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c;)
MCP 1~M9 . 1.1arZ3. rM M CILIEII3I:ZP 'Cr Llat;ts - 3.
Nea and i'mmptly Executed, at thr
ADVERTISER OFFICE, LEBANON, PENN'A
TAUS establishment is now supplied with nn extensive
assortment of JOB TYPE, which will he increased as the
patronage demands. It can now tutu Out Prasnsn,Of
every description, In a neat and expeditions manner—
sad on very reasonable teems. Such ns
Pamphlets, Checks,
Business Cards, Handbills,
Circulars, Labels,
Bill Headings, Blanks,
Programmes, Bills of Fare,
Invitations, Tickets, &c,, &c.
Altir DIMS of all kind... CllllllllOll am erlidglllent 1102 MS.
School, Justices', Constables' and other BLAYIIB, printed
correctly and neatly oh the best paper, constantly kept
for sale at this office, at mires "ho suit the times."
*0 Subscription price of the LEBANON ADVERTISER
One Dollar and n Half a Year.
Address, Wm. 31. Ertssimr, Lebanon, Pa.
Outt.l.ols at Private Sale;
WILL be sold at Private Sale,
8 ACRES OE LAND,
situated in Long Lnno, near the borough line, in Corn
wall township. /i the land of Widow. Fulmer,
on the North, Wm. Atkins undJohn Krause on the Ge-et.
There is a one story LOG 110Ut311, weather boarded,
erected 011 the land, and a good on the garden.—
The land has tine stones for quarries. This tract will
make a nice home for a small family.
*IL It is free from Ground Rent. Good title will be
given, , ADAM IMO dElt.
N. D.--Thie tract is now covered with fine green, half
of witioh will be given to the purchaser.
Lebanon, June 13, 1860.
A RARE CHANCE.
11. lOU nffere lile well 'known I'lloToti ft A PIIIC
Y • ESTAIILItiII3IENI' fur bole. Thorough instruci
one will be given to any one purchasing not acquaint.
od telt)] the beehives. For linnet/inn call at his roans,
in A. It lee'm building. [Lebanon, blarob 20 'Ol-3m.
Private Sale.
rritm Subscriber offers at private rale all that certain
.l farm or treat of land, situate partly in Pinegrove
township, Schuylkill county, and partly in Bethel town.
ship, Lebanon county. bounded by buion( Belt- 1,-.--
ert and Oullrord, Benjamin Aycrlgg , Daniel I
DoubertPlld others, cull taioing one hundred and
torty-eigbt acres and a gnarter, with the upper
teilancee, consisting of u two story log dwelling• ionse.
(weather boarded) a 1111' story log dwelling house, a new
bank barn, other out-buildigge, and a new water power
saw mill. For terms, ace., which will be easy, Apply to
G. W. MATCHIN, Agent.
Finegrova.April 20,1859.-tr.
.Irational house.
PIOWIM M. CORNER of Plank road and Guilford streeta
NORTH LEBANON, PENN'A.
To Tar Puma.
HO! all ye thirsty come and drink, for nice cool
mineral water, the choicest vintage, and the purest malt
liquors grace my bar. And ye hungry come and eat, as
the table is loaded with the most substatiiiiii fare, And
the richest delicacies of the season crown my board—
Coma man end beast; my house is always open to the
stranger and the friend, and for animals the bestofpro
vender, tine stabling, and attentive hostiera, are ever
ready at my stables,
Yours, Respectfully,
North Lohnnon,Sopt. 14, 1.9459. II ENBY BOLTZ.
Tovin Lots at Private Sale.
rrtal oubaeriber offer% for Bale his fine 3 ACRE LOT
OF GROUND; ori the old Forge road, near the Quit-
Wallah', In this borough; There is no handsomer lot
in tide locality than title one. It will be sold to suit
the times. Payments easy. Apply to
Lebanon, Sept 211,'66 SAMUEL lIARBESON.
Books and Stationery lEnt
porittin,
AND
TEACHERS' HE
J2lNTgagra i r l • 1 17. 1 4=37
HAS REMOVED
Mu removed his Book Store to Market Square. Lebanon,
Wmay be bad, on reasonable terms a general
assortment of Scuriot, SUNDAY Sonnet, THEOLOO
ROL and IthseguaNzous 110010 of every doecription.
Copy-llooks,Cy pinning Books, leather and paper hound
Bum Books, and every variety or STATIC/VERY, /cc.,
wholesale anti retell.
‘VINDOW SHADES.
A large or variety Plain, Fancy, Bug, Green, Gilt, Ac.
PAPER, SHADES.
Neat Patterns, Plain, Green, Blue and Gilt. Also the
latest and simplest
8 VY LreA OF FIXTURES.
„Mr CALL AND EXAMINE. 'WM
Lebanon, September 27,1850.
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A New Firm.
Cheap Cash Store, and Milling and
Grain Business.
ming, undersigned having formed a partnership in the
. 31i1RCA1 4 (TILK, ',MILLING AND GRAIN BUSI
NESS, would respectfully invite the attention of the
public to their establishments. They will confine to
keep, at Ow lute stem' of LOSti, a ntost com
plete stack of all kinds of 000DS usually kept in a
country store, which they will retail Cheap for CASU,
or COUNTRY PRODUCE. They also want to buy for
cosh
50,000 Bushels of WHEAT,
30,000 Bushels of RYE,
20,000 Bushels or CORN,
25,000 Bushels of OATS.
