J. W. YOCUM, Editor.
VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 19
- THE COLUMBIA SPY,
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first, insertion.
PROPESSIONA.L.
A . J.AUF , FMA.N,
A.T TORNEY-AT-LAW.
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
On anti es.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims
Pgrtilltit the gOVerlllllCllt promptly pr,seented.
Office—No.ls2, Locust, street.
. w. YOCUM,
A T 0 11 N E Y
AND
COUNSELLOR. AT TAW,
COLUMBIA. PA.
OFFICE—St'Wing, Bank Street, near
nocust.
Collections nunle In Lancaster and adjoining
counties.
HENRY C. G. REBER,
ArroltNEY-AT-LAW.
No 323 Washinii,ton street, near Six Lb,
Reading; Pa.
Col leetionn made in Berk,: and adjoining
counties. nov27-I.l'
m. Noß.Tir,
Arroro.qr.y COUNSEI,LOIL-AT-LAW,
Columbia,
Collecl.lons promptly ntmle. in Lunel ici nil
Counties.,
11110M11S J. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ico. 11 North Bake Street, Lanenqter,
Proles , :lomil Business carefully:lml prompt
ly attended to. tont:VW-El
A 0 . GULICK,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Extract., Teeth •without Pain. Nitrous Oxide or
Laugi ihtv, Gas tullninlsterud.
0FE.11..111 218 LOCUST STREET.
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B C. IJNSELD,
TEACHER OF MUSIC
PIANO,
ORGAN,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION of the vorm and SINGING.
Special attention given Beginners and young
Pupils.
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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
OPPICE—No. 12 N. Third street.
Office flours—FromU to 7 A. M. 12 to 1 P.M.,
and lrom G to U P. M. [sepl-a-tcw
A M.U.EL EVANS,
0 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
thrice, on Second St., adjoining Odd. Fellows'
hail, Columbia, Pa.
T 'HOFFER,
e)DENTIST.
Nitrorm Oxide, Cis administered in the extrac
tion of Teeth.
Odice— Front Street, next door to It. Williams'
Dm; Store, betlreen LOctlSCrula;Walnlit Strepb:
.E_'•. WINKLE,
PHYSICIAN Jr. SURGEON;
oilers his professional services to the citizens of
lle may be found at the
°thee connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and Union, every day,
trout 7t09 A. ISL., and from toil'. if. Persons
WiSiling his services In special cases ' between
these hours, will lame word by note at his °Mee,
or ti roueli the post, °Mee.
D ENTAL SURGERY.
3. S. SMITH, D I:NTIST
Graduate of Pennsylvania College of I"ental
Surgery. Otlice in Wagner's Building, over
raideman's dry ginniti store. En
trance, 270 Locust. Street,
Columbia, Penn'a.
Dr.. 7. S Smith thanks his friends and the 13ult
lie in general for their liberal patronage in the
past, and assuring them that they Can rely upon
having every attention given to them in the
future. In every bran eh of its profession he
has always given ent'm satistaction. -11 e calls
attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish
of artificial teeth Inserted by him. He treats
iselutes con Mit on to the month and teeth Of
children and adults. Teeth filled with the great
est, care a n d in the most approved manner.
Aching teeth treated and filled to last for yea',
The best of tiontrifices and mouth wmthes VOH-
S:inn! ly on hand.
N. P..—A II work warranted.
sop 1-021yw .f. S. SMITH, 1). D. S.
R EAL ESTATE AGENCY.
The undersigned have opened an otTiee for the
pnrehitse awl sale 01 real estate. collection of
rents, and the renting of property. Business
entrusted to their care will meet with prompt,
and careful at ten Lion. F. X. ZI LE It.
A. J. KAUFFMAN.
TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS
Tut ❑Jiuq, paving and other brici; always on
land. They arc band made and superita• to any
brick in thN part of the country. They are 01-
feretlat 6hr eery lowest price.
::.•p 1-09-triv] I.ICILAEF.
HOTELS.
.
W EST ERN 110 TE L,
I, 13 di 13 CIORTLANDT I:4TII,EET,
NEW YulU
TILOS. W CNC LIESTE iL, Pi:m•ler mon.
Tills I foie' Is central and convenient for Penn
sylvanians.
ABLE 31isni,mi, of Iteading, Pa.,
!iiiNtallt at this Hotel, and will be 41ad Lo
i‘eo lu friends at all times. septl-63-tfiv
MEM
IS HOTEL IS PLEASA.NTLY LOUATE D,
between the Stations or the lteadi coltzln
,:uid Pennsylvania. Railroads,
NT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
- al.,:teeornnulationg for Strangers and Trar
elers. The liar is stocked with "
CHOICE LIQUORS,
knd the Tables furnished with the best fare.
URIA.II FINDLEY,
Proprietor.
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piItANK.L . D.: HOUSE,
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA.
This is a first-class hotel, and is In every respect
Idapted to meet the wish es and desires of the
traveling public. :I\LAILTIN ERWIN,
Proprietor,
, 1 It ENC lI'S HOTEL,
On tho European Plan, oppohlte City trail Park
New York. It. FREINCIf,
Sept. ID, hitt-% Proprietor.
INIILEIt'S lIOI`EL,
Wost. Market Square, Iten.gling Rollll'B.
