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Why I—the Freedmen's Bureau to keep In re pair, So that Radical Maws can caoh havo a chair, And a chance lor the pickings and slealhoge there I Taxon 1 taxes I Republican taxes 1 I Tu x ed on the coffin, and taxed on the crib. on the old xnan'a shroud, and the baby's bib, To pamper Lae bigot, and fatten the knave, Taxed from tile cradle plump into the grave ANDiWIIAT AIIS THE. TAX MB FOR? Why, Lo buy, all the rogues they can lied tar and near And give S. M. Clark half a million a year. Taxes I taxes Republican Taxes 11 For rich mon to shrink, and for poor men to Pas Front U Y se pittance they earn by the work of the day, By the Hindu of the rnuscle, the meat of the brow, Hy the spade and the trowel, the axe and the plow. AND NYLLAT ADE THE TAXED FOR? Why, the Oht Constitution to knock ull to srusAll; Anil nil over pluce.hulder's podia with cash. • • • • • • Hurrah I for Ilke taxes ,th e Jolly old axes!! Come • Yrialli, get, your noses all grouhd shurpas axes— Cry Sumner, autl Stevens, Bon. Butler and Wade, And all our tax nommem that to You "mud mills" in Yankee ISe quiet—obey I—and your ma • • m m Fon TiIAVS WrIAT TUX TAX !rile noiusgrlnding taxes ! The Republican taxes I I The Radical taxee I I I The Jacobin Laren !11l Tile bouclholdere' Lazuli !NH THAT JUST WHAT 'MUMS TAX6S `~~#Ckktkl~. ^~^i Cobweb's Proposals. " I toll you what It Is, girls, It would be glorious fun to take advantage of leap year, and propose to some cross, old bachelor, and see what he would do about it," said Cobweb, to the rest of us girls, us we were talc log a walk one night, not lung since; " what do you think about lt, girls We all agreed that II would ha glorl• ous fun. " But who [lfni pluck enough to do It?" loth' Lou " Who, indeed, but your humble ser vant," said Cobweb, " Oh, yes ; Cobweb can do It to per fectlon,' , said Fan Clark, clapping her hands In high glee, "and you know the rest of us will be around where we can hear all the fun," said I. " But, Cobweb, how will you manage It?" said Lou. " I know you are equal to any emergency, but I don't seem to think of any one you could practice on this time." "Nell, T do," said Cobweb; " so keep still a moment and I will unfold my plan." "Go ahead," maid all of us InAfiticert, for we well knew there wne soiwthlng rich on hand, when Cobweb put on that face and manner. "Well, g1r14," Auld Cobweb with a smile, "you knhyv there is to be a Leap Ye.ar Ball next Monday night, at the Town Hull, and I shall ask ' Old Black' as we girls call Idol," " Oh," said Lou, " yi. ,will never dare ho. would uuuihllu, \ you with one of his looks, "Oh, elm! don't you bailey. Yourself. I rather think Cobweb Is up to that sort of thing." "Well, Cobweb," sold I , "get the programme all arranged, so that we can hear all the fun." " Oh, yes, yes, ' said she, right." Well, we got everything arranged be fore we went home that night, and could hardly wait to see how it would work. First, let me describe "Old Black." In the first place, be is not old, but a Rue looking man of about thirty-live years ; but his still, digni• lied manners, and the fact of his being unmarried, gave him' the title of " Old I Black," his real name being Mr. Levi Black, and the owner of one of the lln• est farms in the town of H , where he lives alone with an old housekeeper. The next day Cobweb sent him au In vitation to the ball, which was prompt ly accepted; and Cobweb was iu high glee. The wished for night at length arrived, and we were all ou tip•toe, you may well believe. Cobweb went early; she drove up to the door about half past seven and, running up the steps, rang the bell. The old housekeeper came to the door, and looked as though she thought Cobweb was crazy when she asked for Mr. Black, but she managed to ask her to walk in, and she would tell her master she wanted tcssee him. "But what under the sun that chit of a thing wants of Mr. Black, I don't see," she muttered, as she wentont. Cobweb sat down and waited with all patience. Soon she came back, saying he would be ready presently. Cobweb waited au hour, and he did not come ; then another hour and no Mr. Black. She was about to ring for some one to Lind out what the trouble was, when in be came, all smiles, saying: " Have I been long? I have been hur ried so, I am all nerved up." "Oh, no," said Cobweb, "you have been just no time at all. Well, we will go now, if you are all ready ; but it seems hardly possible—you have been so very quick ! " Oh yes; I am quite ready•" "Well, now we will go." She waited on him into the buggy, and tucked the robes around him as sober as a judge, and gathered up the reins, and they were soon at the hall. Oh, how honored Cobweb looked, nsshe came in with Mr. Black hanging on her arm. She gave us a look out of those eyes of hers, that set neon into a laugh ; but all the while he was as sober as he could be. But I saw a twinkle in his eye that meant mischief. Well, all went as merry as could be. When sup. per time came, Cobweb gave us the wink to be on hand, as agreed. We all swallowed our supper as soon nspossible, and wontand hid In a closet that opened out of the ladles' dressing room, where Cobweb meant to entice him alter sup per, and then propose to him in the most 'approved style, as she said. We could but just keep still. Soon we saw them come in. Cobweb led him to a seat, and seating herself beside him, she looked over to our hiding place and made a face. That set us all to giggling, and Lou laughed out; but he took no notice of it, so we thought it was all right. . . . "Dear Mr. Black," said Cobweb, moving up to him and taking his hand, "I have long waited for this opportunity 'to open my heart to you, but have never until now found one favorable to my purpose." He looked a little surprised, but did naseem much frightened. "I have long loved you, and know you to be the guiding star of my exist ence. Say, now, truly, dear, darling George, do you love me? Don't say no," said she, dropping on one knee. "Don't leave me without hope. Give me some encouragement, and I will be the happiest woman alive. Say, darling, do you love me a little," and she looked up into his face with such a complete counterfeit of devotion, that we were all convulsed with laughter. He looked at her a moment and then went off into such a fit of laughter as you never heard. Cobweb straightened up with all the dignity she could command, and look en at him with a face as long as your arm, until he stopped laughing, when he looked up said: "Well, you did that well; better than I could Miss Reed; and I urn glad you have done e°, for I could never have had the courage to pop the question ; but now you have done the thing—l can only. sat, I shall only be too happy to love you, and have for a long time. I overheard your conversation that night and determined to take advantage of it. Now I am ready to make you the hap piest woman lu the world at any time; the sooner the better. " What do you say?" Cobweb looked up to him, and seeing that he was in earnest, wilted, as Lou said. Then• he reached out hisi hand and drew her to him, saying: " NoW it remains for, you to 'l3aN - whether it shall be binding - or not? - am willing to 'abide by my promise, are, , you ? Shall we onsider it an engage 4,i_ mentor not?" 