Yor which they will pay the hi,.hest Market Paces,—
They will also take t It AIN on STORAGE. The will keep
always on hand end sell at the lowest pricee, COAL. by
the Boat Load or by the Ton; all kinds of ,DILL FEED,
SALT, PLASTER, &c.
aa- They solicit the bosiness of qII their old friends
and the public, and will omit:aver to deal on such lib.
oral sod just principles As Will give setlehictlon to
811 SSA3IAN dt LONG.
'North Lebanon, March 13,18131...
ruoToGit Arm.
TIBLLO, Betsy, whore aro you going that you, are
dressed .up Rol
Ant,-1 am going to 3.11. KEIMIn Adain Riee'sßuild
fng to have my Likrneea taken.
121/414—Ti r liy. do.yon - gn to Kohn and not to one of the
other rooms to have It taken 1
Ans.—Because Kelm's Pictures era sharper, clearer
and more truthful than others and nearly everybody
goes, to tilm,
/
Quss,.—Can you tell ins w y lid pictures are superior
to °there
Ant.—Yes I he had 9 years practice, and hos superior
Cameras, and all his other fixture/ are of the most Im
proved k ind.
Ques.—Whet kind of Pictures does be take? '
Ans.-110 takes Ambrotypes, and Melainotypes, of all
sloe and superior finish: and Photographs, from the
smallest up to Life Sim find Colored iu Oil. Us
takes ail sizes Photographs from Daguerreotypes of de.
ceased persons and bus them colored life like, by uno of
the bust Artists. llis charges are rensouable and his
rooms are open everyday (except sumlny) from 8 o'clock,
A. M. to 11, P. M, Don't forget, KB I M'S ROOMS it the
place you can get the Best Pictures. IJuly 3, 1801.
CLOCKS.
Thirty Day,
Eight Day,
Thirty Dour,
CLOCKS,..
• just Received at
S. 3. IILkTIVS Jewelry Store,
Lebanon Pa.
arm
CHEAP STORE
OF
RAUCH & LIGHT.
At the Corner of. Camber/anti Street anti Piank Road,
LEBA NON, PA.
NIESSRS. EA UGH k LIGHT take pleeoure ininform
lug their Mende and the public generally that they
huvejuit opened a large and carefully selected mart•
mut of
DAY CMOS>
onookti Bs.
(11. 1 138NSIVARII, he. '
to which 0197 respectfully Invite the attention of the
public. Their
DR.Y—GOO D S o
havo all been &elected with the greatest care from the
largest Importing Houses 111 Philadelphia.
GROCERIES,
A large stock of cheep Sugars, Coffins, Teas, Chocolate,
And all kinds of Spines. Also, a in* assortment of
QUEENSWARE,
Among which ere the newest, patterns, together with al
afloat an endless variety of goods io their, line of boot•
neee, which will lot sold very cheep for essh,or CoungtY
Produce taken In exchange.
BAGS! BAGS! BAGS!!!
The attention of Millers oinfl Farmer/I is directed to
their large stock of DAUS, which they 'will sell at
wholesale prices.
October 17, 1860.1
tilislA'T
ArronNET.ATLAW.-offico ilk Cumberland street,
In the office of his Ibthur, lieu, Julio WlAtilllllll.
Lebanon, August 28, 1861.
- J. 11. BOW RAN
ATfORNEY.AT-LAW, has REMOVED his alto ou
nuclei New Building, (second utory,)Cumberland
street, Lebanon. Pa.
Lebanon, April 0, 1850.
CYRUS. P. lIIILLER,
A TTOWNEY•AT-IJAW.—Oflicu In Wolnutedreet, near.
A
Iy opposite t h e Hook Hotel, sod two doors notall
f ro m KIVIIMIIY'a Hardware Atom
Lebanon, March 29, 1861.-Iy,
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PHOTOGRAPHY,
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
17X.P.ECUTED in the beat style known in the net, at
iJ C. Ci CRANE'S 061.1,KnY.
032 Arch Street, East of Sixth,
PH I hAIMPHIA ,
Life Size, .in Oil and 'instil,
sTuithloscopro posTaws,
AMBROTYPES, DACRIEREOTEEES;Ad•
Tor MUM, Metiainolllo, Pine, Rings, &C ,
JIIII6 26,1860.
SIIN UMIIDRELI AS, Paramolc, rich and line; Skeleton
Skirts, Dusters, Shawl's, and a - variety of other
goods
for ladles, pat received and far wile cheaper than
the ebeeprot by HENRY a SINE.
VOL. 13---NO. 25.
George Illoffinatils
LEBANON COUNTY
l j ..”222-p!”.
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TRANSPORTATION LINE.
By Lebanon Valley Railroad. •
PA RTICV LAB attention will he paid to Goods shipp 7
ed by the Lebanon Valley Railroad. Gouda wilt be
sent daily to and from Philadelphia to Lebanon, Myers
town and Annrille Stations, and all other points in the
County.
Far:lOllTR contracted for at the least possible rates
awl delivered with dispatch.
The Proprietor will pay particular attention to, and
attend personally, to the receiving and delivery of all
Freight 4.
For information, apply at his Office at the Lebanon
Valley Railroad Depot, Lebanon.
Rt./WARD MARK, his Agent in Philadelphia. will
al
ways be found at W . H. Rash's Merchant's Hotel, North
Third 01., Philadelphia.
July 11,'00.] 050. HOFFMAN.
