Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, February 09, 1859, Image 1

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    J. H. LARRIMEIt, Editor.
VOL Villi. NO 2G.
(Etc ilfpiibltau:
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or!ed for $2 a year.
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insertions desired, will be routimicu till iornid
churned according to these terms.
J. II. LAr.IUMEU.
DENTAL CARD.
AM. SMITH offers Ills trol't.'si ami services
. to the Ladies and (iont lcint'ii of I'lear
hoitl and vicinity. All ujiorutioiu perl'onued
with neatness uuil ilt'siiiitili. !eing familiar
with all the lute iiiiroviiieuts, he is prepared to
make Artificial Teeth iu the be.-t luimiier.
Utiko iu fchaw's new row.
Kept. Mih, 1S5S. lyj.
1)U. It. V. WILSON,
nAVIXU removed his office to the new dwel
ling on Second street, will promptly answei
profs sional calls ns heretofore.
J is. n. IAItllIMK.ll. ! TKST
I A lilt I !!'. It k TI'T, Attorhe.V" at Law
J Clearfield, li., trill nttelid promptly to (VI
tiiulis, Lahii Agi-lii-ics, Ac, Ac., in Clearfield,
Centre and L'lk counties. July 30. y
JOHN TKOUTMAN
STILL eontiniies ihe buincsf of Chair Miil-.ir.g,
and House, Sign and I Irnamental i'liiming, al
the shop formerly occupied by Troiitiniin A Koive.
at tho east end of Market Jtieel, a short distance
west of Liu's l'oundiy. June 1", 1. 05.
THOMPSON. HAliTSoCK N ( XI.
I
roil Founders, Curw-tiville. An extensive
assortment of Cartings' umtle to order
Hoc. 20, Ibid.
L. JACKSON CHANS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, of.iee uoiuinS 1 '
fr...iil.tncn nn Second Street,
tic
..a, 1 1
June 1. 1 S 04.
II. P. TIIOMl'SON,
111 j sic ta II . may be found cither at his office
at Scofield's "hotel, tumensville, when no
j rofcssionnlly absent.
Dec. 20, l-itl
FREDERICK ARNOLD,
Merchant and Produce Dealer, Luthers
Imrs Clearfield county, l'n.
April 17, 1S52. .
ELLIS IRWIN & SONS,
VT the mouth of Lick Hun, five miles from
Clearfield, MERCHANTS, and extensive
Manufacturers of Lumber,
July 2:!, 1S52.
J. D. THOMPSON,
TM..L,mini Wn'.i.na. llll !7 MI S. A C. &C Iroflcd
1) on short notice? und the very best style, at hie
jid stand in the borougu oi t.i;r vhm inc.
Dec. 20, 1-f 53.
DH. M. WOODS, having chani;ol his loca
tion from Curwensville to ClearDeld, res
pectfully offers hia prt.fessional services to the
citiens of tho latter place mid vicinity.
Residence on Secoud ttreet, oppose t. t of
J. Crans, Esti. "y 'Vj0-
P. W. BARRETT,
MERCHANT, l'ROIilCE AND Ll'MRKU
i.EALEIt. AND Jl'STICH OK THE
l'KACE, l.tilhcrslmrK, Clearficbl t'n.. 1'"-
J. L. CUTTLE,
Vttorncy nt Law nnd I.nnd Asrciif, o(!i
adjoining hi residence, on Market streo
Uc.rlirld. Jlurch.1,
aTb SHAW,
RRTAILKRof Foroignand Domestic Mcrch
aniline, Shawsvillc, Clearfield county, l'n.
Fhawsville, Augttft 15, 155.
D. O. civOUCIl7
PHYSICIAN Office in Curwensville.
May
V)r. T. ClIAMHKIiS.
CARRIES on Chairmnkinjr, Wheelwright, nnd
hmis and Sign painting at Curwensville,
nearfleld P1. All orders promptly attended to
Jan.
1")0HEIIT J. WALLACE, Attorney at Law,
t Clearfield, l'a., tHice iu Shaw's llow, op
I'OMte the Journal office.
dee. 1, l?l3.-tf.
josF.rn rriT.us,
Justice of t!,c J'y.vr, Cunra.ic'J!-; Vmtu.
