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NIBI I'ION
What Is ambition? a glorious ch"at.
It seeks the chanitiier of the gifted boy,
And lilts lit• humble window and conies in.
The narrow walls expand, and spread away
Into a king pthw anit the roof
Lifts to the sky, and u iseen tine. rs work
The ceiling with rich blazonry, and Sr Ito
His num, burinng .etiers over all.
And ever as he shuts his wilder,. d eyes,
The phantom conies, and lays upon his lips
A spell that murders steep, and in his ear
Whit ers ndn oldest trot d, and on his brain
Breathes a ilr rice no waters will allay.
Hie Is Its slave I eccsloi th. Ills days are spent
In chaining and watching
WilOre
To rtso be human w, ago , msea. His n'ghLs
Bring him no rest it nil their bles,ed Hours;
His kind; ed are ,rgot4ea or einraliged ;
niu fire; burn efeega.ol- In his eye;
His HP ; e,l le-s, till Its sinile is canted
Nall Into scoro; rill the bright, fiery boy,
Tout 'iw.ts daily olusslog but to see,
His ?Idyll. ,v;“ su bird-like and so pare,
is frog -u I . the vet y flush of youth,
Into a c.,1,1, care-butted, h,;trliess ninth
Arid what, Is Imw . 7 Ai I , •st, a name!
Pralsr—woen the ear hus grown Too dull to
Leo the seenee 11. should please are
Wreath s— ' W:4l ii tl:c hair th,-.} . c, Ver has grown
gn ;
ii.• 111;,; 11. ;IN. IL should Lave
Ih 1111111 b.
AU thing, bur lure—winui tore is ali we went,
Aid c o,u nehu.d cbirb, dauth, and ere we
know,
That even I gir , q are ourx,
.111,11 , i, “1,111,1.1(12.1, 1.0 th,. grave
~i#~x~tta.
You Can't Take My Hat
We were mice traveling over the rail.
road front Washington city to Balti
more, when we observed a peculiar sort
of mail sitting hard by—a tall, shin,
good natured 'entity, but one whosome,
how to bear the impress of a
person who lived by his wits, written
on his [tee. A friend, who was with
me, answered 'ay inquiry as to who he
was, and at the sauce tune asked me to
keep bet well' the Object, of my notice
and himself lest he should come over to
our seat, us my companion said that he
knew lino, but hd not wish to recog
nize"ins bele.
"Thai is Beau Hickman," said he,
"a mall hai is universally known iu
IVashington as one of the [noel accom
plished iellows i u t he .•iiy, always ready
to borrow of, or drink with you. He
never has any ncnucy, however, and 1
urn curious to know how he will get
over the road without paying, for he'll
do It in sonic way."
"Probably he has got a ticket—bor
rowed the money to ' hay iL with, or
something of that sort," said I.
"Not he. Beau always travels free,
andlioards in tiles:line way. He never
pays money when wit or trick will pass
currint iu its place," said illy friend,
confidently.
"What. Iptri- hat he hasgot
on," said 1, on:,;..rvink. the dilapidated
condition of Ins beaver.
"Ws souse Met: Of hie, doubtless, for
the rest of his dress, you observe, is
quite genteel."
"Yes, I see."
My friend went, on Lo tell me how
Beau had done Ins tailOr out of it re•
ceipt in full for his last year's bill, and
the landlady :it hie hest boarding Place,
and also various other specimens of his
ingenuity and Wit.
"He owed me ten dollars," said my
friend, "but in :dtempting to collect it
of him one day, be hanged if he
didn't, get tell more (Alla we,solthink
I shall let the matter rest there, for fear
of doubling the sum once more."
At Lid moment the conductor en Lered
the opposite end of the car to gather the
tickets from the passengers, and give
them cheeks in rc turn. litany or them,
us is often the practice with travelers
who are ,frequently culled upon on pop
ulous routes to show their tickets, had
placed theirs in the bands of their hats,
so that, the conductor could see that any
were all right, uud not trouble them to
take theta front Lludr pockets at each
stopping place. I walcited Ilea uto see
what his expediont would' be to get rid
of paying lor lis passage. As the con
ductor drew nearer, Beau thrust his
head out the car Windt/VI, and seemed
absorbed in contemplating the scenery
on that side of the road. The conductor
spoke Lo him for Ins ticket—there was
no I.llllll4'er.
"Ticket, sir," said the conductor,
trapping 10111 lightly on the shoulder.
Beau sprang hack into the car, knock
ing his hat into the road, and leaving it
in one minute nearly a mile behind:—
He looked first towards the conductor,
then out of the window after his hat,
and in tt scuttling 111 of rage exclaimed :
" bat the d-1 do you strike a man
that way fur? Is ///,it your business?
Is that what the company hires you
for V'
"I lag your pardon, sir, I only want
ed your ticket," replied the conductor
meekly.
`Ticket! Oh, yes, it's all very well
for you to want my tic/..ct, but I want
my bat !" replied Beau, bristling up.
" Very sorry, sir, really. I barely de
sired to call your attention, and I Look
the only means in my power," said the
conductor.
" You had butter UMe a cane Lo attract
a person's attention-next time, and hit
him over the heal with it if he happens
to be looking the other way!" replied
the indignant Beau.
" Well, sir, 1 am ready to apologize to
you again if you \ I have done so
already once," said the now disconterted
official.
"Yes, no doubt, but that don't restore
my property, that's gone."
" Well, sir, I cannot. Calk any longer,
PH take your ticket, if you please," said
the conductor.
"Ticket:' Haven't you knocked it
out of the window, hat and all? Do
you Want to add insult to injury
Oh, your ticket was in the hat
band?" suggested the conductor.
" :Suppose you stop the train and go
back and see," said the hatless Beau,
- with indignant scorn depicted ou his
lace.
" •11, sir, I shall pass you free over
the I-owl - then," replied the - ,conductor,
attempting to go on with hiai duty.
"The price of a ticket, " aid Beau, is
" one dollar, my beaver cost me aV.
Your good sense will at once show you
that there is a balance of four dollars iu
my favor, at any rate."
The conductor hesitated. Beau looked
like a gentleman to any one not perfect
ly well poled up in the human face;
he was well dies: cd, and his indignation
app-ared most llooest, .
"I'll see you after I have collected
the tiekeb.," replied the conductor,
passing on through the car.
Beau sat in silent indignation, frown
ing at everybody until the conductor
returned, and Caine and sat down by
his side. Beau then, in au earnest um
dertone, that wecould only overhear oc
casionally, talked to theconductor "like
a fattier,'' and we saw the el est fallen
man of tickets pall the hatless passenger
four dollars!
hue trick was at once seen through
by both my friend and myself, and the
next day, over a bottle of wine at the
Monument House, Beau told us he was
hard up, hadn't a dollar, picked up an
old hat at (Jadsby's hotel iu Washing
tom clapped his CO]) iu his pocket, and
resolved that the hat should carry him
to Baltimore; and it did, with four dol
. tars its the bargain.
" Don't Want ft Where Ile Was Going."
During the recent trial before the
United States Circuit Court in Hart
ford, of the ruse of the Norwich and
New York Transportation Company
against the insurance companies for
the amount of damages to the steamer
City of Norwich by fire, the defendants
undertook to prove that the loss was oc
casioned by the steamer's sinking, and
not by burning, making it a marine
loss,-against which the fire insurance
•company did not insure. Mr. Tracy,
the pilot of the boat, being on the wit
ness stand, was interrogated by Mr.
Scudder, of New York, the counsel for
defendants, as to his views.
It having appeared from the evidence
that Tracy was hanging on the rudder
Just before the steamer went down, Mr.
Scudder inquired of him as follows:
"Mr. Tracy, what do you think the
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boat was worth at the time you were
holding on to the rudder?"
" I really couldn't tell, sir."
" But what do you think, sir?"
" I didn't think anything at all about
" Mr. Tracy, what would you have
been willing to give for her at that
time."
" Well, I don't know. I was not buy
ing steamboats about that time.