INT4LTER'S MILL a
subscriber respectfully inform., the public that
1 he 1110 er.tlrely rebuilt the Mill on the little Swa-,
tura. formerly known as "Simla's" and litter as “Wen
gert`s,labout one-fourth of n. mile f m Jonestown,
Load!!! county. Pn,; that he has n complete
running order. ne in prepared to euntomers
regularly with ni very superior article o
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as cheap as it can be obtained from any other source.—
Ife keeps also on Baud Dad for sale at the lowest cash
;ilk
pre
pared to do all kinds u mts' %Vona, for Farmers
prices CHOP, BRAN, ," 8, &e. He in also
and others, ut the very possible notice and in
rites all to give him a . :. The machinery of the
II
Mill is entirely new and of t est and most im
proved kind. By strict attes t business and fah
dealing he hopes to Merit a sha public patronage.
WIIEAT, RYE, CORN, OATS, &c.,
bought, fur which the highest Lebanon Market prices
will be paid, al FRANKLIN WALTER.
May 8, 1881.
e - S-e
-J111)9)P -
Consumption, Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis,
Nervous Prostration, General Debility,
Dyspepsia, Scrofula, Marasmus, Loss
of Appetite, Neuralgia, Female
Complaints, and all Disorders
of the Nervous and Blood
This Remedy has obtained a great reputation for most
EXTRAORDINARY COONS IN ALL STAGES OE
CONSUMPTION. It is ficommended by many thou
sand Physicians in the united States and Europe—hav
ing been used with lIESELTS UNPARALLELED IN TIIE AN
NALS OF MEDICINE.
The Hypophouthiter hare a two-fold and specific ac
tion am the ono bawl, increasing the principle which
CONSTITUTES N Ell VOUa ENERGY, and 011 the other,
being the MOST POWERFUL BLOOD UrIWERATING
ACIFINTS •RNOWN. In cases of Nervous Debility, or
Prostration of the Mil Powers, front any cause, this
Remedy has no superior.
Ts the only tellable form of the lITEOPHOSPLIC7ISI,IIIRde
after the Origioal Formula of Dr.Chuichill.
INQUi/Ili Putt AND.IISE NI) OTHER!
TA" A FAIR TTIAL IA A CSRTAIN CURE "SR.
1( n 7 oz.. Bottles, sl.—Six Bottles tor
$5. In la oz. Potties, s2.—Three fur $5. Circolnrs
grtals. Sold by all respectable Druggists, and at the
Sole General Dep.; in the United States. by
J. WINCH ESVSS, 36 John St., N. Y.
4 . 011 1 / 1 - 4) P if f h
\ - pv i
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D B. 0 0
Spermatorrhea, or Seminal Weakness, and
Genital Irritability in either Bex.
This Mandy. the terrible consequences of which 'ire
too well known to require more than a bare allusion to
them, is one of the most hoddloua, and therefore dan
gerous, of all the long catalogue of human ills. It saps
Ile very springs of Lire. rapidly undermines the con
stitution, and sinks the unhappy victim into imbecility
and a premature grave I From one to six boxes of the
SPECIFIC PILL are generally sufficient to effect a
permanent cure In the most aggravated elves, whether
CONSTITUTIONAL, Or arising from AMAX or EXCESSES. .
"We believe it to be, in the treatment of Spermator
rhea, as near a Specltlc as any medirine can .be.";--.11.
Kum., M. D. [Am. Jour. of Medleal Science.
"1 have found them all that could be-desired. Their
effect has been truly wonderful. I used them in case of
Spermatorrhea of loLg standing which has been under
treatment for years. I think three boxes will complete
the cum"......11. P. Dicke& 31. D. • '
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fig. Tido to rota Hounapathic Remedy, nor is there
auy mercury or other deleterious ingredient combined
with it.
PRICE :-.41 per 13ox. Six Boxes for by Mail, pre
paid. F,r sale by all respectable Druggists, awl et the
Sole General Depot in tilt, united States, by
J. WINCHESTER, 36 John St.. N. Y.
Oetobtr 9, 1.861.-ly.
S. S. RAMSAY & 11140., in Funek's building, corner
of Cambezland street and Doe alley, have on
hand nod for sale, either by the yard or made to order,
a large lot of
CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES, and
VESTINGS,
well selected from Good houses. Good Fits and sub
stantial making guaranteed to all. Also handker
chiefs, Cravats, ti loves. Hosiery, Suspenders, Fancy and
plata Linen Shirts, Ender Shirts and Drawers.
S. S. RA3ISEY & BRO.
Lebanon, August 8, 1501.
Fancy Furs i Fancy Furs !!
JOHN FAILEIRA. 718
',Melt St.eet, between
th and Rth Sts.. (late of
18 Market St.) l'hila
thrhirt, IMPORTER AND
iANEWACTURER OF, and
/EALER IN ALL RINDS OF
rAD;CY FURS,far La
jet', Misses' and Chit
ma's Wear.
Haring now munufhe
wed and in store my
soak largo and beau-
Sul assortment of all
'le various Styles and
militios of Furs, adept
to' the coming Fell
td Winter Bensons. 7
Jontd. respc:ctfully
nn examination of my stock sod prices from thooo
intending to purchase, no I am enabled to offer them
very desirable inducements.
All my Fors have been purchased for cash, and made
by experienced and •;:ltikpetent hand , , and as the peac
oat momentary troubles render it necessary that I
should dispose or my goods at very small advance on
cost, . . _
I am a titiafled that It will be to the intereete of those
who design purchasing, to give inc acall.
Aar Ituenneet, Me name, number end stmt.: Johu
Fareira, (New Far Store,) 718 Arch Street,
B . .pleunber 11, 1881.-sm.