OXE door rust of Monteiius A Tea Kyck '
Storo. All business entrust" I to hiinu ill
"t promptly attended to, ami all instruments o f
writing done on short notice.
March, 31, 18.iS.-T.
PIASTKUIM!. The subscriber, having
located himself in the borough of Clearfield
would inform tho public that be is prepared to
do work in the above line, from plain (o ornamen
ts of any description in n workmanlike manner.
Also whitewashing nnd repairirg done in a neat
"Winer and on reasonable terms.
EDWIN COOPEK.
Clearfield, April 17, IisT. 'y.
YOUR TEETH.
TAh'K CMU: OF T11F.31! !
D't, A, M. Ill .I, desires to announce to
his friends and patrons, that he is Dow do
ling all of his time to operations in Dentistry.
desiring his services will find him a! his
"See, iiljoining his residence at nearly all times,
4 always on l''rid and Saturday,, unless
"ollre tu iIiq contrary ho given in the town pa
re" the week previous.
5. U. All work warranted to ho satisfactory.
Clenrfleld, Pa. Hept. 22nd, His.
tied poftrir.
TIII1 KKATI.lt.
Tho aknter lightly laugln and glides,
I nknowing that beneath tho ice
Wbercoo ho carvea his fair device,
A ftiflcningeorpeo in slleuea Hands.
It glureth ujiwurd ut his play;
Its cold, blue, riid finjrers steal
lietieath the trcadins of hia heel ;
It HoaU along, and limits away.
lie has not seen its horrors pass ;
His heart is blithe; the vilingo hours
His distant laughter; he careers
In festive wait, ullnvart tho glass
Wo all are skaters, wo who shim
The surface of Life's solemn Hood,
Aud drive, with gladness iu our blood,
A during dance from brim to brim.
Our feet nro swift, our faces bum.
Our hopes nspiro like soaring birds :
Tho world lukes courage from our words,
And sees the golden iuie return.
But ever near us, silent, cold,
l'loat those who bounded from tin bunk
With eager hearts, liho us, and sank
Because their feet w ere overbold.
Xhey sank through brculhiug-holfS of vice,
Through treacherous s heens of unbt lief;
They know not their despair and grief;
Their hearts and minds are turned to ice.
Miscellaneous.
Americanizinrj England,
jut, tiKHiUi'it sri:au on hkiokm.
The great cry against the rarlianieiitary
reform proposed by .Mr. J'aiglit. in Kng
land, is tliat he wishes to Americanise
Knglui:d. At a huge meeting held at
Manchester, December FJtli, Mr. llright
rej'lied to this charge as follows :
' Hut ttill 1 know exactly how we .shall
be met ' You are going to Americanise
us.' (Laughter.) iNothing is so dread! it 1
to an Englishman who is thinking of emi
grating across the Atlantic as tliat we
shoulti be Americanized ill F.nglund.
(Laughter.) That is a phraso coined by
tome cunning knave, (laughter.) intended
;o catch a good muny simple dupes, and
no doulit it will catch swue of them : but
I should like to ask thest gentlemen
whether representation is not an Fnglish
custom und an F.nglish principle. They
were Englishmen who tirst took it to the
I'nitcd States. (Cheers.)
It is said that wherever an Englishman
goes, just as he takes with him his w hite
skin, he takes with him tho foundation of
representative institution, lie has taken
them already to the cape: he is ul ready
as busv as nosMblo in building up four or
five monarchical republics in Austrulia ; he
has carried tho representative svst'.'in to
Canada; he carries il wherever he goes.
Why, the bill of 1S:!2 was a dc.-perate
measure iu the direction ol Americanizing
us. It took some boroughs, where twelve
members of a corporation returned the
members to l'ai liainent. and il gave the
KUtl'ruges to homo 5,000 of the peopl
Was notthat Americanizing such boroughs
with a veiiL'eaiico. (Laughter.) The more
you extend your representation, the more,
of course, you become like that systematic
anil theoreliiully perfect representation
which exists in the United Slates. (Hear,
hear.)
