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N. 11..—This tract le now covered with fine grew, half
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Jai
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OR.C7II'T
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in the once of his father, Gen. John Weidman.
lumen, Angus 28, 1881.
CY RUS ,MIILLER,
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. 10,,„ R ov . ,a x e r l i l w ac a k re ll a c t l o t: 6 1,. and two doors oontb
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Thirty. Hour,
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Just Receined at
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jaines H. 'Kelley,
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LEBANON,- Pa. .
(Th VITAS to the Public =elegant and extensive assort
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Lebanon, July 3,186 P
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AND* NEW PRICES.
1 4 F. SWARTZ hereby inform the public; tbat be
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tion. D. AL KAIMANY.
Lebanon, July 17,1801.
• H . iram W. Batik .
pbit,oltblintrY or.pmorcrurn. Lg I IANOIhOI3I4TY,
would reepeerfuls.7 inform We frienda, arid thepub•
that by has conueote - Mineral with Kr. LoWear, In
the TOBACCO SWillig As; SEGAR , BUSINESS,
No: 138 North - Third. Street Phila .. ,
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where he will be glad to receive austornere, and will
sell at races that will prove eatlefaetory.
Philadelphia, J,uly 17, 1861.
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1861 NEW STYLES. 1861
A DAM RIRD,in Cumberland Street, between
21 Market end the Court House, north side, has
now on hand a splendid aseortniont• of the New
Style of HATS AND CAPE, for men end boys for 858,
to which the ettentkm of the public is fospectfoily Inv!
ted. Slats of all prices, from the cheapest to the most
costly, always on hand. He hes /diming opened a 'Tien
did aseortmont of SUMMER HATS, embracing snob as
STRAW}, PANAMA, PEDAL, PEARL, HORN, LEG
HORN, SENATE, OMAN, and all others.
IKS_lfe will also Wholesale all kinds Of Rate, Caps,
Lo to ConntryXeroliauts on advantageous tarns,
Bebanon, Jail' IT; 1861.
YES C. on, YES r
H E undersigned re- ;
spectfully Informs the
Public that he will Wend - w
to AUCTIONEBRING, -.--.
will Orili BALES at short
notice and' on reasonableC 0 AiTh
terms. He can be found - o . o "rigg - en
bisresidence in North . •
Lelmuon.Barongh. 70BISPH BRICKER,. .
lAbanon Borough, Jan, IIS '62,3m
LLB MBERGER'S
CLOTH MANUFACTORY.
TUANKYUL for past favors, the undersigned rasped
hilly y informs the Public), that he continues to carry
on hie Manufactory in Bast Hanover township, Lebanon
county, on as extensive a scale as over. It le onnecessa.
rY for Win to Say more, than that the work will be done
J R pie mune fiF.CIIILI.FNT FITVLB, which lies made hie
work and name so well khalif - ft In the ellfrotloding coun
try. n• promises to do the work in the shortestpose!.
ble time. Ills manufactory is in complete order, and he
Batters himself to be able to render the samosatbifaction
as heretofore. No manufactures
Broad and Narrow Cloths, Chttinetts, Blankets, White
and other Fiatinels,atifri tAo best manner.
'Re also cards Wool and makes Rolls. For the cony,-
Mance of his Customers, Weol and Cloth will be taken
in at the following places:—At the stores of George a
Pyl e , Lower kßrothers. George . Beineehl, and at
the now- Draft Store of Joseph L. Lembcrger, near
the Market HOUse,„in the borough of Lebanon; at the
store of Shirk it'Lengt in North Lebanon; at 8 . °cab
erFe, Bethel NrertiXtilp; at the public bonskof WtUlam
Eunet,•Yrederickeburg; at the More of S. E. Bickel, is
Jonestown; at the stems of !Jr. Weitner, Bellevue;
at the store of Martin Early, Palmyra; at the etoreof Mr.
Zimmerman, Bud Hanover. Lebanon county. All ma.
oriels will b i a s
taken awalrigilarly, !Pont the above pia.
ma, finished without delay„ returned again.
These of hie customers who wish Stocking Wool card.
ed dyed and mixed, esti leave the illegee.et the
above mentioned.places, with directions how they wish
it prepared.or hie oustomere can order the Stocking
Wool to be prepared from the 'Weal of the undersigned,
which will be done and left afthe desired placep. •
N. 11. It is desired that those having Wool carded, wilt
pay the Cuh therefor, at the above namectpluai.
LYON LIIMBNAGZS.
East Hanover, Lebanon county, July IT, 1841.
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VOL. 18--NO. 41.
Niststiratoug.