Mr. Tracy, would you have been
willing to have given the old coat that
you say you had on at that time for the
boat?" •
" Well, I don't know but I should.
Ou the whole, I guess I should, for I
don't suppose I should have needed an
overcoat where going."
Mr. Scudder gave it up and called the
next.
Charles Dickens.
His First Reading In America.
The first reading of Charles Dickens
in America, on Monday night in Tre
mont Temple, was a great success in all
respects. All of the best men of the
vicinity were present, and the audience
was as intellectual a one as ever assem
bled in Boston. Mr. Dickens' reception
was very enthusiastic. The poems read
were the Christmas Carol and the Trial
Scene in Pickwick. The New York
Tribune correspondent, In a special de
spatch, speak thus:
Mr. Dickens' time is spent in the most
laborious pains-taking study of the parts
he is to read. Indeed, the public has
but little idea of the cost—in downright
bard work of niiind, and body, and voice
—at which thesereadings are produced.
Although Mr. Dickens has read, now,
nearly live hundred times, I am as
sured, on the best authority; that he
I ever attempts a new part in public un
til lie has spent at least two mouths in
study over it as faithfnl and searching
as Rachel or Cushman would give to a
new character. This study extends not
merely to the analysis of the text, to
the discrimination of character, to the
minutest points of elocution; but de
cides upon the facial expression, the
tone of the voice, the gesture, the atti
tude, anti even the material surround
ings of the actor, for, Acting It is, not
Reading, in the ordinary sense, at all.
Mr. Dickens is so essentially an artist
that he cannot neglect the slightest
thing that may serve to heighten the
effect of what he has undertaken to do.
And he is as conscientious, so strict in
all his dealings—a very martinet iu
business and thorough man of affairs—
that lie will leave nothing unlione, that
time and labor can do, to give to the
public that pay 'so much for the pleasure
of hearing him, the full worth of its
money. This is the reason why he, a
man of the world, greatly delighting in
society, thoroughly fitted to enjoy it
himself, ar.d to make others enjoy it,
deliberately cuts himself off from it un
til his task shall be done. "I am come
here," he says, "to read. The people
expect me to do my best, and how can
do it if I am all the time on the go?
My time is not my own, when I am
preparing to read, any more than it is
when I am writing a novel, and I can
as well do one as the other without con•
centrating all my powers on it until it
is done."
He enters, holding the book iu both
hands, comes up the steps with a quick,
springing walk, and, standing at his
velvet desk, proceeds to work, like a
man of business. He is dressed with
perfect neatness and implicity, but a
trace of the old foppery—the autumn's
flower of all the youthful dandyism—is
seen in his button-hole in the shape of
a white carnation, and a pink rosebud
on his shirt front. There is nothing
more pretending than a plain gold stud.
He has, to be sure, considerable watch
chain, and on his tiogera diamond ring,
but nothing is noticeable in his dress.
He stands there a quiet gentleman,
plain Charles Dickens; and that name
is grace and ornament enough.
For a Boston audience, his reception
is remarkably enthusiastic. Seldom
does the polished ice of this proper com
munity crack as loudly and as cheer.
fully, under the thawing beams of any
intellectual sun, as it did to-night when
Dickens stood before them, and while
cheer after cheer broke forth, and cries
of welcome and clapping of innumer
able kids, rose and fell and rose again
in a friendly roar, tried to speak and
was defeated, and returned gallantly to
the charge again, but had scarcely got
as far as "Ladies" when he was obliged
to succumb, and made another dash at
"Gentlemen," and gave it up, and at last
saw that one Englishman was nothing
to so many hundred Yankees, and
waited smiling and bowing until they
had had their will, and were ready to
let him have his.
The very first words—" Marley was
dead, to begin with ! That was certain"
—settled the question of success. The
way iu which those words were uttered
showed also that the reading was to de
pend for all effect upon the worth of
what was read, and upon the sincerity
of the reader. From first to last there
is no trickery in it—full of action,
abounding in gesture, with a voice for
every character in every mood ; with a
face for every man, woman and child,
reflecting every feeling. There is no
straining for stage effect, no attitudi
nizing, no affectation. The most effec
tive reading we ever listened to.
Iu reading these works of his Mr.
Dickens neither follows the original
text nor adheres closely by any means to
the text of the pretty and convenient
handbooks which he has himself con.
'lensed and prepared.He leaves out agood
deal, changes words, mistakes words
sometimes, and really much of it seems
impromptu. I thought, now and then,
that he was thinking of his present
audience, and putting in what he fancied
would suit better here than in London.
His delivery has marked peculiarities,
and is thoroughly original. He deals
much in therising inflection at the end of
sentences, is sometimes mon otonous,an d
keeps up old pronunciations that we
seldom hear on this side of the water:
"Clark" for clerk, "wind" with a long
"i," "Ojus" for odious, are a few. But, on
the whole, his accent and pronunciation
are not what we call English. The great
difference between his delivery.and that
of our best Americans, is in its slow,
deliberate,
clear-cut distinctness. This
is in the descriptive parts. Where it
suits the occasion, his delivery takes
every shape, and is good for all needs.
Scroggs' growl, 800 Cratchit's tremb
ling appeal, the pompous bluster of Buz
fus, Mrs. Cluppin's maundering whine,
and Sam Weller's manly yeoman's
shout are all echoed by that magical
voice, which will be recognized where
ever it is heard in America as the voice
of a great author, and of the greatest
perhaps (certainly in versatility of
power the greatest), that has ever
charmed our Western World.
Adam and the Angel of Paradise.
As Abel lay iu his blood, and Adam
stood over the slain one and wept, there
came an angel of Heaven to the father
of man. His brow was earnest, and he
stood by hits' silent. Adam raised his
face and spake: " Is_that au image of
the face that will spring from me? And
will a brother's bloodshed by a brother's
hand, forever stain the earth?"
The angel answered : " Thou sayest
it."
"Oh! with what name will they call
the dreadful deed?" asked Adam.
With a tear in his eye, the heavenly
being answered : " War."
Then the father of the human race
shuddered, sighed and spake : "Oh!
why must the noble and just fall by the
band of the unrighteous?"
The'angel was silent.
But Adam continued his complain
ing and said: "Now, in my sorrow,
what remaius to me on this blood-stain•
ed earth ?"
The angel answered and spake : The
glance to Heaven."
Then he vanished.
Adam stood there till sunset. And
when the stars were risen he spread out
his arms toward Orion, and cried : ' Oh,
ye silent watchers at the gate of Hea•
ven, why wander ye so silent? If is bet
ter suited a mortal to hear the sound of
your voice, oh, speak of the land on the
other side, and of Abel, the beloved
one."
Then it grew stiller around him, and
Adam threw himself down on his face
and prayed. In his heart he heard soft
words : " See, Abel, thy son, liveth."
Then he arose comforted, and his soul
was quiet and full of humility."
A Relic of the l'aatldr. Alexander Ham
ilton.
A friend has favored us with a file of
the Connecticut Gazelle and Commer
cial Intelligencer, published at New
London, Connecticut, in 1804. It is a
small affair, compared with leading
journals of the present day, but is print
ed with a clear legible type. A glance
at its contents shows us that it contains
a considerable amount of matter which
has become historical. The number for
July 18th, on the inside, is dressed in
mourning for the death of Alexander
Hamilton, who fell in a duel with
Aaron Burr, on the 12th of that month,
though he survived until the evening
of the 13th.
The communication of Bishop Moore,
addressed to Mr. Coleman, of the New
York Evening Post, appears in this
number, in which he details the occur
rences of the last moments of Hamil
ton. Bishop Moore was called to the
bedside of Hamilton at the dying man's
request, who expressed an earnest de
sire to receive the holy communion at
the hands of the venerable prelate.
Falling, as he did, in a duel, which is
condemned by the laws of the church
and the precepts of christianity, the
Bishop felt himself iu an embarrassed
situation. He, however, proceeded,
after some hours' delay for reflection,
with that preliminary examination
which the spirit and forms of the Epis
copal church demand.