EVA N mrsliLEß,
Propriel or,
ta!pti-Gli-trw;
'Ar A tir Y HOUSE.
111 r,Tim ()RE, ARY 11.
This lintel lite; been lately refitted wtt Ii all the
nece.yetry Improvements known to lintel enter
prise and therefore iteOttililotht
tiMlS to strangers:old others visit lin,: Balt if nor , -
C. It. I rou.ks,
sept,l49-09 Proori,t,)r.
3IARBLE WORKS.
flO LEMMA MARBLE WORKS.
N...) The Sutsicribers would respectfully Inform
tho citizen.; of Columbia, rind surrounding
country•, that they have °paned
A NEWT MARBLE YARD IN
COLUMBIA,
On .11h Street, between Locust and Walnut ;its.,
no , l atilt the luttroictge of the public.
They have had great experience on fine work,
ls,th In Philadelphia and New York. They will
fn rhish In the highest style of the art, handsome
CRAVE STONES, MONUMENTS,
STATUARY, ORNAMENTS, ctc.
also MABBLE MANTLES, IMILDIRG WORK.
&c. Orders promptly attended and executed at
cheaper rates than elsewhere. Call and see ut
Designs of new styles of Fine work, such as
monumental ,fine arts, &c., will be furnished
parties upon application to the proprietors.
IMPTING t MEM.
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BUCIIER'S COI UMN.
WHIMM
Whniesale and LiAltai] Mater In
.PIVE CENTS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Wines and. Liquors
Has removed his Store to ids Build] tzg, ruiJoinin
lialtbanan's Store., Locust St., Columbia, Pa.,
where he has fitted up rooms and greal,l3
Increased Ills frminties for doing
a more extensive business
MIS TILEII'S CIIILEBRATED.
ri C► ~ ~ ~
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These Bitters are celelm Med for the great cures
they have performed in every cane, - . , :hen tried
Dr. Ati,hler offers lice hundred dollars to the pro
Inlet or of any Medicine that can show a greater
number 01 genuine certificates of cures effected
by 11, near the place where it is made, than
MTSITIER'S HERB BITTERS
M rtillLF:lt'S 11 Elt.ll 111'1'1`F:ItS
T+ Ibi (.0111111bigLik)
J. C. TIUC:FIER,
At hlit More, Locust, S'Creel , Colunibin
WINES AND LIQUORS!
Embracing the Milnwing
Catawba,
INIM
LNholi,
Cliorry,
Currant and Muscat WINES
COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
Also, OLD RYE 'WHISKEY and
k i g
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Cqtawfrt,
Cherry
EMISI
XX Old Rye X Old Rye,
Pure Ohl nye, Mmtougahela,
Rot.ldfled inky, London Brown Stout.
Seote Ale, Sc„
MA LT AND CI-DER VINEGAR
He k al.a) Agent for the Celebrated
M ISI I LEIt'S II Ellll 1311"1
'0 C ITl' ILAS KS
DEM r.r o riNs,
TOBACCO BOXES,
nil FANCYARTICLES, in great variety,
MISHLER'S BETTERS!
P 1 E NADULT E R AT ED?
BEST STO u PO - 111. I ER,
From E. 11. ITTDRERT, LONDON
Agent for tho
PURE MALT VINEGAR
Cantult be purelmsetl aL any other establish-
recut In town, and I.> warranted to keep fruits
311 a 171`,40".141.bleS1)erreet
The Ih t nralldS of Imported
SCOTCII AND LONDON ALE
TO SMOKERS ANT) CITEIVERS
\VIII Min keep on hand the
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
SNUFF, HAVANA, VARA, ana
COMMON SEGAItS, Also,
SNUFF d•. TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a
thousand and one varieties. Call at
Locust Street, adjoining Iraldeinan's Store.
It is the greatest establishment of the kind this
side of Philadelphia.
n.II-Only Agency for Lee's Loudon Porter, and
isider's P.ltters.
Nfalag.n,
Chanaptgne,
Clio( t,,
'thine,
Blackberry,
Elderberry,
Jamaica Spirits,
MEE
Ginger,
Superior 01,1 Rye,
Pure Old Ilya
xxx 01.1 Rye,
AfIENCY 1,011
FOR SALE
AI, J. C. BUCIINICS
For Halo by
J. C. BUCHER
For by
J. C. 11110 111 M,
I .0e est. Street, ahoy(' Front,
E=l
J. C. BTJOHER
IMI=!E:a
J. C. BUCIIER'S,
t enure/ LTA !prim asgip rattiiwzinmo SO garagVii.
1711SCELLA_NBOUS.
K MAY & ERWIN, B
105 Locust St., Columbia, Pa.
DEALERS IN
Agents SCHOOL, . She'et
r Miscellaneous and CYM uslc
New York, &BLANK if of all kinds,
Philadelphia, 1 0PBOOKS. Dime and
and Lancaster S half Dime copies.
Dailies and Weer-Initial Casket s,
publi- Ir. ALL ir low, from 10
cations rarely- g KINDS I cents, 15 cents
ed as soonOF STATIONERY." and up
as issued. ®SCHOOL Dinc-loir wards.
TORS AND TEACHERS SUP- RI
OLP LIED AT WHOLESALE 111
RATES. DON"r FORGET THE PLACE, E
No. 105 LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, Pa.