WHO RANG THAT BELL,
Some years. ale I attended school
at an academy in one of our New En
gland villages, which contained,, at'
that timaiabout two hundred students
of both sexes. The principal of the
'institution, Professor Eaton—or old
Eaton, as-we were accustomed ta call
him among .ourselves--although- a
young man, was a strict disciplinari
an, and very rigid in his notionecof
propriety. Being a straight Calvin.
let, he was 'a firm believer in the to;
tal depravity-of the human race in
general, and of younvstudents of
both sexes in particular. CollfietiklAtit
ly he not only .kept a.close watelittp.-
on our every action himself,,inelety
the, aid of his assistant teaeltiare,„but
he deputed several of the eta deeds,.
who chanced to possess
blo disposition often:met Wit in all
communities, whiaileads its possessor,
to commit all sorts of Mean actions
in order to curry favne with sthe pow
ers that he'—to play the part of. spies
upon their fellows. This was, to them,
a very congenial occupatien, and they
carried the system of espionage to such
an extent that it becatne'eXceedingly
irksome to us, and caused.us no doubt
to do many deeds of mieehief in order
to vex the principal, which would nev
er have been thought of had it ,not
been'for the oppositien,,sve met with
in carrying out our -schemes for in.
nocent amusement._
Among the rules co 'vithich Eaton
particularly endeavored to make us
conform, was that for the keeping of
study hours. Ile required us to re
main in our rooms six hours during
the daytime, and from seven o'clock
in the evening until the hour for re
tiring; and any one who was detect
ed in the act of disobedience in this
particular, was made to feel severely
the weight of his diepleasure.
Now there were many among us
who reasoned in thiS way : If we to
main in our rooms long enough to
learn our allotted lessons, and have
perfect recitatione, there is, no neces
sity for keeping the regular study
hours; and if we choose to work a
little harder and do all our studying
in the daytime, there is no good rea
son why we should not have the even
ing to ourselves. This may have been
a piece of more sophistry, but to us
it was a reasonable
,argument; and.
whenever we could escape the vigi.
lance of the professor and his army
of spies, we bade :farewell to books
and, lessons, and, in vulgar parlance,
'went in for, a goad time.'
It is-barely pc40:40-that i on- such
occasions, the reaction of youthful
spirits sometimes carried us beyond
ttke bounds of strict propriety, and
there were probably some -grounds
for the numerous complaints made
by the village people to the principal,
of depredations upon their property,
which were invariably laid to the acad
emy -boys.
Amotig the students there happen
ed to be five Or six. who - were oftener
detected' in :transgressing the rules
than any of the others—not because
they were oftener engagedin mischief
than their fellows, but being• reckless,
dare-devil chaps, they were not so sly
in their movements. So well convin
ced was the professor that these boys
were the met desperate characters in
school, that he singled them out for
the -special ears of his spies; and
from being repeatedly annoyed "by
the persecution of the sometimes tl
ranieal Eitten,they &filet length unite
in the common cause of revenging
themselves on, the faculty. The ac
knowledged leader of this 'compapy
of rowdies,' as the professor called
them, was a young man by the name
of Adams. At the time of which I
write, he was my room-mate; and al
though I often knew of the mischiev
ous plans of him and his party, I had
at fixE, , t, taken. np active, part in carry-,
ing them out, but as, in speakingpf
the boys, t r ife professor - often counted .
me as a-member of the confederacy:;
and I had frequently been accused of
things of Which I was entirely inn°.
cent, and reprimanded by him, I came
at length to regard myself as an ex
ceedingly ill used individval; so that
it did not require much persuasion on
the part of Adims to cause me to join
them, and beceine as 'anxious as any
one to vex and torment our preceptor.
On one oecagion, Adams was de
tecteo in the very Act of suspending
the gate, which he had taken from
the , fence in front, of the professer's
house, to a tree in the back yard.—
For this offence Eaton compelled him
to remain at the _academy daring
atudy.hours for several weeks, and to
lodge at his houselavery eight during
the timoso •that he was always, as
it were, under his eye.
This confinement, as may well- be
imagined, was exceedingly disagreea
ble to Adams, and he often declared
to me, when he met me at meals,-that
hetnishould find means - to pay old Ea
tge tc.s. this, as satin as his time was
served out.'
I knew him too Well to regard this
as an idle threat, and I waited -with
impatience to see inwhat manner he
would take revenge_
Op the evening ofthe dayon which
he had been released from the watch
ful care of his belovi3d.preeeptor, Ad
ams and I sat in bar roam, with .our
pipes in our mouths, talking of the
injustice of his tong punishment for
so small an offence; suddenly; ,after
a short silence, he exclaimed, By Ju
piter, Tom, I have it 1' and in the er
eitement of the discovery, - whatever
it was, helcnocke& his, pipe ashes ino
to my open VirgikVich Aar -ttpon
the table,. and, then poured ..thaf,r - on;
tents of the inkstand-upon the barn-
ing paper,in his commendable zeal to
repair the
.damage he had done. As
soon as I could stop laughing bong
enough to speak, I begged him to ex
plain...
'Tom,' said he, 'I have, thought of
a•plan,by which to repay old Raton
for his tyranny, and put him to, his
wit's end to find us out;in, it.' -
said I, (let us .. havejt.'
'Never mind now,' he!you
just fly, round and muster 'our crowd'
here, while I
,procure the Accessary
articles for us to 'use •in carrying,out
the plan, and when we are all assem
bled, I will give you an, inkling'of my
designs.'