In reply to the question, "should it
please God to restore you to health, sir,
will you never be engaged in a similar
transaction, and will you employ all
your influence in society to discoun
tenance this barbarous custom?" his
answer was " that, sir, is my deliberate
intention." After these and some other
preliminaries, which were deemed es
sential, the Bishop administered the
communion, and states chat •' afterward
his heart appeared to be perfect at rest."
After discoursing upon the sin of du
elling, in which the unfortunate man
had just been engaged, the Bishop put
the questions relating to repentance,
faith, charity, etc., and lie says that
Hamilton then lifted up his hands and
said, " With the utmost sincerity of
heart, I can answer those questions in
the affirmative; I have no ill will
against Colonel Burr. I met bun with
a fixed resolution to do him no harm—l
forgive all that has happened.' " Ham
ilton had previously, said to the Bishop,
during these interviews, thatit had been
for sonic time past the wish of his heart
and hisiutention to take an early op
portunity to unite himself to the Church
by the reception of the holy ordinance
of communion.
_
Perhaps no public man ever lived in
this country, whose death cast a deeper
gloom over society than that of Alex
ander Hamilton. His career had been
one of extraordinary brilliancy, and his
talents were both splendid and solid.—
He was the idol of his party, the de—
light of the elegant social circle which
he adorned, and he fell while yet in the
possession of all the vigor of physical
and intellectual 'manhood, in the forty
eighth year of hi; age. The duel grew
out of party differences, and it has been
charged, perhaps truly, that party feel
ing had something to do with the extra
ordinary displays of sympathy and sor
row which transpired in all parts of the
country, contemporaneously with the
event. But, aside from this, the death
of such a man, whose name and char
acter were historic, and so closely as
sociated with those great events which
gave birth to the Republic, could not
but be regarded with profound emotion
by all parties and all classes; and this
feeling was much intensified by the
manner of his death, as well as by the
consideration that he was taken away
while yet in the grand climacteric of
his manhood. Some of the most splen
did specimens of rhetoric in American
literature may be found in several ora
tions pronounced ou the occasion of his
death. That by Rev. Dr. Eliphalet
Noll is perhaps one of the most elegant,
grand and touching.—St. Louis Repub
lican.
A Spider's Bill of Fare for one Bay.
In order to test what a spider could
do in the way of eating, we rose about
day break one morning to supply his
flue web with a fly. At first, however,
the spider did not come from his retreat,
so we peeped among the leaves and
there discovered that an earwig had
been caught and was now being feasted
on. The spider left the earwig, rolled
up the fly, and at once returned to his
•' first course," This was at half-past
- five A. M. in September. At seven A.
M. the earwig had been demolished, and
the spider, utter restingawhile, and pro
bably enjoying a nap, came down for
the tlyovhich he had finished at 9 A.
M. A little after nine, we supplied him
with adtiddy long-legs, which was eaten
by noon. At one o'clock, a blow-fly
was greedily seized, and then imme
diately, with au appetite apparently no
worse for his previous indulgence he,
commenced on the blow-fly.
During the day and toward evening,
a great many small green flies, or what
are properly termed midges, had been
caught in the web : of these we counted
one hundred and twenty, all dead and
fast prisoners in the spider's nest. Soon
after dark, provided with a lantern, we
went to examine whether the spider was
suffering from indigestion or iu any
other way from his previous meals ; in
stead, however, of being thus effected,
he was employed - in rolling up together
the various little green midges, which
he then took to his retreat and ate.
This process he repeated, carrying up
the lots in little detatchments, until the
web was eaten, for the web and its con
tents were bundled up together. A
slight rest of an hour was followed by
the most industrious web-making pro
cess, and before daybreak another web
was ready to be used in the same way.
The Man who Shot at Queen Victoria.
The British Medical Journal says:
" After twenty-seven years of confine
ment in a criminal lunatic asylum,
during which his concluct has been ex
emplary, and no traces have appeared
of mental aberration, Oxford, the potboy,
who shot at her Majesty in St. James'
Park, has been liberated. During this
time many appeals have been made in
his behalf by influential persons who
have had the opportunity of watching
his demeanor and gauging his character.
His own story has always been, and was
so consistently from the first, that the
pistol which he fired was not loaded. It
will be remembered that no bullet was
ever found. He attributes the criminal
act which he has expatiated by long
immurement, and which, under a less
merciful government, must have cost
his life, to inordinate vanity, fostered
by a variety of trivial circumstances in
his domestic life and training ort which
we need not dwell, and which led to a
senseless desire to attain notoriety by
some means ; and this foolish and crim
inal impulse led to his lamentable crime.
He has occupied his time in a certain
amout of self education, of which the
the means have been granted to
him at Broadmoor, and in the
asylum in which he was form
erly confined, and has become a
tolerable linguist. He has also taught
himself, and practised 'graining,' which
he does sufficiently well to earn a
living. He has been mercifully re
leased, but has been very properly pro
hibited from remaining in or visiting
England.
Whether directly insane at the time
of his offence, or led by a miserable love
of notoriety, it is very right that the
person of the Sovereign should be pro
tected from the vanity of a man who,
at however distant a period, could com
mit the cowardly outrage of which he
was the perpetrator."
The Emperor Napoleon is engaged upon
a life of Augustus. In his theory Napoleon
Bonaparte was the Julius Cmser of modern
times, and he, the nephew, the successor
who was necessitated to commit many po
litical crimes in his earlier days, but who
made up for them in later life by leaving
Rome marble and establishing order with
out liberty.
LANCASTER PA. WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 25 1867
Salem Witchcraft.
Charles P. Upham, of Massachusetts,
has written a history of the witchcraft
delusion. It occupies two octavo
volumes, of over one thousand pages
each, and illustrated by, maps, photo
graphs, autographs or wood cuts of
houses connected with the tragic events
of which the beginning is thus de
scribed:
" In the winter of 1691-2, a circle of
young girls met frequently at Mr. Par
ris's house, ostensibly to practice psalm
singing, but their principal occupation
was fortune telling and the various arts
of necromancy, magic and ventrilo
quism, iu which they had instruction
of two negro or Indian servants, whom
Mr. Parris brought with him from one
of the Spanish West India Islands,
where he was engaged in trade. One
of these girls was a daughter of Mr.
Parris, 9 years of age. Another was
Ann Putnam, 12 years of age. The ages
of the other girls ranged from 11 to 18
years. They crept into holes and under
benches, threw themselves on the floor,
went into spasms, and uttered strange
outcries. These proceedings were prob.
ably commenced in sport; but as the
girls became adepts they began to
attract the attention of the neighbors,
and gave exhibitions of their new ac
complishments. From day to day they
learned new tricks. The village doctor
was called in, who, with Mr. Parris,
concluded that the girls were 'under an
evil hand.' Fhe community • was ex
cited, and flocked to see their strange
actions. Witch books were in Mr. Par
ris' house, and the girls probably
learned how witches in England be
haved. The girls were now questioned
as to who had bewitched them. They
named Sarah Good, a pour wretched
out-cast, and Pituha, one of the Indian
servants. Whether they named these
servants under instructions cannot be
ascertained. The time was not yet
come for striking at higher game. The
local magistrates inquired into the mat
ter, and held a public examination of
the two persons accused. In all
these trials,. the guilt of the ac•
cused was assumed, and these sim
ple people were plied with such
questions as these by the magis
trates: • Sarah Good, why do you hurt
these children ?" I do not hurt them ;
I scorn it.' 'Whom do you employ,
then, to do it?' employ no one.'—
Thaehildren then go into convulsions.
Sarah Good, do you se. what you have
done? Why do you not tell us the
truth?' Ido not torment them.' How
came they thus tormented?' What do
I know ?' After many inquiries of this
kind, the wretched woman finds that
her only refuge is in accusing some one
else; then she says that Sarah Osburn
had bewitched her. The girls also re
member that Sarah Osborn had be
witched them. Osborn was arrested
and brought in. She wasasked : 'What
evil spirit have you familiarity with?