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How theaffair will terminate, I dont know; but I hope she will conclude to have him, for he is really a noble fellow ; and then. such good times as we would have going to see her In that fine old house. If she does, I will let you know all about it. But we shall never forget how she looked when she dropped on her knees, and rolled up her eyes so loving• ly at him when she proposed. TIM THREE CRIME& An Eastern Tale Hemet Abdallah was an inhabitant of a grotto on one of the slopes of Mount Olympus. When he stood at the en trance of his humble dwelling, he could embrace at one glance all the territory originally possessed by Osman, the founder of the Ottoman empire; and, as he five times a day offered up his prayers to Allah, he invoked blessings upon the head of Solyman the Magnifi cent, the reigning Sultan In whose time he lived. Indeed, Abdallah was re nowned for his sanctity ; and the What , itants of the vicinity of his dwelling treated him with the most marked re spect. He was not, however, entitled to this excessive veneration by his age ; for he had scarcely attained his fortieth year when the incident of this tale took place. His venerable father, who was himself a dervise of great sancltity, and whose years amounted to fourscore, resided with him in the same grotto ; and fortunate was deemed the individ ual who, on his way along the slopes of Olympus, was allowed to Join In the prayers of the two dervises, kneeling upon the ground at the entrance of the cave, and turning their countenances toward the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. shave made• anthropy sold, tongues hold. MIES Hemet Abdallah was one morning roving amidst the groves and woods, which extended up the mountain fur above his grotto, and pondering Upon the passage in the Koran which he had beau pursuing but a short time previ ously, when his foot suddenly struck against something hard upon the ground. He looked downward, and saw an iron ring fastened to a small brass plate, which was let into a square of stonework, and seemed to cover a hollow place or well. Obeying a sud den impulse of curiosity. Hamet appli ed his hand to the ring, and pulled it with all his force. After many vain exertions, the brass plate yielded to his exertions, and he fell backward with the sudden shock. Before he bad time to rise and exam ine the aperture thus laid bare, a dense volume of smoke issued from the hole, and ascended in the air to the height of several thousand feet. Hametgazed with astonishmentupon this strange apparition ; but how much more was his wonder excited when he saw the smoke gradually become more and more palpable and shapely, and at length assume the form of an Immense giant, with a long flowing white beard, and a tremendous pine tree In Ills right hand. 41+ Hamet fell upon his knees, and was about to put up a prayer to Heaven, when the terrible apparition addressed him in a voice of thunder: "Nay; mention not the name of the Deity, or I will cut thee into ten thou• sand pieces !" " Who art thou?" demanded Hemet, rising from his suppliant posture. "I am Kara, an Evil Genius, whom a victorious power shut up in that cursed hole, where I have languished for two thousand years. It is au evil day for thee that brought thee hither. "And wherefore, proud Genius?" demanded Hamet. " that la all " Because I am about to kill thee, in order to avenge myself upon some one for this long captivity," replied the gi ant. At these words, Hamet trembled very much, and besought the Genius to spare his life. For a long time the Genius was inexorable, and ordered him to pre pare for immediate death ; but at length be Buffered himself to be moved by the prayers and entreaties of the virtuous dervise. "Hark ye," said the Genius; '•I am willing to spare your life upon oue con• dition." " Name it," said Hornet, his heart leaping with joy. " I will grant your request, I say," proceeded the Genius, " on condition that you perpetrate some crime which may diminish your over-weening pride of conscious virtue. Do not interrupt me, or I will kill you upon the spot; but listen. I give you your choice of three of the most heinous crimes which I can Imagine. You shall either violate the law of the prophet, and drink your fill of good wine, or you shall murder your venerable old father; or you shall curse the name of that Deity whom you worship. Choose between these three crimes." Then Hemet was very sorrowful, and he endeavored to melt the heart of the evil Genius ; but all his prayers and en treaties were unavailing. He accord ingly began to reason with himself. ' If," said he, " I assassinate my father, no contrition can wipe away my crime, and moreover the law will over take me with its vengeance. If I curse the name of the great Allah, I may sigh in vain for future happiness in the gardens of Paradise. But if I become inebriate with the juice of the grape, I can expiate that fault by severe morti fication, penitence and renewed prayer. , Then, turning his countenance up ward toward the Genius, ho said. " 0 fountain of all evil! I have made my choice, since though art determined upon a this e I i t l e u ry ' Name t he o bject of that choice," said the Genius. " I will get drunken with wine as the least of the crimes which you propose," answered the dervise. • . "Be It so," - cried the Genius; " this evening, after the hour of prayer, thou wilt find ajar of Cyprus wine upon thy table, when thy father has retired to rest In his own cell. Thou mayest ful fill thy promise then; but woe unto thee If thou deceivest me!" The genius gradually became lees palpable as he spoke these words; and, by the t me ti t bus‘ concluding menace is sued fro h 1.4 lips, he had vanished eltogeth r. Hemet retraced his steps toward t ...grotto, with a sorrowful heart; but Ife. would not confide his anticipated disgrace to the affectionate parent who - Welcomed his return. The day passed rapidly away; and in the evening, Hamet and his sire knelt down as usual at the door of the grotto, with their faces toward the south, to raise their voices in prayer, When their vespers were concluded, the old man embraced his son tenderly and retired to the inner part of the 1 grotto. As soon as Hemet knew that his father slept, he lighted a lamp ; and, as the Genius had told him, he saw a large measure of wine standing upon the table. The unhappy dervise raised it to his lips, and drank deeply of the intox icating draught. A glow of fire seemed as he Bet the vessel down upon the table. Again he drank; and he felt reckless and careless of the Consequences. He drank a third time; and, when he had emptied the measure, he ran out to the door of the grotto, and threw it down the slope of the mountain • then, as he heard it bounding along,' he laughed with indescrible mirth. As he turned to enter the grotto, he saw his father standing behind him. ' Son,' said the old man, the noise of. revelry awoke me from my slum bers, and I rise to find my well beloved Hemet drunken with wine! Alas 1 is this merely one of many nights' orgies ; and have I. now awakened to the dread truth of thine impiety the first time? Alas 1 thot haat oast 'Wigs upon the gray head of thy father VP Hemet could not brook this amnia• andthe'implied suspicion that he was accustomed to indulge in wine whilst his liither'slopt. He felt sudden ly, Indignant at the language .of his sire. .andhrled,:" Beturn to your Couch, old dotaid I .Thou knowest not what thou snyeat And .sehe uttered those words, he pushed his father • violently into 'the grotto. The -old man resisted, and again reincitusreted With Mind. The, train' of the 'eon was confused with liquor; and a Midden dread' of eiposure to the, world' entered his mind. With' the'rage. 6{ a demon he rushed upon hJ heary.heacled sire, end.dashed him furiously against the atone walls of the grotto. The old man fell withltis tem. pie against 41 sharp flint—one -groan emanated from his bosom—rand hie spirit fled forever. Suddenly conscious of the horrid crime of which he had been guilty, Hemet tore his hair, beat his breast, and raved like a maniac. And in the midst of his ravings, he lifted up his voice against the majesty of heaven, and cursed the Deity whom he had so long and fervently worshipped! At that instant a terrible din echoed round about—the thunder rolled—the tall trees shook with an earthquake— and, amidst the roar of the conflicting elements, were heard shouts of infernal laughter. All hell seemed to rejoice at the fall of a good man, whom no other vice had ever tempted away from the paths of virtue, until drunkenness pre. rented itself. The rage of the storm increased—the trees were torn up by their roots—and fragments of the rocky parts of Olympus rolled down the hill with the fury of an Al pine avalanche. Then suddenly the Genius