I. W. 'YOCUM, Editor.
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VOLUME XLII, NUMBER 13.1 C 0 LITM. BEA, P.A. SATURDAYo 0 - V.E.AI
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
C. GAST
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GAST Lt.: STE EnTIETZ,
No. 44. NORTLI DUKE ST., LANCASTER,
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11EN1LY C. ti- il EBEIL,
No 529 Washin4ton street. near Sixth,
Reading. Pa.
Collections made in Berka and adjoining
counties. nus"27-tt
1.1 M. NORTH,
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster and
York. Counties.
THOMAS J. DAVIS,
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public,
No. 11 North Duke StroPt, Lameaster, Pa.
Frolessional Business carefully and prompt
ly attemle.d. to. Loct:3o'O9-t
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P. .I.I.O6ENAIILL.E.R.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
OFFICF:.—tio. 5 Court Avenue. Lancaster, Pa
JOHN 6-1111).Elt,
JUSTICE OF TIIE PEACE, S'.C.RIVED7F.:ft, ezc.
M.,untville, Lancaster County, Pa.
xm_ Ottlei: flours from I to 8 o'clock, A. M.,
and 7 to tt o'clock, P. Al.
(3 " a kLvi. eTSTIpi; OF TnE PEACE.
0....Y1C0—N0. 1. N. Wird. htreit.t.).
Waco flours—P: out 6 to 7 A.M. 12 to 1 P.M.,
And from 6 to 9 P.M. [.ep 189-tiW
StiE I.J EVAI , TS.
• '?STILE 01? THE PEACE.
o' sew 'St_ adjoining Odd Fellows
!fail, Coluinina,
DENTAI, SUIWEItY.
.1. S. SMI'III. DF.sm,r,
Urn(l ante <4 reonbyleanlaLiege of Dental
Surgery. °Mee No. 11:1 Loeu.t. bLreet,
.21ad door :above Odd Indio tvs"
Coonatoo, Petta'a.
hr. it utth Wank:, hie fr,etid. and the pub
lic in general for their !there) putrokage itt the
all.) atesurnig lun it that they ruo mum
tet . :4“4 every .atention given tu them 111 L/le
future. In -very branch 01 lIIS prore,-lon be
[be, ,tltt eye ttiveu ebtire satt,acholl. fie
attenuon to the i111511.13 , 1 ,,, 1 s.yle and tin:sll
0; ,L.:/fiello teeth in•;erteil by in.a. tie Ifvat.,
tlo.eost, et.ittniou to the mouth) .Lid teeth or
•ettiltt aid adult.. Terri. Übe,: wall the
eat ❑are anti ill tile tuna
filled to laNt, fos
b ,ientritice , and 11.1011:11
•SI sally oil 11.111(1.
Is. All work. wart anted.
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1 - 1 !JAN
1 Pit YSICIAN t SURGEON;
oders ht. prore,bitmal er...• ices to the citizens 01
Columbia and vicituty. lie !nay be found eL tile
odiee connected will, his residence, on becond
3t2eet, between Cnerry and Union, every day,
trout 7L09 it 31., mid front U to s P.M. Person,
wi,atug Ids services iu special cases, between
these hours, will letr. e word by note at his otticc,
or through the t.ost Olilee. hei.l-70
REAL
Tile undersigned have opened an office for the
purchase and sale of real estate. collection of
rents, and the tenting of propel ty. Business
entrusted to their care will meet with prompt
anti careful attention. F. X. ZIEGLER.
A. J.E.A.I.;FFUAN.
r~rU - .ITUILIARS AND OTIIERS
it - uilding, paving and other brick always on
Land. They are hand made and snyertor to any
brick hi this part of the country. They are of
leredat the very lowest price.
sep 4-69-ttwl MICHAEL LIPHART.
L AwEs: LAD, :a
READ! READ!
The uuder6lgued having bought the entire
stock of
LADIES' BOOTS t SHOES,
In the Store R"o - n. fointerly curried on by
JAMBS SHROEDEL:,
No. 14S LOCUST STREET,
COLUMBIA. PA..
Is now ready to sell all kinds .1
LADIES' BOOM dt GAITERS,
MISSES' BOOTS A GAITI)RS,
CHILDREN'S BOOTS A (./AII'ERS,
As cheap as any other stand Ict Columbia. La
dl,l3' Boots and Oaf tern made to order.
ot all kinds neatly done. Don't
forge. , the piece Owe us audit
June 18 N7U-L.f.j A. G. GUILEA.
lIOTELS.
MIME
ROTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATF.I),
pct tart. the -4Lations of tile I:eadwg uud e"luiti
rei.nsyivaniat ItaliroatlN
FIt.UNT BABILII'.2, COLUM BI A, PA.
neetnninntlattious tor :stranger,' anti I'av
eters. /lie Intr is sttneken with
Wit/10E LWtr COILS,
114 t.la• Tables rurtllsie•tiWill. the bttit Lat.,
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Propi
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RA N: KLIIS LIOUSE„
LOC U.ST sT., COL U BIA, PA.
This 1. a first-class and is in every respect
Adapted Le meet the wishes mud desire.. ul the
traveling public. MAUTIN
sep/40 Proprletos.
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kin tile European Plan, opposite City Hull Park
Vew York. It. tottl,NCII,
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MISCE LLANEO US•
NO. 13
SHREINER'S
Wbero you Can buy a tlrst. rate
AMERICAN, ENGLISLI OR SWISS
BE.A.LITIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, TIAND
SOME BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS,
SLEEVE BUTTONS,
and almost everything in the Jewelry Ime
Or you can purchase
FINE SILVER. AND SILVER PLATED
- -
SPOONS,
FORKS. Kis:IVES CAsTr)ES, GOBLETS, ICE
rircliE its. II UTTERI) I SIIEs Cc. &
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ANIERICAN CLOCK,
%rarrantecl of the be•: (lu:tilts. at a low figure
C.V.I. AIND!iILE FOP. 17.:171t...,ELF
KIIREPzEdt'S
ti 0.13 Front St. L'orunth la, Po
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NO;•:,
A.NI) M L7.6ICAL INSTRU3IENTS
GLYEt{A.LI.Y.