'None.' Have you made no contract
with the devil?' No; I never saw the
devil iu my life.' I'he 'afflicted chil
dren ' look upon her and go into con
vulsions. Wily do you hurt these chil
dren?" Ido not hurt them.' Whom
do you employ then?' I employ no
body. I do not know that the devil
goes about iu my likeness to do any
hurt.'
"Sarah oburn was committed and
Pituba was brought in. The sameques-
tions were asked and the same scene
enacted. ' Who is it that hurts these
children ?' The devil, for aught I
know.' Did you ever see the devil?'
' The devil came to rueaud bid me serve
him.' Whom have you seen?' 'Four
women sometimes hurt these children.'
'Goody Osborn and Sarah Good; I do
not know who the others were.' She
then confessed she tormented the dia.
dren, and made some strange revela
tions. The devil, she said, appeared in
black clothes sometimes, and sometimes
in a surge coat of another color. She
was asked how she went to witch weet-
ings, and replied, ` We ride upon sticks ;
Good and Osborn behind me.' Do you
go through the trees or over them?'
' We see nothing, butare there present
ly.' This woman was the servant of
Mr. Parris, and the instructor of the
'afflicted children' in their hellish arts.
John Indian, the other servant, appear
ed as an accuser in a later stage of the
proceedings.
"The delusion was now under full
headway. The next victim was the
wife of Giles Covey, a devout matron,
eighty years of age, who spent most of
her time in prayer. Her examination
was a scene for the pencil of an artist.
The usual questions were put to her.
She denied the allegations, and asking
leave to go to prayer, knelt in the pres
ence of the court and offered up a fer
vent supplication. When she had con
cluded, the magistrate said : We did
not send for you to go to prayer ; but tell
me why you hurt these?" I am an in
nocent person. I never had to do with
witchcraft since I was born. I sun a
gospel woman. The girls go into fits,
and declare that Goody Covey is pinch
ing them and are not restored till they
touch the person of the accused. These
proceedings were enacted at every trial.
The pious woman regarded the whole
thing as a delusion, and to the question,
' Do you not see these children complain
of you,' replied: "rhe Lord open the
eyes of the magistrates and the minis
ters.' She was hung September 22,
1692."
Found a Fortune
A well-known resident of Minnesota
has stuwbledou a piece of luck that will
make more than one poor devil Mon
tana-mad. Some two years ago he left
St. Cloua to try his luck amid theever
lusting rocks Of that fur-famed region.
He toiled long and faithfully, but with
out success. In every effort to find the
precious metal he only met with disap
pointment, and up to last September he
had not made a dollar. He had even
failed to get the "color" which is found
in the bottoms of the wash-pans, and
which has lured so many on from month
to month. Last June he commenced to
work in a gulch lead, where he hoped
to be rewarded with better success.
Here he dug day after day alone in the
mountain, without the ordinary com
forts of life, and with no near neighbors
to dispute his squatter sovereignty title.
For nearly tour months he pursued
this laborious and uuremunerative task.
He was about to abandon it in disgust
and return home, having barely enough
money to carry him to the States. He
decided to spend one more day in the
gulch, and it he met with no further
encouragement. to leave for home the
next day. In the afternoon he struck
what miners, term " a pocket," which
is a small cavity in the rock where the
melted gold finds a solid base to check
its downward flow. Here, to his utter
astonishment, he found a large quantity
of the pure metal deposited in "chunks.
"
There was scarcely $5 worth of dust
inthe whole (pocket, but the quantity
()fate pure metal was very large. He
immediately removed all the gold to
safe quarters and continued the exami
nation. Seeing no further evidences of
gold he pulled up stakps and started
home. He expressed the main bulk of
his gold to the mint in Philadelphia, to
have it assayed and coined. They have
notified him that it will yield him $60,-
000 in gold. He has some handsome
specimens with him. One of them
weighs 13 ounces, and is almost pure
gold. This chunk alone is worth $240.
It is a rough, irregular formed frag
ment, and looks as though it had been
in a molten state, and had run into a
fissure of rock and then cooled.
The sight of it is very unhealthy,
has a tendency to produce gold fever.
He represents that the country is thor
oughly worked over. He believes that
it is better " prospected" than Califor
nia ever was. There are thousands of
miners who barely make a living, and
a poor and precarious one at that. He
says he would advise everybody to stay
away from Montana. His luck is bal
anced by ten thousand men who never
find a " pocket," and who will come
home (it they are ever fortunate enough
to get home) with their own pockets
empty.
The only Conservative vote in Buncombe
county, North Carolina, was given by a col
ored barber.
Get.. Grant's Letter In Ilenall'of Stanton
andSherulan.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.
The Speaker laid before the House to
day, a communication from Gen. Grant,
enclosing the correspondence relating to
the removal of Edwin M. Stanton as Sec
retary of War ; sod also the removal of
Gene. Sheridan and Sickles. Nearly all
the correspond&nce has heretofore been
published, but the following is the pri
vate letter of Gen. Grant to the Presi
dent, about which so much curiosity has
been expressed:
[Private.] HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF
THE U. S.—WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 1,
1867.—His Excellency A. Johnson, Presi
dent of the 'filmed States: Sir—l take the
liberty of addressing you, privately, on the
subject of the conversation we had this
morning, feeling, as I do, the great danger
to the welfare of the country should you
carry out the designs then expressed, first,
on the subject of the displacement of the
Secretary of War. His removal cannot be
effected against his will, without the con
sent of the Senate. It is but a short time
since the United States Senate was in
session, and why not then have asked
for his removal, if it was decided? It
certainly was the intention of the legisla
tive branch cf the Government to place
Cabinet ministers beyond the power of
Executive removal, and it is pretty well
understood that so far as Cabinet ministers
are affected by the 'Tenure of Office bill, it
was intended especially to protect the Sec
retary of War, in whom the country felt
great confidence. The meaning of this law
may be explained away by an astute law
yer, but common sense and the views of
loyal people will give to it the effect intend
ed by its framers.
Second. On the subject of the removal of
the very able commander of the Fifth Mili
tary District, let ins ask, you to consider the
effect it would have upon the public. He
is universally and deservedly beloved by
the people who sustained this Government
through its trials, and feared by those who
would still be the enemies of the Govern
ment. It fell to the lot of but few men to
do as much against an armed enemy as
General Sheridan did during the rebellion ;
and it is within the scope of the
ability of but T•w in this or any
other country to do what he has.
His civil administration has given equal
satisfaction. He has had difficulties to con
tend with which no other district comman
der hits encountered. Almost, if not quite,
from the day he was appointed district
commander to the present time, the press
has given out that he was to be removed,
and that the Administratiod was dissatisfied
with hint. This has emboldened the oppo
nents to the laws of Congress within his
command to oppose him in every way in
their power, and has rendered necessary
measures which otherwise may never have
been necessary.
. . .
In conclusion, allow me to say, as a friend
desiring peace and quiet, the welfare of
the whole country, North and South, that
it is, in my opinion, more than the loyal
people of the country—l mean those who
supported the Government during the
great rebellion—will quietly submit to, to
see the very man of all others who they
have expressed confidence in removed.—
I would not have taken the liberty of ad
dressing the Executive of the United States
thus but for the conversation on the sub
ject alluded to in this letter, and from a
sense of duty and feeling that I know I
am right in this matter.
With great respect, your obedient servant,
U. S. GRANT. General.
The Recent Elections—lmmense Demo
==o=!
rent the Springfield (Ill.) Register, Dec. 5.1
The election in this State, on the sth ull.,
was merely for county treasurers and sur
veyors. We took pains previous to the
election to get returns from every county,
but received returns from 68 only. These
we furnish to day. A partial comparison
can be made from ;the returns furnished.
In 1896 the Radicals carried Logan for Con
gress at large, by 55,087 majority. In June
lust, at the election for judge and clerk in
this grand division, the Democracy carried
their judge by over 5,000 majority, and
t heir clerk by 5,595. 'I he division comprises
32 gnunties, which gave Logan a Radical
mayority in 1869 of 3,142. The Democratic
majority now iu these 32 counties is exactly
9,621, showing a Democratic gain therein of
9,763 over the vote for Logan in 1806.