A few minutes sufficed to bring the
boys together, and by, tho time we had
got seated; and lighted our,pipes, Ad
ams-had returned.
--'43oya,' said tie, 'are you ready. to
holy me to canno_old Eaton to pass a
sleepless night ?'.
.. -- -tY9siY ( ‘!' Was_ the ono
'Very welt, then, listen: propp'se ,
to get into the belfry of the.acade
my, attach a string to the Clapper. of
the bell in some• way, so that-it-may
ke instantly detached, and then lead
the string into the window of this
room (wkieh, by the way, looked di
rectly dpon the academy, the build
ing in which we were, standing in
close proximity to it;) and then, ycin
see, we can toll the bell all night if
we wish.'
'Good I good 1' cried. the boys.
'Yes,' said Adams, 'we'll make the
bell which has so often called . us to
our studies, or to prayers, playa dif
ferent. tune, and one, if 1. mistake not,
which will be a some t wha,t discordant
one to -the -ears of our worthy pre'.
captor.'
'But how,' objected clue, 'can we get
into' the belfry? You know the doors
and-windows of the academy are al
ways carefully fastened.' • .
have thought of that,' was his
reply. 'Those men who were at work
repairing the roof, a few days ago;
left - a ladder in the back yard, and
with that,l have no doubt .we can
get up on the outside; but. as it will
not do to corimence . much before ten
o'clock, we may - as well make our
selves comfortable till then ; and so
saying;. he produced from the closet
a- demijohn of hard eider, several
glasses, a box of cigars and:two packs
of cards. With these useful articles
we managed to assuage the tedium of
the two hours which must'PasS before
we began our grand enterprise.
As soon as our watches told the
hour at which the stedents were re
quired to extinguish their lights and
seek the embracing arms of 'Somnus,
had arrived, viz: half-past nine,--we
threw down our cards, and having
first reconnoitered the house in which
we were, to see if the passage to the
outer world was clear, we silntly left
the house, Adams taking with him a
bundle enveloped in brown paper,
which he had procured while I was
collecting the boys.
There was no moon and but few
stars visible, being concealed by the
drifting clouds, making-it quite dark
enough for our purpose. We had no
difficulty in finding the ladder, and as
the lights in most of the hduses dis
appeared, we at once propeeded to
raise it. We found it just jong enough
to reach the eaves of the building,
and as soon as -We-.had planted -it se.
curely against the roof and the gut
ter, Adams began to ascend with his
.bundle, telling some of us to remain
on - the grohnd, and give Ml:hely notice
if any one approached.
The cupola, or belfry of the acad.
emy, was an octagon building, having
a window to each of the eight* sides,
closed with & blind, which-was made
to slide up and down like a windOw
sash. It was placed' upon the ex
treme end of the main• building., and
was surmounted by a lightning•rod,
and two branches, on each side,—rtin
fling down over the sloping roof of
the academy close to the' edge; and
thence to the ground. That part of
the rod which ran from the eaves to
the ridge pole, had sharpened points,
five or'six inches long, standing'-up
perpendicularly from it' at intervals
of about two feet; and it was by
means of these points 'that Adams
commenced crawling 4* the46df,-
ter he had reached 'the top aftticilath
der. He Eldon arrived safely at the
top uf the belfry, but found that .all
the blinds he could reach stuck So
fast, from being seldom opened,. that
he was unable to raise them. He was
soon reitiforced'by tWo'others of the
party—but still-the blind refused to
start. Coming down to =the eaves=
again,
he called, in a low voice for
more to come up; and so anxious and
impatient were we to be doing some
in the'cause, that we all obeyed
the summons and went up. The blind
soon yielded to our .united strength,
and flew up. It would have been cer
tainly more prudent for one of as, at
least,to have remained on the ground;
but discretion was a scarce quality a
mong us, and casting an eye over the
village l which now appeared dark and
deserted, we entered the belfryi,
Here Adams opened his bundle, which
we found contained two packages of
strong fishing lines, 801110, long screws,
a screw-driver and a large
-Handing valet.—
us the lines, he requested us
to knot them together, and then with
the gimlet commenced boring holes,
down through the trapdoor leading
from the belfry into, the casing be
neath.
'Yon see, my boy,' said Adams,
'that as soon as old Eaton hears the
bell, ring, he will come, or send some
one, to= the belfry to pot a stop, to it,
and as that would,soon our Inn,
lam lust going to fasten doyen this
door! _
He 'bated a double row Of holes all
LEBANON, PA., WWESDAY„ APRIL 2, 1862.
around the edle a the trap, and j
followed him ,' h the scre*s, -driv
ing them down firmly into the casing
beneath, so th Avhen we bad finish
ed, the trap wa4:, i m Movable' "as" ft it
had alWays bati , a part of the solid
bell , deck. NOW he attaehed 4,h eilne
to thoclapperAkthe bell, 'by making
in the end of it a large - loop, which
i
he slipped ove the end of the clap
per. The loop t
ionifideiarge-ehongh
to slip off and. fill cli4ii'of-iliki ClO
per, should thAtine be , letyslacii*; :but
as long as whoagr held the other end
of it should kap—the limy taut, it
would' hold fir*. Nothing reiimtin
ed no* to be do - ne-bene , bnkto- pull up
the bell-rope friom—belovi. lthis„was i
accordingly done. Adams ~ n oilo4-4si
away nicely under the beill,,insiLwe,
all left the bulky receiving ti;oninh
through the slits of-tide bliscfp:and
y
drawing it dow " her us. .
