PUIVLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, RAUCH & COCHRAN, No. 13, South Queen Street, Lancaster. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, 1 copy, one year, 5 copies, (each name addressed,) 10 copies " 15 copies " 20 copies " t 6 moo And 41.10 for each additional subscriber. FOR CLUBS, IN rACKAOES. 30 COpies es , (to one address,) $ 12.. 6 00 50 mo tes lb copteB " 4, 18.50 13 copies " " 20.00 And (4.00 for each additional subscriber. air All subscriptions must invariably be paid in advance. JOB PRINTING Of every description, neatly and promptly eze cuhxl, at short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Professional. OJ. DICKEY. • ATTORNItY AT LAW. Orrics: SOUTH QUEEN ST.,sceand house be low the "Fountain Inn," Lancaster, Pa. B. LIVINGSTON ,_ _• ATTORNEY AT LAW. 071101: No.ll NORTH DUKE ST., west side, north of the Court House, Lancaster, Pa. CHARLES DENUES,_ ATTORNEY AT LAW. Orsteiu NO. 9 SOUTH DUKE STREET, Lan caster, Pa. JOHN B. GOOD ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ossics: No. 66 EAST KINK ST., Lancaster, Pa. JW. 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FRANCIS M. BANKS, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. N 0.27 NORTH SIXTH. ST., Reading, Penna. Book and Job Printing. RAUCH . & COCHRAN, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS PL IN AN I) FANC'I PRINTING OF ALL hINDS From the largest POSTER to the smallest CARD or CIRCULAR, executed in the best style, and at reasonable prices. WOrders from a distance promptly attend ed to. OFFICE.-NO. 13, SOUTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PENNA. Purnishilig Goods, de. HEADQUARTERS FOR UNDERCLOTHING, STOCKINGS GLOVES, COLLARS, CUFFS, SLEEVE BUTTONS, and Gent's ware generally, at ERISMAN'S, No. 41'; NORTH. QUEEN ST., Lancaster. An tvver ous grosser shtock good&---sultable tor Krishdogs, Net-Yohrs un ornery Presents— so we Hots-Molter, Schnup-Picher, Collars, Hein rertnel K'uep, g'shtickiplicuuntsr-fronts, Pocket , Bieber, rorfuntery„llohr.CEhl, Cigar Casa, an onnery fancy articles ons E. S. EItISMAN'S, 41K, North Queen Street Lancaster. (Om sign tuna gross Shtreatich Item.) [no2o-ly Books and Stationery. C BOOKS AND STATIONERY. C SCHOOL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, HSTATIONERY, H E FAMILY &NO POCKET BIBLES, ABLANK BOOKS. A p * LIBERAL REDUCTIONS TO Merchants, School Direotoss ¢ Teachers.P J. H. SHEAFFER, CHEAP CASH BOOK STORE, No. 32 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA. AN GROSSE VARIETY! Lacher, Blanks, Bobbeer, Fodder's, Dinda, Dinda-glesser, Pencils un TOMELIA UN SOCE-BEEVELA. J. 11. SHEAFFER'S Wohlfehler Cash Buck Shtor% No. ag Nord Queen Shtrose, Lancaster, Pa. noW-ly] Banking. DAVID HAIR BAIR Sc SHENK, BANKERS, NORTHEAST ANGLE ON CENTRE SQUARE, LANCASTER, PENNA. no )-Iy] Book Binding. GEORGE WIANT, BOOK-BINDER AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER, NORTII QUEEN ST., LANCASTER, P . A. BLANK BOOKS, For Banks, Merchants, County Off Wes, &c., made to order. BOOK BINDING, in all its branches, prompt ly attended fo. • [ee 4-Sin $ 1.50 7.00 18.00 18.00 VoL. 11. FURS! FURSt HAGER, it BROTHICRS have just received an elegant assortment of FANCY FURS FOR LADIES AND MISSES. Mink, Sable, Siberian Squirrel, Fitch, Ermine, Water Mink, &o Mum, Collars, Eugenia*, Circulars, Skating Muffs and Boas, Swans , Down and Squirrel Ties, Re SHAWLS, in great variety at HAGER A BROTHERS Open and Filled Centre Broehe, Itiatori Loris linbawls, Fancy Woolen Long Shawls, Children% Shawls. MOURNING SHAWLS. BLACK THIBET LONG AND SQUARE SHAWLS, At Lowest Prices. FALL AND WINTER BEADY-MADE CLOTHING, FOE. YEN AND BOYS. HAGER* BROTHERS offer for sale the largest stock, at lowest tprioes, all of their own manu facture, Fine Dress Suits, Business Suits, Boys' Suits, Overcoats, From the FINEST ESQUIMAUX BEAVER to good ordinary grade. OVERCOATINGS— Blaok and Colors all grades. FRENCH COATINGS—BIack Brown, Dahlia. SILK MIXED COATlNGS—) f oreign and Do mestic. CASSIMERES—New Styles. BOYS' WEAR—In_ :great variety. LANCASTER COUNTY SATTINETS—In all colors, and warranted strong. Just received and for sale, at lowest pricea, at HAGER & BROTHERS. nov 27-st* JUST OPENED BEAU MONDE HALL! 543 PENN SQUARE, 543 READING, PENNA., CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, BOY'S CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS! no2o- f 1 GEORGE B. COLEMAN, MERCHANT TAILOR, Having leased Erben , s old and well-known stand, NO. 42 NORTH QUEEN-ST., Offers to the public an entire new and superior stock of GOODS of every description, which will be made up in the very best and most fash ionable style. GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS Of every description, for sale cheaper than they can be had anywhere else in the city. [nov 90-tf Hats, Caps, Furs, &e. 1868. 