11W/O:G94y
1869. Nt5.).:25. 1870
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
GIFTS.
Nothing more suitable than a nice
A_l l OR CA _P.
FROM
Smith & A_mer's
NEW STORE,
No. 25 East King Street, &queasier, Penn'a.
SMITII. CHARLES If. AMER.
nov2U.TO-ly
I". F. T.ANDIS, =DA V. LANDIS, JACOB S. LANAIS
-K E YSTONE
MACHINE WORKS,
EAST JAMES STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
Mann faeturers of Stationery and Portable En
gines, of the most approved style and plan.
Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pull4s, Hangers and
Couplings, of an improved pattern. Farmers
Portable Grist Mill.
OUR NEW AND IMPROVED GRAIN
TURESIIER AND SEPARATOR.
With the Best Tripled Geared 'Horse Power.
Iron and Brass works made to order. Furnish
Models for Patters at reasonable rates. Having
good and experienced hatuds,and being practical
mechanics themselves, Mel safe in guarantee
ing all their work to give satisfaction. For par
t ea lars, address LANDIS Lt. CO..
n0v20.'60-tfj Lancaster, Pa.
THE lIINKLY FAMILY
KNITTING MACHINE I
THE WONDER OF THE AGE!
KNITS EVERYTHING!
Combines Rapidity, Simplicity, Durability and
Cheapness—Knitting with a Single
Eye-Pointed Needle.
trz-Reeeived the Highest Premium at the
Paris Exposition, and Great American Insti
tute, New York, 1847. For further information
call on E. MUSSER ,
Agent for Lancaster county,
Orange St. between N. Queen and Prince.
NO. 13.
SHREINER'S
IS THE PLACE
Where you can buy a flrsL rate
AMERICA.N, ENGLISH OR SWISS
WATCH,
BEAUTLFI4L SETS. OE..4,EWEratY., TIANT)
SOMIVVYLEAST
SLEEVE BUTTONS,
and almost everything, In the Jewelry line
AT THE LOWEST PRICE.
Or you can purchase
FINE SILVER. AND SILVER PLATED
SPOONS,
FORKS, KNIVES CASTORS, GOBLETS, ICE
PITCHERS, BUTTER DISHES, Sc., &e.
Then If you are In
\VANT OF TIME
you can buy any kind of
AMERICAN CLOCK,
varra»ted of the best quality, at a low figure
LL Als7D SEE FOR YOURSELF
CILIS. I'. SIIREINEWS
Sept iwtil N 0.13 Front. St., Columbia, Pa
HONER., COLLADAY CO.'S
412 AND 1414 CHESTNUT ST.,
I' II LAI) E L P T A
GREAT BARGAINS
DRESSCO ODS.
Taking advantage of the great. depression in
insine.s, 11. C. & Co. linvo :We
Immense Fuicliases
ot Fh e,s t :nods m this 'market for eash aL
Enormous Reduction
Below 160 cost of Importation, which they are
opening, awl will oll'er at a very slight. advance
They desire to direct special at ten t ion to this
stook, together with their own largo importa-
ion, Whit:ll have been reduced to correspond-
ugly low roles,mul will be found the
ARGEST IND CRAPE STACK
EVER OFFE RED, INCLUDING
10 ca,ci: .itlue and C4reeu
Chem° and Mohair, . In
grit variety of styles for salts, at
worth 7:4e. I o 81.00
Very benvy "NVorsted verger:, in the
f;:s!I ion:II h. ,thrl: shades for sal
Vine 17:111prer:. Cloths, in
til Inelediug the very desirable
shades In :Navy lllnc, for suILI, (;.:(
Splendid quality Silk Scree,:, hi all
ME=
CLieh Jgroelle l'cq,llll.. Silk: and Wool.
very lia.n.lsorne goods', 75(
Irreuelt Roll Silk awl Wool,
IMO
"IxtraL. heavy Wool Poplin Cords,
for Walk log Dresses, $1:2:,
TEAM PRINTING.—CaII at the
Steam Printing Ifouse of the COLUMBIA.
'Y, rear of Columbia National Bank, and ex-
MD I ne NI Wei m en s of Lotter t feadm,Notes,Cards ,1,0
• .
"NO ENTERTAINMENT BO CHEAP ,AS*BAD*G i .:IfOR ANY PLEASURE 'SO LASTING."
31TSCELLANBOITS.
OPENED'.
THIS DAY, THIS WEEK.,
AND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS,'
BRENEM _A_ N'S
128 Locust Street,
THE LARGEST STOCK OF
HATS AND CAPS,
For Men, Youth and Children, ever before offer
ed to the people of Columbia, comprising as it
does, STYLE and QUALITY in soft and star
brim, such as the Warwick, Ida Lewis, Sinbad,
Prince Arthur, American G tri, dint°, Peerless,
Lady Thorn, Rowing, Star, Cuban, Waverly,
Gilmore, Itch Roy, and the Fall style of §l9t
Rats,just out, together With a full stock of
GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS,
Consisting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel
Shirts and Drswers,English, German and Do
mestic Hosiery, (Haves, Handkerchiefs, Sus
penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cuffs and Col
lars, Sc. Also,
UMBRELLAS AND CANES
Part les who favor us with their patronage are
assured that it will he our constant aim to
merit their confidence and support.
