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HY 0. WALLACE BOYI)CN.
WllOll. In the Oriental skies,
The first faint heeame 0, morning rise,
if waking, I my heavy eyes
Perchance unclose—
I give it weary yawn or two,
Then turn my back upon the view,
And do hat ail folks like to do;
Sim: In a doze.
Let poets talk ofliol's first bean":
Gliding th.• I' rest. awl the stream ,
And kissing the slew thut glciuus
the flowers:—
Of goldon.iii,wileil hills and rippling Alin
01 streams where (al r Aurora 111 Is
The chalice I rout which she distils,
Her gentle showers.
I own tho l ht•rn. could he much WOE se,
It sounds (01 to Imo oly in verse:
If 11p,,,q11.01,,,, , ~,homers, rhyme put and terse,
Ina let 1, - 111 rhynw;
I unit n onvO. wlr, ros' A spread
On which rest my weary head;
I much prv•G•r
To Inds cil thyme.
I know it I. a lea,ant.
TO see I he larlc, sportive wing
Cleave Ii ,ven-Ward wink: Liwy slug
poet ;
But, sinu•t u:s plua uru, hvy say
➢lust he Ind tilgt,t at break or day,
Before cleared away
I lIILLst 1011.40 It..
'rhey h.y the inorehig
To eftroldte the stge:oll
And give an app,tita ior f.gyl,
Iltt t. bless the.r so Is!
The ttlAl I nlia!l never make
(it get ling up when halt .
To rah:, nn appt•lito !or sfrok,
Crdtf, anti
So lel. the dawn in Orient spring,
Thu laz upon a joyou, ,vi nu;
And w;i,el.l 11, I. nweol.iy
Be II my I:u•
HLI
e for II , vcrs
keep vary (•:triy
/II II:01111 Allloll's 111111 fling, I/11, t•rs—
To sic I, till
;•'Eitcraq.
111; es Out of Town—Hush:tads at (lonic.
" 1 would like to know," said the
youngest married lady, with the least
bit of a ti,s of the head, "what would
beconw of illy husband if it were wilier
me? I went to the country for a week,
husba . nd taking his meals at a hotel
may absence. When I returned
I handy recognized my own home. The
parlor Was sWarliling with flies, and
toy nice carpel, white ground, with
lovely bouquets of roses, you know, was
absolutely ruined. Stumps of segues,
chessmen and - cake crumbs were scat
tered around. Ail the spittoons were
filthy to a and somebody hail
been there no did not know their use
I sadly d'lscovered. In the bay window
were a lot of broken bottles and a cork
screw. " What is the meaning of this?"
I asked Charley, ‘‘,'ho sat composedly'
reading the morning papers.
" Oh ! loft I tell you, I had the club
meet here whileyou weregone? thought
it would saVe you a bother, and we had
sonic of your blackberry wine."
Note —l'eojiic don't knock the necks
ofr [Jollied home-made wine. I found
out allerWarti that Ch`arley had been to
the cellar plundering around, and in
tasting my currant wine (made this
summer) he had left the spigot turned
so that instead of racking (dia.:di leak
ed out.
Now, I had come from my short visit
doubly tinned with tenderness for my
husband, of my home, and it would not
do for me to show ally impatience the
first thing, so I proceeded to my room,
and there , A as confusion worse con-
Minified. My beautiful lace curtains
that I had (lone up myself, pinning
down every point, Were twisteilas tight
its a rope, and tied in a hard knot.
Every drawer and press Was opened
wide, and all of Charley's clothes were
lying around loose. What puzzled me
the most was to see my eedar chest
turned upside flow u , and lily Saratoga
trunk stretched open, with trays piled
outside, like a toppled colthouse.
Went to the bureau to untie my bonnet,
and there was the Ito ,t-jack, lemon
squeezer awl punch-bowl, a pair of
pants were thrown .over tile looking
glass, and a bottle of hair oil broken ;
the oil had soaked into the marble top
and ice down the side of the bureau
upon tile carpet, and upon a queer
shaped article that seemed to be a stock-
Big', but looked as plump shiest, as if
it "something in it." My curiosity
Was excited, and, after satisfying my
self that it was hot alive, I picked it up,
and what do you think it was but oue
of my wedding stockings. I put my
hand in and drew out, one by one,
stocking tops of different lengths, Brit
ish hose, lamb's wool and cloak', a dozen,
and all marked in sister's delicate hand,
With maiden rlante — "Lucy Sltriggens."
This was too much, and I called fur
Charley to come up.
" the natter, dear?" he an
swered in his Itoney•nnion voice, taking
three steps at a time until lie reached
the landing where I stood, the footles
stoc,king.in my hand.
" What does this mean?" I asked in
as steady a voice as I could, for 1 had a
weakness about those stockings, and
I had put them away in line paper,
thinking to keep them as long as they
lived, and I felt my face burning.
" Why, can't you tell said Charley,
and he laughed uneasily, and, as I only
looked at him, he varied the question,
" Don't know•.'
" I low should I 'l' 1 replied.
" Well, you astonish me! Well, you
know our private theatricals ( I had
never taken part In (heal, and was only
invited to belong to them because they
wanted Charley, who was so handsome
and handy); 1 didn't expect to take
part in the last: performance, but the
Romeo was sick, and I couldn't well
refuse. Now, you know," he insisted.
" Nothing," I answered.
" Well, of course, as Romeo, I had to
wear tights, and you do know that I
am thin, and I knew that you wouldn't
like to hear me called slim, legs, and so
I went to Riley about it, and he wits so
kind as to come over, and We hunted
up your old ;) stockings, and together
we made up the handsomest set of
calves! You'd better believe it. They
would have heel a fortune to any one
on the st:n4e. Frank said so."
Bui I cannot understand how. the
trunks presses should be open," I
continued.
"Oh! there %yen:, other things needed,
and, on looking them up, I found an
old josey that fitted one to a'l', and 1
wore your cloak, and used some dirty
lace that I came across aniong your
scraps. They are all Lied up in the
piano cover somewhere. 1 wish you'd
been here to have helped tile Oat, but
the girls said I looked splendid. By the
way, dear, I a shirt to my back.
What's become of your quilt? Have no
idea, unless the boys Look it when they
had at show 111 the woodshed. Little
brother asked me if you would care if he
would take the Sheets, and I told him
of course nut, and perhaps they Were
not enough. It was too funny. Toni
wouldn't let the Jones boys into the
slnns , , and they stoned the wood-shed
with slicks and stones, and matte such
an uproar that the police interfered and
broke it up. I don't know when I've
laughed so. You would have en
joyed it."
I was not sure of it, but I said nothing.
By this time I had taken off my travel
ng suit, and was looking around in vain
for my new wrapper. " Wherever is
my wrapper? I said to myself more
than to Charley, but he took it up, "
gave away One of your old dresses while
you were gone to a very deserving per
son that came before our society for aid."
I rather prided myself upon my hus
band taking a prominent part in the
Young Men's Christian Association, but
this was a little too much, and I fancy
Charley thought so too, for he started
off suddenly saying, "I must go to busi
ness now. I shan't be home to dinner,
pet, and I hope you will lie down and
take a good rest."
It was my very best print that he had
given away, but I hadn't the conscience
to scold about it; for, to tell you a secret
that I never told him, when we were
first married a china and glass vender
came along, and I traded off Charley's
finest suit for a broken cologne bottle,
an ink-stand and two vases of Bohe
mian glass. Sunday he couldn't find
hie clothes, and he believes to this day
that they were stolen. He has often
wondered why the thief took nothing
else. But I must tell you about that
bundle he referred to—that was the fin!
lolling . stroke. In 'lt was my peplum
A. J. STEINMAN
VOLUME 68
bisque, with the sleeves diamond
slashed, ant gilt paper all around it,
and drops of glue all over it, and my
sweet Illusion waist was inside, what
there was left of it.