1 uin not insensible to some things that
appear to me to be errors in principle
some that are errors in M'ueticc in the
Constitution and customs of the United
Stales, but I protest against our being
shut up to lake nothing from America but
cotton, ami rice and tobacco, (laughter
'and cheers,) nnd, in fact, we do take n
i . ' , ., i ..... . i i ,i. ...
goon many oi tier tilings, i am moi io;u
my friend, Mr. l'lalt, a member of a very
eminent thin in this neighborhood, has a
wonilcrfiil machine from America with
which to make bricks. We. know that the
agriculture of this country has been great
ly advantaged by the importation of reaps
ing machines from America. We know
that those persons who are going about so
apprehensive of innovation, have particu
lar reason to lie delighted with America,
because they have received from that
country tho invention of Ihe revolver.
(Laughter.)
At ibis moment, in the government pmnll
arms establishment nt Enfield, they have
patent machinery from America for mak
ing gun stocks. They can turn out n gun
stock, 1 urn told, in twenty-two minutes,
Jit for the band. What a dreadful thing
to think ot! (Laughter.) And 1 i' in sure
that Mr. Miles, if ids protectionist princi
ples have not long ago descried him, will
be horrified to hear that they have actu
ally brought Americans over to show tho
En.Ji-h how to work tliem : (continued
upplaiibc ; ) but theru is much more beii'lid.
1 In- Tuns, the J. .-;: iVr, tlio ihu'y
TJtji-iph, and the leading newspaper in
this district the M.uiehestel lhihi F.r
ttiitinrr with, I believe, two or three of the
widely circulated Loudon weekly papers,
are all printed on machines which wore
either made in America, or being made in
this country, were made upon tlio Ameri
can patent. (Cheers.)
Further than this, don't yon remember
that the gentry the AYest-Endorn, includ
ing even the ladies have been subscrib
ing ten guineas apiece to invite a clever
f irmer from Ohio to show them how to
tame a horse) ( Loud laughter nnd cheers.)
Anything but politics. (Henewed laugh
ter.) You may delight yourselves with
their charmins poets, if you like with
I'.ryant. Whitli -r. nnd Longfellow you
miry Interest nnd instruct yourself by their
great historians, Bancroft, IVescoti, nnd'
Motley, but if you ask how free popular
"EXCELSIOhV
ChEAItFIKU), PA. Wi;i)Ni:si)A; FKH. ), 18.51).
itistiUiiiuiiH nro working ntnoiig your own
countrymen on tin Aineiieiin continent,
you nte deliouiicetl at Uliioitiiotii', uinl nt
any rate treaminalilo to tlio JIouso of
Lord. (Clieers uml laughter.) lliit I am
not witliout fireat exanijiles ill this coiili'
tr'-
Partinp; with a Chili.
From the Xnc (Means Delta, Jan. lj.J
A iminl'ul case., nnil a vatlior rurioim one,
lias lieen deeiileil in one of our District
; Courts. It was n content between fiarents
I lor the ioKsc-Moh of a natural ehilil. An
I unmarried woman sued out a writ of hu
, Leas corpus, to recover possession of her
! child, ri tittle boy two years and a hall' old,
i which hIid said was illegally detained
! fro i n her by a certain citizen nnd his wife,
j On trial, it appeared that this citizen
I was the lather of tho child, w hich had
j been handed over to him by tho mother
when it was a trouble, and a disgrace to
I her. lie had accepted it, ulitl Wits doing
j for it all that n father could tlo for a law
jful child; besides which, he loved it and
petted it fondly. Thin L'eiilleman's wil'o,
with u inutjminitny ttiito rare in t tich cases
'Ion I .!., I...1 ii .,l . ...,.1 l a ;r """""" 11 momii, aim nun ijcvoinl the. optician s art in such an m
1 re o m h I, !,.',, ,, , 1 ? "I'lKH t.mi.y to gratify u desire we J slant. The object moved, assumed form,
iwc.ohc ou On t ualtheiath.r i u , not i1BV0 long had of visiting the Indian school s ul, h,(,lllK. 0ly to aiM-arent. It was a
ifilHo n. .."love that tho mother .iad given 1 0f that idaeo. The irnl ili. olioii it. nilnnl..,! It:,.i.. ,.i.,, i.... ...;n. ii... . i...
; Mini mir uu vnn i n u n inn t 1.1 i n i i i
the child to him for good ami nil.
