rf tti t it Er
mmaaceixtutt34.Ertac=v3.
Neatly anti Promptly EXeculed, ut the
ADVERTISER OFFICE, LEBANON, PENN'A
Tula establishment la now supplied with an extensive
ammortment of JOII TYVk, which will he increased ne the
patronage tioninutle. It can now turn out PRINTING, of
every description, in a neat and expeditious manner—
and on very reasonable terms. such as
rimphlets, Checks,
Bitlimas Cards, Handbills,
Circnlars, Labels,
Bien Readings, Blanks,
Programmes, Bills of Fare,
/imitations, Tickets. &c., Ore.
'Fir Toinibis of all kinds. Common and Judgment. Dosna.
tehnol ansticome, Constables' and other IrLAOK9, printed
eorreffill, and neatly on the beet paper, constantly kept
ror sate at this office, at prices "to suit time times."
'PO ffilltscrlptlon price of the LEBANON ADYkI4TIEVER
Ono Dollar and o Dian Yew.
Address, WM. M. Daman, Lebanon, Pa.
Out• Lats at Private Sale:
WILL be sold nt Private Sale,
8 ACRES OF LAND,
satiated In Long Lane, near the borough line, in Corn
wall township. It adjoins the land or Widow Fulmer,
on the North, Win.Atkinsand.lohnKrauseon the Haat.
There Is a one story LOG HOUSE, weather boarded,
erected oil the hind, end n good WELL m the garden.—
The land lino fine stones the quarries. This tract will
snake a nice home for a email fondly.
ea. It la free from Ground Rem. Good title will be
given, ADAM
N. 13,—Tbis tract is new covered with tine vita, half
of which will be given to the purchaser.
Lebanon, Jane le, lean,
A RARE CHANCE.
H. HEIM. Offolll hie lien known I'HOTOtIItAPHIC
J
EISTAHLHiIIStr.N't for Pula. Ti orongli Instroc.
Coos win be Olin to Any one purchasing not acquaint
relth the toisinesa. Per partruhirecell at ble rooms,
In A. Hlea's billeting. [Lebanon, March 20 '61.-2in.
Private Sale.
Trite Subscriber offers ai. private rale all that certain
I farm or tract of land, situate partly In Pinegroso
'township, Schuylkill connty, rind partly in Bethel town.
Lebanon county, bounded by hinds of Eck
on and Oultord, Benjamin Aycrigg, Daniel
Donbartnndothern,containingone hundred and <itl
torty-eight acres anti a quarto'', with ur
consisting of a two story ing dwelling house.
(weather boarded) a 1% 'Miry log dwelling !intim!, a hew
tank bnrib other tint• nilidings. and a new water power
saw 111111. For terms, kn., widen will be tool, Apply to
U. W. MATCHIN, Agent.
Pinegrovo, April '2O, 1859.-tf.
Arational Muse.
N 4 qUrIl r, CORN NH or inaok tond nod ollford Streßs
NORTH LEBANON, PENN'A.
To TIIK
• 1101 all ye thirsty come nnil drink. for Mee cool
mineral water, the choicest vintage. nail the purest malt
liquorr grove my bar. And ye hungry come and eat, ns
Var table le loaded with the most entodantlal furs, and
the rlcheet dollcaties of the eeneon crown my board—
Coma man And best; my house is always open to the
stranger and the Melia, and for animals the beet of pro.
veinier, flue stabling, and attentive hostlere, are ever
really at my stable's,.
Yetuu,.Respectfully,
North Lebimen,Sept.l4, 11.81..iltit 'BOLTZ.
ToWn Jots at Private Sale.
ti , m4 etlibeerltrai Ofibre for sale his the 3 ACRE LOT
OV (MOUND, on the old Sorry FOWL near the Quit
tapablita, in this borough. There is no handrointo lot
in Mk leealltfeikn this one. It will be sold to suit
the tittlee. POmento easy. Apply to
Lebanon, Seitl,!`26, 'GO SAMUEL lIARBESON.
Books and Stationery
pot non,
~-,. AND
TEACHIMIS' HEADQUARTERS!
(..;101010,074. wramum,
Itifig REMOVED
-
mu , removal his Book Store to Market Square, Lel anon,
WilEltt: may Oa had, on rennouable terms a general
areortinene of,Soaoot SUNDAY S.ellefe„ Tetetee.
leA4 3111Petl.I.ANFOU8 110(;KS of every description.
Gony-Hooks,Cypherlog Gooks, lentlwr awl paper hound
Pam nooks, and every, variety of STATIONERY,
vrholeaolo uud rani!.
WINDOW SHADES.
A large Of variety Plain, Fancy, Goff, Green, Gilt, Ac.
r.A.PER. SHADES.
Nrat,Potteros, Plain, Gratin, Moo and Gilt, AlllO the
Intuit. and elmpleet
STYLES OF FIXTURES.
Or. CAW., AND EXAMINE. ifit,
Lebanon, September 27,1860. .
AR.S..ERERE. • OESSAMAN. D. E. LOEG,
Now Firm.