There, too, was my set of heavy curls
brushed out maniac style, and covered
with powder and carmine; my. point
lace torn to shreds ; my velvet cloak in
a wad, and the inflated fellow to my
wedding stocking!! And my husband
a church member and a Christian As
sociation man. It was more than I
could bear. I could have cried, but that
would do no good. As for taking
Charley to task, he was the best hus
band in the world, and if he had been
the worst, there was no language that
would do justice to the occasion, so I
did the best I could under the circum
stances. I set about putting things to
rights. The first step necessary seemed
to be clearing away the rubbish, and I
began tossing the dirty clothes in a
heap, and positively before I got through
it was as high as my head. I couldn't
see over it.
All my sheets, towels, and pillow
cases, ten shirts, (no wonder Charley
wanted some new ones,) and other
things to() numerous to mention. It
would take me too long to tell you all
the mischief that was done—the raids
on the pantries, pickles uud preserves.
I should about as soon have had the
house on fire.
More than twenty years ago lien
Ringbolt and I shipped on board the
North Star, for a three years' whaling
voyage. lieu and I had been brought
up boys together ; and the llrst time_ we
went to sea it was on the same ship,
and we never parted until poor lieu
went out on that long voyage that we
ave all to take, sooner or later.
Well, the North star sailed a‘vay, and
in due lime we rounded the Horn, en
tered the Pacific and at last reached our
fishing grounds. The season was well
along, so we had but little time for
work, and almost before we knew it,
the long nights and the cold were upon
us. We bore away for Alaska, where
we were soon snugly housed for the
long and dreary Winter that was coining
over the ice and snow, with the speed
of a ship with her saki all set, before a
spanking breeze.
Ilere we lay cooped up for, two good
iunth.:, with only now iuul then a run
shore to pay a vi s it to the natives.
'he sun hail scarcely shown his face at
all, and only a few moments at a time
when ha did. Soon came the confirm.
ous night of the Arctic Circle, a night
as light as day, for the sky was all
ablaze with great naming swords that
seemed to wave to and fru as you looked
upon thew. Therr were no clouds,-and
the flames could tie seen flashing far
over the snow and ice. Nothing I ever
saw could compare with it.
One day, or rather night, some of the
natives came on board and reported
that a huge white bear had been seen
near the (Toast, and was now making
off over the ice towards the hills that
We could see sparkling in the light some
four or five miles away : and every one,
from the captain down to the cook, was
eager to go in pursuit of the animal
which was described as being a monsLei.
in size. Uf course all could nut go, and
as au example to those WllO lAA be
left behind, the captain remained, and
the first mute led the party; among
which were lien and 1, thanking our
stars that we had got a chalice to
stretch our legs ashore. We were not
long in being put on the trail by natives,
and we had not gone a mile from the
ship when we saw our gameshambling
along before us some distance ahead,
making its way in no hmry towards
the hills or rather of ice that
stretched themselves along the horizon.
The snow and ice were so limn that it
seemed as though we were traveling on
a marble floor, and so hard was it, that
the bear hardly ILA trail enough for us
to discern where it had passed.
IL was sport for us thus to have free
use of our legs, and with loud shouts,
which we could not suppress, we hur
ried on in hopes of getting near enough
to the bear to send a shot after it before
it could reach the hills, and elude us.
But in spite of all our efforts it reached
the foot of the cliffs and began to climb
the jagged masses, while we were still
so far distant that a shot could not have
reached it.
Once or twice the bear had turned
and Noked towards us, as if scenting
pursuit, and then had gone on again al
the same pace as before. After climb
ing a jagged cal', as .high as a slip's
mast-head, where it could obtain a good
look-out, the beast stopped and took a
deliberate look at us; and although
we came hurrying on, showed no haste
to proceed. At last the mate determined
to risk a shot, and bringing his piece to
bear he sent the bullet flying in the
direction of the monster, which, rear
ing on its hind legs and uttering a
fierce growl, showed that the ball had
struck. A shout of triumph broke from
our throats, for we felt sure that the
bear was now in our power, and in
capable of leading us a much longer
chase. But in this we soon found that
we were mistaken ; for with another
growl at us, it went on titan increased
'lieu, and in a few moments was, hidden
'row our sight amid the jagged masses
lee, that, as we neared the foot of the
lilt, seemed impossible for us to sur
nount.
Though the way was steep and slip
pery, we found that we could secure a
foothold where the bear had gone,
though it bad the advantage of us as re
garded its claws. Ben was in the ad
vance, I next, and the rest of the party
straggling behind; and after awhile we
managed to reach the spot where the
snow was marked by a crimson streak,
giving us a trail that we could not mis
take. Encouraged by this sign, we
gave another shout and pressed ou.
It was hard climbing, and more dan
gerous even than running up to the
masthead with the ship threatening
every moment to be tossed on its beam
end. There were no ropes to cling to,
and a misetep would have sent us down
like a rocket. once I slipped, and hail
it not bite or Ben's hand, held out at
the sail* liniment, I must have gone
down and been dashed to pieces on the
solid ice an hundred feet below.
We got at last to the top of the first
range o cliffs which overhung the plain
lielow, and to the spot where the bear
had disappeared from our view. It was
nowhere to be seen ; .but before us was
a narrow field filled with great masses
of ice that had fallen from the high cliffs
which overhung it in the rear. The
crimson trail led in among these broken
fragments, and with another shout,
after we had taken breath, we pressed
on, Ben still keeping iu the advance,
and 1 following him close, keeping an
eye out for danger, for I expected every
moment that the monster would spring
upon us from behind smile of the ice
boulders that were scattered so plenti
fully around.
A call from the mate caused me to
pause until lie came up, but Ben, eager
to be the first, went on alone, and be
fore we again moved forward he was
out of sight. Eager to be with him, I
increased my pace, as did alsothe mute,
but hardly had we taken a dozen steps
when the report of Ben's pistol startled
us, and the echoes rolled among the
cliffs, followed by a terrible howl of sav
age rage, and a human cry for aid that
was well-nigh drowned by the roar of
the beast that seemed to shake the
solid ice upon which we stood.
For a moment that cry fastened me,
as it were, to the ice, without the power
of motion; but the spell was broken by
the mate, as he shouted:
" Forward, men, and rescue your com
rade. But be careful."
The men did not need this to cause
them to press forward as fast as possi
ble, but it had the effect to awaken me
from the sort of trance into which I had
fallen when the cry for aid had filled
my ears; and, with a bound, I sprang
forward. A few steps revealed to me
a sight to terrible that for years after
wards it haunted me in my sleep, and
even now it sometimes appears as viv
idly as ever.
The space before me was nearly clear
of the great ice-boulders that were
strewed so thickly behind us ; and the
way to the foot of the cliffs, that we
were now close upon, descended at such
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A Bear Bunt In Alaska
a sharp angle, that one used to it could
have slid upon his feet down to the
very base, had it not been for a great
chasm that opened near the centre of
the field, and which appeared to run
along its whole length. We could tell
nothing of its depth ; but the dark line
that revealed it to us showed that
from its width, it would be impossible
for us to cross it. It was a deep crevice,
that had been opened by an earthquake,
or by some strange movement of the
great glacier. But we beheld on the
edge of the chasm nearest us a sight
which froze our blood—the huge white
monster we had been following sitting
erect upori its haunches, with poor Ben
lying close to his side, and the snow
about them stained with blood that had
flowed from both their wounds.
For a moment neither the mate nor
myself could hardly think or stir, while
the'ruonster before us uttered a succes
sion of growls that sounded as deep and
threatening as the howlings of the
tempest. For a moment the beast would
look at the victim, stretched so helpless
at its feet, and then glare at us, uttering
deep growls continuously.
The spell that was upon us was soon
broken and the mate slowly brought
his piece to bear upon the monster,
which suddenly dropped down upon all
fours, and, still growling, seemed to be
about to commence a meal upon poor
Ben, who now, by a motion of his hand,
gave us to understand that he was still
alive, and sensible of his terribledanger.
For heaven's sake, take good aim,
Mr. Jones," I said, as I saw that the
mate was about to fire. " Aim at its
lead, but not too low, or you may hit
len."
There was a loud report, which seem
ed to shatter the icy crags about us;
and, when the smoke cleared away, we
saw the bear standing apparently un
harmed. The bullet had goue wide of
its mark.