( n Monday the Judge decided the case,
which was that the child must be delivcr-
I , . , ,i .1 i
,,.v..v. ...... .. .. ......... ..v.vi i tning winch attracts the attention is the
Court, and accompanied by the mother, a pr,(.,. wi,h .lli(.h ..vprythi,,. is eoudueted.
I Deputy Mierill went to the res.denco ol i Thc natural curiosity of the Indian must,
I the lather to gi t the cbdd.i.nd pass it over I 0. 00lll0( ),t. gratiliei'l bv gaxinsat aslran
jto its niotlier. lie desesil.es the scene r ,l0n his lirst entry; but a taj. n the
, created by his visit, us the most touching ' f(k 1Volll Ul0 t(,..1(.,.'s rK. sets them all
i aim tlisircssmg tiling lie ever
ii'iopteii nioliierturiiing pole ns i
i d to put him oil' upon ililli'it nt
eath, tri-
prctcxts,
ami to iielav uio senara! ;o, i.,im a.- tios
j sible. Taking the child 1 1 1 stairs lo wash
, him and dress him, she linked him uj,
! aii'l t. il I the deputy he could not have it
till the hu buiid came home.
When the husband arrive,! the deputy
pontely cxplamcii his lai -i Mess, ami was
politely treated. The gentleman went up
stai:s, and after a w bile c.tiuo down w ith
the wife and child.
The little fellow was niei ly dressed : and
his adopted mother brought down with
him a whole annl'ul of the dainties! little
clothes, ruffles,, Sec., besides a number of
tovs which had been purchased for the
pet nt Christinas. All these she Jaid on '
the lloor at his feet, w ithout saying a word
too proud to display eitlicr all'cci ion or:
grief before the hated mother of her pet, I
yet showing symptoms oftheniobt intense I
suppressed agony. The father acted as
became a mini under such circumstances : '
allowing the child to go ouicllv and with:
fuss. The mother took the little one '
in---. .in. muiiiu i.juiv n.i : mire w.ir
in her arms, the deputy gathered up the j f;ictj lm auiloult to thaw nnv mental divid
clothmg and toys, and they lelt. the I; in0s between thc two'-altlmugh the
door closed quietly behind them, and the , .fil,ftl dillerences arc plain enoudi.
more than real mother was iorever berea-! x,lC missi0n:nio, all bear testimony to
ved ol the dearest object oi her nllections. thc r.u.u ,,., l)C!r,,cril.
Iton ISitt. In this fearful calamity at
Norfolk and Portsmouth, says the Pitts
burg Jminial, when money could not se
cure attendance on the sick and dying,
Christian charity stepped in, and about
ono hundred Northern physicians nnd
nurses, braver than the "six hundred"
who rode
"Into the jaws of death,
Into the mouth of Hell,"
volunteered toattend these dying couches.
One half of these fell victims to that terri
ble pestilence, for which we give them
higher honors than the honors of lialak
lava. Eleven of the ea), who weie from
tho city of Philadelphia, were brought
back for interment, nnd from the nddivss
of lr. I hiehachct, ol St. .Stephens, we cal eh
tho namo and services ol our hero, l.ob
P.utt.
llob P.utt, n-i ho is familiarly called, was
antl still is a slave; has a wile nnd two
children flint the benevolent in Philadel
phia nre endeavoring to free from servi
tude. 1 1 r accompanied these victims of
tho pestilence to Philadelphia, nnd saw
thein finally committed to their final rest
ing place. But that w hich entitles him to
the estimate of u true hero, was performed
nt Portsmouth, whero in the language of
another, he "is sexton, undertaker and
grave digger, nnd in tho short space of
seven weeks he buried eleven hundred nnd
fifty-nine persons. Ituried them by the hot
light of the stm. Ituried them by thf cold
light of (he nioon. Hurled them nil day.
Huried them all night. Slept over the
bodies. Made the worms his brothers und
sisters. Defied ghosts. Laughed at death.