A •large essortm , ut of V 1..1i n I to
At-cortiotni
ti 11 , •14.,t1 onireoantli,e olway+ou.
1),:t2(1.
~ 1 2,01tilliL!
S MUSIC.
I:tr,g2 _tact, on tennni, anal ewigt.tittiy ; , g•
an I ill' LiteNt plitiltC 11011 S :IS Ylt/ii o.gn•
Mugte and Nln.tigii !took, will be gent hy tuntl
ft , e of p ?stage, when the nutrket price tg ern ; -
ted.
I) A A 031A.N I A,
Or the Art of timmferring Pictures. C 0 br•
trausterrcd on any object.
I would cOll special attention of the coaen
makers to my stock of ll.walcoloanbt.
S'rEINWAY SON'S PT_A>.TOS,
N EEIMI 1M et SON'S CHI. EH!! i '
ORGANS AND MELODEONS.
Sole Agent for scull's 1.1 orivaled I'IANO
FORTE AND FURNITURE P 01.1,14.
Call and examine my stock at,
NO. 3 NOW! 11 P tiLNCE STII F:1,1
1 ASPER GREEN,
Designer 4: nrigriurer on Wood.
COLLTAIBIA, PA.
Is prepared to execute Views of Building., Ma
chinery, 13111 H , "tiliS, Posters, Labels. &e., in t t.c
neatest and most expeditious manner, at rea
sonable rates.
BOOK. AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS
Executed in the Highest Style of Art,
may2t'TO-tf
WAT Ell, P,iOOFS
WATER PR 0 0 F. WR AP $.
We have Water Proat CI the from B , e, to 1, , . 2.50
bought by the ease trout first hands. Selling
price basted on one small profit only.
WATER-PROOF CLOAKS.
SH A VLSUIIS.
SERGE SU: Ts,
• BLA.OK SLUM
SUITS MAUL TO onnMt. -
We have organized a taost s flleient Fine Suit
and Dress Making Delta; u. tint. From our
greatly enlarged DRESS 130 DS stuck, kwies
Call make their selections end have them made
up premptly, econotniutily ' and in a t••• - e to
please the mist fastidious. Just opene, new,
SILK s,
uul. SERGE-.
FRENCH MERINOS, &c.
raw open, by tar tile largest alai most elegant
stock of Shawls and at tee most, M.n.b.rate pri
ces we ha, e I
ever ha sH A d. It c
I.S,oin prises in pat I.
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EVERSIBi.E
orp. 'MEN n 1 tart.,
NuVEL W001.1,,N,
LON.; AND isct,U., it ,
Fatuous line, of ClUslnt. I.+ /bleat 131.0.4•
Ciwtktnes o. even y kind eat,.
The WOOL" t SttteiE d in t•,wil.
COOPtAii. t. LU \
5, E. darner N.ntli and :Qs, ken StlCc't: 4 .
PULLADELPI/ /A.
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STEAM COA CH WO/L/CS.
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N YERS,
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CO AC R \\* 0 K S
1":_t Nos. a, I \. ii NORTH •/:.
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The mole, I klg k :ll.,. male at Lie
Mora, in !wanly tel dtwolallty
any he; ieVik, 111 :(I,
I . o.Mjil SNUTI I.l.Fil'A IRANI
This branch of the business will be attentlea it.
with pullet wilily and despatch.
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES,
Wagons, ae., for sale Or matte to order.
9-9- Call at the Works No 9, II t 13 North
Filth street and exatulne the stuck and p 1 lees.
5ep.5.69-tt
ME
- %1 EL, Ews
0 ERN I OP NNE
THIS DAY, THIS WEEK.
AND 'UNTIL, FURTHER ORDERS,
AT
BRENEM 'S
12.5. Locust Street,
TRH LARGEST STO. 'I: OF
ATS A Kl 3 CAPS
For Men, Youth and Children. ever before oder
ed to die people or Columbia,
compri,ing as it
does, Sit LS and CWALITI in son and still
brim, such as the Wa mica, Ida Lewis. Sinnad,
PI ince Arthur, A nierican Girl, Bute, Peerless.
Ludy ibcnn, ItOWlng, star, Curran, Waverly,
Whinny, Hob Hoy and the Fall style of Si ii;
Hats, Just out, together with a full stock of
GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS,
Cons'sting of White and Col , wed •Aiiirts, Fhntncl
Shirts and Drawers, English, German and De
'nestle Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sus
penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cuffs and Col
lars. Sc. Also.
UMBRELLAS AND CANES.
Parties who favor us with their patronnge are
assured that it will be our constant aim to
merl their confidence and support.
Call ;sod examine our well selected stock nt
allow' prices.
BEEN EMAN'S
No. la Locust Street, Columbia, Pa.
0ct9.'69-1y
F `ti ILYt; it • ES,
FIAILD3IAN'h
Just reoelved, at the :lit( ,• 'VW'', ES
meta, corner Srd and •••••••, ts, the tollow
hug flew linott.:
SUGAR CURED RAM-. :•1. I t i•. 1) IER
.1 Ii'LLIF.s,
YRE.S.EI'. VES.
t•EACE Es.
:0)1ATOE:s.
ENC:LISH PICK LE , , ‘‘Cs.shuiv",..ll.r.t...NCuti ,
PEA'. ac.
Together with a very ,Itne soosorrtoeta. of
Family Groceries. of all klatib
A LARGE LOT OF NEW IORK GANblk.lll,
Oranges. Lentuan, Figs, Itaism, , ,
ami %%nine Wine Vliieg.tr.
Extra Family Flour, :,Ivreer Pinat.4.ll, ltlo
Java Correa, trenn s'
0,0.,(1s re, t'lVet: annum duly.
W.sl.
...L.:. atm enerry
Cutunalaa, ra.
it.pi-bb-It wJ
C 3 THE PL.M:3I.