"Parker, give me your gun." called
m mate to the man behind him. As
e reached out his hand to take it, the
'ear suddenly clasped poor Ben in a
'earful embrace, and, upreariug upon
is kind legs, took a few steps in our
direction, then, quickly turning, sprang
high into the air directly over the fearful
chasm, where, for a moment, both man
and brute seemed suspended, and then
earn e down upon the other side at the
very edge of the abyss. The bear made
a frantic ehlbrt to secure a foothold, but
to our horror, both man and beast rolled
over the brink and disappeared in the
depths of the horrible chasm.
A cry of horror broke from our lips
as we thus witnessed the terriole fate
of our comrade ; then we made our
way down as hest we could, to the
edge of the chasm, and gazed into its
fearful depths. All was gloom, so
dense that even the vivid aurora borealis
flashieg across the sky could not pen
etrate it. We called upon Ben by
name, though we knew that there was
no chance of his being alive; and the
echoes answered us, as if in mockery.
They were sad hearts that we carried
back to the ship. We left poor 13en
in his glacier grave, and when, in the
spring, we sailed away, it seemed as
though we had left him there alive.
Coilcuilliag Shoes
The ladies look back with infinite dis
gust to the days, less than ten years ago,
by the way, when paper soles were in
fashion, and cloth gaiters. No improve
ment of the day, not even bonnets, is
fraught With more importance than
this one in ladies' shoes. Tell years
ago the shoe dealers' shelves presented
tniserable monotony of thin soled
gaiters without heels, and little better
titan stockings, as far as my support or
protection was concerned. To-day the
slioe windows are among the most at
tractive in Broadway. Every variety
of, gaiter—congress, Baltimore cloth',
calf, goat, and patent leather—tempt the
ladies to enter and try them on, and the
gentlemen to linger at the windows,
imagining the little ornaments filled
out with the dainty plumpness of the
female foot.
Formerly the ladies gave hardly a
stray thought to anything but the
smallness of the shoe—shape, material,
make, had nothing to do with the mat
ter. Now a shoe has become almost as
much of a " duck" as a bonnet, and the
ladies are getting to be con nowt ace in
the selection of timir gaiters and slip
pers. Here, as everywhere, the cemalo
taste, when once directed to an object,
has effected glorious results, Of course
we are to thank the scantiness of modern
skirts for this improvement in modern
shoes. The tilting skirts gave the first
warning to the ladies that the dress fo,,t
had become a matter of importance and
public criticism. The.present walking
dress has perpetuated .tne necessity of
ornament as well as usefulness in Om t
department of female attire. When the
dresses have become permanently long
again, we fear the pride in the foot will
die out hod the old carelessness may he
revived. Let us hope that short skirts
will not go out of fashion.
But, however much the :esthetics of
the shoe question may be affected by
changing fashions, we most sincerely
trust that common sense will never
again be outraged by paper soles in the
street. The ladies have learned the
luxury and independence of double
soles and strong shoes. Will they ever
again wear their drawing-room gaiters
into the mud of the street, as they used
to drag their drawing-room dresses over
the filthy sidewalks? A word of advice,
ladies, in buying shoes: Avoid those
small, high heels, which are trying to
force themselves into fashion. They
are uncomfortable and dangerous.—
;-itqf to it also that, when you
wear heels of any kind, the
" shank" is stiff' and strong
Dealers palm oft' shoes upon ladies with
heels tacked upon common soles, with
no provision for heels whatever. This
is simply an imposition. A heel is un
comfortable and injurious to the foot
without a still' shank. Dealers never
offer gentlemen shoes without this, but
they take advantage of the ladies' ig-
niranee lu the matter. Another thing,
allies, try to remember, that a foot
looks larger in an evidently tight shoe
than it does in an easy one. And, ladies
—this is confidential—you may give the
same hint to some of your gentlemen
friends if you like.
Willow-Ware
It is a surprising fact that upward of
five thousand different articles in com
mon use are manufactured of the ordi
nary willow. The American willow is
probably as good as the German and
French varieties for all practical pur
poses, but an insufficient quantity of it
is grown and hence we depend chiefly
on the foreign supply. The French are
famous for the productions of fancy
articles of willow-ware ; but the Ger
mans, and especially the Bavarians,
excel iu the general excellence of the
work of this kind. They devise all
sorts of useful contrivances, and display
much ingenuity in inventing curious
ar icles which are of no particular utili
ty, but serve to adorn spare corners of
apartments, or to pique curiosity as to
the purpose for which they are Intended
In Bavaria, fathers hand down their
knowledge of this art to their sons, and
when the sons became fathers, their pro
geny follow the same line of business.
willow-working is a family affair,
and long practice makes perfect. Ex
pert and nimble fingers are required to
split and weave the lithe willow wands
into so many shapes as these facile peo
ple produce. From the tiny toy-basket
scarcely bigger than a lady's thimble,
but complete in all its parts, which is
to go to the child's nursery, up to the.
ponderous hamper, with the capacity
of bushels, there is a wide leap—but the
Bavarian worker knows how and when
and where to stick his awl and thread
the willow in and out. Some of his
work is so airy that a breath will blow
it away ; another piece is strong enough
to hold a heavy man, with no danger
that he will break the plaited straws.
In this country heavy willow work
is chiefly produced—such as clothes
baskets, children's chairs and wa
gons, market-baskets and the like,
and the blind excel in this indus
try. But some very neat and pretty
patterns are made in the Shaker settle
ments.
LANCASTER PA WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 18 1867
A Reminiscence of the Mexican War.
Darkness was fast settling down,
dropping suddenly as it does In the
tropics—in the evening of the 13th of
September, 1847, or nearly twenty years
ago. We had had a long day's work
of it. We had been at it from daylight
until dark—hard at it. Quitman's di
vision had stormed the Castle of Cita•
pultepec in front, aided by Twiggs'
regulars, while Pillow, with Worth's
veterans as a reserve, had grappled and
gained foothold in the rear and flank
of the Mexican stronghold. One of the
first, if not the first, of the American
flags planted on Chapultepec was placed
there by Seymour, then in command of
Ransom's New England regiment.
Ransom, a brave, chivalrous, handsome
man, was killed a few minutes before
while gallantly leading on his men.
Chapultepec had fallen. There were
two roads running into the city of
Mexico, the said city in plain sight, and
three miles distant. ifhe most direct
road was by the ageduct and toe Beleu
Garita, and on this Quitman and Persi•
fer Smith advanced. Worth was not
particularly disturbed going up to the
San Cosine Garita He sent Duncan
out with his light battery to help Quit
man and Smith ou the Beleu route.
But after passing the English cemetery,
and on entering the straggling suburbs
of San Cosine, Worth's regulars caught
it in earnest. The Mexicans had a
strong battery at the Garita, which com
manded and completely swept the street
along the aqueduct; so the plan of bor
ing and burrowing through the houses,
learned by the commander of the first
division at Monterey the year previous,
was adopted, and it succeeded. At dusk,
the close vicinity of the Garita of San
Cosine having been reached, a dash car
ried the works without great loss, and
Worth was in the proud capital of the
Montezinnas. Quitman, after losing
Drum, Benjamin, and other brave men,
had also effected a lodgment inside the
Garita de Beier), and was busy planning
further opera tiohs offensive. Worth was
no soon e i nside of the Gall ta of'San Cosine
than, with his usual chafing and unquiet
disposition, he thought of going ahead ;
but how itini.where? He did not know
the localities. When the smoke and
dust bad settled around the Garita, how
ever, there suddenly appeared among
us a little fat, pursy, pot-bellied Eng
lishman, the owner of a neighboring
brewery, who was profuse in kind offers.
'Tie suburbs of San Cosine, taken by
assault, had been given up by Worth to
sack, and his Inert were at it. Perhaps
the Englishman thought his own prem
ises, inside the Garita, would be entered,
and wished to propitiate. lie this as it
may, there he suddenly appeared, in the
midst of Worth's stair, and he was used ;
while we all drank his beer, the ord
nance officer drank his information.