1868. SHULTZ & BROTHER, HATTERS, No. 20 NORTH QUEEN STREET, Latest style Tall all qualities and Winter BATS and eaters. and CAPS LADIES' FANCY FURS, We are now openin i the largest and most complete assortment o fLadies' and Children's FANCY FURS ever o °red in this market, at very low prime. ROBES! ROBESII ROBES!!! Buffalo Robes, lined and unlined; Hudson Bay, Wolf, Prattle Wolf, Pox, Coon, &o. R. W. BHSNIC BLANKETS AND LAB RUGS Of all qualities, to which we would particularly invite the attention of all persona in want of articles in that /We. GLOVES, GAUNTLETS and MITZI. OTTER, BEAVER, NI:TULA, SEAL, • FLESHER, KID, &a., ae. Ladies' Fine Furtts Trimmed Glos. ves, Gauntlets, Mi and Rood PULSE WARMERS and EAR MITTS. nor2^-tf it, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nations wounds; to to see T 32 Dry Goods. .} URSI MEM Clothing. PORTICO ROW, A LABOR LOT OF BEAVERS, VESTINGS, &c., &c., ELM WINTER WEAR OM KEE GENTLEMEN'S LEVI G. COLEMAN, Cutter BUCII & BRO., PROPRIP.TOIIB LANCASTER, PENNA WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. , rity for 'iret us LANCASTER, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1869. NM* NOTHING MJT LEAVES. Nothing but leaves. The spirit grieves Over a wasted life; Bin committed while conscience slept, Promises made and never kept ; Hatred, battles and strife— Nothing but leaves. Nothing but leaves ; no gathering sheaves Of life's fair ripened grain Words ; idle words, for earnest deeds ; We sow our seeds—lo tares and weeds We reap for toil and pain— Nothing but leaves. Nothing but leaves ; memory weaves No veil to screen the past ; As we retrace our weary way, Counting each lost andlnisspent day, We sadly find at last Nothing but leaves. And shall we meet our Father so, Bearing our withered leaves? The Saviour looks for perfect fruit— We stand before Rim, hniebled, mate, Writing the words Re breathes— Nothing but leaves. g)tioallastons. LOAF, THE BOOTBLAGE• "Shine 'em up?—On'y five cents!" This was Loaf, the bootblack. He was nicknamed "Loaf" by his friends because he was the hardest working, toughest little bootblack known to the fraternity, The " On'y five cents I" was a call fbr trade, and not by any means in tended to be ken in a literal sense ; and most of Loaf's customers saw it in that light, especially when aided by that mira culous polish which the boy invariably brought to the surface of the most dis heartening clodhoppers; and few ever re fused the "termer," or asked change. Loaf's legitimate appellation was Clem (short for Clement) Brown. His mother was an American woman, whose husband had gone the way of many other good Americans in the national pride of country, as exemplified by his fondness for the national beverage, Bour bon! The senior Brown, who had been a handsome, meritorious and successful barkeeper, had discovered Annie Carter, the daughter of a wealthy man in a re tired country village, Malden by name, and in the g uise of a " young man about town"—" town" being supposed to repre sent the metropolitan city of New York— had wooed and won that rustic maiden, with the hope of setting up a bar and bil liard room, and bowling-alley himself, as near to Broadway as might be, on the el der Carters money. But unhappily for the dreams of future bliss, the elder Carter, having discovered the character of the youthful Brown's calling, and thereupon refused his con sent to the match, had, on discovering that the matrimonial plan had been com pleted, presented his daughter with twen ty-five dollars, and the repetition of an ancient proverb referring to the chamber maid's art, and beginning, "as you make your bed"—had thereupon announced his intention of having nothing further to do with the happy pair; and, contrary to the usual custom in light literature, had steadily held to his promise. The disappointed dram-distributor, taking these unexpected alterations in his programme to heart, had devoted himself too earnestly to his profession, and had eventually died, leaving behind him a wi dow, too proud to return to her father who had cut her off, the son above men tioned, and two more youthful Browns, who have no special position in this Wa tery. As Mrs. Brown was, unfortunately, not in the enjoyment of robust health, she was able to do but little towards the sup port of her family, and that little she did with her needle—a laborious, but not re markably lucrative employment. Conse quently it fell to happen (as the French say) that the chief income of this branch of the Brown family was derived from the daily labor of the