N \Ten
AT THE LOWEST PRICE
Then If Sou
NVA.NT 6i•'
you can buy auy lthid 01
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I=El
LA.NCASTER, PA.
roItEIGN FraTIT:3
THINGS TEAT NEVER DIE
The pure, the bright the beautiful,
NO. 13
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That stirred our hearts in youth.
The impulso to a worldless prayer,
The dreams of love and truth;
The longings after something lost
The spirit's yearning cry,
The strivings after better hopes—
These things can never tile.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly word in grief's dark hour
That proves a friend indeed—
The plea for mercy, softly breathed
When justice threatens high,
The sorrow of a contrite heart—
These things can never die.
The memory of a clasping, hand,
The pre' are of a kiss,
And all the triti,s, sweet. and fleet,
That made up love's first bliss:
If with a firm unchanging faith
And hots trust ami high,
TL•~)se hands Imre elavo,l, those lips Live met
Tiese things shall never ,Ae.
The cruel and the hi 11 , , 1 icord,
Th.it wounitrd us it tee ;
The chilling wont et i•y•ariathy,
We feel but never tell ;
Th. hard repulse that chills the heart
Who , e hopes were boundli , g high,
In an unfliding record ki-pt—
TheNci things shall never die.
Lot nothing' pas , : ; for every hand
31c,1 IMO sane work to '0;
f,o,r , not n ohaneo to waken love ;
lie flint, and just, and true;
Ro .Intl I a light, that cannot, lade,
n..am on thee from on high,
.Intl ::I,Y I. in.
er
'Atist - rtlancpus Acadia!)
ZEE ST,Al 4 .Ori FOB JoHIT SMITE
John Smith married my father's great
uncle's eldest daughter, Melinda Byrne;
consequently I was a relative to John.
John's family had often visited at our
quiet country home, and at each visit
had cordially pressed us to return the
compliment.
Last October, business called me sud
denly to the city of B—, where our
relatives resided, mid without having
time to write or apprise them of my
coining, or that I was intending a visit to
the family of John Smith.
With my accustomed carelessness, I
had left his precise address at home in
my note book, but I thought little of it;
I could easily find him, I thought to my
self, as the cars set me down amid the
smoke and bustle of—.
I inquired for my relative of the first
hackman I came across.
He looked at me with an ill-suppressed
grill. What was the fellow laughing at?
To be sure my clothes were not of the
very latest cut. and it is not just the
thing for any one out of the army to wear
blue with bright buttons; but my coat
was whole, and my aunt Betsey had
scoured the buttons with whiting and
soft soap until, they shone like gold.
I repeated' y ciliation with dignity.
"Can you direct me to the residence of
Mr. John Smith.
"Mr. S-m-i-t-h?" lie said slowly.
"Yes sir, Mr. .Tolin Smith, He mar
ried my father's great uncle's eldeat
daughter, Melinda."
"I don't think I know a John Smith
with a wife Melinda."
.John Smith seemed to be a common
noun with him, from the peculiar tone
lie used in speaking - of that individual.
"All!" remarked f, "than there is more
of tliat name in the city?"
rather think there is."
"Very well,then, direct me to the near'-:
est."
"The nearest is in West street, second
left hand corner—you'll see the name on
the door."
I passed on, congratulating myself on
the cordial welcome I should receive
from John and Melinda.
I soon reached the place—a handsome
house with the name on a silver door
plate; I rang the bell—a servant appear
ed.
"Mr. Smith in?"
— No, sir; Mr. Smith is in the army."
"\lrs. Smith—is she?"
"1u the army? oh no—she is at the
Leach..'
"This is Mr. John Smith's house, is
it?"
"It is."
•'lCas his wife's name Melinda, and
was she a Byrne before she was married,
from Squashville.?"
The man reddened and responded an
grily, "I'll not stand here to be insulted!
Male off m ith yourself, or I'll call the
police. I thought from the first that you
was an entry thief, but you don't play no
game on me!" mat he banged the door in
my face.
I, a thief! If I had not been in such
hurry to find the Smith's, I should have
given that fellow a sound chastising on
the spot.
Inquiry elicited the fact that a John
Smith resided in Arch street. Thither I
bent my steps. A maid-servant answer
ed my ring.
".11r. Smith
Before the lady could reply, a big,, red
faced man jumped out of the shadows be
hind the door, and laid his hand on my
shoulder.
"Yes sir," he cried in a voice of limn-
—.Mr. Smith is in. Ile stayed at home
all day on purpose to catch you! and now
by Jupiter, I'll have revenge!"
— Sir," said I, "there must be some
mistake. Allow me to inquire if you are
Mr. John Smith?"
"1 , 11 inform you about .Join• Smith in
a way you won't relish, if you don't set
tle damages forthwith. Five thousand
dollars is the very lowest figure--and you
must leave the country?
I cried, `•What do you take me for?
You'd bolter be careful or you'll get your
head caved iii?''
"I'll cave your head in for you, you vil
lain you!" cried he springing at ale with
his cane.
"Oh, John, clear John!'' exclaimed a
shrill, female voice, and a tall figure in a
sea of flounces, bounded down the stair
way, "Don't—don't for the love of hea
ven—don't murder hill)."
"Whom do you take me for?" cried I,
my temper rising.
"It looks well for you to ask that ques
tion!" sneered the man, —you have won my
wife's heart, add are here now to plan to
elope with her! I've found it all out—
you utsuTh% blush, alid—."
"1 beg your pardon for interrupting
you," said 1, — but 1 have never seen your
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CMEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING
gartrp.
wife before. I perceive that she is nut
Melinda, the eldest daugbfer of my fa
ther's great uncle—."
"Sir, do you deny that you are William
Jones? Do you deny that you are in love
with my wife?"
"I am not Jones—l have not that hon
or sir. My name is Parkwell—llenry
Park - well, of Squashville!" and, with a
bow, I took myself off.
After that I called at the residence of
three John Smiths—none was my timith,.. l
and nothing occurred worthy of note.