Qur success' f Ei . fo had "put As in ;
tine beaLposailt) huiff*Nia 'is an
itiklYpa4seetbetween us asgtowry
and carefully let -ourselves down 'by
the. lightning Tod. - Adams was just
, quilting the line, (Raciiisdocensys,'etc.
when the foremost of the party, who
bad arrived at the 'edge of the ioof,"
gave a whistle, which sounded rather
like an expression of astonishment
than a note of alarm:
'Whew I By Sipitor 1 1 he eselaiin
ed, 'somebody has been here and tak
en away our ladder, as sure as you
lire.' s
Upon hearing this unexpected and
unwelcome intelligence, we all crowd
ed as. near as possible to the edge of
the roof, and strained our eyes to.
wards the spot wherk we had left the
ladder standing against the gutter—
but iri ' vain ; it wi gone, and we
were in a pretty - fix. For a-while si
lence reigned upon the roof; Ave were
all too much surprised and perplexed
to speak; but soon were heard 'com
plaints and muttered maledictions up
on the head or beads of whoever had
played us, this trick.
'lt's all up with us for this time,'
cried ono.
'Yes,' growled another, 'here is a
pretty kettle of fish.'
(0, Lord 1' groaned a third, 'here's
a go.'
'What in time's. to be done now?'-
asked an anxious inquirer.
(Well, boys,' replied 'Adams, 'that's
a question, easier asked than answered.
However, it won't do any good to sit
here growling about it, so let's return
to' he belfry, and hold a council of
war. Let as trust to luck and our 1
stiirsifor finding a way to get' out of 1
this:serape; But look, boys l' he -- ex-
claimed; if I a - , not greatly ; mistak-
l i
there goes Eaton ,into his:'_front
yard with a _la' ir,and depen&spen.'
it,it was *Wififtook away - our lade
der.' der.' --
And this we. afterwards found to
have been the case. - It seems.that Fa
tonand Pillsbury, his associate prin
cipal, had been • holdi tag a consultation
in one of the recitation rooms, and as
they opened the door to-go out, they
heard the voices of our party, as we
were raising the ladder in the yaird.
Carefully exti riguishing their lantern,
they crept around the building--but
as we had ,taken •the, precaution to
bolt the back gate aftersus„ they could
not get into the yard, and it was too
dark for them - Jo Nee- who wel weTe s ,
from the out side_.. of` the wail. By
the time they - could get through the
academy and into the_yard by a biiiik
door, we were..all upon the roof and
waiting till we
_got into the belfry,
they took away the ladder and went
home; -having liii,. tis they thoaght, se
cutely imprisoned for the night.
'Yes,':continued -Adams, 'it must be
he, and he thinks bekas got us .i,ri a
trap: He is no doubt at this moment
chuckling at the idea, of our discom
fiture in the morning, when he gets
ready to release us; but I fancy he
has, for this once, 'reckoned without
his host.' It, is not probable that he
hasdiscovered who we are, and I tell
you, boys, shrewd as he is, we will
play him a trick worth two of this be
fore morning: Keep cool boys, and
come on—yre'll soon get out of this.'
So we re-entered, the belfry. and
comfortably - seating ourselves, discus
sed our position and the best means
of escape_ from it. Variona plant
were proposed; and abandoned as-im
praetieable. - One' was tco unfasten the
trap and go down into garret or attit,
and try to slip down through the von
-
Mater into• - some of the recitation
rooms; whendelwe could _make our eg
restithrough the windows. Thisplan
was also rejected, as being exceeding.
ly difficult of execution, if not im
possible ;" besides if We.-Lesnaped in
that way, we should. be.„ obliged to
leave the
_trip unfastened, and this
we were unwilling-16 do.
At length this was proposed : to
throw the end of the
,hell-rope: out of
the window, and slide: siewh on. it to
the ground: `Althoug.k-a4i,fficult, if
not a daugerOeCl Plani.:ft . WN 3 itecePt- ,
ed with acclamation, and. linmediate
13' Put into execution.. 41r-,e cast off
the upper .end.of the:Tope from the
wheel, and tied it-to one of the beams
of- the,. frame whivh- , supported the
hell. The rope was then coiled up
and th,rown„ from. ,the„..window, far
enough to fall elear.ol , the roof and
hang down thence, as-w,esupposed, to
the ground. -
The „question.then - arose, who
.should descend first ? From this we
all rather held back.;::While we-, had
been-talking in , the belfry, the. scat
tered clouds had collected and increas
ed, until the aky was completely o•
vereast, shutting out from us the faint
light•of the stars. It was is dark as
a wolf's mouth, and it was .-iiot, by
any, rdeaen_an agreeahleiteekto grope
down and,swirigoff from 'the _rept' of
a three storyjnailding, =upon ••a, loose .
rope. ,BAftf-atk timemas flying, it .was
agreed that each of no' should toss up
a - handful of coppers,
,arid whoever
shod(' get the lartstnentberof heads,
Should be the pioneer, in the- descent.