appeared before the wretched Hemet, and exclaimed, "Fool! by choos ing to commit the crime which seemed to thee least, thou halt committed the other two likewise ! For there is more danger in the wine-cup than in any other means of temptation presented by Satan to mankind!" And the last words of the Genius mingled with the redoubled howling of the storm, as Hamet was borne down the slope of the mountain by the fall. lug masses, and dashed to pieces at the bottom. A Convict and Ills Daughter. A terrible murder had been commit ted, and the Hotel de Barren situated R on the ou Saint Saviour; Paris, was in a terrible ferment. A thousand re ports were in circulation, but they all differed very materially. Some declared that during the night a dozen savage looking men had entered the hotel, armed to the teeth, had bound the ser vants, and then committed the deed of blood, And yet the domestics were all free. Others said that a single robber had done the work, but as nothing val uable was missing, the lie was given to this assertion. Still others affirmed that a band of immortals had made the visit upon some mission of vengeance, and had taken a soul away with them, leaving an inanimate body behind. But there was ono among the number who gave au account with some degree of calmness. He said that early in the evening he had seen a strange but beau• tiful looking woman, evidently belong ing to the poorer classes, enter the hotel, and although he had kept a close and constant watch, ho had not seen her come forth again. Once he thought he had seen her form tilt by the window of the apartment where the murderhad been committed. But this Information was very indefinite, for the woman could not be found—nelther had any one else observed such a character. All that was positively known, was that Jerome Des mollnes had been stabbed in his bed, and was now a cold and bloody corpse. Later in the day it was announced that an arrest had been made by the people. Some time before a man by the name of Joan De Rodna had.been arrested by the officers of justice, at the instigation of the Desmolines family. He had been found concealed in the hotel under suspicious circumstances, and he was convicted of an attempt at robbery and sentenced to the galleys. But he had escaped, and was known to have breathed dire vengeance against his prosecutors. The night of the mur der he had been seen near the hotel, and now that he was arrested, his con viction and death was beyond a clues. tion. The trial came, and De Rodna was condemned to be guillotined. A young girl had watched the pro gress of the trial, with a pale and anx ious face. When the death penalty was proclaimed, she left the court with a faltering step, and proceeded to an obscure apartment in an obscure street. Here she sat until darkness came on, but she was busily engaged during all this time. She was weaving a silken cord of considerable length, but quite small; yet a sufficient strength to sus tain, suspended In the air, the weight of any ordinary sized person. About every twelve inches the rope was knot ted, which would prove a great advan tage to any person wishing to ascend or descend it, in climbing by its aid, up or down a high wall. As darkness came on the young girl entered the street having concealed the ,cord about her person, and then she walked rapidly until she reached the Rou Saint Saviour. She entered a dwelling with out even knocking, but as she was ascending the stairs, she was met by an old woman, who asked : "Does he come here to-night Ma tilda I" " I expect him," was the brief reply. "I thought that affair ended matters between you." "It may be so ; but I will wait." " Very well." The old woman continued her descent, while the girl passed on upwards. She did not stop on the third or even the fourth floor, but passed on through the scuttle to the roof. Then she crept cau tiously forward until she came to the last building in that row of houses. She approached the very eaves, hav- lug first affixed her silken cord around a chimney, and clinging to it to prevent falling. For two hours she remained in this position, and by this time the street was dark and silent below. She could see that a light was burning in one of the rooms of the third story, and upon the window of this apartment her gaze was fixed. Presently she began her descent on the cord. It was a fearful situation, for there she hung upon that giddy height, sustained only by that which appeared to be a single thread. If that should break she must be dashed to pieces upon the pavement below. Carefully the girl crept down on the rope, and at length she placed her feet upon the window ledge. It was a sum mer night and the window was open. She gazed in, and saw a young man seated in an easy chair, puffing his cigar at his ease. He had not discovered her, as his back was towards the window, and had attracted his attention. In a moment after the girl was standing by his side, and leaping to his feet he ex claimed : "Matilda De Rodna! You here!" "Yes I am here," she replied with a frown. "How did you cuter my apartment? I am sure I locked the door when I came in." Yet, he continued, for he ascertained by trying that he had done so. "Perhaps I came in before you had entered." ' "Ah, I suppose so. But what do you want?" "I want to talk with you, Henri Des molinee." "Very well; be seated and let me hear what you have to say. ,, The girl took a proffered chair, and fixing her eyes upon the young man, said: "Henri Desmolines, when I met you three years ago I was an innocent and happy girl. I believed all the world to be good and truthful. When you came to me you represented yourself to be a poor artist. I received you. Had I known that you were one -of the rich and proud men of the city I should have refused to receive your addresses, be" "cause my father was only a tradesman, and the wealthy never stoop to wed daughters of such. But as a poor man, I loved you, and I firmly believed you intended to make Me your wife. Inno- Cent and confiding, you deceived me ere the echo of your. promises died away • you forsook me, and then I learned 2.1.1: I did not reproach you, but on the con trary I endeavored to shield you with all my heart. I tried to keep my father in ignorance of my betrayal. But he learned it from another. Then I begged him not to injure you. He promised me that he would but be determined to see you: He called at your hotel, but you denied him admittance to your presence, and ordered your servants to thrust dm into the street, which they did. But; bent upon his purpose, he returned again, and you , caused hie ar rest.' Your menials swore falsely alymir instigation, and 'I became the rained daughter of a convict. You thought by this - step you - could be rid!of him—my self you did not fear." "You have sung this all in my ears before," was the heartless reopens& " I will soon sing you a neWeongt" ___&`, - .. ,P . LA- S. ,' • IA:VirED-NESDAY-MORNre . 'rIULY 15.1868 lieA War - 0 iin,,and:hastOirbonoly; .',Art F iz7 t ,—f ir " ,fatoitiktiol,o. ow. , ' t H diiiitlegi bhp G. r r; he mur dered islr.brothg r o , ot I "He Oid.!' -- -, ' ...‘ :=--,.- • , ~Y 6tvconleult,thtm,??, "I qo.' Hefileateg t#6. uU. _a the,lleyt almost& Minelkot - Sinirting:V ga aer the publlo wrongs which bad beirtinfliote - d upon hltri,j4 Is s wonder that he should seek for levetige?' 