Call and examine our well selected stock at
at low prices.
BRENEMAN'S
No. .124 Locust Street, Columbia, Pa
BEM
A. MEYERS
Druggist and Apothecary,
ODD FELLOWS' HALL,
Invites attention to a few specialties now In
stock:
PRIME NEW CANARY SEED
OLD PALM SOAP IN BARS,
PRATT'S BBD BUG KILLER, (sure thing and
harmless to persons,)
ROTHE'S Nnw AND IMPROVED RAT KIL
LER, (the best thing we letwo yet sold,)
SPLENDID LOT OF CHAMOIS SICINS,
BATH TOWELS, SPONGES AND GLOVES,
NO. 13
COI tR.WOOD FOR SROENIAKELIS,
COARSE AND FINE PEPPED, ground In the
PURE. SPICES AND CREAM TARTAR
Together with our usual large stock of Oat oS
MicancrsEs and DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES which
are entirely CASH purchases.
PUYSICIAN'S,PRESCRIDTIONS and FANU.Y
prePaie4l33. -- nr&r.it - or .
Remember the
FAMILY MEDICINE STORE,
sept..l'694(wl Odd Fellows' Hall.
T B. KEVINSICI,
" • DEALER IN
PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GENERALLY.
A large assortment of Violins, Flutes,Gultars,
Tamborines, Aceordeons, Fifes, liar
nouleas, oud musical murchandise always on
land.
SHEET MUSIC_
A large stock on hand, and constantly receiving,
all the latest publications as soon as issued.
Music and Musical Books will lye sent by mail;
free of postage, when the market price Is remit
ted.
DACALCOMANIA,
Or the Art of transferring Pictures. Can be
transferred on any object.
I would call special attention of the Coach
makers to my stock of Decalcomania.
STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS, PRINCE S.
CO'S., & NEEDHAM & SON'S CELEBRATED
ORGANS AND MELODEOISS.
Sole Agent for Stoll•s Unrivaled PIANO
FORTE AND FURNITURE POLISII.
Call and examine my stock at
NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE STREET,
LANCASTER, PA.
0t.t.16.'421-ly
COOPER, & CONARD,
S. E. cor. 9th & Market Sts.,
PHILA DELP 'ILA
!laving rebuilt their store, will open about
October Ist. with an elegant stock, to which
they invite an examination.
Upwards of seventeen years of active busi
ness at their present location, enables them to
judge of the wants of their patrons, to buy at
the lowest prices and to sell at the Ninull vs t mar
gin of profit. Full lines of
BLACK SILKS,
DRESS STUFFS,
SILK VELVETS,
CLOAKS, SHAWLS,
'HOSIERY, TINS,
BANDKERCIIIEFS,
COLLARS, CUFFS,
WRITE GOODS,
BLANKETS, QUILLS,
MUSLIMS, LINENS,
CASSIMERES, CLOTHS,
CLOAKINGS,
VELVETEENS, So., &c.
S. E. co:. Ninth Market Sts.,
oct.2-'o.ly-1.2.3r] Yhllade'phiia
WOODWARD'S
WHOLKSALE AND R}rrAlL
MUSIC sr-TORE,
NO. Z 2 WEST KING STREET
Pianos, Organs, Melodeons. Piano anti lelo
tleon Stools and Covers, Violins, Guitars, Ban
jos, Tamborines, Aceordeons, Concerti ails.
Drums, Fifes, Flutes, Flageolets, Harmon loos,
Clappers, Triangles, Strings of all kinds, Bow
Hair, Tuning Forks, Pitch Pipes, Violin Bows,
Cello Boss Violin and Guitar Boxes, Music
Portfolios,lnstruction Books of all kinds,
Sheet Music, Music Books, and every dowrip
tion of Musical Merchandise. All orders filled
promptly at the usual retail and Whole,ale
I?rlces, anti satisfaction guaranteed.
oz.-Tuning anti repairing promptly attended to.
A. W. WOO DWA tO.
deel.T9-tfj No. '22 West King St., Lancaster.
:VPS: G. G 31 1300T11,
No. 153 LOCUST ST.. COLUMBIA, FA
DEALEIL IN
SEGARS, TOBACCO, SNUFFS,
PIPES, &c.,
And all articles usually kept in a first-claw:To
bacco and Seger Store The public am rely on
getting at our store as good goods for the money
as can be obtained at any similar establishment
in the State.
I do not think it necessary to publish my
prices, as the Goods will tell for themselves.
Mits. G. M. BOOTH,
Locust Street. Col amble, Pm,
septll-69-lyw] Sign of the
INTEREST ON DEPOSITS.
j_ THE COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK will
receive money on deposit,and pay l uterestthere
for, at the following rates, viz:
5% per cent. for 12 months.
5 per cent. for 0 months.
5 per cent. for a months.
4 1 / 4 2 per cent. for 3 months.
7-30 - U S. Treasury Notes exchanged for new
5-20 Gold Bonds.
septl-69-tfwi SAMUEL SHOCH. Cashier.
octla-3m
1 - 0 B PRLNTING OF EVERY
Description neatly evecuted at, this Office
IFICEMEM2
Store,
IMEAMMI
COOPER .f: CONA IM,
TORPIsTIWG,'
i n a mor - 3 - 2 - 7; , Lor
Wottrg.