4s, bad kick
,would have .the. Jot
fell tome; and at, that moment Mar
tiiy wiehiirg Myself at horne and ; a.
bed, I crept out of the window, and
Ittitd6raywity entirely hy tho' sense
of ideling,.to the edge of the roof. , I
to.und,the rope - all right, And, ,as my
courage was fast oozing away, and
would soon' be entirely gone, I did
not hiiitate a 1110iT104, but grasping
the rope.firmly in -myliands; I swung
off. - It swayed - fearfully for the first
few feet of - my deseeni o: but I Veld-
on, and was -slowly and.. safely. aiid
in when auddenlY my hands
plaited a'splice . n the - rope, my grasp
reitlicedy - and before I could contract
my fingers, I'-was descending with
the velocity of a eannoubail. In an.
other instant my right hand, - which
tiactncg% passe d ;the end -4
Tope, *rho rather byinstinct, than real
son, I convulsively gripped the rope
with- my left band; just as it-reached
the' extreme end. For a ruomont, I.
held my weight, pins hanging by
my left hand : —and a fearful,moment
it was ; for in the excitement of my
rapid descent, I had been unable to
calculate hoW far I had gtine, and for
ought I knew I might at this moment
be twenty feet from the ground.—
But I had hardly time to think at all,
before I lost, my hold, and with an
awful yell, I dropped—about three
inches i So tremendous was reaction
upon my excited nerves, that for a
short time I lay flat upon my back,
absolutely deprived of, speech or mo
tion; but I soon revived, and was a
bh3 to calm the fears of my compan
ions, who, alarmed at, my cry, were
all upon the roof. Luckily, no one
else heard me, and in a few minutes
we were all standing safely in the
back yard of the academy. As we
turned to depart one of the party
stumbled upon something which we
soon found to be our ladder, which
had been thrown down and left where
it fell. At this, Adams, always quick
to think, declared it was a rnostprov
idential discovery:
'For,' said he, 'we can now raise it
again,and I will :go up and pull up
the bell, rope, so, as to make -our, es
cape. seem a moat mysterious one to
old Eaton. Then we will carry a
way., the ladder and hide it; and I
rather think we shall be able to con.
trol the movements of the bell for
considerable time, if not longer.'.
'Accordingly we put the ladder up,
an d - Adams re-ascended to the belfry.
He coiled the rope away upon the
hell-deck, and when he rejoined us, be.
proceeded to make fast to the fence
the small ltne haluitiThibireir
when he slid down the rope. Four
of us -then . shouldered the ladder,
and the others going ahead plloted
us through the darkness for nearly
a quarter-of a mile, when we threw
the ladder into an empty ditch in the
midst of the swamp, and returned to.
the academy. Here Adams took the
line, and paying it out as he went a
long, we escorted him to our 'board
ifig• house: I then went up into my
room and opened' the window, - while
Adams climbed
. up, into it my- means
of an old trellis ,which -covered alit
-side of the house. • Thus theliniwps
safely brought into my chamber,
for it was•thought best for none -but
Adams and myself -to remain- in the
room to play upon the.single•atring ;
the rerPaiiider of the party returned
to their rooms.
After a sufficient time, as we calcu
lated, had elapsed for them to reach
borne, Adams gave a strong pull up
on
,the lnc,,which was answered by a
heavy and sonorous dong 1 which
rang loud and clear through the mid
night air; for so much time had been
consumed in preparation, that it was
now nearly twelve o'clock., This was
followed by anotherand another peal;
and as Adams delighted with the suc
cess of his scheme, pulled faster and
faster, the tones of the heavy bell be.
gan to reach the ears of theslumber=
ing inhabitants of the village, and
from many ,a chamber window we
could see a light - shine suddenly forth,
the inmates aroused by the unwont
ed noise. Ding, done ding, - &mg!
merrily pealed-the bell, and soon we
saw a 'mustering in hot haste' of men,
wetnenand children. Scarce a quer
ter. of:an...liour had elapsed since the
first strobe of the bell before ball the
population village was up and
dressed, and, with Eaton at their
head, were coming up'the bill which
led to the, academy. Lanterns of all
shapes and sizesilashed their light
upon the crowd;' while we, the prime
cause of all this excitement, 'observ
iag, brit not observed,' surveyed the
scene with intense
\ delight. Praha
biy nothing had so aroused' the quiet
people of the village within the mem
ory of the oldest inhabitant:
'Here, Tom,' said Adams, 'relieve
crowdthe bell rope, while .I pin the
crowd and show myself te old -gatop,
who will he sure to suspect me. the
first thing. Play the tune 4 the old
oil* died of,' and give it to theni as
hard as you can.'