My next Mr. Smith resided in Portland
street. Thither I bent my steps. It was
a very small house, evidently not the
house of wealth and cleanliness. I made
my way to the front door, through a wil
derifess of old rags, broken crockery, old
tin-ware, &e., scattering a flock of hens
and rousing a snappish little terrier from
his nap on the steps.
A red-faced woman answered my rap,
but More I could make my usual inquiry
she opened on m-3 like a two edged butch
er•knife.
"Well, of all the impudent rascals that
ever I see. you beat the lot! I want to
know if you had the cheek to come back
here again! You'd like to sell me an
other German silver tea-pot, and another
brass bosom pin to dear Araminta—
would'nt you—.''
—By no means," suid I, `•I beg leave to
inform you—."
"Oh, you needn't beg! we don't believe
in beggars! I s'pose you thought I should
not know you—but I did! I should know
that black bag of yours in Californy!
my broom handle over you! If there':,
anything I hate, it's a puddler—especial
ly a rascal like you!"
"Allow me to inquire," said I, "if Mr.
John Smith's wife was Melinda Byrne,
the eldest daughter of my father'—"
The broomstick was lifted, I heard it
cut the air like a miinde bullet, and
sprang down the steps into the stri2et at
my best pace.
An angry man I do not fear, but who
can stand before angry women ? I would
rather face a roaring lion.
I called on two more Mr. Smiths—still
unsuccessful in my search. It was get
ting near dark, and t was more than anx
ious to reach my destination.
My next Mr. Smith was located in Len
ox street. It was twilight when I rang
the bell at his door.
A. smiling fellow admitted me, fairly
forcing use into the hall before .1 could
utter a word.
"AValk right in, sir, they are expecting
you ! The ladies will he down in a mo
ment. Miss Hattie is in the back pallor.
Walk right in, sir."
I was gently pushed toward the door of
a shadowy apartment, and at the entrance
I was announced.
"Mr. 'Henry!"
The gas was not lighted, and the im
partment was in semi-darkness. I heard
a quick, soft footfall on the carpet, and
I
pair of the sweetest lips n the World
touched mine ; and, good gracious—for a
moment the world .S‘l : and I felt as if
I had been stewed in honey, and distilled
into Lubin's best triple extract of roses.
"Oh, Henry—my clearest and hest !
Why don't you kiss me Delay ?" cried a
voice like music. "Dave yon ceased to
care for me ?" and again the kiss was re
peated.
Who could resist the temptation? I
am naturally a diffident man, but I have
some human nature in me. and I paid her
principal and interest.
"Oh, Henry. I had so feared that being
in the :limy had made you cold hearted—
good heavens!" She fell hack against a
'chair as pale as death. The servant had
lff the gas, and I stood revealed.
"I beg your pardon, mann," said 1 ;
- there is evidently some mistake. May I
inquire if Mr. Smith's wife was Melinda
Byrne, the eldest daughter of my father's
great uncle?"
The red slush came into the young la
dy's cheek—she was as handsome as a
picture—and she replied wth courtesy;
"She Witti not. You will, I hope, ex
cuse me for the blander I have comma
tcd? We are expecting my brother Hen
ry from the army, and your blue clothes
deceived me."
"For which I always wear Llue," I re
plied gallantly. "..a.llow me to introduce
myself—l am Henry Parkwell of 6quash
vide ;" and making my best how, I stum
bled over an ottoman, and fell smash in
to a china closet, and demolished at least
a dozen plates and as many glass tumb
lers.
I sprang to my feet. siezed my bag and
without a word dashed out of the house.
I knocked over a man who was passing
at the moment, and landed myself on my
head in the gutter. The man picked
himself up, and was about to make a dis
play of muscle, when the glare of the
street lamp i evealed to me the well-known
face of my John Smith.
"Eureka !" cried I. "Allow me to in
quire if your wife was Melinda, the eldest
daughter of my father's great uncle
l3yrue?"
"She was I" cried he grasping my hand,
"and [ inn delighted to see you ! But,
confound it, you needn't conic at a fellow
But I must cut my story short.
lie took me home with him, and I had
a good visit ; I saw Melinda to my heart's
content. Nay, more—l met—and was
properly introduced to llattle Smith—
and—well—l em having a new suit of
clothes made—and in due course they
will be married—myself iu them, to the
young lady just alluded to.
William Tell Out/lone
On the 37th ultimo two young men, Al
fred Kibling and Charles Greenwood,re
siding in the town of Dublin, N. IL hav
ing procured a pistol, amused themselves
by each in turn shooting bullets at an ap
ple placed on the top of the other's head.
The shooting was quite actuate, and the
apple was pierced several times; bat fi
nally Greenwood failed to elevate his
piece enough,and the bullet passe.through
Killing's scalp. It entered near the fore
head, glanced up on the skull bone and
csme out two inches further back, direct
ly in the centre of the top of his head,
without doing set ions injury. The fun
commenced by each in turn holding all
apple in his hand for the other to shoot at,
when, finding their aim quite accurate, it
was transferred to the head, with the
above result. The distance from the
marksman to his mark was about Mils e
feet. KlLling was not at all concerned
at this wound, and left the field Lt a gging
t ,at he was the better marksman of the
two.
Inci2cnt en the
A clever writer in the Michigan Free
Mason gives the following grapic sketch
of an incident oecnring during a Masonic
excursion on the Mississippi, which cool
and chivalrous Knight Templarship alone
saved from proving fatally disastrous.
It was a magnificent sight to see our
immense boat occompanied by the Lady
Gay and the Belle of Alton, the decks
crowned w:th fair ladies mid Knights
Templar, bands of music, distinguished
citizens, and invited guests, as they steam
ed up the Mississippi, and down to Jef
ferson Barracks, where we all went on
Shore to spend a pleasant hour,after which
we again went on board and strained mer
rily up the river.
I was standing near the captain. The
commander of the Templars came and
leaned wearily on the capstan. I turned
to 43puben Milton, and whispered in his
ear these words : "That man was born to
command." Ile had the form of Hercu
les, the head of au Appollo, and the eye
of an eagle. and as circumstances af
terwards demonstrated. the heart of a
lion. Although not so very large, lie ap
peared larger than he really was ; he was
full and athletic, and still every propor
tion was a symmetry, and every move
ment a grace.