Cheap Cash Store,. and. Milling and
Grain &Sinus.
undersigned having formed o partnership in the
1 MBRADA STILLS, MILLING AND °FAIN BUSI
NESS, would respectfully Invite the attention of the
'public to their estahlishmonts. They will conthie to
keep, et the late dead of SIINIIK k LONG, ullloBt com
plete stock of till kinds of GOODS molly kept in a
country store, which they will retail Cheap for CALM,
or COUNTRY enootrom, They also want to buy for
cash
60,000 Buehals.of WHEAT,
4O,OClO'Bushels of RYE.
2000 Bushole of CORN,
OMB Bushels of OATS.
Per wblehlhey Trtil pay the hit,host Market Prices.—
'They will also take GRAIN OR STORAGE. The will keep
always on hatlefasiil fell at the lowest prices, CtlA L, by
the Boat Load iw.by the Toe; all lauds of MILL FRED,
PLABTBIL.,fre.
4 They solicit the business of all their old friends
and the public, and will endeavor to deal on such h-
Val and Jost princip lesBllsßK, ae wilO r. l Fi SBAMANve satiarac&
LONG .ticti to aIL
North Lebanon, March 13,1891.
PUOTOGRAPIIIS.
HldLLo,ltetsy; where are you going that you are
dressed up no t
Attro—.l ate going to .1, H. KRIM in Adam Rise'sßuild
lag to have my Likruess token.
OWL—Why do yon go to Kelm and not to one of the
.they room* to have it taken!
.401....119cnnan Pictures are sharpereclerwrr
wad More truthful than others and nearly everybody
Bass to him, ,
Ques,—Can you tall in. why his pictures are superior
to others? •
Ans,—Tes I he bad 9 years practice, and haseaperlor
Cameras, and all his other fixture? are of the most im
proved kind.
Quel.—What kind of Pictures does be take?
Ans.—He taker Amturotypea, and Melainotypes, of all
sires and superior finish and Photographs, from the
timeliest up to Life Size. Plain and Colored in Oil. He
takes all eases Photographs from Daguerreotypes of tie
seamed persons and has Limn colored Life like, by one of
the best Artists. Ills charges are reaeonable and his
rotannave open every day(exeept Imlay) from 8 o'clock,
A. M. to 0, P. 31, Don't forget,lollM'. ROOMS Is the
place yon can get the Bost Pictures. IJuly 3, 1861.
CLOCKS.
Thirty Bay,
Eight Day,
1r II I Ift y It ou r
, CLOCKS,
Just Received at
J. BLAIR'S Jewelry Store,
Lebanon Pa.
CHEAP STORE
OF
RAUCH & LIGHT.
At the Corner of Clamberland Ntrief and Plank Road,
I,EBANON, PA.
assns. nAuctl 4 14N1 ll' t.,40 octvpur, hi Worm
log their friends tied the poldic . peuerully that they
eve Just 'opened a large and curernity pefret,g ' , mo n.
ivi•
meat of
DItY GOODS,
antic. nz GS,
.
. Off P:IINBDiA ILE. Ate..
to which they respectfully Invite the, attention of the
public, Their .
DRY GO ODS,
have all been selected with the greatest care from the
largeet Importing ifousea to Philadelphia.
GROCERIES, •
A large stock of cheap Sugars, Colleen, Teas, Chocolate,
bad all Muds of Spices. diso,m (Urge (madam:a of
•
QUEENSWARE,
015104 Which eye tips newest patterns, together with ale
most au Atuilow. variety pf Goods In their line of bush
zees, which wilt he sold veil , finagler cash, or Countty
rroduce taken In . flaßilange.
,BAGSI BAGS!! BAGSH - 1
.
Thaiatiteittion of Millers and farmers is directed to
their large Week of BAGS, which they will sell at
wholesale prices.
October 17, 18601 R . AUCII h LIGHT.
RIIJYT WI. I D.1.71.1m
ATTORNEY•AZLAW.—Offico In emoburhintl street,
in th e °Mee of his falter, Usu. itimnu.
Lebanon, August 78, 1861.
J. it. BOWMAN,
A I I'NEX-AT•II,AVV, 1180 REMOVED Ilk mac( ) 01
irtknok's New Buitalug, (second atory,)Cumberland
Jaratit t Lebanon. 'B l
Lebanon, APO' 1050.
..._......._ _ .____ _
CYRUS I'. MILLER,
AMR y.4 , 1,7`-L A 14.-office hi Walontat rack, near.
ly opposite the Buck Hotel, ittiti two doors oath
from Kemeny's Hartlivers store.
Leblown, March 23, 1861.—1 y.
P
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AS BRANC
E XEECILITED In the beet style known in the art, at
C. U CRANE'S GAI,LNKY,
632 Arch Stroot,•Eact of Sixth,
im I,ADRLP W
_Life Size in' 011 a n d Pastil,
STEREOSCOPIC FORTH A ITS, -
ABIBRoTYPES, DAGUERXOTTPES, itc•
Tor Cruse, Methilitone, Pi n e. airj
lu e &c,
Just, 19,1880. '
SUN 1.; ttl BR SI, S, Parasols, .rlott and fine; Skeleton
Skirls, Dusters, Shawls, and le variety of other
Mod* for ladtes,,Just received and for We cheaPer than
4hs Ontspeet by ILaNRX 4 STINE,
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They give strength and volume to the voice.
They Impart a delicious aroma to the breath..
They are delightful to the Mato.