7 " But:why did be kill - my brother ?" "It was through mistake. The blow was intended for you, Henri Desmo lines." • "Well, are you through with what you have to say ?" "No. I want you Weave my father's life. You can and you must do it." "You may retire now," replied Henri as he raised and pointed to _the door. The girl sprang to her feet, and her eyes gilttered,as she exclaimed : "Henri Desmolines, listen to my words and heed them well, for as I speak so I will act— so I can accomplish. I never thought of shedding blood. But I shall watch tomorrow, and if my father dies I shall return to you, and I shall stab you to the heart, even as he did your brother. B efore my God I have sworn to do this." "Oh, you threaten, do you? I think tomorrow will find you in the prison cell. Not that I fear you, for you will not be able to reach my room again without discovery. But I would pun ish you for your threat." He stepped towards the bellpull, and even while his back was turned Matilda passed out of the window, ascended her slender cord, and was again on the roof. She saw her former lover thrust his head out, and look down towards the ground. Then she heard him say: "She could not have escaped, except by this window. If she has fallen, she certainly has been dashed to pieces, and so I shall be rid of her for ever." Oh, how those cruel words rankled In that poor girl's heart, as all that long and dreary night she eat in her lonely room. Each passing hour she counted, as proclaimed by a distant clock, until the morning came. Then the hour for the execution arrived, and soon she knew that she was fatherless—the guil lotine had done Its horrible work, The night came on again, and it was beautifully brilliant. It •was one fitted rather for love than for vengeance, but still that girl did not hesitate, for the oath had been taken, and must be kept. Again she entered the same dwelling whore a hundred times she had mot her lover, and ascended to the roof. Again she stood upon that of the Hotel de Re. voln, and affixed her cord, She looked down towards the window, and saw lazy wreathes of smoke rolling out. She believed that Henri was seated there with his cigar, and soon she knew this was the case, for she heard him singing a lively air. Presently his head appeared in view. Ho gazed around in every direction, and then felt downwards with his hands, as if searching for something. After this he disappeared. Quickly did Matilda slide down her cord. She gazed into the apartment, and she saw Henri examine every cor ner where a human being could be pos sibly concealed. Then he locked and bolted the door, and retired to his couch. The avenger watched him until she thought he was sleeping, and then she entered and approached his side. She took up his revolver, which was lying upon the table, and cocked it for use. The click of the hammer aroused him, and startling up he cried "Here again! My God! How did you enter ?" The only reply was the leveling of the weapon at his head. He yelled for help, but with the sound of his voice came the pistol's report, and the betrayer back dead. In a moment after, the avenger reached the roof, and returned from thence to her home. Of course there was another terrible excitement at the hotel, but this time the affair remained shrouded in mystery. Six months after, a poor creature died in a lonely attic, of a broken heart. Her name was Matilda de Rodna, and dying she gave to a friend the secret of her revenge, which until that moment had remained' unexplained. Guard Against Vulgarity. We especially commend the following extract to the thoughtful study of the young. Nothing is so disgusting and repugnant to the feelings of the noble and the good as to hear the young, or even the old, use profane or low ; vul gar language. The young of our town are particularly guilty of profanity. In our day it seems the " boy " does not feel himself a " man" unless he can excel in this great sin : " We would guard the young against tue use of every word that is not strictly proper. Use no profane expression— allude to no sentence that will put to blush the most sensitive. You know not the tendency of habitually using in decent and profane language. It may never be obliterated from your heart, When you grow up, you will find at your tongue's end some expression which you would not use for any money. It was one used when you were quite young. By being careful you will save your self a deal of mortification and sor row. Good men have been taken sick and become delirous. In these moments they used the most vile and indecent language imaginable. When informed of it, after restoration to health, they had no idea of the pain they had given their friends, and stated that they had learned and repeated the expression in childhood, and though years had pawed since they had spoken a bad word, they had been indelibly stamped upon the heart. Think of this, you who are tempted to use improper language, and never disgrace yourselves." What Did Paul Say? Many years ago there lived in Vir ginia a Baptist preacher, named B.— Though uneducated, he was a sound thinker and an eloquent speaker, and no minister had a more devoted flock. It was the custom, during the inclement season, to hold meetings, at the resi dences of the members, and ouee or twice during the winter at the house of the preacher. For many years it said that B. never preached nor conducted the meetings when held at his house, but secured the services of some neigh boring minister. He was often pressed for an explanation without success; but finally, in response td the importuni ties of some of his flock, gave the fol lowing: When I was much younger than now —in fact, soon after the commencement of my ministration—l held a meeting at my own.house. It being customary for many of the congregation to remain for dinner, Mrs. B. sent our negro boy Tim to neighbor Paul's for some butter. Tim returned and located himself,stand ing on one foot at a time, in the out skirts of the congregation. Being well warmed up in my sermon, thinking neither of Tim nor his errand, but only of the most successful mode of pressing among my hearers one of my strongest arguments, I demanded, with all the energy in my power: " And what did Paul say?" Tim at the top of his little squeakin voice, exclaimed, as Tim only coul. l have done : "He thed you couldn't git any more butter till you paid for what you had got!" This brought down the house, and cut short one of the finest efforts of my early ministry ; and since then I have kept my preaching disconnected from my domestic affairs. Fell from Grace. Old Billy G- had attended a great revival, and, with many others, was converted and baptized. Not many weeks after, one of, his friends met him reeling home with a considerable brick in his bat. "Hello, Billy," said the friend, "I thought you had joined the church." " So I did," answered' Billy, making a desperate effort to stand steady, " so I did, and would have been a good Bap tist, if they hadn't treated me so ever lasting mean at the water. Didn't you hear about it? " . • " Never did." "Well, you see, when we cum to the baptizing place, thar was me aed rich old squire Joe Smith, to be dipped at the same time. Well, the parson took the squire In first, but I &hilt mind that much, as thought 4twould be just as good when I oum ; who led him in, and after , dlppini him he raised him tatty , loSerfal,- and •wiped his , fade '.and led hhiVOUt: Then cum , nly thrn, , ond insteall'oflifflre me' out, ai 'he 'did the squire, he - gave me 'One slosh;' and left riewerawllni 'round da:the bottom 11$e tidarned mud turtle." MARTIN Tag .BIIRHIf. JAMES PAN'MN. ..None but the brave deserve the lair P', There lea deeper truth in thief/gull. far saying than many of us are aware of. Every great career, every grand re form, every benificent revolution; dates from an not of courage; and all the names dearest to mankind were made such by the valor of those who bore them. Martin Van Buren, though possessed' of many excellent and some admirable qualities, though he rendered hie party and his country valuable services, was wanting in the heroic traits, and hence his name has not that magical power with his countrymen which some men possess who were apparently his inferi ors. As a public man, he was Prudence incarnate. He appeared to be always on his guard against committing him self. He never took the dangerous ini tiate. He was never the real leader. Nevertheless, as no man is responsible for gifts which he does not possess, and as Mr. Vau Buren made a good use of those which he did possess, he is enti tled to our respect, and will probably, grow in the esteem of his countrymen the better he is known. •We can, at least, say of him, that he was personal ly pure. He was faithful to his word. He