" You have lived some time in the
city of Mexico, my little luau?" quail
Worth.
" Seventeen years, Mr and on, " res
ponded the Englishman.
"You know the city, then was the
next question.
"Like a book," was the answer.
"And which is the best part of it?
Where do all the rich people live ?"
were the next questions.
"Right over that tall tree you see
there," said the little Englishman,
skipping lightly ; all fat little men are
light on the hoof, and this one was par
ticularly so. And why is it that nearly
every fat lit tie loan you meet, if Eng
lish arid middle-aged, wears a blue coat
with brass buttons—a dress coat? This
fat little Englishman had one.
"Right over that tallest tree there?"
continued Worth, pointing toward it.
"Exactly," was the response from
the fat man, also pointing.
He (lid not imagine, poor fellow, that
immediately behind, and unknown to
him, the ordnance officers were "taking
sight" over his pointing fingers, and
training their pieces; the object of
Worth was to "pitch in" round shot
and shell into the best part of the city.
Of course it took some little time to lay
the platforms for the mortars, and
meanwhile the little fat man was used.
" And the .:Irehbishop," queried
Worth, "where does he reside
" Right over that tallest house there,"
coutinurd the fat brewer, pointing to
the dwelling where the Prussian Min
ister then resided, while the ordnance
beLiud him were taking sight
and aim.
"And the-National Palace, the Grand
Plaza, the Cathedral, the Plateros?"
continued Worth, as noted points in
the beautiful city came to his mind.
" Beyond the Alameda, and right
under that star," answered the English
man, pointing again.
Meanwhile theplatforms for the two
10-inch mortars were laid, and overy
lhing was ready to "open," when all of
a sudden it got through the little fat
man's skull that he hail been. pumped.
"But are you going to bombard the
city shouted he, skipping more live
ly than ever.
Bang! wining! went the l'i-pounders.
"And my wife and children are liv
ing up there!"
Slain ! boom ! .roared the two mortars
"Clod bless my soul! you'll tear the
whole city to pieces! and my poor wife
—she's timid, and"—
Bang! whang! bellowed the eighteen
poundets again ; it took longer to work
the mortars, but as fast as they could
he wiped out and cleaned they were
'kept in active play.
It may not seem altogether right for
a man to sit down and split his sides
laughing after a long day's work amid
carnage and slaughter; but who could
help it, as that blue-coated, pursy little
Englishman, who had unconsciously
given Worth a thorough reconnoisance
of the entire city of Mexico, commenced
jumping and skipping about with the
agility of a first-class acrobat? lam
laughing now as I tell the story—l can't
help it.
Twodaysafterwards,walkingleisurely
down the Calle Taeubaya, towards the
110:- , 1:! -ti (h Nan .I.ndres, I wet the same
;ilue aad brass buttons.
" Were any of your family hurt by the
bombardment?" queried I.
"Scared, hat's all," was the curt re
ply.
By way of finish to this odd reminis
cence, t should say that a short time
after Worth opened thus on the city of
Mexico, a deputation from the Ayunta
miento came hurriedly down to San
Cosine with intelligence that Santa
Anna had evacuated the capital, bag and
baggage, and that it was at our mercy.
Job Dodge—Or the Stormy Day
It was a half-drizzling, half-stormy
day in the middle of November—just
such a day as puts nervous people in a
bad humor with themselves and every
body else. Job Dodge sat brooding over
the fire immediately after breakfast.
His wife addressed him as follows:
"Job, can't you mend that front door
latch today?" "No," was the answer.
" Well, can't you mend the handle of
the water-pail?" "No." "Well, can't
you fix a handle to the mop? "No."
" Well, can't you put up some pins for
the clothes, in our chamber?" "No."
"Well, can't you fix that north win•
dow, so that the rain and snow won't
drive in?" " No—no--no !" answered
the husband, sharply. He then took
his hat, and was on the point of leaving
the house, when his wife, knowing that
he was going to the tavern, where he
would meet some of his wet day com
panions, asked him kindly to stop a
moment. She then got her bonnet and
cloak, and said to her husband. "You
are going to the tavern ; with your
leave I will go with you." The husband
stared. " Yes," said the wife ; " I may
as well go as you ; if you go and waste
the day, and tipple at the tavern, why
shall not Ido the same?" Job felt the
reproof. He shut the door; hung up
his hat; got the hammer and nails; did
all his wife had requested, and sat down
by his fire at night, a better and hap
pier man.
Mrs. Richards, near Tuckerton Station,
on the Philadelphia and Reading road, at
tempted to kindle a fire in the bake-oven
by pouring coal oil from a can on some
coals, when the can exploded, setting her
clothes on fire, and she was burned to
death,
Jefferson' Wedding.
Thai°Bowing sups is from the Early
Days of Jefferson, In the New "York
Century
"Belinda," (Jefferson's first love) had
been married many years, and her old
admirer was approaching thirty, when
he met with a young lady of twenty
two, who had produced a strong im
pression upon him. She was a little
above the medium height, slender, but
elegantly formed. A fair complexion,
with a delicate tint of the rose; large
hazel eyes, full of life and feeling; and
luxuriant hair of a rich, soft auburn,
formed a combination of attractions
which were eminently calculated to
move the heart of a youthful bachelor.
In addition to all this the lady was itd•
mirably graceful; she rode, danced and
moved with elegant ease, and sang and
played on the hapsichord very sweetly.
Add still to these accomplishments
the possession of excellent goi;tl sense,
very considerable cultivation, a warm,
loving heart, and last, though nut least,
notable talents for housekeeping, and
it will not be difficult to understand
how the youthful Mr. Jefferson came
to visit very frequently at the lady's
residence, in the ' county of Charles
City. It was called " The Forest,"
and the name of the lady was
Mrs. Martha Skelton. She was a
daughter of John Wales, an eminent
lawyer, and had married in her seven
teenth year, Mr. Bathurst Skelton, who,
dying in 1765, left his young wife a
widow at nineteen. As the three years
of mourning began to expire, the beau
tiful young lady found herself besieged
at ' The Forest' by numerous visitors.
Of these three were favorites with the
fair Mrs. Skelton, of whom Mr. Thomas
Jefferson was one. The tradition runs
that the pretentious of the rivals were
decided either by the musical accom
plishments of the young counsellor, or
by the fears of his opponents. The tale
is differently related. One version is,
that the two unfortunate gentlemen en
countered each other on Mrs. Skelton's
door-step, but hearing Mr. Jefferson's
violin and voice accompanying the lady
in a pathetic song, gave up the contest
thenceforth and retired without enter
ing, convinced that the affair was be
yond their control.
The other story is, that all thrti"e met
at the door, and agreed that they would
take turns. Mr. Jefferson eutered first,
and the times of the lady in singing
with her companion deprived the lis
teners of all hope. However this may
be, it is certain that the beautiful widow
consented to become Mrs. Jefferson ;
and on the first of January, 1771, there
was a great festival at " The Forest."
Friends and kindred assembled front
far and near—there was frolicking and
dancing after the abundant old fashion
—and we find front the bridegroom's
note-book that the servants and fiddlers
received fees from his especial pocket.
It snowed without, but within all
was mirth and enjoyment, in the light
and warmth of the great log fires, roar
ing in honor of the occasion. Soon
after the performance of the ceremony,
the bridegroom and his bride set out in
their carriage for "Monticello,". where
Mr. Jefferson had commenced building
in 170, just before the destruction by
fire of his patrimouial house of "Shad
well." The journey was not to end
without adventures. As they advanced
toward the mountains, the snow in
creased in depth, and finally they were
compelled to leave the carriage and pro
ceed upon their way on horseback.
Stopping to rest at "Blenheim," the
seat of Col. Carter, where they found,
however, no one but an overseer, they
left it at sunset, resolutely bent upon
reaching Monticello before night. It
was eight miles distant, and the road,
which was rather a mountain bridle
path than au honest highway, was en
cumbered with snow three feet deep.