They are ninths of simple herbs and cannot harm anyone.
I narks every one who has a Cough or a Husky voice
or a but Ureatit, or any difficulty of the Throat, to get
a load:age of my Throat Colib.ctlons. they will relieve
you instantly. and you will agree with me that "tiler
go right to the spot," Von will find them vett ,useful
and pleasant while traveling or attending public meet
ings Ibr stilling ; our Cough oralki ing your thirst. If
you try one package I am safe hi saying that you will
ever afterwards consider them indlepeusible. You will
Soil theta nt the Druggiats•and Dealers in Medicines.
PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
My eignature is on each package. All others art
counterfeit.
A Package will be sent by Mall, prepaid, on receipt of
Thirty Cents.
Address,
HENRY C. SPALMING,
No. 48 CEDAR STREET, NEW YORK.
•
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wv - CURE es
Nervouslleadache
CURE it
idll4ls
Headache.
By the age of these Mills the periodic attacks of IVO
vans 077 . Headache may be prevented and if taken
ftt ,the commencement of an attack Immediate relief
from pain and skit' ItesA will he obtained.
They Hellion' fail in removing theffeasea and Head
ache to which Ilanales sre so suiqest.
They act gently upon the boweis,—removing COS
TIVENR,sS,
Far LUERATIT MEN. STUTIENTS„ 'Delicate Females,
and all persons of SFIDENTAitY lIAUITS. they are
valuable an a LAXATIVE, Improving the APPETITE,
giving TONE awl ViiioE to the digestive oraana. and
restoring the natural elasticity and strength of the
Whole sYstem.
The PI I Ain PlLT.S i gre the result of long ell
ligation and ran:fully tel experiments, having
been in we limy yearn. duritig :4[04 time they have
prevented and relieved a vast lunouht of pain and mut
tering from Headache, whether originated in the nCI ,
vouv system our from n deranged state of the shimark.
They aro entirely vegetablein th:ir composition, mid
may be taken out all times with perfect safety without
making any change of diet, and the absence of any ilia
agreeable taste renders it easy to administer them to
children.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS'
The gen nine have Rye !signatures of Uenry C. Spalding
on each Box.
Sold by Druggists ant ell other Dealers in Medicines.
A Dux will he sent by mall prepaid on receipt of the
PRICE 25 CENTS.
All orders should be addreesed.to
HENRY C. SPALDING,
.t Ceder Street, New:York.
TILE FOLLOWING ENDORSEMENTS OF
SPA_LDING'S
CEPHALIC PILLS,
WILL OONVIROE ALL WHO STIFFER FROM
11121141 EL,
THAT A
SPEEDY AND SURE CURE
IS WITHIN THEIR REACH.
4111 the-le Testimonials were unsolicited by Mr. SPAI.DItfiI
They afford unquestionable proqf the efficacy
of this truly scientific discovery.
Meaonville, Coen., Feb. 5, 11851
Mr. Spalding..
Sir:
I have tric&your Cephalic Pine, and I like them ci
wed that I want you .to send me two %.ollars wo: 11
more.
Part of these are *mate neighbors, to whom I ge ✓
n few out or the first box I got from you.
Send the Pills by nintlantl oblige
Your ob't Soma, •
JAMES KENNEDY
Ilaverford, Pa, Feb. 6, 1861
Mr. Spalding.
Sir:
I wish you to send me 000 more box of you Oepbe I,
Pills, I have received a great deal of benefit from the o
purs,xespectfully,
MARY ANN STOIKII.OIISE.
Spruce Creok, Huntingdon Ca, Pa.,
January 18,160.
C. Spalding.
Sir:
You will pleoso mud me two boxes of your Ceplisl I
Pills. Sent them immediately.
itespectitilly yours,
JOIIN SIMONS.
P. S.— . l have need one box of your ruts, mid fit t
Nero excellent.
'Bello Vernon, Ohio, „Tan.ls, 1561.
•
flenry C. Spalding Esq.,
Please find Inclosed ttcentytire cents, for which eon
me another f>ttx of your Cephalic Pills. They are
the best Pills I save ever tried.
Direct A. STOVER, I'. M.
Belle 'Vernon, R•yaudot Co., O.
Beverly, Mass., Dpe.ll, 1860
If. C. Spalding, Esq..
- I wish fur 140)111P circulars or large show bills, to twin .._
your Cephalic NEW more particular] r before my oust.
niers. If you have anything of the kind, *ale see
to ins.
One of my customers, who is subject to Severe Sic c
Hem ache, (usually looting two daym) was cured of a i
Mina ill one hour by your Pills, Which J sent her.
liespeotfully yours
H. WILKES.
'Reynoldsburg, Franklin Co., Ohio,}
January gi 1861..
•
Mori C. Spalding,
No. 48 Cedar at., N. Y.
Dear Sir:
Inclosed Rod twenty-live cents, (45,) for which son I
box of "Cephalic Pills" Send to address of ltev. Wn
C. Fitter, Reynoldsburg, Franklin Co, Ohio.
Your Pills work like a charm—cure Li eadache a.
TriOst Instanter.
Trhly yours,
WM. C. FILLER.
star A sin& bottle of SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE
w ill save ten times its cost annually...it*
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SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE!