was an honest man. Martin Van Buren was born in 1782, K.lnderhook, in the State of 'New York, Ina log house. His father, a good natured, illiterate man, possessed a few acres of land, and, it is said, eked out his livelihood by keeping the village tavern. His mother, tradition reports, was a thily superior woman, very ac tive and polite, well versed in the:poll tics of the day, and wise in managing the family affairs. The boy being un commonly handsome and Intelligent, every one said he was capable of doing better work in life than tavern-keeping. Therefore, after attending the village school until he was fourteen years of age he was regularly apprenticed to the attorney of the village for . the usual period of seven years. Many poor boys in former times go into the law in this manner, while graduates of colleges, who could pay high premluits to their instructors, were admitted after only three years study. According to the custom of the time, this apprentice swept out his master's office, dusted his books, arranged his papers, and probe. biji groomed ills horse and dug in his garden. Before lie had completed his term of apprenticeship, ho obtained a release from his master, and went to New York to finish his studies. There he entered the office of Wm. P. Van Ness ' a fa mous lawyer at that day, and still more famous as a democratic politician, but now only remembered as the second of Aaron Burr in his lamentable duel with Alexander Hamilton. Aaron Burr had a particular fondness for aiding and advising young men of promise. See ing this diligent, polite and handedme youth in the office of his friend Van Nees, he cultivated his acquaintance, and made much of him, invited him to his house' and imparted to him the re sults of his experience in politics and in his profession. These conversations, it is supposed, stamped the forming char acter of this young man, and nourished in him that instinct of caution and se cresy to which allusion has been made. above, But if it was Aaron Burr who taught Martin Van Buren the tricks and artifices of politics, he learned from the President, Thomas Jefferson, those fundamental principles of democracy which Burr despised. In his twenty-first year, Mr. Van Buren returned to his native Kinder- hook and began the profession of the ' law. The first vote which he ever cast in his life does him much honor. It was at an election for Governor of the State, in which Morgan Lewis was the regular candidate of the democratic party, and Aaron. Burr was an irregu lar or bolting candidate. Van Buren's personal feelings, if he had allowed himself to be guided by them, would have led him to vote for the brilliant and fascinating Burr, from whom he had received attentions so unexpected and so flattering. He stood by his prin ciples, however, and gave his maiden vote for Lewis. From 1803 to 1808 he was known only as an adroit, polite, persuasive country lawyer and politician. In 1808, being then 26 years of age, he was appointed by Governor Tompkins surrogate of his native county, and held the office four years. Removed from this office by a turn in the politics of the State, he was elected in 1812 a member of the Legis lature. It was while living at Albany in this capacity that he next saw his early friend:Burr, who was then a fal len, utterly ruined man, just returned from his long residence in Europe. Mr. Van Buren entertained him in his own house for several days—made quiet lit tle parties for him, and treated him with as much distinction as though he were still the powerful and prosperous Colonel Burr of 1802. Indeed, they re mained on terms of intimacy as long as Burr lived. After twenty-three years of faithful service to his friends and his party, Mar tin Van Buren held the politics of New York in his hands, and represented the State in the Senate of the United States. The Presidential campaign of 1828 was at hand. John Quincy Adams was the President, and expected to be re-elected. Andrew Jackson, the candidate of the opposition, would probably have been supported by Van Buren in any case. Be that as it may, it is certainly known that he was offered the post of Secretary of State by Gen. Jackson, a year before Jackson had it to give, and that Mr. Van Buren accepted the oiler, and thus bound himself to the General's support. By a series of the most skillful meas ures, he secured the vote of the State l for en. Jackson, who was elected. At the same election Martin Van Buren was elected Governor of New York. On the fourth of March, 1829, Gen. Jackson was inaugurated President. According to the programme arranged so long before, Mr. Van Buren resigned his Governorship, and accepted the proffered office of Secretary of State. Arriving at Washington three weeks after the inauguration, he found the President in a fury, and all the upper circles of Washington in a state of the most intense excitement. John Eaton, Secretary of War, had thought proper to marry a widow who was not regard ed in Washington, as a reputable wo man, and, consequently, the wives of the other members of the Cabinet re fused to visit or notice her. Gen. Jack son, an old friend of the lady's parents, was convinced of her innocence, and was determined thatshe should be rec ognized and visited as a proper member of society. The ladies, however, would not yield the point, which roused the indignation of the fiery Jackson to the highest degree conceivable. Next to the battle of New Orleans, this appears to have been the fight that most in flamed his warlike passions. In the midst of the imbroglio Mr. Van Buren came upon the scene. He was a widower; he had no daughters; there were no ladies in his family; he was a free man ! As a matter of course, he called upon; Mrs. Eaton, with whose husband he had been long and inti mately acquainted. He paid Mrs. Eaton the mast marked and assiduous atter'. lions. This conduct so completely won the affections of Gen. Jackson, that, from that time, the elevation of Mr. Van Buren to the Presidency became one of the leading objects of his policy. The Pre,sident's efforts, ably seconded by. Mr. Van Buren's friends and ene mies; were crowned with success, and Mr. Van. Buren was inaugurated Presi dent in 1837. Called to the Presidency at a very try ing period, his conduct was, upon the whole, wise and right; be, did some good and prevented much hairri.'..Fall ing of a re-electioti in 1840 he retired to a beautiful farm at Binderhook, and spent the long evening of his life in the peaceful labors of agriculture, and in recording his own experience for the benefit of posterity. He died in '1862, aged 80. years. One volume of his memoirs has al -ready. been published, and, ale credit able to his memory. .He remained to the last a Jeffersonian Democrat.. The following are among the closing sen tences of this 'Volume: . "For the signal success of its benefi cent and glorious mission; - this country is indebted to the virtue and Intel ligence• of the men. Of ,whom this great party (the ..Democratic) has, from time to time i_: been com posed ; much to the ability,' industry and devoted patriotisM offlaMes Madi son ; be" the nese and uprightneaS of,Andrew.Jack son and mdMeonspiettml4etat to - the genius, the honest and firm heart and sjohit 2 stlirin g pen erne founder; &mai Teffhrsen,Wh o stands inlay estiniation, al'. a • faithful republican, pure petiiitt, and wise and acoompllahed. statesman, unequated in the history of man I" Speech of Gon. Wm. H. Franklin The following eminent soldiers were present at the opening of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Convention In New York: Gen erals William F. Smith, Slocum, Averill, Mcciernand, Andrew Porter, T. Ellby Smith, Ewing, Granger, McCandless, and a host of others. As their Representative G eneralWm. B. Franklin spoke as follows Yellow Soldiers and Sailors: I thank you for this high and undeserved compliment. Never having presided in any body regu lated by parliamentary law, I shall have - To claim your indulgence for any mistakes' which I may make. But I bope,that serious questions of order will arise. If they do, I shall decide them as impartially as I can, and I look confidently to the fair ness and justice of the Convention for an endorsement of the decision of the Chair. [Applause] It is, I hope, not amine for me to give in a fey words what are my ideas of the uses and duties of this Couventiou. Since the commencement of this govern ment secret Societies of military Men who have served, have been viewed by the peo ple with intense jealousy. This view is a natural and proper one. • It is the duty of military men In a free country, when no longer in. service, to return to their peace ful avocations (applause), and If they desire to be heard in the civil coupons of the nation, to take their places with other civilians, and by legal and usual means exert the influence which their positions as citizens give them. 