We regret our inability to give the vote
in all the counties, but enough is known to
show the very great change which public
apinion Is now undergoing in this State, in
sympathy with the same condition every
where. The aggregate vote is not nearly so
large as in 1860, and the falling off is about
equal in both political parties. In the 08
counties heard from, Logan received in 1806
a majority over Dickey of 45,751, in an ac;-
gregifte of 274,983 votes. On the sth ult.,
the Radicals carry those 65 counties by a
bare majority , of 5,553. In those 68 counties
we have gained 50,402. The inquiry arises
how many votes have we gained in the 34
counties not reported, on the ratio establish
ed by the returns received? The simplest
skill in figures HUM 'Nora: If our gain has
been 50,402 in 68 counties, our gain in the
remaining 34 counties, on a vote of 75,120,
is 10,079 votes. Thus the Radical majority
of 1866 is overcome, and a clear Democratic
majority is ascertained of 4,494. Let the
Democratic heart of Illinois be re-assured.
Our glorious State is redeemed from Radi
cal misrule. She hes taken position with
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Ma
ryland,and the (utter States that have wheel
ed into line. A change of 60,481 votes in a
year is marvelous enough. A greater
change will be perceived iu the election a
year hence. Let this prediction be re-mem
bered.
The Wrongs of the WOrklngwoMen
One day last week, a starving girl caused
the arrest of her employer for refusing to
pay her for making woolen pantaloons at
16 cents a pair, while he, being a " middle
man," received 00 cents for the work, and
his wife kicked her out of doors herause
she demanded what was her, ust due. Like
cases, but perhaps not so flagrantly out
rageous, are of frequent occurrence. A cor
respondent calls attention to the necessity of
legislation to protect the work iugwomen,
and says :
There are thousands of industrious wo
men in this city who have to work hard
for $3 a week—less than enough to furnish
the bare necessaries of life." " A class of
middle men and women." our correspon
dent continues, "are persistently advertis
ing in this city for good operators on linen
coats, and they pay only from Sr. to 12c.
each, four coats being an average day's
work. A visit to the ' piece- - paid factories'
of this city, as they are called, would move
the heart of even the most stolid. There,
crowded together in ill-lighted, badly ven
tilated rooms, are hundreds of these
half-starved, half-clad, less than half
paid daughters of toil. Although still
young, the buoyancy of youth has de•
parted from their spirits, and the glow
of health from their cheeks. Sor
row and suffering have plowed deep fur
rows into their countenances, and still they
are furred to toil though the brow be fever
ed and the frame exhausted. This is when
business is good. When the market is full,
and trade dull, the workingwoman is the
first to suffer, for then comes reduction of
wages and loss of work, and the poor girl,
driven to desperation, has but one alterna
tive—starvation or a life of crime. And
yet, in the midst of all this, the employers
are growing immensely rich. While the
Society for the Prevention of cruelty
to animals has secured the presage of
just laws, and caused the penalties to be
visited upon the inhuman wretches that
willfully or carelessly inflict unnecessary
pain upon the helpless beast ? who will in
terest himself in the prevention of cruelty
to women, and bring down just odium upon
their oppressors." The communication
closes with: "The fellow who fired his store
the other day in order to cheat the Insur
ance Companies out of $60,000 and is now
under arrest, never had $6,000 worth of pro
perty in his life; but for years past had
been practicing every kind of imposition
upon his employes, and paid them in full
only when coutuNlled by law."—New York
Tribune.
A Young Lady Shot by a Negro in Mont
gomery, Ala.
About ten o'clock yesterday morning, at
the house of Hardy Wilkins, corner of Grove
and McDonough streets, in this city two ne
gro men attacked the poultry yard, one of
the negroes being armed with a gun, en
deavored to shoot a turkey. A negro man
employed about the house interposed for
the protection of the premises, when the
family were attracted to the scene. The
negro then saying, "Damn you, I'll shoot
you," fired his piece, the shot taking effect
in the hand and head of one of Mr. Wilkins'
daughters. The two negroes then fled, and
were pursued two or three miles by Officer
Cowley and others, but finally escaped
across some plantations. We presume that
General Swayne has been informed ere this
of these facts, and cannot-doubt that he has
or will use every endeavor to have the vil•
liens arrested, and to stop the rapidly in
creasing evil of the wanton use of firearms.
At the hour of writing. the shot supposed to
be bird-shot, had not been extracted, and
of course the extent of the injury was not
known, but the wounds were very painful.
The distance was so short, we learn, that
had the shotlV , ' larger size the young
lady would ly have been killed.—
211ontgonlery (
,lat)
A Wedding in High Life Unexpectedly
Postponed..
Wasanicriort, Dec. 17.—The great topic
of conversation in Washington to-night, to
the exclusion of everything else in politics,
finance, reconstruction, or impeachment, is
the disappointment of a fashionable young
lady who was to hava been wedded this
morning in the presence of the creme de to
creme of Washington society, to no less a
personage than the distinguished Colonel
Parker of Gen. Grant's staff. Miss Minnie
Sackett, the lady thus unpleasantly brought
before the public, is one of the most beauti
ful women in the District, a bright blonde,
with dark brown hair, and but 19 years of
age. It is stated that Col. Parker has been
paying attentions to Miss Sackett for a pe
riod extending over several months, and
would have been married long ago had it
not been for the objections of Miss
Sackett's friends. But finally the hap
py morn was fixed, several - hundred
invitations were issued about ten days
ago to the friends and acquaintances
of both parties, and to-day at the Church of
the Epiphany, on U st., between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth, where the event was to
have taken place, was filled by an anxious
throng who vainly waited and wondered at
the delay. Gen. Grant was to have given
away the bride to his Aid, and arrayed in
his General's uniform to do honor to the
occasion, he left the War Department at an
early hour this morning, accompalie Iby
the members of his staff. tie arrived in
time to witness the posting of a bulletin on
the church to the effect that the ceremony •
for some reason was deterred to another
day. Then aroze the buzz of eager in
quiries ; but " The Colonel is not here" was
tae only satisfactory answer that any one
could give. Gen. Grant was in complete
ignorance of the Colonel's movements, and
appeared considerably annoyed at his non
appearance ; but he soothed his ruffled feel
ings, with a cigar. Some one suggested that
Parker was sick, but his intimate friends
laughed at the idea, for Parker was never
sick in his life. It may not be generally
known that Colonel Parker is a full blooded
Indian, a near relative to the famous Red
Jacket, and of the present Chief of the
six nations of Cherokees. He is about 5
feet 10 inches in light, of strong, manly
build, and of pure Indian' complexion. He
served through the war on Gen. Grant's
staff, and his position in the army is that Of
First Lieutenant in the Second Regiment
of Cavalry, transferred to staff duty with
the brevet rank of Colonel. Search was
made for the missing one everywhere, and
the latest rumors is to the effect that he left
town a few days ago, promising to be back
in the city this morning. His trip was
known only to a few friends, and they were
left in ignorance of his destination. The
gossips are enjoying a delightful time over
the affair, anti the latest story is tnat he is
indisposed, and that the happy event will
take place in the course of a few weeks.
Thanks to General
The President sent the following message
to Congress to-day :
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.
Uentlemen of the Senate and of the House of
Representatives:
Au official copy of the order issued by
Major GeLeral Winfield S. Hancock, com
mander of the Fifth Military District, dated
HI his headquarters in ;Cew Orleans, La., on
the 29th of November, has reached me,
through the regular channels of the depart
ment, and I herewith communicate it to
Congress, for such action as may seem to
be proper in view of all the circumstances.
It will be perceived that Gen. Hancock
announces that he will make the law the
rule of his conduct ; that he will uphold the
courts and civil authorities in the perform
ance of their proper duties, and that he
will use his military power only to preserve
the peace and enforce the law. He declares
very explicitly that the sacred trial by jury
and the privilege of the writ of habeas cor
pus shall not be crushed out and trodden
under Mot. He goes further, and in one
comprehensive sentence asserts that the
principles of American liberty are still the
inheritance of the people, and ever should
be.