So saying, he left me alone, and
seating myself, at the ,open window
I was able to hear nearly every, word
which was spoken by the, assembled
crowd„; kut,above all others, I could
diatiriguiSh 'the angry tones of the,
preceptors voice.
'There is a gas g Of rowdies in the
belfry,' he-said 'I saw them go up,
and took away the ladder, so that
they were unable to get down, and
they are now revenging , themselVes
be making the night. hideous this
manner. But I will spoil their fun."
Mr: -,Pillsbury,. said he,: addressing
his .assistant, 'please go, up-'into, the
belfry and order those rascals down„
WHOLE NO. 667.
Take a :mark and ark well who
they are,•befare you let them out.'
'Yes, sir; Was the answer; and I
beard him unlock the front• door of
theisibademyw •
As - soori 11114 saw the light of his
lanterP-ilaShAtrOM wirkdow of the
d ringingfast
attic, I coin mence asas
I L biaktilt a horrible din; whieli
I have no •doubt bad the effect to ac.
ceivatt4-„bisiniro_gress up the ladder
leadin'.o the belfry. kat then one
Of i• fritteiiy of conspirators
in ittl--bffered to relieve me al, the
line;Listecordingly delivered it to
him l ea joined the crowd on the
green. Just as i did so Mr. Pillsbury
tanned from Ills, of course, unsue
cesstal.:iittenipkto reach the belfry.
' , .They are holding the door, sir,'r said
bei`al4licio not answer_ me when I
call them.'
'.lll,psgapogitunopY cried the exas ,
perattglEatoir. isdil go up rquelf,
Enid gee ifftheiAare refuso to open to
me.'
Up went,i;-and up rushed ittroWd,
including Adams and -myself. ',The
_preceptor mounted, the „belfry stairs,
and rapped'upon it with his fist;
'BOys, he cried, 'open this trap in
stantly, and come down 1: .
At this instant the,. bell suddenly
stopped ringing. :
.'Do you hear r he asked after vain;
ly 'waiting for a reply.
Dong—dong--dong ! went the bell.
'Stop that infernal noise I' he cried,
forgetting his di g nity in his anger.
Again the bellstopped, and Eaton
applied his shoulder to the trap, and
exerted all his strength to force it
open.
break your• confounded necks
when I catch you, you miserable
scamps 1' he yelled, as the bell rang
out louder and faster and clearer than
before, as if refre,shed by, its tempo
rary rest.
But as all his threats were unavail
ing; as were also the efforts of Its ma.
ny men as could stand upon the stairs
to burst open the door; he resolved to
try another plan. Stationing Pills
bury upon the, steps to cut off the re.
treat of the party which he supposed
to be in-the belfry in that direction,
he returned to the green, and order
ed some one to bring tile long ladder
from. the back yard. But it was not
there, and in a voice of thunder be
commissioned a dozen or more of the
students to search in every direction
until they found it, Orson - le other lad
der long enough to reach the roof.
In the meantime
,the bell kepkring.
log, now faster, now 'slower, . rattling
away like a fire bell at, moment,
moent,
and, again tolling eoleninly at loner
tervals,, as for a funeral; while Pro
fessor Eaton strode back and forth
thi'greeit,
mutt nirth teats - 6f
vengeancd - hon the heads of' the law
less individuals who were thus depriv
ing him of his night's rest.,
..
During this time the conspirators had
taken turns at the bell-line in such a man
, ner that every one of us had been seen by
the Professor among the crowd, apparent
ly perfectlyinnocent of any knowledge of
the parties concerned in the tumult. In
fact, we had taken especial care to 'make
mirseives conspicuous, so that upon whom
soeier sespician might fall, it - would cer
tainly not be igen us.'
When, after an hour's Search, f ladder
was found and brought to the academy, it
was instantly - raised, and another, with
hooks upon the end, Which. had been pre
viously brotight, was laid along the roof,
and hooked over the ridge-pole. No
sooner were these arranged, than Eaton,
boiling over, with rage and impatience,
Spring up the ladder, accompanied by one
,of the studente with a lantern.
At this time the hell was ringing furi
ously with Adams officiating at the string.
He could see the two figures climbing up
the roof by the light of their lantern, and
just as Eaton reached the beltry, and was
in the act of raising the blind, Adams al
lowed the string to slack; the loop slipped
from the clapper, the bell suddenly stop
ped ringing, the line was suddenly haul
ed into the chamber, and Adams came
down and joined the wondering crowd
upon the green.
, What.do you mean by this conduct,
you young reprobates?' exclaimed Eaton.
as 'he shoved up the belfry blinds and pok
ed his head in. 'Answer me he cried.
But at this moment his follower had
reached the top with hisiarvern and as he
cast its light full Into the open window,
Eaton nearly fell_ backward, paralyzed
with astonishmen at finding the - belfry
empty. There stood the bell; which had I
caused so-much confusion ; the clapper
was even yet vibrating, but the rogues
who had made it ring were gone!