'lhey have no right (and I mean it In the broadest sense of the term) to attempt to exercise influence or gain power from their positions ns military mon. [Prolonged applause.] The exercise of such influence will in the end be subver sive of free institutions, and will surely prepare the grave of liberty, paving the way for a military despot, who will rule this whole country with the sword, just as one-third of It has been ruled for the lest. throe years. Under the Influence of secret military societies, elections will in a short time become the merest farce, and Pilate- Han bands will designate our Mayors, Governors, and Presidents. (Voice, "That's so.") If lam correct in these assertions, and I believe that history andgood sense will bear tae out in them, It may be proper ly asked what wo aro doing here In con• vention, and aro not we acting precisely lu the manner which I have deprecated " The question is pertinent and must be an swered. In the first piece our Con• vention is no secret association. Next, there is now existing in the Northern and Western States, and for aught I know, in the Houthern Stntes, a secret military or ganization which has Its ramifications in every corner of the land. It is numerous and powerful, assumes to Itself all of the patriotism which carried mon into the field on our side during the rebellion, and its ob jects aro unknown to any outside of its ranks, unless we can judge of them by its acts. I refer to the seltstyled Grand Army of the Republic. [Hisses.] Whatever may have been the object of the originators of this organization, and I will admit that it may have been a good one, I hold it to be dangerous to civil liberty at present, for wherever It is felt it hes for its object to gain success for ono side In politics. [Ap plause.] The natural effect of this military partisanship is to band together such mili tary men as do not agree with it, and the effect may be with those of that class who feel this pressure most bitterly, to meet the obnoxious organization by another which, in my opinion, would bo no loss obnoxious. [Applause.] We will thus soon have two organizations extending over the whole country, military, armed or with access to arms, as different as day and night In their feelings of what is right in civil affaire, and ready to fly at each other's throats at th o bidding of any military charlatans whom accident or ambition may place at their heads. I acknowledge that at present this aloud is no bigger than a man's hand but events march with rapid strides in times like these, and the storm may be upon us before we know it. Should it come It will sweep over this whole country with such destructive effect that our late struggle will sink into insignificance before it, and we will be left an imbecile Mexico. I think, therefore, that one object of this Conven tion should be to show to the country, and to give assurance to the people, that the Conservative military men do not intend to be led into any secret military societies, and that any political action of theirs ehall be as citizens, in combination with other Conservative citizens. [Great cheering.]— Those Conservative soldiers and sailors who now belong to any secret military so cieties, should be advised to leave them at once. [Renewed cheering.] This Conven tion has another object which is, I think, quite as important as that just named. Iu May last a Military Convention sat in Chi cago, at which were present delegates from many of the States. It called itself the Soldiers and Sailors' Convention, but it bore the ear-marks of the odious and obnoxious organization before mention ed. In its resolutions it spoke for itself, "and the soldiers and sallc.rs who imper- fled their lives to preserve the Union." These resolutions contain many things which we utterly repudiate. They condemn the President, approve the course of the Radicals, and give the views of the conven tion on several political subjects. Fellow soldiers, did that convention speak for us ? [Voices, "No," "no," " no."j Aro there not in this large assemblage soldiers and sailors who imperiled their lives for the Union? [Voices, "Yes."] Did it speak for them? Therefore, fellow-soldiers, an other object of this convention Is, in my opinion, to'show to the country that that Chicago Convention did not in any respect speak the wishes of the large number of the military men of the United States represent ed here to-day. One would suppose from the resolutions of that Chicago Convention that the Radicals were true friends of the soldiers and sailors. But the Radical record for the last three years tolls a different story. [Applause.] With very few exceptions, it has been the rule with the Radical Senate to reject all soldiers and sailors' nominations to civil office. Thus as Foreign Ministers, Generals McClellan and Blair (cheers) have been rejected. As Collectors of the Customs, Generals Slocum, Couch, and Curtis (cheers) have been re jected. General Pratt was rejected as Col ector of Internal Revenue. These are a few Instances the merits of which I know personally. The officers named command ed armies, corps and divisions. Not a word has ever been said against the ability, in tegrity, bravery, or loyalty of these 113011. Notwithstanding their merits they were ignominiously rejected, and In most cases politicians fill the places which they ought to have had ; a General officer who to-day carries a rebel bullet In his heed, was rejected to give place to a politician who Is now in Sing Sing (laughter and applause) under sentence for committing outrageous frauds in his office. It is exasperating that men like these I have mentioned (and the list could be much extended) should be re- jectod by the honorable Senate, and Immo& ulate Callicotts (hisses) confirmed in their stead. And yet, if I nm correctly informed, no less a number than two thousand sol diers and sailors of all ranks have been nominated to the Senate for civil ofeces nod have been rejected by it. When any soldier hes been saved in this ordeal, it was "as it were by fire." The Conservative men of this country to-day recognize the fact that the war to preserve the Union has had results which must be acknowledged. They also recognize the fact that there is now, or ought to be now, peace between the two hostile sections. [Pro longed applause.] The Conservatives of both parties have, since the war, acted in a kind and conciliatory manner towards their old enemies, to whom kindness and conciliation are as necessary as the air they breathe. On the other hand, the course of the Radicals has been revengeful and in sulting. The dearest rights of man have been trampled upon in all their dealings with the conquered rebels, and judging of the future by the past, the reign of terror will last as long as the Radicals rule this country. [Applause.] It is therefore our duty, fellow-soldiers, to hold up the hands of the Conservatives who go into po litical convention to day, and to bid them God speed in their good work, [Cheers.] They have before them the i most responsible task which has ever fallen to the lot of a political convention in this country. They are to devise means to de feat the Radical party in the coming elec tion. I believe that it is in their power to attain this end. [Great applause.] Let it. be our part to honestly assist them to achieve success, believing as we do that a continuance of Radical rule is death to the institutions of this country. Let us not be exacting or dictatorial, but ready to make reasonable Baer - If:ices for phace and union, .and we will separate with the consciousness that we have done a good work, and that at any rate we have done what was in our , power to avert or postpone the crisis which will sooner or later ar rive if•the Radical party succeed, which . end may God avert. [A voice— " Amen" Applause.] Ido not think that we ought to pay much attention to mere pon d:rain our resolutions. Two hundred years ago Admiral Blake said: " It is not our business to Meddle' with State affairs, but to keep foreigners from fooling us: (Laugh .ter:] Ek), today, ,it 113 not, our business to meddle with State• affairs,, but to keep Radical politicians ' from fooling us.