While he was still leaning silently on
the capstan, and while I was yet analyz
ing his line appearance, the captain Of the
strainer, with pale lips and blanched
c'ieeks approached the young Templar,
and. in a low tone and trembling; voice,
said. :
"Great God ! sir, we are sinking. We
are snagged, sir, in the bottom, and noth
can save us,"
— How long can you keep her afloat Y''
carelessly inquired the young Templar.
— She may go down in five minutes ; she
cannot keep afloat more than lifteen,•• re
plied the captain.
"Do not wake your situation known to
any one except your crew, or we will have
a panic, and then all will he lost. Signal
the Lady Gay to lean to : none will notice
Or understand the signal of distress. Get
your crew and hands ready 10 move, I
will mannage the rest."
"Blow. Warder, blow," said the young
Templar, speaking to his ensign, who
stood near him, at the same time leaping
upon the capstan. Every one was start
led by a shrill blast from the Warder's
trumpet. A hundred Templars' swords
leaped front their scabbards at the blast.
"Attention, Sir Knights,'' shouted the
young commander. — The next ceremony
in the programme is for the Sir Knights,
ladies and gentleman, on this boat to
make a visit to our friends on board tile
Lady Gay. As the steamers are rapidly
approaching each other. and cannot be
kept but a loll:lite or two together. the
movement must he a. rapid one. You
will form 0 proce-sion at once and as the
boats come together. pass over the gang
way under an arch of steel, to the lower
click or the I.ad.i? Gay. fury:aril. sir
Knights. to the gang - way. Music in front.
The band will play 'The Knights Tem
plar Quickstep.' "
In obedience to these olden,. the
Knights formed :1 double line to the gang
way. facing sound with sword; crossed
above the heads of tilos • forming the pro
cession. In less than eight minutes the
whole precious cargo of human life had
passed from the Mississippi to the Lady .
Gay. even to the colored cook, use:it the
two files of Templars, when the young
commander ordered : — From the rear.
right and left inward Nvheel, 111Zwen
and filing inward the Templars rapidly
passed over the gangway to the Lady
Gay, the youtig commander being the last
to leave. One minute more and the Mis
sippi steamer sank to the bottom.
Married too Much
In the Baltimore Amer/cm', of Monday.
we find the following:
Officer - Woods, of the Central Station,
on Saturday' arrested .‘izainuel 11 ill. char
ed with having one wife more than tit ant
ed liy law. The accused is 5.3 years of
age, and own vs 360 acres of excellent land
in Carroll county. In May, 1510, he mar
ried Mrs. Sophia Nicodeinus, but lived
unhappily with her, and would at [lutes
absent himself from home. In the sum
mer of 1509, while on one of these domes
tic excursions, he visited ()Ilea the camp
meetings then being held near Balthnore.
and made the acquaintance or Miss Anna.
Smith, residing on North Howind street,
:Ind succeeded in gaining lu•r consent ton
marriage. The marriage ceremony was
performed by Dr. ...IfcCron, in December.
and for a few 111011ths matters progressed
bemitifully. Wife No. I, however. heard
of the little game or her truant lord, and
resolved to spoil his game, but heron , she
could arrange her plans for hi: , arrest lie
became acquainted with her designs, and
bade wife No. 2 a farewell, stating that
important business required Ids presence
out West." Ile visited Illinois, and
there remained until last week. when the
yearnings of his la-art compelled him to
revisit liidtimnn•e. Ile did so, and on
Etiday penned a note to the Baltimore
%%ire. stating that ••lie would be at the
back gate" at a certain hour. The letter
was handed to Mrs. Smith, and when the
old deceiver made his appearance lie was
handed over to the policemen. Justice
U'Donnell, after a hearing of the case,
committed the accused fur the action of
the grand jury.
A CLERGYMAN, while wending his way
to church, one Sunday morning, might
sight of the two sons of one of his parish
oners going into the woods, evidently for
the pnrpose of hunting. Feeling certain
that anything like direct remonstrance
with the young gentlemen themselves
would scarcely turn them from their Ways,
he waited until after breaching, and
sought the 01(1 gentleman, their father.—
After recounting circumstance of meet
ing Bill• and Sammy, as he had done, he
closed the appeal by inquiring why they
had not been brought up in the fear of
the Lord "Fear of the Lord, parson—
fear of the Lord I Why they hey !
They're so 'feared of Him now they
(1(11.5111 go out on Sunday without double
hm•'l'd shot guns on their shoulders."
A gentleman was describing, to Doug
las Jerrold the story of his courtship and
marriage, how his wife had been brought
up in a convent, and was on the point of
taking, the 'ail when his presenee utst
upon her enraptured sight, and she accept
ed iihn as her husband. Jerrold hsteni d
to the end, and quietly remarked, "Sne
simply thought you better than nen."
"SIIEIVIDAII'S 81.D.E."
A Plain Staz=nt of tho Caze
Day was about to break over Winches
ter (having pt eviously tinned itself with
a club for that purpose.) when suddenly
an "afrig,lited heir — to a large estate in
the 6outh arrived in town, and araid
much grumbling and rumbling and roar
ing conveyed the startling intelligence
that the light, which had previously boon
declared — off" by the heake holler, was
"on - once more, and Sheridan. one of the
principals, some twenty miles or so dis
tant from the scene of encounter ren
dering it probable that the light an 1 the
battle money, as well as the clam lair
belt, would be thrown into the hands of
the other party.
The news created great commotion in
Winchester, as may well lie supposed, es
pecially around the - lionise:'.;' bar—the
principal saloon in Winchester—whets.
the crowd was quite uncontrollable, be
cause, you see, the boys hail liven heavy
ily on Sheridan. and it made Sloan angry
as they thought of their stakes in tie let
rible fray - . and Sheridan twenty miles
from being inside the ring ropes,
But, fortunately, Winchester built a
turnpike a short time before. a good
broad turnpike with gates on it and all
the modern improvements:and just about
sunlight we should think—sunlight or
sunlight and a half--a horse blacker than
any fourteen timusand black tom
cats in a dark cellar, was :*Tlr tearing
down the turnpike as if tire devil was af
ter him. lie seemed to know something
was up. for he run ;ill the gates anti
didn't. stop at a single tavern on the road.