We may fancy the sensations of the
newly-wedded bride at the chill ap
pearance of the desolate landscape, as
site passed along the snow ; but she was
a woman of courage and good sense,
anti did not care for inconvenience. It
was late when they arrived, and a cheer
less reception awaited them—or rather,
there was no reception at all. The fires
were all out, theservants had gone to bed
and the place was as dark and silent as
the grave. Conducting his wife to the
little pavilion, which was the only part of
the house habitable at the time, Mr.
Jefferson proceeded to do the honors.
On a shelf behind some books, part of a
bottle of wine was discovered, and this
formed the supper of the bridegroom
and the bride. Far from being annoy
ed or discontented by the reception,
however, it only served for a topic of
jesrand laughter. The young lady was
merry and light-hearted as a bird, and
sent her clear voice ringing through the
dreary little pavilion as gaily as she had
ever done in the cheerful drawing-room
of " The Forest." Thus the long hours
of the winter night fled away winged
With laughter, merriment and sung.
The vigil was a mirthful incident
rather than a trial of their equani
mity. They were young, and they
had just been married. When hands
are clasped, and h !arts beat close
together, there is very little gloom in
darkness, and winter nights are net
cold. Tins little moral sentiment will
not, I hope, be criticised as to, romantic
for the "dignity of history." It doubt
less explains how a young lady and gen•
[Leman, both used to every comfort and
luxury, found the gloomy little pavilion
in the midst of three feet of snow,
neither dark nor cold, iu that January
night long ago.
The Ennoblement of Labor.
Two hundred years ago nobody
thought of conceding anything like dig
nity to physical labor, and the toilers of
the world had but few acknowledged
rights. In England, as late as 1813, the
wages, the hours of labor, and even the
meal times .of journeymen mechanics
were regulated by law, and employers
who paid their workmen more than the
legal stipend were liable to be fined.
But the laboring millions have made a
mighty stride since then. Here and in
Great Britain skilled industry in every
branch of useful art frequently takes
issue with capital on the question of
wages, and as often as not wins the day.
The working classes of the United States
understand and apply the fable of the
" Bundle of Sticks." The political
system under which they live teaches
them the value of Union, and their pro
tective organizations are, formidable
bodies, to whose "moral suasion " "As
sociated Capital " finds it expedient to
listen respectfully. When any one of
these organizations " strikes " for a
higher rate of remuneration, Capital
either yields gracefully in the beginning
or makes a compromise, or fights it out
to the bitter end. In the latter case,
the combined long purses almost
always get the best of the com
bined short ones, and the malcontents
eventually fall back into their old
places at the old rates. There ought
not, however, to be any quarrels be
tween capital and labor. Their inter
ests are identical, and in this country
not only one, but indivisible. Ou the
other side of the Atlantic capital be
gets capital, but here labor begets it too.
Mechanics may become millionaires
and porters merchant 'princes; and
such are the advantages offered to labor
in this market that the intelligent, pru
dent and energetic toiler is bound to
rise, and as he rises to be honored. In
Europe the different classes of society
simply repeat themselves. When a
member of a subordinate class makes
his way into the charmed circle of the
aristocracy, it is regarded as an innova•
tion. Families with "coat armor look
with sublime contempt on beings who
have conquered lbrtune in their shirt
sleeves. In the lauds infested with
" privileged orders" the fabric of society
is always pretty much the same. Each
portion of the structure is renewed from
generation to generation with one kind
of material. With us it is otherwise.
Our social fabric is a piece of mosaic,
and the process of tesselation is contin
ually going on. Side by side with a bit
of porcelain we place,a chunk of servi
ceable delf, and the other day we vari
egated the edifice, rather extensively,
with ebony. Ancestors count fon:loth
ing with us. We judge of men by what
they do, and rate them accordingly. I
any man is " noble" in this country, it
is the self-elevated worker,
pioreliattroito.
How the Publlc'Treasury is Swamped--
Profligacy of United States Senators.
The Albany Argus gives the follow
ing account of the manner in which th.e
public treasury is plundered, and of the
profligacy of Radical Senators:
Congress continues to create new offices
and increase salaries. There is an array of
TWENTY TuousAND OFFICE HOLDERS con
nected with the Treasury Department
alone in this country, at this hour, sucking
out the life-blood of the musses. We have
some of divot in every Congressional dis
trict LAYINO Fttom FIVE TO SEVEN
THoUsAND A YEAR for services which
thousands of honest, capable men would be
glad to perform for one-fifth of what' they
receive. ,
Congre , s has raised the pay of its own
members to FIVE THOUSAND DoLLArts A
YEAR, besides pillage and plunder. This
salary is about rouert.:EN DOLLARS A DAY,
for every day in the year, Sundays and all,
and probably M RE THAN THIRTY DOL
LARs A DAY foe the actual time spent. [To
this should ti added art average of f 3,2,000
each year fir mileage. In other days, Con
gressmen took a large number of newspa
pers ou both sides in politics, from their
State and elsewhere, but now they very
largely commute for money.--1,113.
Tbe amount of plunder they gut is past
finding out; but, by way of illustration, let
us give some samples of it upon a small
scale, and leave you to judge what it must
be on a large scale.
We li:ice a copy of Senate Miscellaneous
Document No. 54 1 Thirty ninth Congress,
2,1 session, which is a detailed statement of
payments from the eongingent fund of the
Senate for the year ending December 11,
IStki, published in accordance with an Oct
passed ut 1512, and certified by J. W.
Fornev, Secretory of (lie Senate, It Is a
pamphlet if 57 pages, about 15 by Ii inches,
tine prim, giving hello( of contingent
ex 'mist, of the Senate, which, in the absence
ul Southern 5111.1111,11,, is composed of 52
members. We have added up some 'lasses
11 . these items with the following results,
which show sufficiently the character of
these contingent expenses.
For pocket-katves, 504 in number SI,IiS ::0
For pen-kniv. s, is number 1,204 60
Sak::ig 911 hnives fur these 52 gentle
men, In one year, about 18 each;
average cost 82 50; amoun lug t 0......
70:1 pair of slicers, about 14 pair each,
eosi
sponge
7,137 pair nisch:so-a, 1.11,i1.11. 22 pair cacti
at a Mlle over Si n pair
101 pith' cf ge vet, übn a .1 pairs
each, it a par 5'25
116:114rh, '206
291 point' , hos nearly 0 each, al ahont SI 1,104 I))
-116 poet , . ei-books, caelt, at about 82 I.shi 31
iii) brushes 324 33
5,0 phi cushions 6u U
ON: boxes of pens 1,895 SI
2,505 lead pencils 725 1:3
Newspaper; and magazines 3,206 tin
2,571P 4 i reams of paper 4,1172:19
1,857,151 envelopes 10,111.1-117
Oilier items, such as paper-weights, cork
screws, cords, erasers, leather dusters,
chamois skins, folders, pen-wipers, blank -
books, inkstands, eyelet machines, pamph
let• cases, copy books, viper tiles, pen racks,
stationery cases, -old 1.114, dies, key-rings,
match Ca,CN, Iluid , silk (trite, Card eases,
1111'1110r:11111111n 1.4/1/ICS, combs, cologne, soap,
pomade, toilet powder, lemons, are scattered
(through tile book in quantities siglicient to
supply all their friends, or to set up variety
stores in the country.
In the I louse the rule allows each member
so much for stationery, to be paid in
slatlOnery Or Money, us be chooses, but sta
tionery is furnished in addition for all
committees, and the practice is for MEM.
BE ItS TO SUPPLY THEMSELVES
Fitt 01 THAT FURNISHED TO COM.
M TTE ES, AND TH EN TAKE TOE
ALLOWANCE.
itki•EATIN() 'nos: ADJOURNED sEssioN
IN JULY.
On Motion of Mr. Spaulding, of Ohio, in
the I louse ,r Representatives, on the 6th
July last, an order was adopted to allow rho
SAME AMOUNT TO MEMBERS FOIL
NEWSPAPERS AND STATIONERY for
that brief adjourned term us allowed for a
short term of Congress.