aforesaid Loaf, or Clem Brown, a youth of about twelve years of age. Now Loaf, besides the education he had obtained from the university of the streets, had also derived some benefit from his attendance for a few years at the public schools; and being a sharp boy and quick to learn, was not by any means as ignorant as might be supposed. Evening school had in winter received some of his attention, and be could " read, write and cipher," knew a little about geography and hstory, and a good deal about other things that boys of his age might per haps be better off without knowing. He was, however, not a bad boy, either natur ally or by association ; he possessed a very American independent spirit ; and was, after all, a type of a species that exists in our large cities to a more general extent than is usually imagined. His independent spirit had kept him out of the " Bootblacks' Union," with all its attendant benefits ; yet, though he in sisted on " going it alone," he was quite a favorite with that guild of young profes sionals, since he never interfered with their " beats " was generous and.good natured, anda capital hand at the na tional game," when business was slack— never otherwise. Hisrportrait, if painted by Eastman Johnson, would probably look something like this : A corner of a street (say Broadway and Eighth Street ;) time about seven o'clock of a snowy evening in De cember ; leaning against a railing, a stout stunted boy in woollen jacket and pants (patched) ; thick shoes with the toes kicked out ; a greasy cap on one side of a curly head, with a broken visor hang ing over a round, blue-eyed, freckled face. --, 1 , l, i 61 Hands in pockets ; ono leg drawn up, from cold; and by his side the little box and foot-rest, insignia of his trade. The snow showering down in feathery light ness all over him ; carriages and omni busses driving briskly up and down; lights shining brilliantly in the shop windows, and wayfarersltramping hurried ly up and down—the latter part would be the part of the picture not shown, but experienced on the evening concerning which we have to relate. This picture cab inet-size, by Eastman Johnson, as afore said, would attract attention at the Aca demy of Design; the original attracted none from the passer-by. Until half an hoer later in the even ing, a handsome coupe drove rapidly up to the curbstone, and just as the melan choly sound of "Shine 'em up ? on'y five cents I" died away in the snow-storm for perhaps the hundred and fiftieth time that evening, the door of the carriage was opened, and a light-colored kid-glove beck oned to the boy. The owner of the light colored kid glove placed his foot on the footrest just inside of the coupe, and Loaf promedW to "shine 'em up," according to premabse. The boot was a small and very ele gant specimen of an article, and the wea rer was a young man, fashinably dressed, embellished with a heavy black moustache, and wearing a black soft hat. As the boy proceeded with his task, in his most masterly manner, the young men kept his eye upon him, and seemed to be turn ing some idea over in his brain. As he changed the polished boot over for the other, in answer to the tap of the sole customary with the fraternity, the boy looked up, d, and; observed that he was being looked at, and also that the eyes performing that mission were , v it tr i f black and brilliant; then he commen opera tions with the second hoot. she con cluded his work, put up his brushes in a methodical manner, and rose, the young man said to him, " Boy, would you like to earn a half a dollar V' The boy signified that he had no objec tion to earning any number of half dollars. "Can you read writing PI) The boy could read writing. Take this note to where it is directed, and wait for an answer! Come back here and meet me in half an hour. Go I" The boy took the note, slung the box over his shoulder, gave a glance at the superscription by the gas-light, and star ted on a run. The carriage-door was closed and the carriage rapidly driven up Broadway. Mrs. Brown lived on the third-floor of a tenement-house in a little court, leading out of University Place ; and as the su perscription of the note lead Loaf in that direction, he took the opportunity to leave his box with his mother, as he knew the half hour would give him ample time to do the errand and return. Now the room next to Mrs. Brown's was occupied, for the time being, and for special reasons, by one of the shrewdest and most successful members of the New York corps of de tectives. It may be remarked here that one of the special reasons that influenced this miuion of the law, for he was well to-do, and owned a use, was nothing more nor less than a