Worlds cannot describe the rage of the
Professor. First convincing himselt that
no one was concealed upon the roof, he
descended, shouting to the students assem
bled below, 'What devil's trick is this that
you have been playing, boys? Some of
you have done this, -I know very well ;
but be assured, I move heaven and
earth to discover the guilty parties, and
bring them to punishment. They shall
be expelled from the school, and covered
-with disgrace and .shame.• So now you
know what to expect. Return to y - our
rooms immediately.'
This command we were not slow to
obey. ask was now past two o'clock, and
I, for one, was nearly tired of the fun. I
lingered, however: 'long enough - to •hear
some of the conversation of the, wonder
struck rustics. One simple-minded dea
con suggested that • it,must be the devil ;
'but this explanation was not generally sat
isfactory,. and the majority seemed' 'inclin
ed to think that it must have-been the
work of some of the !boys ;'. but the. man
ner in whtrh it was done was wrapped in
myttery. Notwithstanding.haton'sthreats,
.aridnotwithstanding wreward 'of. twenty
dollars _which he offered. h'e. Was unable,
to discover• the arithqrs_ofThis,plece of mis
chief; and it ; was pp, t Anti] after every one
of tlioae coneertiiadart - the plot had left the
sehoolforeverethatl-she . was informed of
the: Ants here related.
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Alliance with the Negro.
Speech of Ron. Charles J. Biddle, of 1 . "eansyl4
vania, delivered in the House of Bepresen4
tatives of the. United States, Blanch 6,1802.
The House being in Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union, Mr. BIDDLE' addressed
the Committee as follows :
Mr. Cnairtuesr—l thank yon for giving me ilto
door. I would not willingly let pass the senti
ments which have just been uttered by my col
league [Mr. Morris Davis] without opposing to
them seutimentsWhieh are, I believe, moreohar
aoteriatic of the conservative people whom be
and I have the honor, in part, to represent upon
this floor.
As a citizen of the border State of 'Penneylva:
nix, the views in which have bean bred in re.
lath= to the institution of slavery have been
temperate, and, I hope, just. It has not been to
me an exciting subject, as it is to many with
whom jam associated in this -House; for to some
gentlemen, very calm in their judgment on all
other matters, the were word "slavery" seems to
have much the effect that a red rag has on abut'.
I have never been blind to the disadvantages
and evils of slavery; I have not been indifferent
to their alleviation by practical, constitutional
means; yet I have ever regarded the intemper
ate and 'aggressive policy of the political and.
alaverrparty -to be as sterile of benefit to the as
`gr'omt-it bliss been disaStrous to . the peace,' the
prosperity, and unity of our country.
This war has brought us, at last, to see that
there is a broader question than the "slavery
question." though its commonly preferred to nar
row the discusakm dowu to that. But, now the
matter is brought tiQine to us, we ffnd that there
is a 'negro question,' vast and complex and em.
barrass , ng, *Wen if slavery were blotted oat of
existence.
Prom the earliest times, Pennsylvania lias had
her mode of treating these questions. Original ,
ly a alaveholding State, she adopted, In MO, the
policy of gradual emancipation, extending it,
however, only to the future born children of the
slaves then living; these children were to receive
their freedom at the age of twenty-eight years.
This great measure was the product of unlver
sal public sentiment, and was perfectly consist.
cut with the general interest; to effect it, no pres
sure, no compulsion from without was directed
against otir people. Had there been, from what
I know of their temper, I should jedge that alav
ery would have existed among us to this day.—
Its it was, the last slaves died out within the re
collection of the youngest man upon this floor.
By our common law, however, the negro had
never been a citizen; so our highest court deci.
ded ; and when the point was controverted, the
people settled it definitely by amending the con
stitution, so that to be a "white" man is one of
the necessary constitutional qualification of the
elector..
On our statute.book, at this very day, is out'
Siam fugitive slave law, far older than the note
of Congress on that subject; nay, older even than
the clause in the Constitution of the United
States providing fur the return of fugitives.
You perceive, sit, that Pennsylvania could
have little excuse for joining in the insurreotione
against the fugitive slave law, or against the
judgment of the Supreme Court of the United
States denying citizenship to the negro, since we
have ourselves furnished the precedents for both
the Statute and the decision.
In nor jlt+t indignation againsttho present vast
rebellion, let us not entirely forget that in too
many of the northern States a chronic rebellion
against distasteful constitutional obligations has
existed for many years.
In Pennsylvania, our distinctive school of ab
olition has been marked by the mild benevolence
of our venerable Society of Friends, whose Chris
tian charity embraced both the master and the
slave; let it not for one moment be confounded
with the cut• throat philanthropy, whose emblems
are the torch and the pike, which bee canonised
John Brown as a unit of tbo church.
An eminent member of the dominant party halt
promulgated bis scheme for carrying on this war.