It' they will thus rob the people in small
matters, what may we not expecton a large
scale? Is it any wonder that these int,n
,11111,1,341121111e1181, Ibr1,111.104; that so many of
them are able to be traveling now in foreign
lands, rioting in the luxuries and splendors
of wealth?
Commenting on the above article the
\Vasil ngton Xationuthltc//iticiic,r says:
In reseed, to the pay in a large way NV,
shall have something to soy hereafter. It
may be remarked, en prmyant, that, Were
this Sreastiry Dep. rtment disposed to pub
dish the facts as to the monstrous lavish
nient of public money by Mr. Secretory
Stanton upon political favorites and
electioneering purposes, such publication
would sink the Radical party , in hopeless
defeat and destruction. As an example
we may mention the paying of $450,00 for
the old steamship Illinois, which was not
sent to sea, and by a trick was got rid of by
letting the authorities of New York have
her for quarantine purposes. Her estimated
value by officials of the Navy Department,
to whom the ship was offered, was
This transaction took place (a
proposition of the quartermaster General
for appraisal being suppressed) just berm.,
some important election , in States that were
supposed to be closely :,lanced between
parties. There are Lel,.uiaus who arc
posted on this subject. There is no end to
the like profuse and excessive profligacy of
Sir. Stanton. Si monstrous was his wild
and wasteful expenditure for ships and yi•s
sels that it probably far exceeded that of
the Navy Department, with its thousands
ships, grim sentinels at every port or inlet
from Hampton Roads to the Rio Grande.
he Treasury rcc..rds should also be un
•caled to exhiln i vast treasure that was
alloWed in detilni, of law over the heed , ot .
Comptrollers nod Auditors upon account,
under the military head. They should 110
unsealed, that the people may know of the
vast amount of piddle moneythat has been
lost by defalcations of public officers, Their
11;11111, should be known, rind the Radical
iniluences that keep them in office or prey, nt
their prosecution. It would be interesting to
know what partiality existed, and why it
existed, in 10 . 01'ellee to allowances for rail
way transportation? For instance, wiry
was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ('on,
puny paid for service which it never per
formed ? Why one-half cent a mile more
was paid to said road for the passae,, of
soldiers 11111.11Wati paid teeny other railroad?
Why the value of labor and materials of
the Government was not di-ducted from the
charges of said company for construction
or repair after rebel raids upon the road
during the war? Whether (7overmnent did
not make expenditures for construction
when dalnage had arisen from other process
of injury than by destructPle rebel incur
sions? Why said railroad company receiv
ed over a 'Mildred thousand dollars yi•,l7.iy
t'or earryite4 mails, Which, in fact, were not
elirriol at na on the main stout of the roast?
Whv the said company were allowed to
purchase upon credit millions of dollars of
Government rolling stock, thus being en
allll_4l thereby to realize every dollar of
their trumped this accounts in millions
ol dollars, by way of extra charges ?
What wonder js it, in View of all
these rivers of profligacy running to
the deep gulf of $.5,000,000,000 for war expen
diture, (as stated often by Mr. Thaddeus
Stevens,) that the people should be sinking
under excessive taxation ? What wonder
is it that portions of the Republican press
are clamoring for taxation of the bonds of
the Federal Government? What wonder is
it that profuse and lawless expenditures to
carry elect ions, and make fortunes for thous
ands of shoddy spots, has thoroughly cor
rupted and depraved the leadership, great
and small, of the Republican party? Is it,
then, strange that the party is in a state of
"dissolution and thaw" throughout the
country, and that its ascendency has been
shivered to dishonored fragments in Con
necticut and California, and that there is
cheering prospect of its utter destruction in
the great Central States at the October and
November elections?
Exciting !Scene in n New York Court
While the examination of Dan Noble, the
prisoner in the Royal Insurance bond
robbery case, was proceeding at the tombs
on Monday before Judge Rogan, a scene
occurred which for several minutes created
the greatest sensation. A Mrs. Gilchrist
was on the witness stand, and was under
going a cross examination with regard to
her former husband, John Keene, who the
witness testified was dead. :She said ho was
her second husband, and had just finished
relating the circumstances of their marriage,
and the subsequent death of her husband,
when the counsel, glancing towards the
door of an ante-room, called " John Keene!"
and the man (or the ghost, if the witness
told the truth) walked forth. The episode
caused the the witness to shrink back and
almost faint. As soon as the excitement
was over the examination went on, the
witness testifling she had not seen her hus•
band for twelve years, and supposed him
to be dead.—N. Y. World.
A German, named Wm. Kaseman, re
cently died in Shamokin township, North
umberland county, aged 107 years, 1. month
ands days. Daniel Steckel, of Bath, Lehigh
county, is 100 years old, in good htial,
though blind. Barnard Eisenhuth, who
died in this county last year, was 111 yenis
old.
NUMBER 37
News Items
Rev. Thomas H. Taylor, rector of Greco
Church, Now York, died on Monday night.
The Indian Commission have been
joined by Commissioner Taylor at Omaha.
Sixty deaths from yellow fever wore ro
ported in New Orleans yesterday.
A fire in Louisville, destroyed SSO,OOO
worth of property.
A Baptist church and two dwellings in
Jeffersonville, Ind., were burned on Mon
day night.
The yellow fever continues at Pensacola.
It has appealed at the Dry Tortugas. 4
deaths from yellow fever were reported yes
terday in New Orleans.
Chief Justice Chase has been in Philadel
phia for a:lew days, and was called .upon
by a large number of friends at the Con
tinental Hotel.
A Leavenworth despatch says Generals
Hancock and Sheridan were about leaving
for Washing,ton. Gen. Hancock. had been
ordered to Washington by Gen. Grant.
Joseph A. W. Caitiff', recently n cotton
broker in Boston, killed one Boniittnin V.
Aldrich near Providence, It. I , Cumut had
been living with Aldrich's wire.
Joseph S. Caruthers, teller of the Central
Railroad Bank, nt Savannah, disappeared
On Saturday, with ;SO h. He has been ar
rested on a Havana vessel.
Uhf Wisconsin Democratic Convention
met yesterday. J. J. 'fa I [nudge was nomi
nated Mr Governor, and G. L. Banks for
Lieutenant Governer.
'[he Massachusetts Republican Conven
tion net yesterday. A. 1 - 1. Itullock was re
nominated for Governor. Among there-to
lotions adopted was one encoring the im
peach went of the Presidi
Several persons were injured, two of t hem
severely, by a train running olf the track
of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
near Battleborol, N. C., on Wednesday
night.
A duel was fought, near Conner-vii le,
Ind., between James W. Mayo, a biw yet-,
slid J. W. Carmichael, formerly a State
:senator. Mayo was dangerously wounded
and carried off the field. The alrair,oritu
ttted in a gambling dispute.
Advices from New Orloans state that
Chief Engineer Alexander Renshaw, of the
sutler Wilderness, and several other officer,
of the Custom House, died of yellow fever
last week. Renshaw was a son of Comm()
lore Renshaw of the navy.
etv York City physicians say never
within their experience Was sore throat so
prevalent as it is at present. In some to
it has assumed the form and character
of all epidemic, the consequence, no doubt,
of the very variable weather. The general
health of the metropolis, is good.
Last Wednesday oys
were engaged in play
when a son of Win. out
twelve years, flew st ratt
ly without any reuse, Into a violent pas
and plunged a knife into the heart of
son of Peter Schwartz, killing him al
most instantly.
It hits already been stated that according
to the constitution or Kootooky un olootioo
for tiovernor should be called to till the
vacancy occasioned by the death or (
nor Henn for the first August succefling his
lemise, until which election the Lieutenant
iovernor presides; but it is now stated that
lodge Peters, the Chief .1 ustice of the t'our'.
Appeals, has ordered an election for the
st of•l)etuber.
Says a London letter: 'rho tin interest
ens been greatly shocked by the :immune
omit of the di s covery of that metal in :11is •
and the shares of the various coin
fames have gone down rapidly. I r halt
lie accounts be true, there must be an end
o timinining in Englund, where scarcely
ui ounce of the ore is to be f o und Under IL
listanee of from two to throe thousand feet
Pont the surface of the earth.