hankering after the widow Brown herself, for she was a young woman, comely withal, and the detec tive was a good-looking bachelor of forty, with, if reportepoke truly, no objection to exercising his vocation in discovering a suitable helpmate. So it happened that when Loaf entered his mother's room, he found, as he frequently found before, itr. Garth, the detective, cozily seated by the widow's cooking-stove, enjoying at once the pleasing warmth of that use ful culinary utensil and the not less pleas ing, though perhaps less warm, conver sation of Mrs. Brown. Loaf dashed in in a hurry, threw his box in a corner, shouted ."I've got a job, mother 1" and was rushing out again without further words, when the note, which he had placed in his jacket pocket, accidently fell on the floor and was picked up by Mr. Garth ? who ? following his na tural and professional impulse, read the superscription. " Hullo, Lmf!" said he, starting up energetically ; "where did you get this ?" His manner excited so much surprise, and his tone was so decided, that, time being short, Loaf answered him at once, in the place of " running" him a little, as he otherwise would have done. " A. gentleman gave it to me for him, and I am to meet hire in half an hour." " Where ?" "Corner of Eighth street and Broad way." " Mrs. Brow; let me have a little warm water in a tea cup. Quick, if you please." Mrs. Brown at once filled a cup from the tea kettle, and placed it on the table ; when, what was the surprise of the wi dow and the son to see Mr. Garth quietly moisten the adhering side 'of the envel ope with the warm water, and then as quietly open the same, extract the note contained therein, and it carefully through. Having done this, he rein closed the note in the envelope, closed the letter, and holding it before the stove for a moment to dry, laid it upon the table, to all appearance the same as before this curious epistcdary burglary had taken place. Then he rose, put on his over-coat, and saying to the astonished Loaf, "Come along with me," the two went out, leav ing Mrs. Brown in a highly bewildered and deranged frame of mind. As this lady had, however, the most un questionable confidence in Mr. Garth ; and moreover, had her own feminine rea sons fut• not wishing to distrust him in any particular, she presently sat down again and tranquilly resumed her sewing. Mr. Garth hurried down the stairs and him who shall hare borne the battle, and 'Mow and his orphan, to do all which may and cherish a just and a lasting peace wrselres and with alt nations."—d. Z. out into the court, with Loaf following closely behind him. Loaf's idea of mum and taunt were more rigid than those of the average bootblack ; but looking upon Mr. Garth as the authorized personifica tion of the majesty of law, he tried to re concile his conflicting ideas, and said nothing. Mr. Garth walked briskly down Uni versity Place to Tenth street, and down Tenth street to the police-station there lo cated, and, desiring Loaf to wait at the door, entered. Presently he came out followed by two men in plain clothes, and the four started rapidly in the direction of Broadway. Arrived at the corner of Eighth street, Mr. Garth and his two friends ensconced themselves in a door way out of sight, while Loaf under the direction of his superior officer, placed himself by a shop-window, having a piece of paper, with which he had been provi ded by the detective, in his hand. Pre sently the elegant coupe rattled up the curb-stone, and Loaf sprang forward as the carriage-door opened, apparently to hand the note to the young man whose head was leaning out of the carriage ; by some accident. however, Loaf dropped the note, and as he was engaged in search ing for it in the snow, the attention of the young man in the carriage being closely directed to his movements, the two com panions of Mr. Garth stole silently round, and suddenly pounced upon the gentle man in the carriage, draggad hint there from ignominiously, and as he struggled and remonstrated in a very violent man ner Mr. Garth himself laid a heavy hand on his shoulder,whispered something in his ear, and in less time than it takes to write the circumstances, that crest-fallen young gentleman was again seated in his carri age, with one of the individuals in plain clothes by his side ; the other individual in plain clothes had mounted the box by the side of the driver ; the horses were turned. down Ei ghth , street ; the small crowd which had collected dispersed as wise as they came; and Mr. Garth, with Loaf, now thoroughly dumfounded, trot ting along by his side, walked briskly westward. As they walked on Mr. Garth kindly con sented to satisfy Loaf's evident, if unspo