among them his son Freder
ick, b t qween 11 and 111 years of age. Thu
boys when they reached this spot, built a
smal and dragged Frederick to it,
anti most horrible to state, held the' little
boy over it until he was actually - roasted.
Then they tied. When found the Injured
aiv was in a terrible condition, and it is
fea7reil (bat Ile is burned internally by in hal -
mg the Mimes. Ire has not been able to
talk since the occurrence anti is in a critical
condition. . .
declared the bank-
We under,tanti that the Inolive for the in
human lea i,,lippo , ed to have been revenge
for in rem ntinn that Frederic!: had given of
,nine boy , who had I eeetilly robbed a neigh
bor', spring home.
Om• a ries( nay been Inu de. nod after
partial hearing before Squire Fraily the tie
en tied WIN held for In miler benringen 'P.-Ni
ne...day next. ' •
Thai mere toys should be guilty of such
fiendish act seems incornprehensible, but
the i tie t., of the case are to that effect. If
t ik,,,,, er ed and convicted, the incarceration
m prison for life-time WoOld not be too se
vet e a pull isliment.—rottsvillc Journal.
GRACE GnEkNwoots tells a Story illustra
ting a new method of curing those who ate
inclined to suicide. The father of a family,
later tiro attempts to make way wity
sell, through the heart. Ills widow—an
energetic, sensible woman—perceived that
her eldest daughter was inclined to follow
t h e tocasteps of her father even unto death.
The mother watched her daughter narrow
ly, and one day soon alter she had swung
herself off from an old chest in the garret.
She cut her down, and tenderly brought to.
Then, taking the knotted halter, she vigor
ously laid it over her shoulders, saying ;
" I'll put a atop to this at:inkling! I'm not
going to have it ruts in our family, I'll have
you understand." This treatment was sne
eessfnl in checking the mental diserse.
breathed Hit:
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