Bill rose and fell in the real estate mar
ket,) but be didn't care in d—n, with Sher
idan only fifteen miles from a light. You
IleVir saw such a dust as that old black
horse kicked up as he thundered down
the turnpike. An artillery salute on the
Fourth couldn't make a smoke, like it—a
comet in full dress for a comt party.
couldn't afford such a trail. Both horse
and rider seemed equally motions to get
over the ground, and a lot of prisoners
trying to break jail couldn't heat faster
or harder on the mills than their hearts
did, so great was their impatience to lie
in time for the light. The old horse put
in his very best licks—with Sheridan on
ly ten miles outside of the ring.
11c planted his "mmits — a tapidly that
the very toad seemed to he running un
der them like a mill-race and the tree,; . .
fences and Imystaeks went living likel)ase
ball-ists I.efore a charge of "police on a
Sunday afternoon. And the hos, he
couldn't have gone it a• y faster with a
set of steamboat engines inside of him.
wink Lis eyes dashed like lopommive
headlights in a storm. Ile snuffs the dk
agreeable odor of cigar -smoke. with Sher
idan not more than five miles from the
crowd.
When Sheridan got almost there he
met t lot of stragglers—no-account men
cam,. upon 'the crowd, going
hmne disgusted because there wasn't to
be any light after all. glance toll him
what to do under the eircumstance3,
and striking, his spurs right square It,-
tween the eyes lie cursed like everything
and daslwit down the line, while the men
ualloed mid yelled as though they would
split their throats. for they saw he meant
business. The old horse was a sight to
sot , . He not only foamed at the month,
bat Ito - foamed all over, -Ind was as dusty
as though he had bean put through a plas
ter-mill. Ilut lie was game. Its eye
flashed and his nostrils •t‘oritetl, anti lie
said as plain as horse could say : "Von
see, boys, I've brought the old man (horn
from Winchester. And he's here on
time, you bet !"
Then three cheers for Sheridan ! Three
more and a tiger for Phil and his horse.
both together. And stunt. .lay when cent
get Tom Jones to set up Ids statue. then.,
right along side of the Dante of Sheridan.
let a sign Ie lung. gold-lettered. hearing
this inscription : ••tlere, ladies and gen
tlemen, is the horsy, that uutde such ex
traordinary tine. front Winchester. there
securing Sheridan's presence at the light,
who Ittherwist , oconld hall` li i i SOTIIO
M'iltY utiles in the outer direction."
IMIDEREB'S lINLARTHED
.Mme than thirty years ago. e. hen the
pike from] Maysville to Mt. Sterling was
being built, tm Irishman minted Collins.
was one of the ‘vorkun.w. and lived in a
shanty on the side of the road about two
miles on this side of Sharpsburg. Ile
as accused by a girl who had lived in the
afwily of murdering a tnan the night be
fore she gave the information, and of
bur big the hotly under the floor of his
shanty. .1 number of excited neigl:bois
went to the place, and opening . the door.
SaW 1,10011 ()II the floor. In tinswer to the
inquiries the wife of Collins replied. that
the blood was that of some chickens she
had killed the day before. The men thin
tore up the flooring, and there saw a hole
dug in the ground. Collins explained
that he had dug the hole to k .op his pota
toes and other vegetables during the
winter, and on digging Intlltor they dis
covered nothing of a corpse or 'toy Nign of
vi knee. They then dragged the pond
opposite to the man's house, on the place
then belonging to Gen. Suddeth. hut
nothing found. So satisfied were they.
however, that the body had been thrko‘
into the pond that they cowmen'.
cut the pike no let the water off: but ,1 ey
were prevented from carrying . out t it
purpose by ( - )C3I. Staldeth. Finding no
evidence against Collins except the state
ment of the girl, he was released and the
community settled down in the convic
tion that it was malicious falu lent hut on
her part. induced by a quarrel with Col
lins or his wife. Smite years after :t re
port was 'nought to Both that Collins
had (leen hung in Missouri for murdt r.
and had confessed to killing tt. man in
'Kentiteky. but as no one had keen nii , sed
the matter was soon again forgotten.
Recently some men were engaged in qintr
vying for the pike just acooss the pike
front where the shanty of Collins stood.
and they removed a pile of lot se rock that
had lain in the field for many yews. On
digging a little way preparatory to blast
ing, tiwy unearthed a complete ,kel e t,,n
of a wan. This revived the old recollec
tions of the accusation againnt Collins,
and of the report of his confession in
Missouri. :out the neighborhood is now
satisfied that the statement of the gill
was true, but that the hotly was after
w .“1 exhunit d and hurt ied actors th e
load before the search of his cabin was
made.
$2,00 Per Year, in dranc•e; $2.50 if not Paid in Advance
tit• tz :^ Su YC::OC:_
Tho following siwteh is a g!aphic des
cription of th, scvora! elasscs of Lev...spa
per :,tibieribers. First come the
UPEIGIITA.—These are men Wilt) take
newspapers, pay for them and read them.
I'lle pay comes first—the reading ni , M.
These men eousith-r they get the worth of
their money in the bargain. It se'emg : I 's
fair and jin,t to them that t he newspapers
~ hould he paid for as a I.arrel of , al.2sztr or
a new coat. This class is dear to the
heart of the ( ditor. Their imm.re is em
balmed in his warm affeci ions. May they
live a thonsand years., and , ec their s
aons to the fourth generat
The second class now in iniiid is the
Do-IVEL [.,This class is la arly related to
the other—so near, that it is land to tell
\SIlt2lO the Olie begins and the other ends.
These Men always pay in advaiw in the
Le:Aiming . ..and intend to do so continually.