Ile has promulgated it ID many essays and speech
es, to une of which parliamentary usage permits
me to refer, since it was not made in his place in
the Senate: He would not, it seems, trust to the
valor of our armies and the skill of our generals.
We are, like the ancient Britons, to call in an al
ly to fight our battle tor us ; our ally Is to ba—
the negro.
Southern men, it is said, fight and let the ne
gro till the ground': we are to reverse this order.
The negroes are to do our fighting for us; a mil
lion of them are to constitute our army I In this
pamphlet of Mn. SIMMER the black muster roll is
given. He says in his speech to the Republican
convention at Worcester:
...Careful' calculations demonstrate that of this num
ber there fire upwarila (lone million of an ago for mil
itary service; that in Virginia alone there are 12.1,584
male Slaves of an age for military service."
If the distinguished gentlemen from Missouri
and Kentucky wish to know the number of these
black champions of the civil liberties of white
men in their respective 'states, they will find It
set down here. In conclusion, Mr. Sumner asks
this question t—,
'Can we afferd to' reject tb is natural alliance,
spired by'a common interest and a,nsecmted by be
inanity?"
A noble lord once urged in the British Parlia
ment the employment of the Indians against the
British Colonists in America. Me said, this no
ble lord, that "it was perfectly justifiable to us*
all the. means 'which God and nature had pat in
to our heeds." Then, sir, the great Chatham rose
and blasted him with an eloquence that has be
come immortal.
"That God and nature put into our hands! I knot
not What ideas of God and nature that noble lord may
entertain ; but 1 know that such detestable principles
are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. such
notions shock every feeling of humanity, every senti
ment of honor.
"These aboretnabie principles, and tblalroore abomi
nable avowal of them. demand the most deeisive indig-
Ilatlen. I call upon that reverend and this mostlearn
ed beech to vindicate the religion of their God, to 'rap
port the joatice Of their country." •' • • •
.10,
coke the g enidua of the conatitution."
eTa send forth the merciless cannibal, thtiatlsg for
blood. against whom? Your Protestant brethren!—
't'o ley weete their country, to .lesolate their dwellings,
and extirpate their race and name by the aid and in
otrunteutality of.thesa liell-hounds of war. I solemn
ly call upon your birdaldpe, and upon every order of
mon in the State to stamp upon thfa infamous pox* ,
due the indelible etignut of the public abhorrence."
Straw will remember, too, that it is the stand
ing reproach of American history against George
111 that he called in the Hessians against his
British subjects. Yet we are to call in the negro
Mr. Smeller a,l:e ns. "can we afford to rejaet this
natural .tilian4e 7" Why, It', indeed, with our
t.vcinT:d e,ornt cope with six; if his
e who : : rn in danger ef ev:a
erblation, thn, per
-1-1;, ps, we 0,, rini,t afford to reject the alliance with
toe negro. A French marshal once " smothered
the enemies—men, women and children—in a
nave and when be was arraigned before the pub
lie opinion of the world, he pleaded "netiessity."
Now, sir, no man can set litn It to necessity, and
no human intelligence can foresee all the ezi
gencies of war ; and I for one, have been unwill
ing to give my adhesion in advance to any set
formula for their determination. But in the pies
not aspent of this war, my trust is not in the help
of the negro. Nay, sir; as une who has at heart
the sticeessfil prosecution of this 'war, I would
not venture to array against the Governmrent in
which I have a part, the sympathy of race. It
is the great tie by which.tiod knits into familia'
those Several portioneitito Which ft haa pleased
Him to divide mankind:
Do you remember when , the Bast Indian rose
upon his English ruler? Do you remember bow
tt froze our blnorilo read—of men who clasped
their wires and daughters to their hearts for the
fast time, and thensteir thinn 'to rare them from
the black dematut., a;l , ,ret with 'lost enctrage.
who swarmed around ;hoax? Do iron' nit:painter
how the Atuerionn minicar, an hniityred'iltinintylv'
• vanilla, stutel up in Lann•lon and said id; tbodirit
leh nation, "lien of kindred breeds, our haute
are with you in this struggle ?"
Never did minister better represent his people.
Ottr wrongs from England were forgotten then.--
Yei, we for.tot that it was England that warmed
, to ber bosom the vigor of abolition -till its 'fangs
were grown, liovr-that they are fastened upon
the vitals of our unhappy country l etiel ::rvieets the
reptile that she fosteeed: - - •
Str, I know not'rliat notion that man has of
the military character who thinks thist.ilse skive
of yesterday: way be the soldier of ':to-day. Of
the slave you cannot make a'enriliit":You,snay
make an USFROPiII. Bat thiAhrieitt. Of-White
househt.lda, murdered, and . VioiiPtheta
by the negro would , almati the hilairMititd - ;palsy
the Onl/11 of more of the'!trepporninf of • this-Vets
than all the race of flitifi , emildtaltifthe'plinefttf.
To Kr. Bummer's, (petition thint,l auswer,ww
eatiiitford to reject this black ellianee...- lioffer.
to northern;white men a fellowehip•that most 'at