BUILDERS will do well by calling ea.]. it. BREMER
Agent, as he Is prepared to do all kinds of TIN
ROOFING, SPOUTING and JOB HOICK generally, at
the very lowest prices. He also has on hand a large
and good assortment of ail kinds of TIN WAKE, and
all of the most Improved ,Gas Burning COOK
STOVES nod PARLOR STOVES. Also, all the
""'`. k different and latest improved RANGES AND
HEATERS, of all kinds. He also keeps cen
stantly op hand a large stock of nil kinds of KOOFINO,
SLATE, which he ofTers at less price than they van be
bought of any other slatemen in the county.
es. WARE-ROOMS—One door East of the Lebanon
Valley Bank, Cumberland Street, Lebanon, Pa.
Lebanon, January 9, MD.
R&M( & LIMIT
astiionable -Tailoring!
M7OIIAEL HOFFMAN would respectfully inform
the Citizens of Lebanon, that he hats ItEMOYEA
his TA MORINO Business to Cumberland Street, two
doors East of Market Street, and opposito the Eagle
lintel, where all persons who wish garments made
up in the most fashionable style and best manner, are In
vited to call.
TO TAILORS I--Just recei red and for ails the N. York
and Philadelphia Report of Spring & Summer Fambions.
Tailors wishing 'the Fashimis should let the subscriber
know of the foot, so that lie can make his arrangements
accordingly. MICILIEL HOFFMAN.
' , lemon, April 10.1801.
W4104)13 and COAL YARD:
nip, undersigned, having bought Mr. I--
I fenry Spoon's Wood and Cool Yard,
short distance north-rest of Messrs. Foster & Ar &
M rmon lB .l', in the borough of North
Lebanon; anti also bought front 200 to 300 CORDS OF
Wool) and front sou to 1000 TONS OF COAL, of all
kinds and gnides, which I will eell atthe yard or deliver
lit as mall profits as will snit the times. I therefore in-
T ite alt those that Krell) want of any of those articles to
mill and see the same, ascertain prises, and f ridge for
theinseh'es. DANING LIGHT, (merchant.)
North Lebanon, July 3,1801.
-nrENny & S'fINE are daily receiving fashionable
Dress Goode, such as Ciaaelles.'slosainbiques, 610-
denim, Carona, Lave!lus ofnli kinds for traveling dressesf
silk Ched lye, Silk Tiesues, Crnpe IM Spangs, Gingham
and Grey Drees Goode of every description, offered at
unusually low prices by HENRY ,k STINE.
All the above goods offered at very low prices.
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TAKE NOTICE.
REMOVAL
LEBANON, PA„ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1861.
Bigtettaitem.
AN ENGLISH
DETECTIVE'S STORY.
A SEARCH. FOR A CRIMINAL IN AMERICA
Being off of duty for the time,
and the evening close and sultry, I
was just settling myself in the open
window of my lodgings, to smoke a
quiet pipe, when another member of
the force came to tall me that I was
wanted by the superintendent. I
went at once as required.
"Banks," said the superintendent
to me, when I was in his room, and
the door shut, "we have gut a clue at
last towards finding that man Jen
nings."
"Indeed, sir, I am glad to hear you
say so," answered 1, and I spoke the
truth. Uncommonly glad I was, for
our profession, like the rest, has its
pride about it, and we bad been a
good,deal twitted in the newspapers
for not having succeeded, during sev.
en months of fruitless search in secur
ing that particular criminal. A shy
fellow was that Jennings. His dou
bles and twists had baled some of
the deepest heads in the police, and
although we had often come upon his
hiding place just after he had left it,
we never could lay hands on him.—
He was not a common offender. Well
educated, and born in a very respect
able station in life, he might have
done well, and made an honest for
tune, if he could but have keptstraight.
He was clever and a first-rate account
ant, and got the post of cashier to the
Bank, while still quite a young
man. I need hardly repeat his story
—how ne forged, and figures in pass
books, and played ducks and drakes
with the floating balance of his em
ployers. It is a common narrative.
He went off at last, just when detec
tion grew ,certain, and carried with
hire nineteen thousand pounds, be•
sides valuable papers and securities
for a large amount. Every exertion
was made; no expense was spared,
and many times we seemed sure of
him as he prowled up and down the
country in various disguises; but at
last the scent grew colder and colder,
and we feared Jennings had given us
the slip for good and all. Five months
had elapsed since the last time he had
been seen or heard of, and we had
given up the job as hopeless, when
the superintendent sent for me, and
gave me the above information.
"Yes," said my superior, rubbing
his hands together, as was his way
when ,be was thoughtful, "we have
got a clue to him at last. But he is
a long way off—out Of our reach, per
haps. He is in America."
This did not surprise me in the
least. The number of rogues that I
havo had, professionally, to hunt
deWn, and who were on their way to
America, or starting to go to Ameri
ca, or making 'up their minds to go to
AMerica, would astonish you. Why; '
when we bear Of a runaway criminal,
the first thing we think of. is Liver
pool and the line of packets.
"Banks," went on the superintend
ent, "i intend to send you after him.
But I doubt very much whether you
will be able to track him out, much
les§ to bring him and the property ,
back to England with' you."
"I've 'vertlittle fear about the mat
ter, sir, if `lean but come tip with him."
1 answered cheerfully enough ; for,
you see, during the seven yearS I had
been id my present department of the
force, I had been on similar errand§
three times—twice to America, and
once to France, and had been*lceess
fal on all occasions. Not 'that lam
not a bit more expert than: my coin.
radeS, nor perhaps eip , nAto some that
I could name, but that :an offender
can be generally traced out, if a man
will but. give his, whole' heart to the
work. .
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Wfos," said the superintendent ,
"but
.