On last Saturday night a negro named
Washington accosted a colored W.lllllll
named Ntunson, in St. Louis, who was on
her way to it ball and proposed to walk
there with her, She consented, and at
some point along the route, Washington
drew a pistol and holding it to her head
forced her to submit to his brutal desires.
The woman on being released went at once
to the ball, and infimned her husband of
what had happened. Manson Immediate
ly sought out Washington and shot hint in
the hack, injuring him seriously.
Who Are the Repudiators
'Fla , Act of Assembly of June 12, Isle,
passed by a Democratic Legislature, made
it obligatory to pay the interest on the State
debt in coin or its equivalent. A terrible
financial crisis had just been passed through
and the enactment of such a law was essen
tial to the establishment of the credit of the
Slate upon a secure basis. From the period
t.f the passage of that law until January,
IStl-1, the Treasurer paid the interest on the
State loans in specie' and they had grown
to be favorite investments with capitalists.
The interest was payable'on the 111'4 days
of February and August in each and every
year. Ou the 27th day of January, 1:16-1,
S\lr. Ilighatn, then a member of the 11 , 111 , 1,
of Representatives, and a personal itnil po
litical friend of Judge Williams, iialled up
a bill which read as follows: "That so
much of au act approved June 12, 181 n, as
i reS the interest on the public debt of
this Commonwealth to be paid in specie or
its equivalent, and also the thiad section .1*
an act approved April 12, Isfiu, be and the
same rre hereby repealed. That it shall be
the duty oh the State Treasurer to pay all
the interest falling due on the public debt
of the Commonwealth, on and after the:llst
of January, 181 i I,.in such notes as have been
or may be issued by the l7mteil States gin
eminent."
This act was pill Upon its liassa4o at 0111'0
by its mover, Mr. Bigliam. Democrats
resisted its progress, when Mr. itighain
called the previous qucstion, which %%as
s.ttonded by two of his colleagues from Al
legheny county. The solid
in favor of the call. IL prevailed, debate
was cut off, and the first section of the bill
adopted. Every Radical voted for the sec
t ion ; every Democrat against it. The
second section ((a , : passed the next day 115
the same vote. Oil the 2llth, liighant called
up the hill on its final passage '
and \lc-sr , .
Rico, Sharp and I iiikeK, all Democrats,
spolL . o against the bill, ittld Alessrs.
Et Melt ;toil Cochran, of Eriv, all Radicals,
lit its favor. tlr. Kerns, of this city, called
the previous question, and the bill passed.
'rile Itadicals all voted for it. The Demo
crats all opposed it.
Dit the 1:411 of March, Ur. Connell, 'if this
city, a Radical Senator, called up Um bill
in that !Jody, and the first section was
passed IT a strj,t party vote. 'Messrs. Wal
lace, Clyntor and lieardslee,
spoke against the bill; r. Fleming, ltudi•
cal, in its favor. NN allure , Democrat,
said;
" I am apposed to the repeal of the act of
um against reinuluttion. (Jur faith
is plighted, and I, as a representative : of
the people of Pennsylvania, will never con
sent that her honor shall I,e tarnished by
the payment of sixty cents when we owe a
dollar."
Senator Fleming, Radical, in reply to
Mr. Wallace, remarked that "the Mil pr -
posed to effect a saving to the people to the
amount of fifty cents on a dollar," and that
" the business of the representatives of the
people WIL9 to save money whenever they
could, and the bill 8110111 d therefore pass,
as it proposed a saving of at least fifty cont.
on a dollar."
After further debate, the Lill passed lii
Senate ou the 13th of April, by a strict
party vote, the DeinocruLa against it, the
Radicals in its favor.
Of the morality of this measure, and its
effect upon the credit of the Mate, it sevins
to us there can be but one opinion among
honest men. It is virtual repuili,a,m. That
it affected the credit of the Commonwealth
is plainly apparent front the fact that the
Radicals, at the last session of the Legisla
ture, forced through a bill ridging the rate
of interest on our loans front five - to six per
cent—a rate which will be pirmanent un
til their final redemption.—Pii/a. Ave.
Dreadful ea"unity
The St. Mary's Beacon published at
Leonardtown, Md., says : "Ono of the sad
dest occurrences which it his ever been our
duty to record took plan on Saturday
morning. A daughter of Ir. It. I'. Black -
istone, of Bedlem Neck, in >ur county, aged
11 years, having occ sion i> perform some
household duty in the kitdlen, caught lire,
and her clothes soon becalm enveloped in
flames. A servant who wmpresent attempt
ed to extinguish the fire, lot without effect,
and the child In its agoit , 'rushed to the
yard, where its cries soot arrested the at
tention of Mrs. Blackiftone. Seeing its
condition, this lady, wth the brave and
unselfish instincts of asnother, sought to
put the fire out by envehping the child with
her own clothing, but finding this of no ,
avail, she sought the house with a view of
obtaining a blanket to smother the flames.
Before she had precealed many stops she
discovered her own cothing to be on fire,
and all othereflorts prtving unavailing, she
threw herself upon a bed and sought to
smother the flames bydrawing the cover
around her. But this was without effect.
The fire still progressed, and soon the flames
had done their work upon both sufferers.
We draw a veil over the scene which met
the eye of the husband and father upon
reaching his desolated home, Both wife
and daughter wore in extremis. Mrs. Black
!stone survived but a few hours, and the
child died during the afternoon of the day
following."
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Maio Items
They had n sharp trust In Fulton county
on the last night In August.
A little son of Charles A. Wain, Esq., of
Luzern° county, was killed on Wednesday
last by a fall from a wild cherry tree.
On Monday night Mr. Stephen 11. Hooper,
weigh master at the weigh look of the Penn
sylvania canal, Harrisburg, was found
dent" in tho water closet. It is supposed ho
died of nppoplexy.
A jew pedlar, hailing t.n,in Danville, was
drowned in the river, at shickshinny, ono
day last week. Doing too penurious to pay
the bridge toll exacted, he attetnpted to lord
the river, and succeeded in 'II - owning both
himself and horse.
Two convicts who had escaped from the
West Virginia penitentiary were arrested
at Somerset, this State, and put in Jail. The
officers of the penitentiary came on and
idontined the prisoners, but the same night
they broke jail and made good their escape.
The tents erected by I he Winchrennarians
on a .iatnp ground near Somerset county
were destroyed by tiro on last Thursday
night. The meeting, was to commence next
day. It is supposedto have been the work
of some brutal incendiary.
A very bold robbery was tionunitlaiii in
Ila tristairiz on Thursday night. The resi
dence of John Sellers, on Market street,
was entered, and a trunk containing $lOO
in greenback, lint' t -4 11111 in specie, curried
from the room where he was sleeping.
Daring the ,were ']'buret av t tt
boat on the ,ix mite level of the Schuylkill,
it few wile, below Reading, WIIS struck by
lightning, :ind the into al the rudder was
thrown overboard and it' nut killed by thu
lightning wa, drowned.
'rho Chester County A griyult tura' Society
will hold their next exhiliit ion at the Fair
Grounds, in \Vest l'lwsitir, on the 27th
anti of the present month, %vide!), froltl
the extensive preiairaticns hying made,
pr,lllll.t, to Lea 'mist magnitlis•nt
\ York county farmer, tchilo on his wtty
Immo l'ront 1 latiover, vvn, attacked by tWo
\vb., applied a handker
chief saturated with chlornfiirm to his race.
Ile immediately liciattne nsible, and
ill hightvilymett
rifled his pnel:ets.