Stootl spado in hand; eloquent ns the
Wnndering Jew; sublime ns inexorable
time. No eollin too heavy ; no eorpso too
corrupt; no labor too crushing for Bob
Butt,"
A Fact for Aiioi.itionisTs. To those
who nre constantly faulting the United
States ti.ivcrnineiit for their want of activ
ity in preventing the slave trade, nnd hold -
ing up ns examples the conduct of certain
fnreion iiowers. tverommcntl the followine
extract from Ihe Untie. I A'-nv-c (ja;etfr. fiiomplished. OnlyVmc number of this jour
That Journal ays: mil is known to be in existence, nnd that
We have received bv tho Aleeto, which ' s Xo. "' is ' 1,10 t-I ) ?r I i 1 State Paper
arrived from Africa last week, tho follow- j Office. It issupposcd, und very reasonably,
ing particulars of tho dispute between the
French, British und American ships rela
tive to the f-ee emigrant s1om, nlins
slave trailing nt that place. Whilst at
Monrovia the commander of tlio Alecto
was called upon to assisttheLibcrinn Gov
ernment in protecting the territory against
the French ship Phn.nix, of Nantes, which
had been purchasing slaves from tho King
of Manna Pock, instead of engaging; "em
igrants" as they profess to do. An oflicer
from the Aleeto nnd boarded the French
ship off Manna Bock, nnd finding the pa
pers correct , did not t:iks nny further
steps than intimate to the enptnin that he
wns violatinc the law of Liberia, tho
-I.
French captain having iicknoivledoed that
ho had purchased a- number of nhiveu with
goods a id money of tho King of Alannii
Rock, which blave ho protlucud to (lie
Attorney-tienerul of I.ilict in, who accom
panied the, boarding ullii.-er, und htalcd
"tliat (here was no other way of obtaining
ctnigiunts." At this jiineiuio tho Ameri
can steam frigate Niagara happened to bo
landing tho liberated Africans captured by
tho United Stutes brig Dolphin, and it was
reported there win a great chaneo that
some of the.-o Africans might bo again
(stolen and hold to tho French. Tho cap
tain ol'tho French ship I'hienix, having
threatened the Monroviiins with u bom
liardinent by hi i Couuiu'dni e. on account
of the atlair oftho I.'egina (,'ocli, the Mon-
rovian government have l en making pie
parations to defend themselves, and ut
their solicitation tho Niagara supplied tin:
government with powder and shot. It
was repelled ut Sierra Leone, Hint the
French Commodore on tho frigate Jean
d'Are and two brigs, had passed Mierbro
for Monraviu.
Tim Indian1 Schools at tiik Siot x A-ifs-cv.
On a Into visit to the Sioux Atrenev,
. . .
I r .......v ' 11
.... 4v 4U 1 I; !..,.:..., I 1
ruU iiursuing ilielr tiiulu's was proat.
I In pllfl..'ini tl, ui'lt.trtl I'M.li. ttn lit'cl
... ......... ..... .......
tin, with renewed energy. The
I ,linst perfect decorum prevails: no 1 uz-
j zjnj, js nilowed, tin whispering or tittering :
I but everything orderly and quiet, and
leach school apparently intent upon study
ialomi. We had the pleasure of hearing
j some of the children read and spell, both
I in their own language and in English : and
wo can safely say that wo have seldom
been in any white school w here children
'of that age had innde greater progression
, t him these little SioitK litryiH. They lire
taught all the simpler branches of learn
ingreading, spelling, arithmetic, and
writing : anil in this last, some even of the
smal!'--t scholars have made astonishing
progiess. The school is under the super
'vision of Mr. A. Hobcrtsnn, who, by his
superior knowledge of Indian character
and his kind and gentle manlier toward
: thc children, is eminently final ilied for
the position The Sioux child is naturally
of lively and intelligent mind. It is (piick
to learn, possesses a retentive memory,
and is even more ready at expressing nnd
explaining that w inch it has already learn-
, Hum in iv nln elii t nn I.I in
An Ex-PiiKsnir.NT m.uk to Vacate ion
an Ex-Kim:. A correspondent of the
Newark AUccrtinr writes from Florence,
Italy, under date of the 27th tilt., as fol
lows :
"Tho ex-King ami (jueen of Prussia
niado their grand entrance here a day or
two since, ami took possession of the fine
Hotel de In Ville, turned into a palace for
the royal pair and suite. The cmir com
prised twenty carriages and wagons, from
the last of which saticc-iians and tin-ket
tles hung dangling, ns if mocking with
their discordant rattle the pomp and cir
cumstance of that loyally of which they
liroiight up the rear. But kings uuisl take
their cuisine, as well ni their diamonds,
about with tlii-m.