When a great soldier, with unrestricted
power in his hands to oppress his fellow
men, voluntarily forgoes the chance of
gratifying his sell love and his ambition,
and devotes himself to the duty of building
up the liberty and strengthening the laws
of his country, he presents an example of
the highest public virtue that human nature
is capable of producing.
The strongest claim of Washington to be
"First in war. first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen," is founded on the
great fact that, in all his illustrious career,
he scrupulously abstained from violating
the legal and constitutional rights of hie
fellow-citizens. Wl3O - 1 he surrendered his
commission to Congress the President of
that body spoke his highest praise, ir say
ing that lie had always regarded the rights
of the civil authorities through all dangers
and disasters. Whenever power above the
law invited his acceptance, he calmly put
the temptation aside.
By such magnanimous acts of forbearance
lie won the universal admiration of man
kind, and left a name which had no rival
in the history of the world. lam far from
saying that General Hancock is the only
officer of the American army who is in
fluenced by the example of Washington.
Doubtless thousands of them are faithfully
devoted to the principles for which the men
of the Revolution laid down their lives ;
but the distinguished lion-r 1, ,, 10ngs to hint
of being the first officer in 11, , ;11 command,
south of the Potomac, sine, the close of the
civil war, who has given utt,•runce to these
noble sentiments in the form of a military
order.
I respectfully suggest to Congress that
some public recognition of Cieneral Han
cock's patriotic conduct is due, if not to him,
to the fri , iiids of law and justice throughout
the country. ir' such an act of his lit.' such
1
a time, it is but Ill . !), t the dignity should
be vindicated and the iirtue proc.aimed, so
that its virtue, as an xample, may not be
lost to the nation. ANDREW Jou NSON.
A Dull Christmas in New York.
The New York correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Ledger says :
There is comparatively little buying as
yet for Christmas or Now Year. The fancy
goods stoles, the jewelers and the book
sellers are usually very busy during the
first two weeks in December, but this sea
son it is unpleasantto see, and to say, is an
exception to the general rule. Though
money is "easier" in Wall street, it Is far
from easy elsewhere. Many merchants and
business men, who last year at this time
were doing well, are now either on the sus
pended list, or are scarcely making money
enough to pay rent. At the same time there
are thousands of working people out of em
ployment, with no immediate prospect of
relief. These are facts which abundantly
explain why it is that the holiday trade is
so dull, and why fancy articles are less in
demand for open stockings than is usually
the case the week before Christmas.
Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine at New
castle-on-1 yne.
LONDON, Dee. l7—Evening.
A terrible explosion occurred at Now
castle-on-Tyne to-day.
The authorities last night received infor
mation that a quantity 01 glonoin, or nitro
glycerine, had been secreted at that place.'
it was supposed, by some I , 6nians. The
Sheriff and Town Surveyor, with a large
squad of policemen, proceeded to the spot
indicated and discovered the oil packed in
the usual manner. While the men were
removing it the substance exploded with a
tremendous detonation. Several of the
policemen were instantly killed, and a few
of the party escaped injury.
The men who were nearest to the pack
age of glonoin were blown to atoms.
Both the Sheriff and the Surveyor were
badly hurt, and are lying in a critical con
dition
Remarkable Telegraphic Performance
The Chicago Tribune of Monday says :
" Last night an unbroken circuit was made,
and messages sent without repeating, be
tween Houston, Texas, and Salt Lake City,
via New York. The Houston operator
Kent : ' Houston semis greeting to Salt Lake.
We sit with coats, off and windows open.'
Salt Lake promptly replied :1 ' Weather
berutiful here, but have a snow storm in
Montana. Brigham Young has just mar
tyred another heifer.' Houston replied:
Don't touch the brass in your key, or
you'll get yellow fever.' After this Helena,
Montana, 550 miles north of Salt Lake, was
put on,' and conversed a few moments.
The circuit worked over the following route;
Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Knoxville,
Washington, New York, Chicago and Salt
Lake. Had the San Francisco operator not
been out of the office, he would have been
drawn into the circuit, and the length ex
tended a thousand miles more. This is a
rather remarkable perform ance,sincs Hous
ton is 1,800 miles from New York, which is
also 2,416 miles from Salt Lake City. The
weather was very favorable and the wires
in good condition."
The New York Coininercia/ Bulletin says:
The prospects of the export trade during
the winter months are not encouraging.
The West has held back its grain for high
prices, and the premature closing of the
canals has locked up a large amount of pro
duce, so that prices here are not likely M
qtalid favorably to a llbeTal export Move
ment.
NUMBER 51
§itttro.
NO MORE CHANCE TO ADULTERATE
MISEILER'S HERB BITTERS WILL BE
SOLD, ON AND AFTER DEC. Ist,
SOLELY IN GLASS.
IT CAN BE PROCURED OF ALL DRUGGISTS
In making the above change, and discontinu
ing entirely the sale of Mishier's Herb Bitters
in bulk, the proprietors deem that the peoplo
should be informed of the causes which have
called forth such action on their part.
In the drat place, we hold that Mlshler's Herb
Bitters is not a beverage, was never intended
to be used as a beverage, but that it is a meth
dual preparation of various herbs, .to., com
pounded upon scientific principles, and in
exact accordance with the formulze of the phar
tuacopia in the preparation of tinctures, &c.
In fact, that it really is a compound tincture of
Cedron and other herbs, and, as far as possible
1, moved, and differing from the many so-called
Tonics, Bitters, Cordials, titomachlcs, which,
for the most part, are nothing but so many
disguises assumed by whiskey, and are for the
most part composed of a major port ion of the
very vilest quality of that article, flavored
with some strong drugs to destroy the nausea
of the same, in order to tickle the palate, min
ister to a depraved taste, and afford a plausible
excuse for persons to drink whiskey under a
different name.
!dishler's Herb Bitters has been sold In bulk.
In this particular it ha, been unfortunate, for
it has thus been placed directly in contact with
t.le above mentioned, and although its In
trinsic merit, and sterling worth has enabled
it 10 sustain its high character, yet the people
have naturally a certain distrust of the article
when It is found to be classed in the same cate
gory with a number of whiskey preparations,
bar drinks, and beverages.
This is one great disadvantage against which
Minhler's Herb Bitters has to contend, but
there Is still another. The demand for it has
caused many unprincipled persons, who are
not content wttli the profit derived in a legal-
mate manner from its sale, TO INCREASE
THEIR GAINS BY ADULTERATION. They
will purchase, perhaps, abarrel, and by the ad
mixture of cheap whiskey and water, increase
the quantity, making perhaps, two, or it may
be three barrels of the counterfeit, from a
single barrel of the genuine, thus abusing the
confidence of their customers, impairing their
health, and It is likely, In many instances, in
flicting serious Injury thereby, besides doing
Injustice to the proprietors and damaging the
reputation of the article.
This is the most serious objection, but there
is still another. Our desire is to have this prep
aration for sale on the shelves of every drug
gist, and country store dealer, thus placing it
within easy access of all classes and every sec
tion of the country. 11 the Bitters are sold in
bulk, it Is retailed principally at hotels, restau
rants and taverns, so that druggists and mer
chants can not safely and protitably sell it to
their customers. At the hotels the Bitters Is
°filmes faunally adulterated; while when sold
In bottles, It is impossible to tamper with the
medicine without fear of detection. In hotels
It must be sold as a beverage; which Is not the
object of Its manufacture—while as a medicine,
securely sealed In a proper sized bottle, the
Bitters can be retailed from the counter of
every druggist and merchant In the country.
HERB .131TTF.,118 ARE NOW
02=
Let this fact be remembered by the public,
who may consider all other preparations sold
In bulk and under Its name, as base and worth
lees counterfeits.
CERTIFICATES OF CURES EFFECTED BY
MISHLER'S BITTERS
RECENT CASEY.