ken curiosity, and proceeded to communi cate with him in the following language : " Loaf, you've done a big thing to-night. I Do you know who your friend in the coupe is ?" Loaf expressed his entire ignorance of everything concerning the individual, ex cept that he had lost half a dollar by having his errand interfered with. Ile said this in a very lugubrious tone, but with a twinkle in his up-turned eyes, for Loaf was cunning enough to see that he would nut lose by the turn of events. Mr. Garth laughed a dry scat of a laugh, and continued: That chap is the latest and smartest importation from London, he is the cutest and most successful burg lar I ever knew of, and we have been looking after him for a month, with noth ing but a bit of writing to identify him. He writes a mighty queer stick when he is off his guard, or writing to his pals ; but he's an accomplished forger, and can do anything with a pen that that useful but rather dangerous instrument is capa ble of. My memory is good, and I knew his hand the moment I laid my eyes on the back of the note ; and the note itself settled his case. It was risky, certain ; but the game was worth the risk, so I took it. After all the risk wasn't much, for I know you and your mother are all right ; but still, I wouldn't have liked to open the wrong man's letter." "What has he been doing ? What have you got him for?" said Loaf. "Half a dozen things on suspicion and one sure thing, which he was fool enough to write about in that note, Three weeks ago he went up to a little town in the northern part of this State—Malden I be lieve it's called—and broke into the house of the richest man in the place; robbed him of about one hundred thousand dol lars in bonds, bank-notes and plate.— Carter was the old chap's name—" " Car ter]', suddenly ejeculated Loaf. " Why, that's my grandfather's name—mother's father—and Malden is where he lives ; I've heard her say so." By this time they got to the corner of Sixth Avenue.; and as Loaf said these words Mr. Garth stopped, caught the boy by his collar, and turned his kvae so that the light from the bakery shone ilill upon it. Ile looked upon him for about a half a minute, and then gave a very long and very loud whistle, which caused a policeman passing to turn round, who, seeing Garth, nodded famili arly and went his way. Then Mr. Garth made the following prophetic reniark in a very sententious manner: "Loaf, if you are not mistaken, and I guess you're cor rect, you're a made man." With which saying they crossed over to West Tenth Street and together entered the police court-room. Loaf was not mistaken, and when, two days after, Mr. Carter, who was tel egraphed for, arrived in New York and was informed of the circumstances attend ing the capture of the burglar; when moreover, he learned that the restoration of his property, which followed, was ow ing accidentally to his grandson ; when also, he discovered—tor he was in utter ignorance of the lltet that his objectiona ble son-in-law was no more in this world— for Mrs. Brown had' been too Iwond to communicate the melancholy tidings to her long-ago repentant father, when final ly, he met that pale but industrious and hopeful widow, the paternal hen rt warmed so freely towards her, her two junior off spring and specially towards the happy cause of this happy meeting, that the pa ternal pocket could not do enough to show his atleetion, gratitude, and gen eral benevolence. Toward Mr. Garth I CASH RATES OF ADVERTISING Ten lines of Nonpareil eole:titute a Square . . — O , Tuf .cr: Q e I 1 week .... 75 • 1 40 $ 2 10 $ 3 50 • G 00 $ 11 50 weeks... 120 1 80, 270 450 8 00. 14 00 3 weeks... 150 220 330 000 10 00 17 00 1 month... l 175 2 p(l 3 901 700 12 00' 20 OOP 2 months.. 2 75' 4 , 00 600 10 00 20 00 33 50 3 months.. 4 00! 600' 000 15 00 30 00. 56 00 6 months.. 7 00, 11 001 16 50, 75 001 40 00. 70 00 1 year..... 11 00 1 20 00 50 00 46 00' 00 00, 120 00 42 60 2 60 260 1 60 Executors , Notice Administrators , Notice..! Assignees' Notice... VM ion' Notice SPECIAL NOTICES—Ten cents a line for the first insertion, and Seven cents a line for each subsequent insertion. REAL ESTATE advertisements, Ten cents a. line for the lint insertion, and rive oents a line" for each additional inserticm. NO. 10. Si-ALL KINDS cur JOB PRINTING executed with neatness and despateb. he was particularly friendly ; and when he learned that the wiley detective was becoming weary of his arduous profession and pined for rest and a country life, and was made aware also that Mr. Garth was moderately provided with this worldl goods, he hesitated not to invite him to accompany himself, daughter, and grand children on a. visit to the paternal home