I need not tell
,that dais Jennings is a
slippery customer, and too Wide awake
to , fall into the errors of ordinary
scoundrels. You won't find ltimdrink
i rig at the bar of a Bowery , tavern, nor
get lodging at a water side hotel in
New York.. You took your first in4,n
in• Wow York that way, did you not,
Banks ?"
‘!Yeg, sir," I replied.
6, And your second at Philadelphia,
where you had an easy bargain of him.
But this is a ditnrent matter.. Jen
nings has gone to the South,Banks?"
I am ready to follow, im, sir,"
said I. So, after some more_ necessa,
ry talk, the superintendent gave me
the information that hact come to the
ears of the government, and my In
structions and money to defray ,ex
perms, besides telling me where and
how to draw for more, and handing
me a warrant to apprehend the body
of Caleb Jennings. - properly sighed by
the Secretary , of State. Some more
help was , afforded 'me by a photo
graphicrportrait'Of the runaWay which
had been procured with great diffi.
culty, and only a very - little before,
from the artist who had kept a copy
as usual. Perhaps, we had had
the photograph to assist us half a
year back, we might have circum
vented him, for we heard afterwards
that he had twice seen and spoken
with our officers,• who took him for
somebody else.
"Well, good luck to you, Banks,"
said the superintendent at parting
"and if you wanted, which I don't
believe, any further inducement to do
your best in forwarding this impor
tant capture, I am in a position to
supply it. The. commissioner espe
cially solected.you for this duty; add.
ing,-that in the event ofAmccess, you ,
might expect your immediate promo
tion to be inspector. Now, good-bye,
and don't fail to bring Jennings back
with you."
So I went. I did not disguisefrom
myself, as I steamed over to New
York, that a difficult business lay be
fore me. My two former trips across
the Atlantic, although they only gave
me a sight of two Northern cities,
had taught me that America differed
from Englar.d by long chalks, and
that there was still less likeness be
tween North and South than between
the Old Country and the New. I
cannot pretend to much book know
ledge, though 1 improve my mind
when I have a chance, but I had talk.
ed to Americans a good deal, and read
many of their newspapers,, and kept
eyes and ears open; and I knew pret
ty well that, down South, the law was
less respected than elsewhere, that
duels and street rows, and stabbings,
and gougings, and shootings, were on
ly too plenty, and human life valued
at a very low figure ; and that show
ed the cunning of Jennings in taking
his precious sett fi , nd hiiv"ill-gotten
cash down South, instead of staying,
as all the uneducated scamps did,
among the whisky shops and fourth
rate boarding houses of the seaports.
He knew, Jennings did, how much
tougher would be the work of any of
ficer to ferret him out, and bring him
back, if he were to pat thousands of
miles of rail and river, and unhealthy
climates, and lawless places, betwixt
him and the usual landing place for
passengers from England. Besides,
in the Slave States, where people's
tempers are hot and peppery, the
odds were fifty to one that a British
er would never be suffered to make a
capture. It would be resented as an
insult to the States, and I should be
likely to get a leaden pill adminis
tered to me by some native boon-com
panion of the forger. I did not lose
heart when I thought over all this,
but I determined I would be cautious,
and not burn my fingers if I could
help it. I went from New York to
Norfolk, in Virginia, not that it was
believed the man was there, because
he had been heard of in Nashville,
Tennesee, at a later date; but because
it was better to track him regularly, -
and rake up every scrap of informa
tion against a rainy day. This is in
deed a maxim of profession, never to
neglect trifles. Nothing is a trifle to
those who have patience and wit to
use it. I've known an old button, a
torn envelope, a worn out slipper,
serve to bring a rogne to justice when
all else had failed.
From Norfolk, having picked up
what little I could, I went' off into
Tennessee, to Nashville town. Well,
JenaingS had been there. Not tinder
his own name: ho was not such a
greenhorn as that. At Norfolk he
had been called Mr. Smith ; and at
Nashville he was Captain Williams.
These changes of name would have
thrown me clear off of the scent, but
for the portrait. I showed the pho
tograph to a negro waiter at one of
the principal hotels, and says he:—
"llat's IN.laSsa Cap. Williams."
This black remembered Williams,
or rather Jennings, because he bad
won a lot of dollars at billiards, and
chucked Pompey a five dollar piece
out, of his winnings. But though . I
heard of his destination, and made
out that he had gone west to Little
Rock,. in. Arkansas State, I was : less
lucky when I followed him there I
was six days in Little Bock before I
could hear the least" word 'of news
about him; and as f do not want to
make myself out a cleverer person
than what I am, nor a more knowing
'one, I freely own that I found myself
thoroughly out in my estimate of the
difficulties of my search. You see, I
had heard the Yankees were very in
quisitive, never at rest till they had
wormed out a stranger's buSiness;
and quite true, so they are; but they
forget almost as quick as they learn,
seeing they have . oo real interest in
-the matter, but just ask qOestions be-
TuuSq-it is their habit, and talk they.
must. So it came about, that when,
in any American . city or village, I
went high and low to trace out my
shy customer, the work Was like hint
ing, for a necele hay•staCk.
Often and often did I sigh to be in
one of those nice little market towns,
at home in England, where the dogs
sleep;:all :day on the pavements, and
,the tradesmen look at one another
over the half doers' of their Shops.-• .
Those are the places in which to in
quire about., a man in hiding. A
stranger` can't go into them without
I:setting - . 50 tongues gossipping; house.