Ex-President Pierce happened In be
lodged nt (he hold demanded for old
Fredoiick William, when the ord -r came
(ovat-ato it. The extatie landlord made
basic to nequaint his guests of the honor
intended him, hinting alike (n one nnd nil
the necessity of seeking other quarters,
which hint wns
ditlt-rcnllv received ly
..... . ... ill - ...
ilil!crc!it. tempeiamciiis, out ny no ono so io- owi ; no.- tui...ei mm, m- ..n,.
MiVitV as bv the ex-1'rcsidcnt, who con- j ted limbs could move so fast, and here
ceiled' in the blandest manner the l iidit of - there ivnu the child, living, unharined.uot
an ex-king to turn hint, n democratic ex-Pres-dent,
out of dcors.
Tun FmsT nwsr -.ith. The Button
Olive Brnnrli ehtims I lint Ihelii-s t new spa
per ever published in North America,
made lis flpprnratien in Boston on tho
25th of September, 1(100. In the then vil
lage its publication closed a prodigious
excitement. The Legislature then took
up the matter, denouncing tho eheet as
contrary to law in its publication, und as
serted the grand principle of censorship
as determinedly ns could have been done
in London then, or Paris now, Louis N;e
poloon himself could not have made a
greater row about a newspaper than was
made by our worthy progenitors. It was
a little quarto concern with only three of
1 pnges in print, the editor,
I beast of burden it had, having
! when his work was only three.
il such n
run ashore
Court lis acs
that it died in being horn. It was pul -lished
by Benjamin Harris. He was in
the pillory in Charles tho IPs time, then
not nn uncommon mode of rewarding pa
triots for (ho pr.rt they took in promo
ting general good. So that our first news
paper publisher win n man of some note,
laving attracted royal attention, nnd oe-
rttpying at
thc world.'
tho time a high position
A Juror in Northampton county, Pa.,
was recently let oil' from an ubn-nce fine
on the plea that he hud "been in town nil
tho week, nnd was hunting for the jury
but couldn't find 'cm."
TIIK V.hWVFKNdlNF.Fi:.
At tho station in Syracuse, New Yoik,
(hero is assigned (n Mr. (llenn the duly
of arranging each day to which of the cn
ginoH the several truiim arc to be assigned,
so that as the hour of departure, for each
comes, the engine will bo ju readiness to
take its burlhcii.
llo was for a number of years an engi
neer iu active norvicc, distinguished for
courage and prompt resolution. There
are some inMimees of this, w hich by their
incidents ought not to bo omitleil from
the roll of the truly brave deeds done by
men.
He was at his bar, his- engine careering
on with the speed that "only steam's
strength can give! the road was clear;
the busy wheels kept their regular roll;
the huge divers beneath his seat made
swill circling, and they who in tho cars
were borne onward, knew no obstacle in
their journey. Kvety thing moved on no
cording to the card, nnd they who were
by tho road hide found tho car marking by
its passage tho moment lis accurately as
if it was tho hand of a great dial. Sud
denly he discovered a small object near
the riil. The human vision grows sharp
. Ill ill Liu onn nil; n iiii tuv Lin ly n . VI i
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I One mny in tlio race, pull Ui Uoml.xl
1 .n i t.. I ....l. 1 :.. 1. ..I..!'
in,:. i.. ii, jus iiiiunriies, aim ill ll oiiei
space control his movement ; that spring
ing muscle has but a light weight to con
trol ; the backward paddle soon changes
the course of the steamer ; but this huge
engine, with its rather rush than roil, pon
derous, powerful, in earnest iu its motion
that it must have great space of change,
how shall this stop before it shall crush
out of all form of life the feeble child ?
The pi. iv ith the soil is of such impor
tance that the little one does not hear the
roar ol the wheels, or if it doe.-, il is the
child ol'aeabin proximate to the rail, anil
the sound is a familiar one it continues
its play, nearer by an advance that is
thever step of death, tho train conies
toward it. -Hr. t.leiiii determined iu a
test accuracy of judg lenl that his train
could not stop in time ! What if it was
cheeked, nnd the speed that was measur
ing the mile by the very few minutes, di
nliinished, the death blow by the stutt
er, would be the more merciful destrue
lion was certain the little one must meet
the force that would crush it from the re
cord of the living, and its play went on as
if it were ut its mother's feet.