SAVE TILE PIECES I
ECONOMY I DISPATCH I
AEA" "A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE."'
AS accidents will happen, even in well regulated fam
ilies . It is very desirable to have some cheap mid conve
nient way ter repairing Furniture. Toys, Crockery, &c.
SPALDING'S IREPARED GLUE
meets all " u ` ll emergencies. and no household can af
ford to be without it. It is always ready, and up to
the sticking point.
"USEFUL IN EVERY HOUSE."
N. lI.—A Brush accompanies each Bottle. Price, 25
cents. Address,
lIENRY C. SPAM:MSG,
No. , tit CEDAR Street, Now-Yorit,
CAUTION.
As certain unprineipied persons are attempting to
palm off on the unsuspecting public, imitations of my
PRP:PARED GLUE, I would cautinn all persons to ex
amine before purchasing, and ace that the full name,
'tm. SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE, -VA
is on the outside ; all others are swindling
^ounterfaitm. [March 6,1861.
LEBANON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1861.
ettrive Itetrg.
XISSING
Not among the suffering. wounded ;
Not among the praretul deed;
Not among the prisoners. "lirtisatwe
That wee all the message wdd.
Yet hts mother re,Ld it over,
Until through her painful tears
Finks the dear name Ole has called him
For these two-and twenty years.
Bound her all is peace and plenty
Bright and elenn the yellow floor ;
While the morning glories cluster
All around the kitchen door.
Soberly the sleek o'd house-eat
Drowses in his patch of sun ;
Neatly shinee the oaken dresser,
All the morning's work is done
Through the window conies the fragrance
Of a sunny harvest morn,
Pragment songs from (lista nt reaper;
And 'the rustling of the corn;
And the rich breath or the garden—
Where the eolden meisus lie;
Where the blushing plume ere turning
All their red cheeks to tke sky.
Sitting there within the sunshine—
Leaning in - her easy chair;
With soft lines upon her forehead,
And the silver in her hair—
Blind to sunshine—deed to fragrance—
On that royal harvest morn ;
Thinking. while her heart is weeping,
Of her noble-browed first born.
Bow be left her in the Spring-time,
With his'young heart full of flame,
With his clear and ringing footstep,
With his lithe and supple frame.
How with tears Ida eyes wore brimming
As be kissed a laet "Good-bye,"
Yet she beard him whistle gayly
As be went across the rye.
Missixo I Why should he be missing?
lie would fight until he fell,
And if wounded, killed or pris'aer,
&me one there would he to tell:
AliSsma I Still a hope to cheer her ;
Safe,,trimaphant, he may come,
With the victor-army shouting,
With the clamor of the drum!
So through all the days of Autumn—
In the ere and in the morn—
She will hear his quickening footsteps
n'the rustling of tho corn. •
Or she will hush the household,
While her heart goes•leapiog high,
Thinking that she hears Lim Whistling
in the pathway through the rye.
* i * * s * * *
Far away, through all the Autumn,
in a lonely, lonely glade—
In the dreary dimolatlon
Thut the battle storm bath made;,
With the rust upon his musket—
In the eve al , cl in the morn— ,
In the rank gloom of the fern leaves
Lies her noble browett first born.
MistEtianeintz.
THE MYSTERIOUS WIDIW,
During the summer of 1814, the
British had not only laid claim to all
that portion of the district of Maine
lying east of the 'Penobscot, but Ad
miral Griffeth and Sir John Sher
broke, the latter being then Governor
of Nova Scotia, had been sent with a
heavy force to take possession and
had occupied the town of Castine,
which place commanded the entrance
the Penobscot river. Shortly after
the arrival of the English squadron,
Commodore Tucker had been sent
around to Penobscot to protect the
American coasters there, and while
the British sailed up Castine he lay
With his vessel at Thomaston.
It was a schooner that the old Com
modore commanded, but she was - a
heavy one, well armed and manned;
and that she carried, the true Yankee
grit upon her decks the enemy had
received from them, too many proofs.
On the 28th of August a messenger
'came with the intelligence that the
: British frigare was comingdown from
Castine to. take hiin. Tucker knew
that the British feared him and that
Sir John Sherbrooke had . offered a
large reward for his capture.
When the Commodore received the
intelligence, his vessel was lying at
one of the low wharves, where he
would have to wait nearly two hours
for the tide to set him off; but he
hastened to have everything-prepa
red, to get off as soon as possible, for
he had no desire to meet the friga-te.
The schOoner'S keel was just cleared
from the mud and one of the men had
been sent upon the wharf to cast off
the bow line, when a wagon, drawn
by one horse ' came rattling down to .
the spot. The driver, a rough look
ing countryman, got out upon the
wharf, and then assisted a middle
aged lady from the, vehicle. The la.
dy's first inquiry was for Commodore
Tucker. He was pointed out to her
and she stepped upon the schooner's
deck and approached him.
'Commodore,' Cilio asked, 'when do
you sail from here.'
'Right off, as soon as possible, mad
am.' •
'Oh, then, I know you will be kind
to me,' the lady urged in persuasive
tones. 'My poor husband died yes
terday, and I wish to.carry his corpse
to Wiscasset, we belong, and
where his parents will take care of it:
'But my good woman, 1 shan't go
to Wiseasset.'