(maids cleaning door steps, ehop=boYa
and their masters, nurses ; children,
old ladies, boys and . rnen lounging at
corners, all remark the strange ,face,
:But in America, with all the curiosity
of the American people, so many
thousand queer persons come and ge,
that they pass out of sight and out
of memory at once, and especially is
this'the casein the West i and 'South,
and a pretty source of trouble it pro
ved. to me. •
Six days I wasted in Little. Rock,
and then, after all, it was the stoker
of a steamboat from whom I gleaned
fresh news. This man had come up
from the river side to see his ,sweet
heart and, he reported Jennings to be
living under his own , name at, diem.
phis KO° Columbian Hotel..: shp-,
pose the rascal thought,
,after taking
so many aliases, his own name was
as safe as.any other fora bit. How
ever, quick as I was in hurrying to
Memphis, I found that Jennings. was
gone; indeed, the landlord had;for
gotten •his personal appearance, and
could-only say that he was tallish and
dark, which he was; Jult as for his be
ing, the original of the portrait,
i he
could not say, nor could the waiters,
though Ote,bar-keepor was ready to
swear. to it. Off I went right up the
river to Cincinnati, in pursuit of Jen
nings. At Cincinnati, I lost him a
gain, then I saw his name acciden
tally in a steamboat office; went after
him to Chicago, and then to Buffalo,
and then to London, Canada West;
and the end of my wild goose chase
was, that just as I felt sure of victory,
I came up with this Jennings, but he
was not my-' Jennings. He turned
out to be a corn dealer, an honest
townsman of London, Canada West,
two inches taller than the absconded
cashier, and no more like him than I
was. Here was a blow to my hopes.
I was fairly at my wits' end. I had
to draw for money and had nothing
to show for what I bad spent, but the
fact of my having traveled over an
immensity of land and water. I de
clare I could have cried with vexa•
tion, as I turned from the corn deal•
er's door. Nor was my sorrow, I as
sure you, all selfish. Of course, I
knew my reputation was at stake,
nod prothetitin to an inspectorship
too; but that was not all : we detec
tives have a real pride and pleasure
in being, in a sense, the protectors
find helpers of the honest part of the
, community, and I hate a rogue to get
off snot free—it doeS so encourage
other rogues.
At New Orleans, 1 found a letter
from the superintendent, bidding me
keep a good heart, and never slacken
my endeavors; for the joint stock
company that had been defrauded
were most anxious and resolute to
spend anything to effect the arrest of
their treacherous servant. It was
not merely out of revenge, not yet
for the nineteen thousand pounds,
though that is a vast arnount of mon
ey; but there were papers among
those he had gone off with that had
been merely deposited with the bank,
title-deeds, of estates, vouchers, and
what not, and no , cost was too great
to get them back. The superintend
ent would send another officer to help
me, if I chose. I didn't choose. Af
ter all this baffling and winding, tho't
1, I will run my fox to earth, if I grow
gray in searching lbr him. If he is
in America, I'll find him. Indeed, I
tried very hard to' do so. I spent
months in the chase, and to recount
all my wanderings would be tedious.
Here I got a clue; and I followed it
for a time, and then it broke short
off. And at another place I would
get a fancied inkling of my man's
whereabouts, and find out somebody
who was evidently in hiding, and get
within arm's length of the person,
and find him a suspicious-eyed, slink•
ing stranger. Bless you f Jennings
was not the only rogue hiding him
self in the South. And now New Or
leans,-,whielt had been deserted ever
since summer brought the yellow fe
ver, - began - to be full - to ov erflowi
I went there, now that -the healthy
cold wind,—tho nother as they call
it—bad taken to blowing, and the
people were crowding it) for their
winter's gaiety. I had a notion jen.
.nings might fbe there; there were so
'many as bad as he, and . worse, and I
knew New Orleans attracted all the
scamps in the country; but though I
believe 1 Want into, every bar and bil
liard room, .and cafe and gambl
ing
house in that -profligate eity,:neVer
glimpseof Jennings could I get.; He,
had !been.a wild fellow in England-- 7 -
on the sly, of course; for he .was
finished hypocrite, .and his masters
had thought such a pious ; modest, in-:
dustrious young Man didn't live as.
their model cashier. This was why ,
I looked for him in, the hauhts: of gay
folks. But I did not see him, could
not hear of him; and began to despair.
I was at Vicksburg, on the Mississippi,
by mere accident. I had been up to
St. Louis inconsequence of quite false
information, and i . on my return from
that idle errand, the boat; .had run
aground two - miles above Vicksburg.,
Nobody was the worse except for the.
delay; and we all had to sleep at that
place asthe best we might.' Knowing
the tastes of Jennings,l always went
'to flash first chop. hotels, as the like
liest wherein to bear of hurl; . but on
this; day I found the Chief eetablish
tnent'crowded and went to a decayed
second-rate hotel, kept.by a snuffy old
;Frenbh creole. It-was evening, and
though the American 'called, it cool,
I found it-warm enough to . make it
pleasant to sit by an open window in
the - big dining saloon, where I could
enjoy my.brandy cobler and cigar in
peace,
Most iluckily; there was a big screen
of stamped , and gilded Spanishdeath-
or which cut my slice of the'room off
from the rest; and shut me up as com.
pletely as if I had been in a box of
one of our own 'old taverns in the city
of London* I had got but half: way
through my 'glass of delicious iced
beVerage,—and why - they are not as
common at home. I do not know=
when in came two • young men, and
sat down at a distant 'table, and call
ed for refreshments, which the black
waiter brought them. I took a peep
at them through the screen. I had
never seen them before. But from
what they said I guessed them to be
overseers of plantations somewhere
up the country; or one might have
been. an -overseer, and the other a
bookkeeper. Believing them Selves to
be alone, they began to talk very l'ree
ly: They
,talked of New Orleans,
and gambling, and' 'duels, and con.
quests over the fair sex, and the like
profitable discourse, and then of ne
groes; crops, and cotton, till I nearly
dropped asleep. And yet. I listened.