The brave man read the realities of the
scene in an instant ! lie lelt his bar!
The fireman's heart forgot to beat; as for
the passengers, they were acting out the
every day bcenes.of a common place pea
ceable journey ; perhaps tho chocked
speed caused somebody to lay down his
newspaper; of tho intense scene without
he knew nothing.
lie left his bar ami walked firmly over
tho top of the locomotive over Cio boiler,
pat the smoke stack, ho climbed over the
front and down the step like framework
of the pilot, nnd grasping; ihat with a ties
perate strength, ho leaned over ! tho bars
of iron seemed to glide dizzily away be
neath him'; and now tho.slruggle for the
child was one between death and bravery,
end as ever in this mortal time, the King
of Terrors seemed to have nil the might iu
his skeletou hand, lie leaned over ! he
reached over! at that instant, at that
time, (a moment is too long to express
this) ns the cruel edges ol the pilot was a
I bout crush the little one, he, not '.he loco-
motive struck the child. II there ever
nn a hold love touch, I his was one; anil
Ihe child lay between the lies ; and on the
f.i.-t train darted. Then down went the
break', (he strong arm of the fireman
strained the wheel lover to crowd the de
laying surface against the speed ; then pas
sengers nrou-ed to find the train coming
o n halt, w hile neith-r station nor tank
wns near : (hen (his brnvo mnn twl his
locomotive back again, nnd in soon ns the
power of the advance could be subdued,
jumped from his iron sriind ran down
1 1 . I I.- ....... . ...TTll.nl il.n r. ..It.,
a bono broken, not unite recoveied from
its nstonishment at the life-giving blow
which h id turned aside the dart of death.
Restored to its parents who thronged
nrnnnd its deliver, ihe lillloone foo young
to realize (lint it had quivered on the
verge of another world, was taken home,
Mr. (llenn returned to his engine, anil the
locomotive careered to its grand progress
with not a stain of blood upon its burnish
ed metal.
And is not this the record of iho high
est order of bravery, the courage that
saves life ?
tumorous.
Joe Bowers' Wedding-.
The county of-
up in the inoun-
tains, boasts of one of the
'est judges in
California. On the bench he i
i firm, de-
ci'led niitl prompt, not earing the
na p of
a finger for either (he applause of friend
or tht! muttering ol enemies, lie is per
haps the most devoted man to the law in
all creation, and has his head so full of
what ho terms judicial tnlk, that ho not
ur.frequently finds himself making learn
ed ehnrgesnnd passing scntenco outside of
the court-room.
n a recent oecnsion the judge was call
ed upon to exercise tho power nnd autho
rity in him vested, in the caso of a couple
who desired to have their bunds united in
the bands ol wedlock. Of course ho con
sented to perform tho pleasing duty, mid
nt the appointed evening wns prompt
on hand at the house ut which tho ntlnir
was to come off. Tho room was crowded
by the beauty nnd fashion of the town,
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and nono looking more dignified and hap
py than the Judge hiinscK, who was dress
ed to nbou; an inch of his lifo.
1 1 is customary on occasions of the kind
referred to. for the good folks . of Ihe
mountain towns to pass around tho wine
quite freely, ami (o (heir everlasting cre
dit, we w ill add, they consider it no harm
for every one to manifest his interest iu
the event by getting "lively." The Judgo
is nn ardent admirer of the fair sex, link
ing in the course of his own lifo led tho
third one to the ullar. To ttso his own
language, he is a great believer in wed
dings, and that he should get a littlo mel
low amid the glorious scenes of the even
ing, was not to be wondered at by those
who knew him intimately. He had tho
weakness of all good judges; he would
take his toddy.
The wine hail passed round ami round.
Tho music had eeased. The time for ma
king Joseph Bowers nnd Nancy llaikins
one, had arrived. Every heart throbbed
with the most delightful emotions. Tha
young gentlemen desired to know how
Joe would stand it, and the young ladies
were anxious to seo how 'Naneo' would
sull'er tho anxious shock. Others again
who had observed closely tho turn ail'airs
took, fixed their attention upon thc Judgo
to sec how he would conic out of tho
scrape.