'lf you will land me at the mouth
of the Sheepseot I will ask no more.
I can easily find a boat there to take
me up.'
'Where is the body,' asked Tucker.
'ln the wagon,' returned the lady,
at the same time raising the corner•
of her shawl to wipe away the Bath.
ulna tears. .
'I have a small sum of money with
me, sir, and you shall be paid foryonr
trouble.'
qut, tut, woman, if I accommodate
you, there won't be any pay about it.'
The kind hearted old 'Commodore
was not the man to refuse a favor,
and though he liked ,not the bother
of taking the woman and her strange
accompaniment on board, yet he could
not refuse; and when he told her he
would do as she had required, she
thanked him with many tears in her
eyes.
Some of the men were sent upon
the Wharf to.bring the body on board.
A long buffalo robe was lifted up by
the'.man who drove the ;vugen, and
;beneath it appeared a neat blade cof:
fin, Some words were passed by the
seamen, as they 'bore the coffin on
board, which went to show pretty
plainly that the affair did not suit
them. It may have been but preju•
dice on their part, but yet seamen
should be allowed a prejudice once in
a while, when we consider the many
stern realities they have to encounter.
'Hush, my good men,' said the Com
modore, as ho heard their murmured
remonstrances. 'Suppose some of you
were to die away from home—Would
you not, wish'that your last remains
might be carried to. your poor pa
rents ? Come navy. now ?'
The men said no •Jitore, and ere
long the coffin was plaeol.i.n the hold,
and .the woman was,slhown to the
cabin. In less than halilitm hour the
schooner was cleared fsi,im:the wharf
and standing out from bay.
In the evening the lady passenger
came on deck, and the' Commodore
assured her that he should be able to
land. her early the nev,l.moroing. 7 -
She expressed het gratitude and sat
isfaction, and remarked that before
she retired she would like to look and
see that her huSbarid's corpse was
safe. This. was of course- granted,
and one of them lifted off the hatch
that she might go down into the
declare,' muttered Daniel Carter,
on old sailor who had the wheel, 'she
takes on dre'fully.'
'Yespoor thing,' responded Tuck
er, as he heard the woman's sobs and
groans.
cll'ye notice what'll eye she got,'
continued Carter.
'No,' said the . Commodore, 'only
that, it was swollen with tears.'
, My eyes! but they shone through,
when she stood here looking, through
the compass.'
Tucker smiled at the man's quaint
earnestness, and without further• re
mark he went clown into the cabin.
When the woman came up from the
hold, she, looked about the deck of
the schooner for a few moments and,
then went aft. There was something
in her countenance that puzzled Car.
ter ; He had been one of those who
objected to. the coffin being brought
on board, and hence he was not pre
disposed to look very favorably upon
its owner. The woman's eye ran over
the scluooner's deck with strange
quickness, and Carter eyed her sharp
ly. Soon she went to the tafrrail and
looked at the stern boat—and then
she came and stood by the binnacle
g- II
'Lookout, or you'll jibe the boom,'
uttercd the passenger..
Carter started and found that the
main sail was shivering. He gave
the helm a couple of spokes a port,
and then cast his eyes again upon the
woman whose features were _lighted
byethe binnacle lamp.
.Tank'ee ma'am,' said Dan, 'Ha, hold
on—why bless my soul, there's a big
spider right on your hair. No—not
there. Here-I'll—Ugh
This lust ejaculation Dan made as
he seemed to pull somethingirom the
woman's hair, which he threw upon
the deck with the "ugh," above men
tioned.
Shortly afterwards the passenger
went below, and ere long Tacker
came on-deck.
'Commodore,", , said' Carter, with a
remarkable detree of earnestness. in
his manner, ‘is‘the 'oman turned in
yet?'
rather think so,' said Tucker,
looking at the compass. 'Look out,
Carter! Why man s alive, you're two
Points to the southward of .your
course.
'Blow me, so I am,' said the man
bringing the helm smartly a port.—
'But say. Commodore didn't ye no
tice nothin"culiar about that 'oman?'
. _
'Why, Dan, you seem greatly in
terested about her.'
'So I atn, CommodOre; and so lam
fibout that black coffin; too. Wouldn't
it be well for you an' I to go and
overhaul it ?'
‘Pshaw! you are as seared as a child
in a graveyard.'
'No, not 'a bit of it. Just hark a
bit. That woman ain't no woman at
all.'
The' Commodore pronounced the
name of his Satanic Majesty in a
most emphatic manner.
'lt's the truth Commodore. I can
swear to it. I portended there was
a spider on her hair, and I rubbed my
hand agin her face. By Sam Hyde,
it' 'twarnt as ruff and beared as a ho
-I}-stone. You see, she told me as how
I'd let the boom jibe if 1 didn't look
out. ' I knowed there Was no woman
there and so I tried her. Call some
body to the wheel, an' let's go and
look at the coffin.'
The Commodore was wonder struck
by wliat he had heard; but, with that
calm presence of mind which made
him what he was, he sot cooly to
thinking. In a few minutgs he called
one of the men aft to relieye Carter,
and, then he went down into the cab
in to look after his passenger. The
latter had turned in and seemed to he.
snoring. Tucker returned to the deck
and took Carter aside.