You see I made it my duty to - -listen,
for, who knows! queer things do come
out Somotimeo: . At last one young
fellow began to rally the other about
his being'wnitten' with,a certain Miss
Linwood, the daughter of a ,planter,
WHOLE NO. 047.
which the other laughingly denied
"Kate Linwood is pretty enough,'
said he; "but it' little Kitty cares for
any body, it's- for Rarvey. Vaughan."
"What ! that naval fellow—second
lieutenant 'of the Tresputius frigate,
ain't he 7" yawned the other,
" Yes" said the overseer. "A good
looking chap enough, and no non
sense about him ; but he'll find him
self cut out when he returns from
his cruise. Old!Linwood swears his
daughter sikall take that new over
seer of hisJor better for worse, tho'
the girl hatesJ.he skunk; and quite
right too."
"Is that the fellow," asked the oth
er, "that Linwood hired when Bill
Brown cut the place?"
"The idential individual," was the
answer. "He's flush of the rhino, it
seems, and has lent old Linwood no
end of dolli.trs, on mortgage. A pre,
dons ass he rpust be, fur the Les
moilles plantation is worn out, and
every niggerlVrilo cent
_hos „been
sold at IN evi'lgOrleons. But perhaps
the scamps did it to buy pretty Kate."
"What's Ms navel A Canadian
ain't he?"
"Ile says his name's Duff, and hails
from Canada;
_hut to my mind, he has
the cut of a Britisher born—a darn,
slim chap, that shows his teeth, when
he smiles, in the funniest way possi
ble, just like a dog grinning!'
"By Jews," thought I; "that's my
man !"
Of the importance of my recent
discovery,l had very little doubt. To
be sure, it might turn out to be moon
shine, like the story of the Canada
corn dealer who had led me such a
dance through the northwest, Out I
felt pretty sure this Duff, this rich
overseer, was no other than the run
away cashier. And very sharp o.
Jennings too, very sharp and clever;
to adopt a regular calling, and a call
ing so popular in the South as
that of the overseer, was a stroke
of which a great many poor rogues
would have been incapable. But to
get a hold on his insolvent employer,
marry the dinkrhter of the house,and
become a landholder in due time, al•
lied to a respectable family—that was
about the most prudent thing he could
have done. How could lie guess I
should ever be siting in the hotel at
Vicksburg, listening to the talk of
those lads ? It was by mere accident
the boat grounded, by mere accident
that the other houses were filled, and
yet see how it checkmates all his ex
cellent precautions!
When the yming men were gone, I
slipped out, and made inquiries, in a
guarded- way. Lesmoines plantation
and Mr. Linwood- First, one couldn't
tell me; then another thought the
estate was down stream a hundred
miles ; next, 1 was roundly asked
what I wanted to know for, and
whether I was a tarnatiOn thief of an
abolition spy,. wanting, to. steal away
'ffiggerS. 13utI pretended I was trav
eling fOr'a Manchester house, and hatl
some bOok debts to look up. I heard
at lehgth that the Lesineines proper
ty lay but* ,a little distance from the
river, Infra by a.tow n called Princeton
which is hnilt on the bank of the
streath, just at the angle 'w here, three
Statemeet. Those three States are
Louisiana„ Mississippi and Arkansas.
I dare say it pleased Jennings all the
bette'r on that account,
.increasing as
it did the chances of escape. .
lost no time in going up to Prince
ton and there I put up at a litte board-
house kept by a Swiss, and where
foreigners mostly lodged. Hitherto
1 had been traveling in the printed
calico line , but now I had to sing a
different eailit. Raving partly serv
ed toy time as a lockilthh and tied-
Iteger, in my native place, years be
fore, I mitered acid took up the trade
again. I bought a basketful of tools
at,Vicksburg, second hand, except one
i4o because it would nev
'er.do to have everything bran new
and bright, as if 1 were a shainsmith.
&little, oil and charcoal dust on my
hands and clothes, and I really made
up,the character very fairly, though
my old master would have started to
see me in a shabby suit
. of black, With
a swallow -tailed coat, cut for evening
wear, and a black sock but that is
Americite iashiun. I gave myself out
for an, f.' o eglish workman, seeking em
ployment, and -Who had been a twelve
th at New Urleatis. Topass, my
self, off fer a Yankee I knew to be
hopeless; in tact I had tried it, and
could imitate the twal p or so as to
impose upon those who are born to it.
Besides I was a deal too sturdy and
rilund faced, and 'Mit tall enough, for
anyone to-iinagine me New 'Beg
larder-much leSs a Southern' nian:
So I just took the character 1 have
spoken of, and which secured me from
suspicion, I was, not silly enough to
begin chattering, directly, about Les
manses plantation and the attairs. of
its proprietor. But I heard Mr. bin
wood canvassed 'more - than °lieu in
COovorsalioos I lisle 'ed, and the gee
crud opinion was,...that he was a ruin
ed mail. But what .1 - heard about
Miss Katherine, cis daughter.,_ inter.
es t e d me as good deal. There were
no two voices about, her; 'every one
said she was good and pretty, amid.
going to be sold to the new overseer,
who had got such influence over her,
weak father ; and folks mere it was
a shame. She had been, so I under
stood, regularV'eligaged to' Lieuten
ant Harvey Vititglian, of the 'United
States navy; and Ine'was absent in the
full faith that she was true to him,
and that when he came
. okek a firs'.