— [Laughter and oheers.]• • The political Con vention is fully competent to, meet all such issues. We wish- to see nominated a man whose mine 'will secure - BOldiers end Sailors by its mere .mention Mat thallom- Mating Convention Is alive to all the issues `arid at this day to the country, , and' that its nomine e and• MIL beanie Mend' to those who' have imperiled glair illvP 4' 4 4; l) 3e:trap%tiittf-k.a name 41113,00u vention wriVis one 'um; enderse: mit such a name we will as surely: tWith , gtitede !eat, ea With that name we will oertabab , ElVol39p.to au eery victory. Rri*liged cheering.]. Mews Items: - I T9O ll clOO 0 )200F1.well of salt water. In Boston on ,Banday, the thermomoter ranged from 00 to W. Heenan would like to fight MoCoole for $lO,OOO. y Aules now sell atll4 per barrel in New . . Coates, the threadinaker, has given $lO,- 000 for a Park at.Parsiey. Chicago Mill as many Permani, within six thousands, as Americans. Thera. Is a dwaif in Lanesboro, Ease., forty , years old and only three feat high. Canada Mat recovered from its Fenian frlglit; Ohio is to pay it 50,000 of the principle c f her debt, this month. Central Illinois repotts the boat wheat crop aver gathered. Three fatal cases of sunstroke in Phila delphia within the last two days. About half the newly-appointed cadets at West Point•falled to pass the examination. United Stated/aver at a discount of ten per cent. in Canada, . So hot in Philadelphia on Friday that men land to stop Work. Senator Grime Is under medical treat ment at Boston for paralysis. The Governor of New Hampshire has vetoed the bill for repealing the usury law. Coronet's inquests 'on live bodies wore held In Chicago on Thursday. The celebration of Dominion Day In CIUMS. on July Jet, was a failure. It Is stated that ita,600,000 were wagered on the Oxford cricket match in England. Gen:R. R. Scott was inaugurated Gover nor of South-Carolina yesterday. Ariria A. Dickinson is safe in England She bore letters from Beecher to Bright. At St. Louie, recently, the Board of Health seized all tho watermelons in the markets. A writer of the early life of Colfax says that he used to call his mother, "ma" —chi Senator Sprague, from Rhode Island, is said to be the richest mull in Congress. Col. A. K. McClure, of the Chambereburg Repository, will stump Pennsylvania for the Radicals. The nomination of Perry Fuller, as In ternal Revenue Commissioner, was rejected by the Senate yesterday. A letter from Mr. Pendleton has been made public, recommending Horatio .Soy. moor tor Presidential nominee. The stoma Importer, from thu Upper Missouri, has arrived at St. Josopli, blis• sour!, with 1150,000 in treasure. Tho steamer Scotia, which sailed from Now York for Liverpool on Wednesday, took out $7150,000 in specie. Of 200 sparrows recently chipped from England for Bolton, only 28 survived the voyage and arrived at the Hub. No proof of Temperance—a man with his hut off ut midnight, explaining to a lump post the principles of his party. Tho New Hampshire Legislature was ad journed eine die at half-past 5 o'clock on Saturday morning by Gov. Harriman. The assessed value of property in Ne braska Is $32,000,000—an increase of $l4, 000,000 over last year. The proposed elevation of Mr. Greeley to the editorship of the National Cowhide is not confirmed. A Kansaa City firm has sold four thous and plows within a year for the Neosho Valley. General Grant arrived at St. Louis yes terday. lie declines public domonntra- Sons during his trip. . Sloan's bonded warehouse, in St., Louis, was nearly destroyed by lire yesterday. The loss is not Mated, but is heavy. A gymnast in Liverpool beats a drum while hangingto a rope by his teeth at a height of forty feet. A suite of rooms in oile of the Saratoga hotels rents for $BOO per week, and is taken for the season. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad is progressing westward nt the rate of half a mile daily. Of 200 Massachusetts maidens, "anxious and aimless," who went to Washington Territory two years ago, all but three have become mated, Human bones have been found 68 feet below the surface of the ground in digging a well 050 tulles west of Omaha. A New Yorker is digging for concealed treasure In a garden of a house of Nash ville. The sum is said to ho $85,000, but he has not found it yet. The assessed value of taxable property in St. Louis county, Mo., has increased from $77,713,000 in 1864 to $144,260,000 In 1868. The Printing Ink Works of Charles Rob inson, on Gray's Ferry Road, near Phila delphia, were recently burned. Loss $B,OOO ; no insurance. Mrs. Lincoln is fulfilling her threat of leaving the country if Grant was put up for President. She can come back safely in the fall. On Thursday $43,000 In 1848 bonds was stolen front the sub-treasurer's office, New York. The stock cannot be used in open market. It is understood that the Democratic mem bers of the Georgia Legislature whose disa bilities have not been removed by Congress will be expelled from that body. Amherst College has lately had a gift of 830,000 from Wm. Stearns, son of President Stearns, and a wealthy merchant of Bom bay. Secretary Seward has sent a remonstrance to Denmark against the practice of sending convicts from that country to the United States. Eggs bought in Canada for fifteen cents a dozen are shipped to the large cities of the United States and retailed at thirty-five cents a dozen. It is estimated that within the last twenty years the Irish Id the United States have remitted to their friends at home nearly £16,000,000 or $75,000,000 in gold. The Boston Post-office Is to cover 25,5813 square feet of ground ; that of New York will occupy 95,269 square feet. The site of the former costs $103,000; of the latter $500,- 000, The principal Chinese encyclopedia is contained in about live thousand volumes. This is worse than the great German one, which has been coming out for the last ninety years, and 'only gotton to L now. Hon. Roverdy Johnson has accepted an invitation from citizens of Annapolis, Md., his native place, to meet them socially be• fore his departure for England, and has designated Tuesday, July 21st, as the day. An artesian well now being bored at St. Louis, has reached a depth or 3,147 feet, the deepest in the world. There is no water yet. The work has been going on for twenty•aix months. TELE Leavenworth (Kansas) Cbmincrciaf says that A. T. Stewart, of New York, has purchased a half block in this city, and in tends to erect a mammoth dry goods house, at an estimated cost of $450,000. Antonousa Kastanopoulo is the name of the Cretan girl who is lighting in the revo lution. She is nineteen years old, cannot read, smokes cigarettes, is rather pretty, and has five hundred men under her com mand. Active preparations are making to stock the Connecticut river with shad and sal mon. Seth Green writes that seven mil lions of shad are hatching per day at Had ley Falls, and several thousand young salmon are soon to be placed in the river. A complimentary banquet, as an expres sion of esteem and respect is to be tender ed to the Hon. ReverdyJohnson by the citizens of