But memory fails a little, or some mishap
intervenes, .;old the time runs by--tionic
lIIIIV, a little—smnetimes for quite a po
riod. But their recollection, though nod
ding-oceasionally.never gets :•nand
Next comes the
Ens.—These 1:1(11 LelieVe in
new,,papers. They have fully settled it
in their ONVII luinhis that a newspaper is a
good thing. They take theta. too. Some-
times at the first they p.iy up for the first
year—at any rate they mean to, pretty
soon. If they have done so, they sit
down with the comforting - conviction that
their newspaper is now settled for: and
this idea having onee got into their heads,
refuses obstinately to he dish but
keeps its hold from year to year; a truth
onee—now an illusion, gray and rheumat
ic with years. They suddenly slat tup to
the reality that they are in :irrears: and.
like men as tiny :UT at the hottom pay .
up. They never dispute his bills—l key
know Hoofs tell bolter , toric-; than ino,s
covered memoiies.
The next class is of the
DOWN 111 begirt to
slikle over to rho other side. The picture
stuNL:lrly gets sombre. One of tilt st , may
Like a paper because his wife wanu; one.
or the children are zealous to lead it. or a
neighbor persuades him. A dun has the
•-tone effect on bini that a bullet has on a
hippopotamus. He is ahva.s sliding down
hill, and soon inerg - es into ;mother class,
that of
TIIE NIX CUA matter 1101 V
this man began his subscription, he never
pa) s for it—led lie. " lle don't like that
sort of paper. It don't give no nel‘s. —
Ile never did like it. and never pays for
it. no 'natter how much money it has cost
the printer to send it to him.
We leave Our readers to judge whetin r
the :Wore which wv from an I xehalige
h, not a preti> rri.od
paper sub•;vrikTs.
ZAILROAD :EA:. 7.1.1.12
The Philadelphia Pr,. .8 of yesterday
- The rytme.gemcni. of the.. netting
Railroad, Company, \Vlach tie V. through
its lease of•the SChuylkill canal. contiols
the t itteTot tat ton of the Schuylkill coal
legions. it is rumored. about to assume
the base of the Philadelphia, (4.rimin
to•wit anti Norris - own railnlad. This
kill ~iyc the cmitptuQ. the com
plete control of the ,senulkiii v a ll e y a nd
Ilitt` of the lutist remunerative road- in
the vomit ry. Inaddlition, it will gain the
advantage of a central location for its
depot. and accelerate the icmoval of the
present one—an event which only await
ed the improv-inent of Broad street. The
conditions on which it is said the Read
ing company will assume the lease are
the increase of the capital stock of the
Norristown thirty-five per cent. and the
guarantee of twelve per cent. per annum
on the entire capital as increased. nhich
is certainly a most liberal offer. The
wri,town company. by its last annual
repot t, had a capital of $1.59.3.73u, includ
ing amount of loans converted. This
sum. if increased as prop.scd, trill
amount to $2,1.51.2412. twelve per c'eut.
in Which h i l l be ::•2•1s,::11. The annual
meeting of the company ,vii! I,e held to
day, at which. it is said, the otier of the
e4 , :upany will 1,4. e,q,idered...
It is stated that the I..eitiv:lt Palley
It;tilroad C Inpany has jit , t con , linunated
an important arrangement with the New
York and Elie Railroad Company In the
layinq - or a third rail On both traek: , ni
the latter toad. which i , of broml gnage.
from NVaverly. i , , the pre , ent 'fer
miuus of ti n ' i,ehigh Valley road. north.
to Elmira, a distance of sotue eighteen
miles. The ho in of the the 06111111 E is
emnpletell, and th.. Lehigh Comp:ll,3 will
Ott Weitin , ilay of next week, ILl:et pas
sengers and deliver height through to
iatuirt instead of Wave' ly. ai at presflit.
Rail road Sig'ilals,
The vziri,tit-, of t "toot — of the loco
litottve, null gyrations of the taint, ot the
conductors by day. or Lintel it, by night
are about a; 'nth-Ili:zeta to most people d,
tirst class Choctaw. The folbm tog \Nill
give the leader a correct idea of their sig-
One whistle- - Down
i'%%o
Three %%ile,tles-- - Bael:.
Cola inuous-%%lli,tle,—"D.inger. -
iapitl sticci ~lon of ,howl
the cattle lai lit. at %%hie!' the le al,es will
alxvily, be put (loin.
NWee1)111,:.; pal OHL; linllll,l 011 levelof
eye,, iN a signal to "go ahead. -
ilown%%ilid !notion of tl,e lona], uitlt
eNteloling ainis. "to stop. -
beelioning 'not ion of one hand, "to
hack."
A lantern rai: , e,l anti 10%%cr( , 1 vertivall3
1, a -ignal t at right -
arigks crl): , ,Wa>'.4the hack. "to
ill a "to back the train."
.1 reel liag Ivavid upon tuc track must
Le regarthil a, a signal of daug - er. So of
other signal:, given with energy.
lloh,tetl at a station, iN a signal for it
train "to stop."
St tick up by the toail:zile. it in a :-.4.1 - nal
of liallgCr on the trust
led upon an engine is a
%vat !ling that ainither engineer wain is on
its way.
fatality occurred in Eng
land recently, A ily. after having been
upon a poisoned ily-paper, alighted upon
a lady's nose. upon a spot where there had
been a nligut -setatch. leaving a fresh open
wound. Tne wound almost inimediately
became and in a short time the
v,lnde .:•ystent wa,alfeetcd. :old the lady
died in twenty-four hours.
{WHOLE NUMBER, 20,865
EIL'Id £1:13 ALIVE It Ti A S ItEL It
Thriiiing: Tricia:ant of the Sie;re of Strn..
bur
Amoeg the dismal incidents of the war.
one is related by a French correspondent
which was attended ny circumstances of
peculiar horror. It occurred at Stras
bourg. dm ing the siege, and the hero of
it was a wealthy merchant there. This
gentleinamon the approach of the enemy,
sent away his wife and children, but
could not himself ba prevailed upon to
. I "eidon his property. Of this he possess
' a great deal. lie had been toiling for
riaziy years to gain the money which had
bought his warehouses mid shops, and
several of these on the breabing out of
the War, were full of valuable goods. The
most bulky articles he secured as well as
Lc was able, and. taking his plate and
ewels to the cellar of one of his houses,
lie prepared that place as his stronghold.