The mails of the last week have brought us
quite a number of letters In the form of Cer
tificates from parties who have been cured of
various diseases by the use of MISHLER'S
HERB BLTTERB.
IT CURES DYSPEPSI.A. SURE
Read the following Certificates Just received :
PHILADELPIDA, Nov. lia,b, 1867.
This is to certify that I was so affected with
Dyspepsia and so debilitated I hat I was not
able to attend to my business for ten mouths;
not being able to eat without being afterwards
attacked with naseau and VOLnitiug. In fact I
was so afflicted that my life was a burtheu to
me. I applied to several physicians for relief
but obtained none, and finally was recom
mended by one of them to try IRISH LEH'S
HERB BITTERS; I obtained two bottles from
Uriel & Bro., t 8 soutn Itith St., which bus given
me so much relief that I am now able to oat
my meals wit it pleasure and attend to my bust
fleas, and I feel confident that after taking
another Bottle I shall be entirety cured. Any
pers.3u whining further itilormation will please
cull on me. JOHN BETHE.I.I,
1034 Lombard street.
Witnesses present: Jrzo. F .U.Harm, olui M
H OOPES.
PLIII.XDISLPIIIA, Nov. 18th, 18117
Er. 8. R. Ilartmun 4.fc O.—Gentlemen
Impelled to write you a line In grateful ac
knowledgment 01 the great service dune rue by
Mishler's Herb Bitters, of which I learn you
have lately become proprietors. I have been
suffering terribly from Dyspepsia for three
years past. Nothing that I ate agreed with me.
I had constant gnawing and painful sensations
in toy stomach, and waisted away, almost to a
skeleton. Even my mind was affected to some
extent, and I suffered from loss of memory. I
had tried various physicians, and spent more
than five hundred dollars endeavoring to ob
tain relief. 1 oad about given up in despair of
ever being better, when isfriend who had ex
perienced great benefit in case of Dyspepsia
Dom the use of MISEILER'S HERB BITI'EH.6
induced me to try it. After using four bottles
I can say 1 am well, having gained about afteen
pounds, and being still on the increase. I write
h 6 to you In grateful acknowledgment ; and
I would take this opportunity of commending
your medicine to all who may be afflicted in a
similar Way, or who may have Dyspepsia in
any of its disagreeable andoften terrible forms.
Yours, very respectfully and gratefully,
WILLIAM KEATING
92d and Market Btreet, Philadelph ia.
The following certificate has never been pub
Dulled heretofore. It shows what a valuable
tonicaud agent for the cure of Dyspepsia Motu-
LEs'is Haan Blrratts Is:
• - • • - • -
MANOR TWP., Lancaster co., Pa.,
September Z 3, 1837. f
Ma. B. Mimi Lka—Dcar Mr: You remember
some four weeks ago I complained to you that
I could not eat fresh bread nor fried potatoes
for supper; that they would not digest; in
other words, they passed from me as I eat
them. The consequence was, I felt bad all the
time. You remariced to me that I should take
your Bitters—a good drink after each meal—
anti it I should not be well by the time I had
taken a bottle, you would forfeit 2 , 300. I tried
them, and, to my astonishment., in the course
of a few days I could eat anything, and as much
as I chose, without the least Inconvenience.
I have been well eV, r since; but I keep your
Bitters In my house all the time, so t:.at we
may have it On hand when anything happens in
the way of sickness.
Yours, very respectfully,
nov3o tfda,wl C. S. SHUMAN.
GORDONVILLIE
MACHINE NHOP.—
The undersigned t having purchased of
Samuel M. Brua oundry, Machine Shop.
&c., at Gordonville, in Leacock township, and
having also secured the servicelitif Samuel M.
Brua as Superintendent of the works, respect
fully informs the public that he will continue
to manufacture RAILROAD CARS and all
kinds of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, as
heretofore, at reasonable prices. The particu
lar attention of farmers is requested to Brua's
Improved Grain Separator, the very beat ar
ticle of the sort now offered to the public, a
supply of which will be kept constantly iitt
hand.
Persons having Reapers, Threshing Machines
or other Implements needing repairs, will find
It to their advantage to have them repaired
goon, as they will be done cheaper now than
when the season for new work begins.
I=ElliE=l
The tinderAgned, now Superintendent of the
works mentioned above, would respectfully
request all persons indebted to him to call and
settle their accounts without delay.
SAMUEL M. BRUA,
Gordonville, December 3, 1557. de 4-Itw
A FRIEND TO THE AFFLICTED I
DR. A. B. BRISBINE
PHYSICIAN AND SUR G EON,
Has opened a permanent office In Lancaster,
Pa , for the treatment of Chronic Diseases, and
invites those who are in need of his services,
to call and consult him free of charge.
The Doctor pledge; himself to give careful at
tention to every patient who calls upon him
and will not hold out any inducement which
the case will not warrant. Dr. B. compounds
his own Medicines at • his Laboratory, which
combine the whole vegetable and mineral
kingdoms, without confining himself to any
one system of medicine, devoting himself to
finding the most congenial remedies for the
human frame: he also believes the medicines
employed by him will cure Chronic Diseases of
the oldest and most obstinate character, when
curable. and 'pledges them for the complete
and sure eradication from the system of all
Chronic Diseases.
There is not their superior In the known
world. Many of these specifics are prepared
from the formulas of thecelebreted Dr. Dellen
bane' of Georgetown, Ohio, who so successful.
ly treated 207,000 patients, during a practice of
twenty-six years.
Dr. Brisbine treats all forms of Chronic Dis
eases, such as
Consumption, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Scrofula, Constipation, Bronchitis,Rheu
matism, Disease. , of the Kidneys, Heart
and Spine, Nerdous Debility Ras,
Skin Diseases, Female Com
plaints, Cancer,
and all diseases peculiar to young or old.
Dr. B. makes his uiagnosis by the urine, and
will give entire satisfaction to those at a dis
tance whosend him their case for examination.
The Doctor can be found at all hours at his
'office and residence. No, 10 East King street,
a few doors east of the Eastern Hotel;
Consultation free and strictly confiden iiw tial.
get 24 w 42
RATE ex A*rv.zi=fiviql
!Mums AnvzsalsznatTs, $l2 •• year
=
square of
& Mar e. ten lines ; Per Year . 1 ea '"
tonal
MILL &MATZ ADVERT/KING, ideenta a line fol
the Gnat, and 5 cents for each subsequent tn.c
Grinntal. ADVENITSING 7 dents a line* for the'
first, and 4 cents for each subsequent inset.
Lion.
Elescusx. Norm= inserted in Local Column'
15 cents per line.
SPECIAL Nano= preceding marriages and
deaths, 10 cents per line for first Insertion,
and 6 cents for every subsequent Insertion.
LEGAL AND OTH NOTICES,-
Executors' ------- 2.00
Administrators' nottoes,-----.. 2.50
Assignees' notices ....... 2.50
Auditors' notlees,...-- ---
..... 2.00
Other " Notices,' ten li nes, or 'my"
three times 1.50
(sentral acttec gatiroad.
SECURE PROFITABLE INVESTMENT
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD.
First Mortgage Thirty-Year Six Per
Cent. Coupon Bonds.
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN
GOLD COIN,
Represent the preferred claim upon one of the
MOST IMPORTANT LINEA OF COMMUNICATION IN
THE WORLD, as it is the sole link between the
Pacific Coast and the Great Interior Basin,
over which the HaUlent3o Overland travel must
pass, and the
MAIN TRUNK LINE ACROSS THE CONTI-
WENT.
The Road hi now nearly completed from Sa
cramento to the Richest Alining Regions In the
Malt Lake Basin, and is being rapidly carried
forward by the largest force of laioters ever
employed by any Railroad Company on this
continent.
The natural, legitimate, commercial business
of the road surpasses ail previous expectation,
and Is proiltabie beyond parallel, even among
the oldest roads In extstence. The earnings
and expenses for the quarter ending Oct. 31st,
were as follows, IN GOLD:
Groan
Earnings
Operalin 1
Lz7 enses,
8102,088 01 8401,750 31
8593, N-17 02
This result, however, would have been far
greater hut for the Inability of wagon teams to
turward the trelght and passe n gers from the
temporary terminus in the mountains.