.John ids ilw,ult,,iltownsalip,
Lehigh county , hml hiA 1 . 001 I.l'll (qt . by It
thre,hillg 111:W1111W Tillll,hly, 2111 CI on
the (lay fontoviog :1 son or Samuel t t.sneer
ingor, the S;11110 ~,hinty, had hitt right :trill
luetally II the b,,dy IT a similar
A Ilmj: lir LvilLl p,ot,e visited l'ott,villo
last 'l:littr,,la . y. They eh Heil around an if
nut ktioNving where to go. It i..., ,til.posed
that they , tnrietl for the South, hut hearing;
or the kind of ::,Incrititiettl in v,gui , there,
they lievainetli , gin.ted,:itnistopp •it to think
about going I•li.ewhere,
'Air. Jahn I I oel:er, iii . \%•iiiiiiviiiii, wits'
Avid k ing ”ii the railroad tr.i.•l„ 1.1,t Sitinlity
innriting, a .left 11-.t:itn•.• ti,,t or the ,tnition
at Johnstown, when he wits hit Ily the 11,00-
motive of n p.,.-ing train, end thrown front
tit (reek. Ile ,as VcrN . Witch 'Milked, bull
i , 1 . X11,01,11 I, 1 . ,,,v, , i . ,
1 111 Saturday' I:1,1, It 1:1•III0t , I . bailing water
Avii, 'lnset front n ,love, al the re ,, idenee of
Mr. l'yrte, •-•41..1.1i, i t , I,el,nett, while being
fLIIII , LVI , d, :111 , 1 1110 L•L , IIII . III , 1,.:11•11P,1 HIP llor
smi cif I lacter, e son of 11'. I'll ,- 1 k, IL lilt! of
ithont 111 ye. s cut . N•._..;.., ~.thinig 11111,0,h:idly
that 11L . , ...,t11L•L1 lie tie \ t morning.
1
Till' ( .IL . , il' I I t•
11/1 , 1 `'LIIII M r '
and su 1
,ay s : \Vt. are
, vas
( ,1 • , 11 ,, v11 , .11111114.:\i,1111111-
11,)11 ereck, n1111 , 1,11111t WvglVe lust
tVet , k, lut, 1111'1,t,1
nml (st•Il having (randortal :nvay from
kvlna) ninl,a. als la wary men
ial .tbsirart poi, at Iho t no Was missing.
I. laloh•I t4rorn teas hodonliy 1:1110d at
lo r lilroad 11 , 1(01, about (VII miles (Veal of
tlre.enNlairg, early Too,lay morning. 110
(vas (V1111:ing 1111. 11 1 11.•k,111111 1111 1 oling 1111
1. 1 11,101'11 11111111 , i 1, , 11, ho 0111111011 from tho
south to 111,. aoil. Ho, k, not was hit by it
train going NV0..1%,11 , 1, 111111 ill•
stantly. 110 loaves a (Oro and liyo children
to mourn Ili, untimely Gild.
The I lunlimuliin .Ibufitar says: "Last
wool: f hree 11 , Z1 , 1,4,111 . 111,1 With guns, culled
lit the residenee Laban I
1011, in llendur
.nn 1. ,, V11,111111, 1 . 1 . 111. , t , ' , 1 the 101111 Of his
!Wilting rtliit,t Mr Hall ru
ftv,Lql. 'rho Ilognars, idler wortls will;
Mr. 11., fell upon :mil heal him in a shame
ful manner, breaking his a-a and inn+ rib,
and than niielit their eseal,.."
On Friday last a large uud lien, ( log,
o hy George l'utri.loman, or Norris
town, hrolte the chain with wine!), he was
,oelirell, while a little eliihl of 'Timothy
rt 'emiel was al iday near try, tal pounced
upon the het ple., little uuo , throwing it
111//l the w,noti , l,l and biting it ill /l horrible
Illaliller. Wllll 1101011 tile chill
relilllloll.
An , is•tirrisl at Iyera's
above I lydetoivii, on the( til Creel: Itaiiron I
ou Monday !Monition, by which tlr. U.
Arnold, tile! his death. Mr.
attempted. to get aboard the train
while in motion, and was 1121 . 0,V11 forward
and crushed to death. Ile was a highly
respected, industrious citizen, and bud been
employed as Ins al carpenter tin the (W.
Creek road its e , itstruction. Ito leaves
it wife mut twit children.
tlrs. l'endeltoll, of \N - indliatii, I'll., mar
ried about one Nstr ago, returned from
church on last Sunday week, started it lire,
and was in the act of removing a lid front
the top of th, slow , when t h e !hulk, burst
up, setting. lire to her clothes, lintl hurtling
her flesh to II crisp bot'ore her husband,
attracted by her seream.t, reucheil LllOl . OOlll
anti succoeiled in Ctztinguishing the tire.
She lived in .great agony some twenty-four
hours when death put an end to her sutler-
Mr. James li. Nlid'arlitnil, Sr., of East
lirllllllylVirl, I.o , llStlip, ('lister county, on
last Nlimilit3- was about_ to descend n pair or
tmia slays, lost his root hold and fell, break
ing his thigh. Dr..l. P. of Downing
town, wan culled in and ...I. the H 1101,1111,1
11 , ! is 110 W emirs; Its well as can lie expected
for a man of Ins age, being in his 11ith year.
II r. cl'arlatel has been very unfortunate
with regard to fracturing his limb,. NVllen
he arts :I. ynnung man lie wits thrown from it
load of hay, at whirls titre• he hail his col
lar bone broken, , I11(1 leg and seven, of his
ribs. About lea yours ago whit, stn ndiug
court as n V.ll 114,M in \Vest C ht,ter, the
pavement being icy he slipped and fractured
his leg ',elms' the knee, arum which 110 was
a long thine recovering. .About ono year
shim lie got the middle linger of his right
hand broken, and last mid worst of all the
present misfortune.
Thu Erie hisprlch .1 Wednesday says:
un .Nlondity afternoon, while two I /email
children were picking berries a short dis
tance west iir this city, a ,Lrango object was
noar the odgii of the woods, Making
short leaps (Oward them, evidently excited
by the presence .1' it dog, tel had accoin
partied the children to the field. Siezing the
dog by the back, it bit him severely, and
defied for some tune every eirturt to shako
it elf. The children escaped without in
jury. The same day it; or its mate, attacked
largo dug belonging to Mrs. Butler, on
Third street. From the description of the
children, as well as from that .f same la
lcurers at the Pittsburg dock, it is supposed
to lao a specimen of what is denominated
by scientific men the l'itlex irritans. In new
countries it has been frequently known to
attack dogs, and in some instances child
ren, and even full grown men have been
attacked.
The Doncaster Daces
[By Atlantic Telegraph.]
LONDON, Sept. 11—Evening.--This was
the great day of the Doncaster races. Tho
principal event was the famous" St. Leger;
considered next to the Derby in the Eng
racing calendar. The attendance war ce ,,
mense, and the interest evinced in tliNq p ,d
was almost unprecedented. The rivid ytto;
stakes, valued at £5OO, were won 1(£305, by
the corporation plate, valued emiik„ by
11. J., and the Bradgate Pa., ) ,,,, as i ffli of
Leone. Tito St. Leger w" ;it value of tee
intense excitement.
that the best
stakes, 4:.5,23.5, and
fr mttered for the
horses of the year '''Aitions of the day
race,
no less tim" t he St. Leger of
itself, eon( ri bu test to
181;7 at least the t
or
any
er its ',redo-
CeSSON. The ra 'C c ',
t the winner of the
‘ ' ‘..as si ,lentlid one, and
tour+ wan by k
Ije l' s t' t v a 'cl" k the York A ugust
; second, and
of the Derby this year,
(:error, who won the blue rib
bon‘trir(ka,i
i g n
a th i
,e
Chulientgstarters
t
Estournel, and the Palmer,
, J , u o i r i „, ti
none of whom were plile,ll. 1 lerlllii has
not run since the Derby, haying been held
in reserve for the St. Leger. Markham watt
second in the Derby, and Vauban third.
Vauban was latterly the winner of the
Goodwood Cup.
Novel bet Decided
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11, 1807,
2 :30 o'clock Y. M.
A bet between two gentleman, mimed
Higgens and Hayes, on the election, that
the loser should play a hand organ the en
tire length of Montgomery street, was de
cided today. No such crowd was ever be
fore seen in this city. Collections were
taken up along the route by prominent men
of both political parties for the benefit of the
orphan asylums, and molly thousands of
dollars wore received. Silver was showered
from the windows and housetops and busi
ness was suspended for hours..