ONE FOLD.
And so the battle is nearly done,
And the shield will be laid away.
For the golden bronze of the evening sun,
Slants o'er the meadow gray.
'Tis a long, long strife to the end, sweet wife
The end, Just a myrtle crown,
Two billows of green, with a cross between,
Where we lay our burden down.
This way has been dark at times and dreary,
With the dropping of tears between,
'When the steady close of your hand in mine
Has been all that made it green:
But the sunlight broke, when your smile awoke
And the valleys of rest were sweet,
When the hills were past, and the earth at last
Grew soft to our aching feet.
One love, one home, one heaven before,
One•fold in heart and life,
And the old love still it will last us through
To the journey's end, sweet wife.
And reaching oh, when this life is done,
It will live, and thrive, and grow,
With a deathless flame and a deeper name
Than our mortal loves can know,
The wayside guides upon life's broad track,
How oft have we read through tears!
We've traced the lesson with whitened lips,
When we could not pray for fears !
Some lie so small, and some so tall,
But all arc green at last;
We hold them children, in our hearts.
And keep them close and fast !
And some have heard life's I;weet est tale,
And some its saddest song,
We leave them all to hint whose love
Can ne'er be blind or wrong !
While We turn back, look o'er the track,
And a wave of greeting send,
The paths lie wide, and the way beside,
But all lead to one end !
So, slowly; as for days, or years,
We Journey on the way.
And in the west the amber light
Proclaims a dying day.
And what, though life die out sweet wife,
And Its signal lire burns low?
For a glory white, that against the night
Like a watch lire seems to glow!
—Bertha &lacy Scranton
aAisreitltlCroxto grading.
The Chaplains Duel.
After leaving the Theological School I
was settled over a flourishing Society in
the western part of New York, where I
preached three years; but hard study,
and unceasing application to my pastoral
duties, broke down my health, and my
physician told me, if I would live I must
leave the pulpit and the study, at least for
a while. I had once thought that a con
stitution like mine was labor-proof; but I
have found a labor that stole my sleeping
hours from rest, and the result was a reg
ular collapse. I didn't exactly want to die,
even in such a harness; so I resigned my
pastorate, and'went up into the Genesee
valley to stop with my brother, who own
ed one of the largest farms in the county.
I donned a working suit, and -went at it
with hoe, fork, shovel, and axe; and
when the snows of winter came I was a
-711 ar : art..-.• lan-ostonished:
was stronger of limb, and more enduring
under physical labor, than ever before.
And the labor of a farm had come to have
a charm for me, too. .My brother offered
if I would stop with him, to give me a
half interest in the place. I worked on,
and grew stronger and stronger, and had
about made up my mind to accept my
brother's offer, when my ambition was
suddenly turned in another direction.
The war was in progress, and a regi-
went was being raised in our section. I
had no wife—no family,—and I felt it to
be my duty to join in the work of rescu
ing our country from the danger that
threatened it. My brother expostulated,
but I would not listen. I enlisted as a
private, and when the regiment was or
ganized I was elected and commissioned
Chaplain. Iliad not expected this,though
I ant free to confess that I had thought I
might get a commission of some sort; and
nin furthermore free to confess that I
would have preferred a fighting position
to the one assigned me I had been in
camp long enough to gain a taste for mil
itary life.
Our regiment went to Tennessee, and
thence dolt u the Mississippi. In our first
fight I took a musket, and went out with
the advanced 'skirmishers. On the occa
sion of our second fight our Brigade In
spector was sick, and the General took
me in his place. It was there that I
stopped and turned back four companies
of a Wisconsin regiment that had broken,
and were retreating from the field. I not
only turned them back, but led them into
pcsition just as Roseeranz had ordered a
charge, and went with them and captured
a Rebel battery of four guns.
Early in the month of January we went
4isto a sort of temporary winter quarters
to await reinforcements; and there I gave
myself, heart and soul, to the work of
ministering to the sick and the distressed.
While in camp we were joined by au In
diana regiment, among whose officers was
a captain named Barney McWayne. He
was a blustering, loud-mouthed fellow, in
tensely military, and intensely profane.
One day this regiment was out on drill,
with MeWayne's company upon the right.
Several blunders were made, all of which
were the result of false movements of this
captain. I stood by the side of the ad
jutant, and pointed out to him the diffi
culty; and he proceeded at once to set
McWayne right, at the same time inform
ing him that a New York Chaplain had
discovered his mistakes. Capt. McWayne
hated rue from that time.
In less than two weeks after its arrival
he Major of the Indiana regiment was
discharged and sent homesick. McWayne,
%s holding the oldest Captain's commis
sion, waa appointed in his place. It was
now Major McWayne, and he blustered
and strutted more than ever. He was
full of fight, and was eager to meet the
enemy. And he had not forgiven mc.
He sought on every possible occasion to
annoy me, and I kept out of his way as
much as possible.
One day I was in the hospital, sitting
by the cot of one ofthe Indiana men.
Major McWayne came in, and ordered me
to leave. lie said they had a "preacher"
of their own. Rather than to have high
words among the sick and suffering, I
arose, without a word, and withdrew.