The United states Government and the State
and Cities of California have so aided and
fostered the Great Enterprise, that the Coin
pally will assume very light annual Interest
obligations, and will have the following tan pie
Resources at C.olllllllllid for the Construction:
DoNATD , Ns in Lauds, Bonds,
Concessions, etc., (without lieu) 812,800,000
CAPITALSTOCK,Net Earnings, . .
ate., (no lien•
LOANS ((subordinate
Ti. S. SUBSIDY BONDS,
((muntinlin.ile
FIRST MOItTOAUE BONDS.
Resources, first 716 miles
The FIIIST MORTUAUE BONI/Sure In .UMS
of MAW each, with setni-auuual gold coupons
attached, and are offered for sale, for the pres
ent, at 95 per coat, and accrued internat. from
July Ist, in currency, at which rate they yield
nearly NINE PER CENT. UPON THE IN
VESTMENT.
These Bonds, authorized by the Pacific Rail
road Acts of Congress, are issued only an the
work progresses, and to the same ex tent only
as the Bonds grunted by the Governmentjand
li 113 the prior lieu upon the whole valuable
property furnished by the above Resources.
They possess special assurances anti advantages
over other Corporate Securities, and are des
lined to rank among THE BEST INVEST
MENT-, IN THE WORLD, from their unusal
attractions of safely, soundness, and profit,.
Convendonn of Government decuritien
CENTRAL. PACIFIC FIRST MORTUAGE
NOW REALIZE FON THE 2IOLDEV.9 FROM
Twelve to Eighteen Per Cent. Advantage,
Bonds can be obtained through the subscrib
ers directly, or through responsible Banking
agencies.
Descriptive Pamphlets, Maps and informa
tion can Le had at the
°Mee of the C. P. H. U. C., No. 51
William St., N. Y., and of
FI S K & HATCH,
Bankers & Dealers In Gov't Securities,
FINANCIAL AU ENTS OF TUE C. I'. R. R. CO
NO. Li NASSAU STREET', N. Y.
BOWEN & FOX,
No. 13 NIEHCHANTS' EXCHANGE,
EMI=
union garifie gatiroad.
525
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,
RUNNING WEST FROM OMAHA
ACROSS THE CONTINENT,
This brings the line to the eastern beneath()
Rocky Mountains, and it is expected that the
track will be laid thirty Mlles further, to
Evans Pa." tile highest point on the road, by
January. The maximum grade from the foot of
the mountams to the summit Is but eighty
feet Lo the mile, while that of ninny eastern
roads is over one hundred. Work on the rock
cuttings 00 the western elope will continuo
through the winter, and there Is no reason to
doubt that the enure grand line to the Pacific
will be open for business In 1570.
The means provided for the construction of
this (dread National Work at, ample. Teo
United States grants Its Six Per Cent. Bonds at
the rale of from sl6,oth) to slB,oou per mile, for
which It takes a second t len as security, and
receives payment to a large if not to the full
extent 01 its chum In services. rhuse bonds
are issued as each twenty-mile section in
finished, tidal mitt r it has beton examined by
United States Conduits/donors and pronounced
to be lu all respects a linit-clans road, thorough
ly supplied with depots, repaßsmhops, stations,
and all the necessary rolling stock and other
equipments.
£he United States also makes a donation of
12,8(X) acres of land to the tulle, Which will be a,
source of large revenue Lo the CoMpuhy. Much
of this land in the Platte Valley is among the
most fertile in the world, and other large por
tions are covered with heavypine forests and
abound In coal of the hest quality.
'rho Company Is also authorized to issue its
own First Mortgage Bonds to an amount equal
to the Issue of the Ciovernment and no more.
Hon. 1•L D. Morgan and lion. Oaken Ames are
Trustees for the Bondholders, and deliver tile
Bonds to the Company only as the work pro
gr. sses, so that they always represent an actua
and productive value.
The authorized capital of the Company la
One Hundred Million DoHare, of which over
five inlillona have been paid In upon the work
already done.
EARNINCiS OF THE COAWA.NY.
At present, the protile of the Company are
derived only from Ito local traffic, but this la
already much more than sufficient to pay the
interest on all the Bonds the Company can Is
sue, if not another mile were built. It 1. 110%
doubted that when the road is completed the
through traffic of the only line connecting th 3
Atlantic and Pacific States will be largely lei•
yond precedent, and as there will be no
competition, It can always be cilium at prollta•
We rates.
It will be noticed that the Union Pacific Rail•
road is, in tact, a Government Work, built
under the supervision of Government cancers
and to a large extent with Government money
and that lie bonds are Issued under Govern•
ment direction. It bellevsd that no simile
security is so carefully guarded, and certainly
no other is based upon a larger or more valua.
ble property. As the Company's
Nllt s'l' MUR.TUAUE BUND.4,
aro offered for the present at 911) CENTS ON
THE DULLAR, they are the cheapest security
In the market, being more than lsper cent,
lower than Untied states stocks. They are
SIX PER CENT. IN UULD,
or over NINE PER CENT. upon the invest
ment.
Subscriptions will be received In Lancaster
by REED, McOItANN et CO., Bankers.
LANCASTER CO. NATIONAL BANK,
and in. New York at the Company's Office, No.
20 Nassau street, and by
CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK. N 0.7
Nassau Bt.,
CLARK, DODGE& CO., Rankers, No. 51 Wallet.
JOHN J. CISCOA SUN, Bankers, N 0.33 Wall st,
and by the Company's advertised Agents
throughout the United States. Remittances
should be made In drafts or other funds par in
New York, and the bonds will, be sent Tree at
charge by return express.
A NEW PAMPHLET AND MAP, showinu
the Progre‘s of the Work, Resources for Con.
structiou, and Value of Bonds, may be obtain
ed at the Company's Offices or of its advertised
Agents, or will be sent free on application.
JOH N S. CISCO, Treasurer,
November 'Lid, 1867. Now York.
dec 9 4tw&dtleb 2
tardwarg, ,striveo, ea.
G. M. STEINMAN. C. F. RENGIEIt. 113A.A,C Li1.1.1.E.E1
H ARDWARE!
THE OLDEST AND LARGEST E.STABLISH,
MENT IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
GEO. M. STEINMAN cfc CO.,
WEST KING STREET,
Having recently enlarged their store and thus
greatly increased their business facilities, now
offer to the community,
AT THE LOWEST PHILADELPHIA RATES
the finest assortment In the market, of
'HARD WAKE '
SADDLERY '
PAINTS,
Gl.o.}ls,
STOVES
LRON AND STEEL,
CEDAR WARE
SLEIGH-11E 1,1 .5,
CUTLI. RY,I
OIL CLOTH . .
SKATES, ara;
Pft.RISONS COSESIENCI.NU HOUSEKEEPING
li end a full assortment 01 wads In Web
ne.
They are also agents for a Ruperlor article
NAILS, and tor
DUPUN'I"t3 CELEBRATED GUN AND RODS
- =MI
N - The lest earth prioo paid for Clover
Timothy. and old Flax Heed. Idea 31 thletYr
griculturnl ,gnipleitteuto,
CORN SHELLER AND CLEANER.—TIKE
attention of manufacturers Is called to this
lately patented improvement, by means of
which the farmer can thresh and clean, by one
operation, from 1,000 to 1,000 bushels of Corn
per day, with no more power than is required
to drive the old-fashioned " Cannon Sheller,'
the machine doing the work in the most thor
ough Manner, and is not liable to get out of
order; the !armor being able In a moment to
set the machine and to clean any sized corn,
mouldy or dry.
County and State rights for We on reasona.
ble Lel ins, by addressing
valatißußse
1441C4iter*I1/40
Jane tfw
Ate
Earnings
11.000,000
3,000,000
25,517,000
25,517,000
877,834,000