'No noise, now, Carter; but follow
me as though nothing had happened.'
‘Sartin,' responded Dan.
The two approached the main hatch,
and Garter stooped to raise it, .when
his hand touched a small ball which
seemed to have been pitmed , up under
the after break of the batch.
'lt's a ball of twine,' said Dan. •
'Don't touch it, but go and get a
lantern,' replied Tucker.
Carter sprang to obey, and when
he returned a number of men had
gathered about the spot.. The hatch
was raised, lnd the Commodore care
fully picked' up the hall of twine, and
found that it was made fast to some.
thing below. lie descended to the
bold, and there he found that the
twine rap, in beneath t 54 lid 'ot tho
coffin. lie had no doubt in his mind
now that there was mischief boxed Up
before him, and he sent Carter for
something.that might answer for a
screw driver. The man soon return•
ed witka stout knife, and,the Commo
dore set to work. 1.16 worked very
carefully, however, at the same time
keeping a bright Lookout for the
string.
At length the ecrews were all out,
and the lid carefully lilted : from. its
place. •
'Great God in heaven burst from
the lips of the Commodore.
'By Sam Hyde ?' dropped like a
young thunder clap from the lips of
Dan, • . •
kaoced it I' uttered Dan.
The two men stood tor a moment
and gazing into the coffin. There
was no dead man there, but in the
place there was material for the death
of , a score. The coffin was filled with
gun powder. and pitchwood 1 Upon
light frameweirk in the-. centre were
arranged four pistols all, flocked and
primed, and the string which entered
the coffin from without communica
ted with each.
The first, movement of the Qom me
dore was to call for water, and when
it was brought lre•dashed threcLbuck
ets (01l into the infernal contrivance,
and then he breathed more freely.
'No, no,' he uttered, as lie leaped
fromithe hold. 'No, no—my men.—
Do nothing rashly; Let me go into
cabin first. You 'may follow me.'
Commodore Tucker strode into the
cabin, walked up-to the bunk where
his passenger lay, and grasping hold
of the female dress, he dragged the
.wearer out upon the floor. There
was a sharp resiStancei and the pas.
senger drew a pistol, but it was quiek
ly knocked away=the grown -was
torn oft, and a MCIII, came forth from
the remnants of calico and linen:
The fellow was assured Chat his
whole plot- was :discovered, and at
length he owned that it had been his
plan to tarn out in the course of the
night and get hold of the ball of
twine which he had - left in a conveni
ent place; he then intended' to have
gor.e after carefully un'wind'ing the
string as he went along ; then to have
got into the boat, cut the falls, and
as the beat fell into the water, he
would have pulled smartly upon the
twine.
'And I think you know,' he contin
ued with a Wicked look, 'what would
have followed. I shouldn't have been
noticed in
way
fuss - I'd have got out
of the way with the boat and you'd
all have been in the next world in
short order. All I can say is I'm
sorry I couldn't du it.
It was with much difficulty that
the Commodore prevented his tnen
from killing the villian on the spot:
He proved, to be one of the enemy's
officers, and he was to have had a
heavy reward if he had Wet:ceded in
destroying the American . Cony rnodore
and his crew.
The prisoner was carried on deck
and, lashed
. to the main
where he was told to remain until
the vessel got into port.
'What 1 horrible death the
meant for us ?' uttered Carter.'
'Yes, he did,' sail Tucker with a
shudder.
'He belonged o to the same gang
that's been a robbing and burning
houses on the Eastern coast,' saiti one
of the men.
'Ve's;' returned the Commodore
with a nervous twitch of the muscles
about - the mouth..
A bitter curse from the prisoner
here broke upon the air, and with a
clutched fist the CoMmodore went be
low.
In the morning, when Commo
dore Tucker tame, on deck; Seguin
was in sight, upon the starboard how,
but when he looked for the prisoner,
lie was gone.
`Carter, where's the villian I lash
ed here last, night?'
'l'm sure I don't know where he is,
Commodore. Perhaps he's jumped
overboard.'
The old Commodore looked sternly
into Carter's eyes, and he saw a
twinkle of satisfaction . gleaming,
there. He hesitated a moment•—then
he turned away, and muttered to
himself:
'Well, well—l can't blame them.—
If the murderous villian's gone to
his death, he's only met a fate which
he richly deserves.. Better far that,
it . he he, than that my noble crew
were now in the ocean's. cold grave.'
PLUNDERING GOVERNMENT.
,• The questigm is often asked says
the llaiTisbiirg _Patriot and .Union,
why.do not the .ollicers of the Gov
eminent buy horses, forage, and ar
my supplies from first hands instead
of middle-men, who act as contrac
tors. 'Washington, and in fact, the
whole country, is filled, with. Commis-.
caries of Subsistence and Quarter
masters, who appear to have very
little to do, and who are well paid
for what they do. Yet, strange to
say, not a horse, bale of hay, Or bag
of oats, is purchased by one of them,
unless it comes through the hands of
a contractor. Thus, for instance, a
man receives a contract at Washing.