McWayne evidently took this for the re
sult of fear and timidity on my part, and
he resolved to push me. lie followed me
to the verandah, and loudly ordered me
that I should leave his men alone. There
I replied to him. Re was very abusive
and at length applied to me an epithet
which I cannot repeat. Flesh and blood,
cast in my ardent mould, could endure no
more. I struck him full in the face, and
knocked him down. When he had re
gained his feet a dozen or more of officers
and me,. bad come in between us. Re
swore terribly, but his friends had no dif
ficulty in leading him away.
I went to my quarters thoroughly
ashamed of myself. I felt sure the worst
had not vet come—as was very soon prov
ed to me.
Early on the following morning I was
waited upon by Captain John Starbuck,
of the Indiana regiment, who brought a
challenge from MajoL; Mc Wayne ; and he
hoped I would respond promptly. The
choice of weapons was left with me. I
told him to call upon me in one hour.
I went out into the adjacent wood, and
there, all alone, I reflected. I had struck
a brother officer in the presence of our
compeers. To be sure he had most gross
ly abused and insulted me; but he could
claim the privilege of rank and position,
while I had no excuse save my own quick
temper and strong emotions. I was a
chaplain, but I was yet among men whose
business it was to fight—to fight to the
death, it need be. If I refused to meet
the man that still bore the impress of my
fist upon his fhce, I should be a thing for
and ridicule in the Division. If I had
only used my tongue upon the man, I
might have shielded myself behind the
right so to retort: but I had, of my own
volition, appealed to brute force, and he
now demanded the privilege of a fair and
equal chance to return the compliment.
I returned to my log hut, and wrote MY
resignation of the office of chaplain, and
carried it to my colonel, and asked him to
endorse it. lle was acquainted with all
the circumstances, and when I had told
him how I felt, he sustained me.
"Of course you have no fear of meet:
ing this fellow ?" he said.
I know that the smile upon my face
must have been bitter and scornful.
"Fear of Major Me" Wayne!" I replied.
"Ah, Colonel, when I had resolved to
brave the frowns of outraged heaven, all
of-battpArorn- voortal_hAnd.,were
sunk entirely from my dense. No, sir,—
of mortal enemy I have no favor to ask.
I only pray that God may judge me as
Ile has made me !"
"It's my opinion," pursued the Colonel,
"that McWayne hasn't the most remote
idea that you will fight. I was talking
with his colonel not an hour since, and I
find that your war-record is not known by
the Indiana boys. They know only that
you can preach more eloquently than any
other chaplain in the Division. They
don't dream that you have led a forlorn
hope, and charged upon a battery in full
blast ?"
"Did you tell the Indiana colonel of
this?"
"Yes I told all about it ; and I know
that he went away with his opinion of our
chaplain wonderfully chaucd."
At the end of the hour, with Captain
Charles Tompson, of our regiment, present
with me, I was ready for Captain Star
buck, who was punctual to the appointed
time. I wished to hold no conversation
with him. Tompson had my instructions.
The weapons were to be artillery cut
lases,—the time and place, when and
where the other party chose. Starbuck
would have objected to the weapon I had
named, preferring pistols or muskets ; but
I claimed that the cutlass was a true sol
dier's weapon, and one that every officer
who aspired to the command of a compa
ny should know how to use—and how to
use well. Captain Starbuck selected a se
cluded vale, not far from the camp, as a
ground ; and named the time of sunset for
the meeting.
I wrote a letter to my brother, and gave
it to Tompson, to be mailed in case I fell.
But I did not mean to fall, if I could help
it. Nor to kill soy adversary. Yet
I knew my temper. I had been in battle
and I knew how the clang of steel could
transform me from man to demon. If my
opponent should chance to fall, leaving
his blood upon my bands, I had planned
that I would seek a private soldier's place
and give my life to my country.
When it wanted half an hour of sun
down I bet forth with Tompson and our
surgeon. We reached the designated
place in the vale without being interrupt
ed. The sun began to sink behind the
long line of western bluffs, but Major
McWayne had not appeared ; and not till
the sun had gone, and a dusky shadow
had fallen over the vale, did the other
party arrive upon the ground. But they
came at lentil, and Tompson hurried for
ward to close the preliminaries before it
should be dark.
I took my cutlass, and the word was
given. My antawmist advanced slowly,
with the rim of his slouched hat pulled
over his face. I supposa he wore it so to
conceal the extravation which my blow
had induced. I spoke to him :
"Now do your best.; for I warn you I
am not at play !"
lie turned his head as I spoka, and a
puff of wind blew up the rim of his hat.
It was his profile which I saw,—and not
the profile of Major MeWayne !
"Stop!" I commanded, stepping back,
and dropping the point of my weapon.
"Who are you ?"
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I had no need to ask the question, for
I had recognized the finely cut and gen
tlemanly features of Captain Starbuek.
"I hare come to vindicate the honor of
the—th Indiana Regiment" he replied.
"But," said I, "the honor of that regi
ment is not in question. I came hither
to meet a man who is in himself the only
dishonor and disgrace of Indiana I k❑ow."
"And now a thousand times more a
dishonor and disgrace than ever before!"
cried Starbuck, bitterly. "Ile has fled
as the coward flees ! When he discover
ed that you had led a charge, and knew
that his challenge had been accepted, his
craven heart failed him !"
Of course I would not fight with Cap
tain Starbuck ; and we parted on the best
of terms
Three days afterwards MelVayne was
arrested—summarily tried for desertion,
and disc issed the service in disgrace.