Lieutenant, they shoul d he married.
But, the poor young officer was like
ly to find the girl he loved the wifii of
another maw- for" Duff or Jennhigs
could twist old - Linwood around- his
finger, Ile .had
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.y—a most unusual thing for over:
ieers. to do—but people guessed he
had the cash by some specuiation or
gambling hazzard. The land of Lee
amines was veil, but mostly exhaus
ted; there was plenty of virgin ground
yet that grew nothing but weeds and
wild cane, but there were no hands to
nreak it up ; and why ! Because old
Linwood, a self indulgent, careless.
person, with a test for cards and tier
et, had gradiially sold off all hie best
slaves to pay d• bts of honor and
pressing bills, and could hardly get
on at all. In this reckless, ruinous
course he had been encouraged by his
two last overseers, who had lined
their pockets with their share of the
purchase. money, having been COM
tititiSiOUGO to manage the sale of the
held hands at, New Orleans City.—
Everybody saidthat Duff was playing
a stir bolder game, slice by marry
i rig his Ili aster's only child,che was sure
to be owner of Lesmoines one day :
and a vigorous owner might restore
the property to its original value.—,
All people agreed that Kato Linwood
detected Duff, and loved the absent
lieutenant, but that her father who
was a violent man, for all his easy
ways about money had terrified beg
into a reluctant conseet..
It took me a fortnight, or more, to
make out even this conarmatinn of
the news I had picked up at Vicks
burg ; and sharp as my watch was,
I never could get a glimpse of the de
signing overseer. Ile never came in
to town at all. He had friends in
Princeton, or perhaps I should say as
sociates, who now and then rode out
to Lesmoines; but for a month or
more he had not been seen in the
place. I could guess why. He had
his suit to press and his influence to
keep up. At last I heard a day had
been actually fixed for wedding, Im
patience is a poor quality in moat vo
cations, but it is fatal to the useful-'
ness of a police officer. Still I got im•
patient. I strolled to the boundary
of Lesmoines estate twice over, and I
was almost tempted to talk to the
poor old negroes that were hoeing or
rail mending, but I luckily let them
alone; I say luckily, because a Brit
isher, even plain workman, cannot
speak to a black field hand without
drawing on himself Suspicion and
will. But just as I was getting weary
of waiting, and ready to run some
risk, chance stood my friend. Into
the town came riding, on a tall
bay horse, a dark slim well-looking
chap, genteelly dressed, and wearing
a painting straw hat for the sun. I
was in the verandah of the boarding
house smoking, but directly I clapped
eyes on the horseman, a sort of flut
ter ran through me, and I felt as nerv
ous as a young girl when she sees.
her sweetheart corning towards the
house in Sunday clothes, Down I
went into the garden, among the
thick magnolia and coffee bushes, and
peep out through the branches that.
screened me nicely-. The man rode
closely by the palings; I whipped out
the photograph from the pock
et where 1 kept it, opened the case,
and campared the portrait titritli the
rider. Yes, it was Duff, alias Jenn
lugs : I was sure it was; and yet he
was so much browner and older look
ing I half doubted, and the Panama
hat made a difference. I slipped out
and followed. He rode about town . „,
to the saddler's, for a whip lash, and',
to talk about a set of new girths; then:
to a general store, to order matters,
for the negroes- Osnaberg cloth, ba
con, and so forth; and next he went
to the tailor's. Off he got, tied up his
horse to one of the white wooden pil
lars of the piazza, and went - in. I ,
gums he was ordering his weddiug
clothes. A fine time he was about it.
At last he (lame out, adjusting his
gloves---he was desperate dandy—and
took hold of the reins of his. horse,.
untied the knot in them, and leisure
ly mounted. As he did so, something'
tickled his fancy, and he smiled, a ve - -
yy peculiar dog smile, that curled - up
his lips and showed his teeth queerly.
Often had I heard of that look in Jen
nings, and my heart leaped, for I knew
then for certain he. was the right mom-
He never observed me, but rode to a
few more stores, and. I lounged after
him, with my hands in my pockets,
and a careless sap a ter. It was a funny
thiug. the absconded cashier of the
Bank riding like a lord through
Princeton streets, and myself stroll
ing a lt e r him, with my face as stupid
as a young yokel's at a fair. By and
by, I saw him riding up to the very
boarding house where I lodged, and I
drew near too, and out came the land
lord, amid talked to Mei. The land
'
lord spies me out; and helloes and
beekOns, and up I sauntered.
"Glad I've found YOU, 13Unks," says the
Swiss; "you'd, have lost a jib else, for
here's a gentleman' inquiring for a lock.
smith."
You must know there were only two
locksmiths in town, a German and me.—
The German was a sad drunkard,.. in, U.;
quor half the week, and just then I knemi
he could not have held his head up. if the
President had wanted hum... I Was* there.
lore :.ardly surprised ; but it being Jenn
ings that required my servicosi I was
more pleased than I chose to show.
Jennings looked at me with a sort of
superfine. haughty air, He had caught
up the feeling of contempt with which
"mean whites" are regarded in the South.
"Ah. you're a loeksinith, my man ?" says
he, cutting at the coffee bushes with his
long-lashed whip., •
Now, if I had been passing fbr a 'rano
kee, have.given my, reply as saucily'
as the question ,was asked, but being
known for an Englishmari,l put up a fore
fingei to my hat, and answered "Yep,
sir; can:l do anything for you? • quits
civil. ' '
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