.ton for 1,000 head of horses, although
he has not got money. enough in , his
possession to buy the most spavined
nag that ever towed a .canal boat. or
dragged an oyster cart. He goes to
the capitalist, and either sells out the
contractor gets him to fill it. The
horses are then rushed in to the in
spector, who passes them. The fol
lowing, from the New York Tribune,
illustrates the quality of the horseS
thus foisted upon Government:
“We yesterday--spent ran hour in
the stables of Twentylourtli.s root;
'among the long rows of horses: that,
WHOLE NO. 84.8
as appears by the letters U. 8. mark
ed on the left shoulder each, hay
been purchased 'lnt. : the army. A
worse lot, of animals was never seen
(100011 t nag was the exception
mono them. Many of them were fit
only for the knacker; and many mn s i
be wholly useless until more Lbw
their cost,' has been spent upon then
in surgeon's fees In our judgment.
the whole lot would not bring twin'.
ty•five dollars apiece at auction ; and
yet the Government has paid over a
hundred for them.. We dnn't know
who is responsible for frauds 80 S(Ail
daIOUS j but if, the parties were taken
out and shot some find morning, they
would get no more than their deserts."
Now it is clearly :evident that no
man claiming to be ajtidge of horse.
flesh would pass such horses without,
smile compensititin, and in doing so
he becomes part,iceps eriminis in the
transaction.-.. ,lore is another item on
the same subject,, frout . ; , th e Hunting
don Globe
"The Horse Inspection Again. —llor
ses were rushed through on Tuesday
last, without respect to age, color or
soundness. The inspector, Air. Hen
ry Sherborne, appeared to be deter.
mined to ride over public opinion in
the most insulting manner. Be is
either no judge of a horse or a great
scamp, for a number of horses were
ferced upon the Government by his
inspection that, no man of the least
comnion sense would give $2O a head
r."
It will be understood that the prof
its have to he divided between the
Contractor, sub-contractor, the pur
chasers or agent.s, and the inspector
50 that the horses must be purchased
at a low firtire in order to leave a fair
mai-gin to be divided among so many.
The firstp-horses purchased in this
neighborhood, under a contract fin•
2,000, were good horses, and conse.
limn, try commanded - good prices,—
They underwent a most thorough in.
spect ion. The profits then were light
compared to present times, being in
this instance only about fifty dollars
a head, and horse contracts were not
so eagerly sought for. Now, howev
er, the country is overrun with horse
contractors, who buy up anything.
and everything that bears a resem
blance to a horse, and to•dav Govern
lbent owns thousands more horses
than it could apply to any practical
use, (provided they were all capable
of service,) during the nexs ten years.
Why does not Government send
out its Commissaries, who are riding
about the streets of Washington, to
parchase horses and forage out of first
hands? Certainly it' a horde of spec
ulators are to reap princely fortunes
out of this war, it is very evident that
they Will do everything in their pow
er to stretch it out till the crack of
doom, or till the blood and treasure
of the nation is exhausted. . •
SUARPSHOOTLNG
The battle at Edward's Ferrysup
plies another proof that sharpshoot
ing is the chief characteristic of this
war. Of the Calitornia regiment, the
Col. was killed, the Lieut. Colonel,
Major and Adjataut wounded, and
five Captains are dead or missing, and
two wounded. Of the Fifteen th . M.as
sachusetts Regiment, the Col.. :fed
Lieut.' Colonel were wounded, five
Captains killed and three wounded.
These two regiments Were in the
heat of battle, and suffered most se
verely. The number of killed and
wounded offieers is far out of the pro
portion to that of the privates. Ev
ery man with a sword and shoulder
atrap, who could be seen in front, or
by the side of his command, was
without doubt the common target of'
dozens of rebel sharpshooters, con
cealed in woods, underbrush, or rifle
pits, at a distance of from 200 to. 400
yards. Col. Baker was pierced with
six balls, -other officers with two or
three, and those who escaped unhurt
were grazed once or twice. It is
said that one officer was hit four
times in various parts of his uniform.
and equipMents. without personal tn.
jury. The killing or maining of all
these officers was equivalent to defeat
ing, the two regiments for the best of
soldiers, deprived of. leaders, are no
better than a flock of sheep.. In the
absence of artillery and cavalry, the
rebel sharpshooters may claim to
have won the battle of Edward's Fen.
17. How much havoc our sharp
shooters caused among the enemy,
there is no means of knowing ; but it,
is not unlikely that a large number
of their officers, too were dropped.
Against •these deadly Millie balls
there is no effective precaution .that
a brave man would wish to , adopt
Nothing bet . a complete coat of mail,
from crown to sole, could save him
from the searching bullets. A ball
proof chain armor; (ii' one coul d be
made,), ale steel-breast-plates wore
try thcr Cent (invites of Napoleon
would be of no avail: The chest
might escape, but presently presently=a ball I rom
some sharpshooter of extraordinary
skill might.eome crashing through the
head, killing on the instant, or through
the legs, crippling the'offieerarrd send
ing him off the field. Nothing but a
Aqtverin g aim can prevent the slaugh
ter of officers from being horrible on
both sides. If the position of ; an offi,
c er has its honors and privileges-, it
also. has its ' peculiar darigers-and
should not be seught by those who
have not the courage fearlessly to
meet them.
SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF TME AMERICANS.
--:—lrpeems to be a fitvorite 'pursuit of the
Americans to get hold of a poor editor,
who has the courage to differ with them
and to tar and feather him. If asked
what kind of a nation Ameriel was, we
Should feel inclined, after - hearing• nl the
above blackguard propensity, to exclaim
( iT.ar-nationr—Loadon _Mouth-.