The—th Indiana Regiment held an
election for Major, and I was unanimously
elected to the office. My resignation as
Chaplain was excepted, and in due time
my commission as Majar was given my,
and I was transfcred to my new position.
Never had I firmer or truer friends
than I had in that regiment. 1 was with
the brave boys Vicksburg; at Chattanoo
ga; at Lookout Mountain; and at liesaca,
where, under the brave Ward, the Indi
ana troops covered themselves with glory.
I was with the regiment sweeping through
the Southern States, under Sherman's
lead, to the Atlantic coast—now with a
Colonel's straps upon my shoulders. And
when, at the close of the, war, the scarred
and shattered remnant of our regiment
was mustered out, the boys must needs
take me home with them.
And that is how I happened to find a
wife in Indiana, and why I came to make
my home there. lam very happy; and if
I have committed errors in the past, I
trust I may so live in the future that
their memories shall not trouble me.
Father id3•ateinLlte's Position.
To a letter addressed to the American
translator of his sermons, Father llya
cinthe thus defines his relation to the
Catholic Church :
I remain faithful to my Church ; and
if I have lifted up my protest against the
excesses which dishonor it and seem bent
on its ruin, you may measure the intensi
ty of my love for it by the bitterness of
my lamentation. When He who is in all
things our Master and our Example arm
ed himself with the scourge of cords
AgaintLltcpsnt:ancrs of the Tp.uple,,his .
disciples remembered that it was written :
'The zeal of Thy house hath eaten me up.'
I continue faithful to my Church, but I
am none the less sensible of the interest
which will be taken in other churches in
what I may say or do within the pale ofd
Catholicism. Furthermore, I have never
believed that the Christian communions
separated from Rome were disinherited of
the Holy Ghost, and without a part in the
immense work of the preparation of the
kingdom of God. In my relations with
sonic of the most pious and most learned
of their members, I have experienced in
those depths of the soul where illusion is
imposible the unutterable blessing of the
communion of saints. Whatever divides
us externally in space and time vanishes
like a dream before that which unites'us
within—the grace or the same God, the
blood of the same Christ, the hopes of the
eternity. Whatever our prejudice, our
alienations or our irritations, under the
eye of God, who seeth what we cannot
see, under His hand which leadeth us
whither we would not go, we arc all labor
ing in common for the upbuilding of that
Church of the future which shall be the
Church of the past in its original purity
and beauty ; but shall have, besides, the
depth of its analysis, the breadth of its
synthesis, the experience of its toils its
struggles and its griefs through all the
centuries."
l'he Lady Lawyer of the West.
Mrs. Myra Bradwell, the lady lawyer•
of Chicago—=' our Myra," as her brethren
of' the Bar call her—has been interviewed
by a clever newspaper man, who went to
her office to see her. She is the wife, you
know, of Judge Bradwell. " I found
her," says the interviewer, "after going
heavenward some number of fights, in the
coziest nest imaginable—pretty, bright
room papered with vines and roses, a
Brussels carpet on the floor, a rosewood
desk of dainty dimensions, a tete-a-tete
sofa, an easy-chair, a bird in its cage, and
all the attributes of true womanhood
about her. She is bright and pretty and
piquant; kisses you affectionately—if you
are a woman. of course—and does not
talk strong-minded a bit. • I neon not
be a ghout if' 1 am for woman's rights,'
she says pleasantly. She is of medium
size, with huge dark curls, hazel eyes,
mobile mouth, and arch look that is very
winning, and is probably twenty-ci , _ht
years old. In this office hung a mirror—
not a bit of quicksilver ten inches square
to see a pair of whiskers in, but a good
sizable, gilt-edged glass. An interior
apartment held the judge's books and pa
pers, and was used as his study. Mrs.
Bradwell has passed examination, and is
admitted to the liar to practice law.
Judge Hammond, the Principal of the
lowa State Law University, wrote her a
very pretty letter, in which he compli
ments her for doing more for women titan
any of her co-laborers. Her paper is of
treat use to the lawyers on account of the
reported decisions of the Supreme Court'
which, it gets in advance of the reports."
A. PARTY of yeung men recently stole
the Court House bell, at Clinton, lowa, a : :
a•‘ heavy joke."
EIVII6LE NUAtak,:lo,gi9.
I-
Ought a man ever to go surety for an-
other? Why not? It is a most friendly
net. If prudently done, it may ho of the
mo,t eminent benent to a neighbor. It
gives him the bemi:llt of your reputation
when he is not known. It lends him your
credit where his own is not sufficient. It
put him in funds which otherwise ho could
not command. Such service to a friend is
generous, and sometimes ei•en noble. No
better use can be made of one's money than
to :help a true friend. :We are to "reinem-
ber tilos° in bonds as bound with thorn."
"To be sure, this was originally applied to
bonds of a different kind, but with not a
whit more propriety than pecuniary bonds.
A man who, by a few thousand dollars, can
save his friend, and perhaps his family,
from bankruptcy and want, could hardly
spend his money in a manner which, :111 his
life long, ho would remember with more
satisfection.