Remote, as he considered it, from the line
of lire, and vtell concealed from Villa:2.l'Jc'
thought here to weahtre thecomingstorm
safely. To this end. he - laid its it stock of
provisions. and with one or two trusty
dependents, prepared to endure the inter
: uption of .his business and the misfor
tunes of his country with what patience
be could. For the first eight days of the
bombardment, all went well. No shot or
other missile disturbed that immediate
neighborhood, and. although the babel of
noise and destruction elsewhere was illdv
seril.able. no harm came to the citizen's
sat nary. Tice ninth day there came it
change. A shell dropped in the street
before the dwelling, and broke all the
windows on the lin,t floor. The merchani
now thought it thine to retreat to the cel
lar. I force. on the tenth day. taking all
his supplies of food and all the books he
could rind, he bade farewell to the day
light and descentled to the vaults below
his house: and here. while the din of I at
tle went on ceaselessly over his head, the
worthy merchant iw•sed his days and
evenings in reading by tie. light of a pe
troleum lamp.
A few ;lays passed iu safety and com
parative quiet. But On a Saturday. at
abont noon, while the recluse was taking
Iris dinner, thene came suddenly an appal
ling crash overhead. The walls above
were tumbling into ruin; a part even of
the cellar walls toppled in; there was a
hogged cry. then choking dust, silence ant/
utter darkness. A tremendous shell hail
fallen till ought the roof of the house above,
and. exploding, scattered devastation
around. The merchant ran as best he
could to the stairway. It was complete
ly ha:at:red and shut in from the outer
•to-lil. The captive shouted aloud for
extraction. Ms voice came back to lain
muffled and dull, with no answering
sound to give hope of its penetrating the
mass of masonry by which he \Va., sur
rounded. Tice merchant now realized
that he was buried alive. Ile felt that
Or him, there was less hope than there
sometimes is in such cars. For, in the
endless road of strife above, with dozens
tilal fortunate killed and maimed every
hour, who would think of, or take the
Bout le to search for :Loy moan?
t helm e tLe exp - losion he bad bad COM
palliolll :ltd the me:ms of making light.
Ife gr „ pe d sw if t ly to :t spot where he ro
membered placing some additional L i mps.
With trembling, liantb. he succeeded in
lighting one. and looked about him. Of
his three companions two were missing—
buried, perhaps in the debris. The other
lay prostrated near a well close by, quite
lifeless. Ile had been struck on the tem
ble by falling stories and killed instantly.
The situation was even more awful than
seemed before. To be buried alive was
dreadful; but it was horrible almost be
yond endurance to he buried alive with
the dead.
tin:tte• day, of agony now passed. 'The
hal less Pri , plier :lir• fit, of tori - or, o f
strange fury, 111.1 of exhan , t ion. Then
he began 11l Malt With tilt llto energy of
despair. His only hope. he 111011 4 ,1tt..
rit ;ll' t he I t1h1 , 1:-I1 I:1'0:11 staircase.--
I f lie fall-d to do thi: the cellar would he
his tl.iiih. 11t• toiled frantically to e,eap,-
from ,o mi , crable a fate : but th e w a tt,
crumbled continually. and each brick he
took :may made other fall. Every now
and then lie %%a.. threatened with instant
de , ti itet ion by the ruin , . Finally hi.-
lamp •gent ant for want of oil. and he
wa., left in total it remediable darkiies-.--
For a tiuu• after thi, lie abandoned ;ill
But the in,tinet of self-pi - et-0
thin again as,erted itself, and again he
lore 01.,111'ratrly at the stone, and mortar.
lie liad been working, a, he ii:t i niated„
more than two day,, when the ceiling ftdi
in. A. I i ick struck him on the bead. ;111(1
tit• fainted. For a long time he remnific,l
insensible. how long he could not tell.
la,t he opened his eyes and ahoy( him
the Stal:,. IL was night. and he
teas alive. although Itc•nuued in by rub
l'ish :nal 41.arvd not st ir for four of pro
duc•ing a flesh fall of masonry. In lin
get•ing agony he Ivaited until daylight.
The (lawn came at last, tinting the sur
rounding desolation with ,treanis of i'tt
light. With infinite caution and pain the
111(1(.1m:it ,ucceeded in drawing himself
up 1.1 a beam elf the ceiling. and thence.
Itttrr ‘.llttr lilac, is 112.11iiilf r ; hh; escape.
Onee free. he moitelitil, as he says, by the
rui ns of his home and wept fen• more than
two 110111'S. Ile had spent nearly a weed:
in the collar. Like the Prisoner cf ehil
hm, hi, head, which had not a gray hair•
before. became during that week eorri
plvt ely white : and he declares him , elf to
luny tigitl more in those few days than in
the previous t%%enty years.
There may have been e\ ems no u. pain
ful and i.SaSt HOU", than this during the
war, especially a, reLtatils their - ultimate
catin-troplie. I hut is it dirlicult to conceive
"I' human suffering more agonizing than
this mist hire , . been, thus closed in as he
was from the world by an impassible wail
with datkue:.s and a f:orpse for company.
and having only a ling,ering death to looß
forwarf I to indefinitely more terrible than
any conct.ivalfle swift destruction. It is
cor,fdatf try to reflect that at all events
the aultudiy hero of 1.0 romantic an epi
sude to tell the tale, although he
finds himself completely destitute, and
forced to begin the world again without
a Nunn}.
1i t ram•fer houm• of the New York
Cental ILLilwav, in East 'Buffalo, with:3oo
rallril.id car:, was destroyed by
the 1.11 Thursday morning, The loss
e.,1. milted in upwarps of S: 4 600.000. It is
supposed the the fire was the work of an
incendiary,
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