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' . .
• . BANK, RoBBERY AT WEST,
s'rEA D. CON:V.—Bet weer) Siif 6i•daY.
:st and Monday night, a daring and
.eveesstul robbery was perpe•
Crated upon the Bank of West Win
-toad. Coen., the burglars succeeding
o carrying off about $50,000, SB,OOV
of winch was in specie, and the bal.
owe in bills, mostly of their own
Bank. A inoug other values taken
,v,re four United States Treasury. 6
;ier cent. notes, two of $lOO and two'
of $5O each. The thieves had. °O.'
dently atndied the localities with great
care, and undertook their work with
a degree of circumspection and skill
seldom exhibited by the profession.—
They entered through a lawyer's of- -
flee, which was directly over the vault
of the bank. Boards in the floor, of
unequal length, were neatly sawed
through, and after proceeding with
the work in the vault, they were
carefully replaced. screwed down, put
tied over, and then sanded so as Fiori
to attract observation. The in elosn're
of the vault was of granite, the top'
slab being over six inches thick.—
Through this they chisseled their
way, splitting it in two, raising off
one-half of it, and thus affording room'
through which to descend into the
vault.. On retiring with their booty
•they replaced the stone, screwed down
the floor, and left everything in suck
apple pie order that, it took the Bank
efficers some time to discover the mys
terious hole through which their treas
ure had departed.
A reward of $l,OOO has been offered
for the detection of the thieves .and
recovery of the money.
Da' A new kind of artillery is ptia:'
posed—a battalion to consist of six
hundred men with one hundred guns,
the gn n s to have the capacity of cai.ry.
ing two pounds balls two and a half
miles, and to have steel barrels rifled,•
of superior workmanship.. They arc
to be light, of metal, two wheeled
carriages each carriage carrying its
own . ammunition box. Instead .of
horses, with the trouble and time of
Bitching and u llhitehlug, the men will
draw their own gun carriages wlrg•ch ,
considering their extreme.ightnes
is less toilsome than carrying a musk'.
et and knapsack. There arc six men
to each gun, who, in addition of course
carry pistols and other small arms.—
A battalion of this kind is now orga ,
nizing at Richmond, Indiana.
HOW TUE CONtEDEktATES SELOOV AY -
Nwer.----From the captain of a ves•
sel wlyo. aueinoed to reach , Washing
toti by the way of the Potomac, we
lei:Tit the following facts in reference
to the blockade. of that river. The
captain remained two days within'
three miles t.f Evansport, and in con
sequence of orders made no attempt'
to go farther: He states that the
guns on Matthias Point are sighted
during the day, in a yahge with a
certain point on the Maryland shore,
and•whenever the light is obscured by
an object the guilt; are fired. By this
means shots cue he thrownwith greatr
accuracy and with certainty of doing
execution. as the river is narrow and
the channel near the Virginia shore.
A PATufori.c A P.—Day before
yesterday as the story goes, a devot
ed member of the Church,
and a most devout Union man, attend.
ed divine service, according to his fir--
variable custom.; but the weather be ,
ing warm and oppressive, the; worthy'
citizen tell asleep in his pew during
the early part of' the service.
He slumbered pleasan•tty, and , jest--
before the choir and the eorpgregiv.- -
tion sang a patriotic hymn, that
the sleeper's mind with a love of
country that could not be resisted.—
The text was, "And . what thilik ye
of Christ?" repeated emphatically.
several times by the minister.
This appeal to the clamberer vrair
too direct- and his thought becoming
centased in his half wakeful, half
dreaming state he forgot where he
Was, and the exact nature of the ,
question, and responded so loudly
and distinctly that he could•be heard •
•through hall' the &iambi.
? I thinly and'know he'ri
all right, ho's f.r the Union all the
time
The effee.l of this unexpected and
altogether secular utterance upon th©
pious brother and sisters may be bet.
ter imagined . than related.
ttEir Jean, jester to Charms IX,
once tried his maeter's nerve by rush
ing into his room one morning with
the exclamation:
„ Oh, sire, such TIME, l l—four thou ,
sand men have risen in the city.”
hat I" cried the startled king;
'with what intention have they risen?'
said the jester, his finger.
upon his nose, "probably with the in=
tention of lying down again at Bed=;,
time."
Nothing can' be had in,,,this
world without paying its The
fiailish mother fears to , let her son
pursue the natural sporte..batting
his age, lest he shonld'be run over or
drow - ned. She will not pay the price
of bravery and manliness, and there
fore her boy grows up a ,cowardly
booby.
tom.. A patriotic, friend, , says h e
would prefer cavalry,t4 gm-infantry
regiment, were h©•required to enlist,,
on account of the greater • facilities
fin• running. He could strike for his
home with more effect..
A great philosopher gamin; one.%of : his
letters : have told yorrof,the Spaniard
Who always put on speetaeles . .when lie
was about to eat eherries,,thatittey'rnight,
look bigger and more tempting: In like'
manner I make the most of my, enjoy
ments ; and though I do not cast my, cares
away, I park them in as little compass as ,
I can for myself, and never iet them an
noy others."