But there arc certain moral and pruden
tial considations which should always be
borne in mind in going surety for a friend
You should make up your mind how much
property you have, and Low much you are
willing to gi ve away, absolutely, fora friend
whom you endorse. For no blunder can be
worse than to indorse on the supposition
that you will not have to pay. Never in
dorse without saying to yourself, "This may
come round upon me. I may have to pay
it ; and if it conies to that, I am able and
wilting." Nine out at ten of the fatal mis
takes made by bondsmen arise from taking
the opposite course to this. They consider
the act of indorsing a friend's paper as a
mere commercial form. "There is no risk.
I shall not have it to pay. Ho is abundant
ly able to tako care of his paper. I shall
help him without harming myself, and he
is stingy who will not do that." This is
the calculation on which a man binds him
self to pay a friend's debts in case the friend
cannot pay them himself. But how do
these things turn out? °noticed not go far
to ascertain ! Every village has an illusra
ion
The borrower was more involved
,tan you supposed, or, perhaps than ho
imself knew and his creditors closed on
iin wound him up, and were overjoyed Lo
find such a good name as yours on his pa
per. Or, the sanguine scheme on which he
had ventured, which seemed sure of success
almost without possibility of failure, sud
denly, like a loaded wagon, slipped off a
wheel and upset into the dirt ! Or, just as
every thing was at the point of success,
your friend sickened and could not look
after his affairs, some critical matter was
neglected, or some dishonest person stopped
in and crooked matters; your friend died,
the estate went into executors' hands for
settlement, was badly managed warped
and crooked, and finally turned out insolv
ent.
And what became of you? Why, yon
weresurity for the full amount of what you
are worth! Iu an hour you tind yourself
confronted with a debt that sweeps away
your house, your farm, your littlo sum in
bank, and leaves you just where you began
twenty-five years ago, with this difference,
that then you had only yourself to provide
forh•and now you havu,itm4le
children. Then you were twenty-live years
old and life was all before you, and now you
are lifty years old, and life pretty much all
behind you! You have given away your
children's bread. You have not saved your
friend, but have ruined yourself! Perhaps
your friend had settled on his wife a small
property. So much the better ibr her, if
ho had. Of course she will divide with you,
since it was to save her husband, that you
were ruined. But, if she will not, (and hu
man nature is made up of shaky stuff,) and
her children go to school, while yours stay
at home ; and if they live in a comfortable
house, pleasantly furnished, while you are
hiring a lbw rooms in the cheapest quarter
of the town, then I suspect that you will
chew the end of a great many bitter reflec
tions.
WM.!) it is too late, you will be very wise.
You will say to yourself, it may be, "A
loan is a fool who signs for any larger stun
than he can conveniently pay." Amen,say
I!
'• Before a man puts his name down on
another man's paper, he should ask him
self, Am I willing to give this person as
much money as 1 sign for ?" Amen,say I?
" To sign a bond on the supposition that
it is a mere form, and that you will have
nothing to pay, is to put one's head into a
fool's noose." Amen, again, say I !
There is no harm in signing for a neigh
bor if you have got the property; if you are
able to pay the amount without harming
your own household ; and if you love the
man for whom you sign enough to be wil
ling to give him cutright the sum covered
by your indorsement. Otherwise, to go
surety for a neighbor is a folly, a sin and a
shame.
1 Wonderful Phenomenon.
On the first day of September, 1559, two
astronomers, one at Oxford, the other at
Lonelon, were at the same time watching
the spots on the dice of the sun ; and both
at the smile moment saw certain strange
bright patches of tight break out in front of
the cluster. So brilliant were they that the
observers at first thought that the darken
, ing screens attached to their toloscopes
must have become fractured. But this was
found not to be the case. The bright spots
indicated a process that was going on upon
the sun's surface—a process so rapid that
in live minutes the spots had travelled over
a space of nearly 34,000 miles.
At the very same time that this was tak
ing place, magnetic storms swept instantan
eously--so subsequent observations proved
—through both hemispheres of the globe.
At Washington and Philadelphia the signal
men in the telegraphic offices received
sharp electric shocks the tracing pen used
in Bain's system of telegraphy was follow
ed by a flame ; and in Norway, telegraph
machinery was J. ton tire. Boreal and :in
stal auroras were seen that night with unu
sual splendor, as the disturbed needle vi
brated, waving their colored streamers in
the heavens, insomuch that it was evident
that the disturbance on the sun's surface
had instantaneously commenced to send to
the earth magnetic thrills which vibrate
front pole to pole.
Nor is this all. There is a strange con
nection, oftentimes, between the action of
these magnetic forces and the phenomena of
earthquakes and volcanoes. Indeed, it has
been recently argued that the cause of the
latter is to be found not in the subterranean
tiles of our globe expanding vapors and
giving them a destructive agency, but in
the electricity communicated to our globe
by the sun. But be this as it may, it is a
startling fact that there is a force manifest
ing itself on the face of the sun simply as a
brilliant light flashing over its surface, that
can, through an interval for ninety-fivo
millions of miles, instantaneously operate
on our earth, blaze along our telegraphic
wires,give electric shocks to the signal-men
statiened by them, flash northern lights
through the Leavens, thrill the very globe
from pole to polo with magnetic intluence,
disturb the repose of nature, and, perhaps.
rock the solid earth as Wits surface,iu so tn.
places at least, were a bulling sea of lire.
On Going; Suret3
By HENRY WARD Brn:clrEn