At length the trying moment was an
nounced ; the Judge arose very cautious
ly from the chair, w hich lm had occupied
in one corner of (he room, nnd, casting
his eye over (he coinpanv, he singled out
the siierilf of the county, who was present
ns an invited guest. The Judge lmd just
imbibed enough to make him forget thtf
nature of his business-, lie was full of his
'judicial talk," und requiredjnothing but
t he presence of the sheriff to start him.
Looking sternly at the oflicer he shouted ;
"Mr. sheriff, open the court, and call b
ord,;:-!"
A general titter followed thi-i command,
in the midst of w hich tin? sheriff" took the
"court" gently by the arm und led him to
his seat in the corner, at die same time in
forming the august personage of the mis
take. Every thing now hid fair for npleiisnnt
ami sudden termination of the ulliiir, un
til another unneyanee, which wa nothing
el e than the abseiiei' of the bridegroom,
was observed. It turned out that he hail
ju-t stepped ncross to join hisfriends in u
drink, but before his return, fomo cold
blooded wng had whispered in the ear of
our fogy the cause of "delay in the pio
ceedings, Instantly the chair in the cor
ner moved, nnd in that dircclion nil eyes
were fixed.
"Mr. Sherill', (slow ly baw led the judge,)
bring Joe into coin t on a supenar" the
Judge hail his own way of pronouncing
tho word then nddressing the bride who
stood in tho foreground nnd hung her
head in deep confusion, he added : "I
s'spose you are the plaintiff. Well don't
take on'. Innocence nnd virtue will he
protected by this here court "
This was tho saddest blunder of tliCni
all. The Judgo was ngain made to see his
mistake, and would have been considera
bly set back, had it not been for a correc
tion in the shape of forty drops of thc crit
ter, which he instantly applied.
Inn few minutes all wns ready in right
down earnest. The bridegroom had arri
ved full of joy. Tho company pressed
forward. The excitement wns intense.
Ho evidently felt every inch n judge.
"J -.l-o-c B-B-o-w-e-r-s," commenced the
man of law, in that distressing style of
speech with w hich lie was invariably trim
bled when under the inlliier.ee of liquor :
",1-J-o-e B o-w-e-s-s, stand up. llavc
y-y-o u anything to say w-w-why s-s sen
tence "
"Slop, slop, slop, Judge, (shouted Ihe
sherill' from the back put ol the room
You are not going lo hang (he man, but
to marry him."
The Judge drew a long breath ami blin
ked rnpidiv, but stood his ground wolf.
Recovering himself he proceeded :
Joe Bowers, tlo you take Nancy TLir
kins for your wife So help you (iod !"
This wits a tolerable effort, nnd Jo
nodded assent
"N-Naney llarkins, it remains for this;
court to"
Here the sherilT ngain interrupted (he
Judge, reminding him oftho lenl husine
of the evening. "Mis .N Nancy, (resu
mod the Judge, nfler being set light,) do
y-you take ,1-Joo B-Bowcrs for a husband
t-to the best of your knowledge and be
lief? or do yon not T"
"You can Ix't I will," answered the
light-henrted Nancy.
The Judgo then took tho hands of the
happy couple and joined them, and wound
up tho business ns follows:
"It now remains for th is hero court to
pronounce you, J-Joe Bowers, nnd y-you,
Nancy llarkins, man mid wife, (ami here
tho Judge lmnscd to wipe tho perspira
tion from his face,) nnd may li-tiod Co
mity have mercy on your s-so..ls ! Sher
iff' remove the culprits':"
The oonpany roared. Joo nnd Nancy
weakened. Tho sherill' was taken with a
leaving. The Judgo let himself out with a
glass of npplejnek H was the greatest
wedding ever witnessed.
Piskntii e, oftho Louisville Joumd, snys
"Those who are ready to give thc lie, are
generally not loo brave to take quietly,
what they are not too civil to give."
That's so; and Prentice's newspaper oppo
nents in Kentucky will understand thi
extraordinary confession without further
comment.
'Pad, why do n't you take a rido on the
cars soma dayr "lake a rule on the
rnrs! why I've got no time, my son '
"Hot no tune! p.shnw: why you em cr.
anywhere on tlio ears quicker than y0
can stay nt home." lu.l's answer U )K
reorded. - I- " .