stead at Malden ; and as Mr. Garth ac cepted the invitation, and was known no more of the metrOpolis, and as Mrs. Brown not many months later put off her mourning apparel and began to spell her name with a "G," it follows that this is the end of the story of Loaf, the bootblack. —Harpe r's Weekly. I gatiur 4brahasn'o Chips. TIM New York Tribune is said to have made $lBO,OOO profit last year. HORACE GREELEY is said to give away thrice what he spends for himself. ' LAST year 2,432,0 M bushels of wheat were exported from Winona, Minnesota. THE pistols used in the duel between Burr and Ifamilton are still in existence at Newburg, New York. MASSACHUSETTS is said not to have now a single highway or bridge on which toll ia charged. All are free. KOSSUTH has again turned up; this time as the writer of a letter to the Span iards, begging them to found a republic. KTHE President has nominated Albert H. O'Brien and Allen C. Kelton, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenants in the Marine Corps. A DAIRYWOMAN in Indiana ornaments her rolls of butter by the impreSsion of a set of false teeth. It looks very pretty, but doesn't sell well. THE New York &m says that "there are smart political managers everywhere, but those that can beat Simon Cameron. must be very smart indeed." LAST Tuesday, in one of the mills at Chester, two of the pickers became en gaged in a quarrel, which resulted iu the fatal stabbing of one of the parties. DURING the past year the citizens of Alton, Illinois, have built two hundred and sixty-five buildins, at an average cost of 63,000 each, making 6795,000. THE interest on the funded debt of the United States, at per cent., is $130,000,- 000 per annum. This is $17,000,000 more' than the people pay for tobacco and ci ,,ars ON Friday evening last, Miss Anna E. Dickinson delivered her new lecture, en titled " A Struggle for Life," to an im mense audience at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia. A LADY living at Shrewsbury, N. J., weighing two hundred and seventy pounds, has had ten children, seven of whom are living, each of them weighing over two Hundred pounds. THE pews in the Plymouth Church (Mr. Beecher's) were rented at a higher ficure last week than eve! .before. The rents and premiums amount to an aggre gate of $52,000. MR. NORMAN WI AHD states there are 9,000 locomotives, 10,500 steamboats, avid 50,000,000 stationary steam-boilers iu this country, representing a power of over three millions of horses, or about seven teen millions of workmen. AT an anniversary meeting in Wash ington on Sunday, of the Methodist Mis sionary Society of the - United States, Speaker Colfax was elected a life member, the audience present subscribing onehun dred and fifty dollars for ttat purpose. ROBERT CARMON, of Huntingdon, com mitted suicide, on Friday last, by shoot ing himself with a ride. He served in the army during the war, was distinguished for good conduct and bravery, and was badly wounded at the second battle of Bull Run. SENATOR Molyrox has introduced a bill granting a pension (the amount left blank) to the widow of the late President Lincoln. The ground taken in favor of the grant is that the late President was killed during the war, while he was com mander-in-chief of the army. A MAN in Indiana, named Dean, hav ing married one Mattie Nading, got a di vorce from her,in pursuance of the custom of the country, and married her younger sister. Thereupon Mottle shot him, also according to the custom of the country, but with absurd obstinacy he failed to die. THE seizure of diseased chickens con tinuo in Pittsburg. The authorities there appear determined to put an end to the sale of diseased meat. Several of the hucksters have been arrested twice, with in the past few days, for the same (Album. Who knows to what extent the sale of tainted meat is carried on in this city? A shoot. house iu Rochdale, England, was blown down a few weeks ago, duriAg divine service, and four 'hundred persons buried in the mina. Many manned to crawl out without assistance-uud.went to work with others to rescue the less' fortu nate. several were more or less injured, but, what seems almost incredible, not one of the buried hundreds was killed. conti'st is in 'priigress in In diana, r:•speeting• the size of ladies' feet. A Torre Ilaute paper alleges that the La fayette belles have feet so large that only four or five eau skate on a rink at a time. The Lafayette paper retorts by declaring that the shoemakers in Terre Haute, when they make shoes for the bells in that place, have to erect a sort of a marine railway in their back yard in order to launch them. IN FATHER ,ABRAHAM.
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