Baltimore. Mr. Johnson leaves this country on August 1 to assume his position as Minister to Great Britain. The New Jersey Republican Convention met yesterday, and nominated J. J. Blair, of Warren county, for Governor. Resolu tions were adopted declaring the payment of any part of the public debt ins depreci ated currency unjust and iniquitous. Chief Justice Chase is not a Methodist, as has been sometimes 'said, but has long been connected with the Protestant Episcopal Church. Bishop Chase otOhlo was an un cle, and Bishop Chase of New Hampshire is a cotrinn of the Chief Justice. The latest Yankee invention is the econo mic cheroot, one of which Is twice the length of the ordinary, and herein Is the economy, The Government taxes cigars without regard to length, and the applica tion of a knife will make one of these into two. The express train on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, which left Erie on Wed nesday night, broke through a bridge, near Union Mills, and the passenger cars were wrecked. Several persona were killed, and a number injured. It is thought the bridge was tampered with. The cost of tuition in the public schools of the United State has been estimated as fol lows: In Detroit, $8.59; Toledo, KM ; Chicago, $8.69; Providence and New Haven, $8.85; Philadelphia, $9.15; St. Louis, $9.38; Louisville, 111.15 ; Cincinnati and Boston, $1.1.48; NOW York, $12.04; average, $10.39. The steamboat between Jersey Shore and Williamsport has not proved a suooess so far, not being able to cross Crane's riffles. The Vidette thinks it mould not cost much to pat in a wing dam and clean out a chan nel which would enable, her to make the thin, 4 any stageo,tl4o waPF. • OnlTuesday night the foreman of Stay We , milht at•6llllteatet, le MineaePtes :named ,Charles Roberta,: attempted to All a kero gene' iatttp .whtle ,14 1 ;PPg., the hutlP ex 149ata eattinftwe aid, oil can; which oop A: 1 olkand:dh half of 'kerosene. nis oidnygorit • Roberta, -bur& itik 19. ' ' NUMBER. 28 Mat. Italia Ono of the. Norntal School buildings at Edinboro, was struck recently by llgbt ning: Mr. Wm. Stewart has been appointed General Superintendent of the. Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company. Tacks are made at Pittsburg live hun dred per minute. This is •as rapid as the tax is made in Washington. Joseph Mosteller is appointed postmaster at West Vincent, Chester county, ranusyl• vents, vice James W, Ellis, resigned. Huntingdon, Tyrone and Altoona cele brated the Fourth in a becoming manner, and large crowds were in attendance. About two hundred delegates to a con vention of the society of the Grand Army of the Republic recently met in Pottsville, Pa. There wits an amusing fantastical mock firemen's parade in Philadelphia recently, also two fires and loss of property to toe extent of $.50,000. The greater number of the cattle now passing over the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey Central Railroads, on to New York, are from the State of Texas. The Superintendent of the Susquehanna canal has published notices forbidding all persons, except butchers and doctors, from traveling on the tow path of that work. The Pennsylvania State Agency at Wash ington ceased after the let of July, tho ap propriation to pay for Its support having been exhausted, while the necessity for Inc continuance has also ceased to OXIRt. Forty tons of clover hay wore gathered from twelvo acres of land, owned by James W. Duffield, in the Welsh Run district, Franklin county, this season, In six days, by three men. The Anthractle Journal, Tamaqua, Pn., appeared July 4, printed in red and blue Ink, thus furmlugovith the white paper, the national colors—red, white and blue. The inside pages wore printed In rod, and the outside In blue. Jesse Hinnershitt, In Rending, received a painful wound on his forehead on Friday of lust week, while chopping wood. Thu axe in its descent caught in a clothes lino, which caused the sharp edge of the Instru ment to fall upon his head. Tho Philadelphia Herald Mayo : A moot extraordinary and distremming calm of hy drophobla occurred recently nt Montgom oryvillo, Montgomery county, lho victinix of which are Mr. Joseph Mitchell, Lila wife, Live of hie children, and a xorvant girl. Thu rabid dog wax owned by Mr. Mitchell. TALL Ti mom v.—Tho Reading latgle states that Mri William Weaver Son., brought to Ale° on Tuesday a timothy stalk measuring 0 feet, 1 inch In length. It was grown on the farm of Mr. John Bruit. nor, Schoen Eck, Lancaster county. \Vim can beat It? Moto gartfit gatlrona. 64.0 MILES Or THY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Are now finished and In operation, miles of track have been laid title spring ,and the work along the whole line ban ten the At lantic and Pacific States is being pushed for ward more rapidly than ever before. More than twenty thousand mon are employed, and it is not impossible that the entire track, from Omaha to Sacramento, will be finished In 1808 instead of 1870. The means provided are am ple, and all that energy, men and money can do to secure the completion of this GREAT NATIONAL WORK, at the earliest possible day, will be dono The UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COM PANY receive: .T.—A GOVERNMENT GRANT of tho right of way, and all necessary timber and other materials found along the line of Ita oper none. IL—A GOVERMENT GRANT of 12,000 Acres of laud to the mile, taken in alternate sec tions on each side of its road. This Is an ati. solute donation, and will be a source of large revenue in the future. lII.—A GOVERNMENT GRANT of United States Thirty-year Bonds, amounting to from *16,000 to $48,000 per mile, according to the difficulties to be surmounted on the various sections to be built. The Government takes a second mortage as security, and It is ex• peeled that not only the interest, but the principal amount may to paid in services rendered by the Company In transporting troops, malls, &c. The Interest is now much more than paid in this way, besides securing a great saving in tlmeand money to the Gov ernment. IV.—A GOVERNMENT GRANT of the right to Issue Mown FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, to aid In building the road, to the name amount as the U. S. Bonds, issued for the same purpose and no more. Tux GOVIRN MENT Psi:urrs the Trustees of the First Mortgage Bondholders to deliver the Bonds to the Company only as the road is complet ed, and after it has been examined by United States Commissioners and pronounced to be in all respects a first-class Railroad, laid with a heavy T rail, and completely supplied with depots, stations, turnouts, car-sho, s, loco motives, care, dm. V.—A CAPITAL STOCK SUBSCRIPTION from the stockholders, of which over Lipid ifi/Zion Dollar., have been paid In upon the work al ready done, and which will be increased as the wants of the Company require. VL—NET CASH EARNINGS on its Way Busi ness, that already amount to Mons THAN TIM IN-TIME= on the First Mortgage Bonds. These earnings ale no indication of the vast through traffic that must follow the opening of the line to the Pacing; but they certainly prove that FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS upon such a property, costing nearly three times their amount, ARESECURE BEYOND ANYICONTINUENCY The Union Pacific Bonds ruu thirty years are for 81,000 each, and have coupons attached. They bear annual Interest, payable on the Grit days of January and July at the Company's Office in the City,of Now York, at the rate of six per cent. In gold. The principal is payable in gold at maturity. The price he 102, and at the present rate of gold, they pay a liberal In- come on their cost. The Company believe that these Bonds, at the present rate, aro the cheapest security lu the market, and reserve the right to advance the price at any time. Subscriptions will bo received to Lancaster by LANCASTER NATIONAL BANK. REED, NicURANN & CO., BANKERS. FIRST NATIONAL BANK and In New York at the Comp:tor,. oMce, No. 20 Nanomn Street, JOHN J. CISCO do SON, BANKERS, NO. 95 WALL 13TKEk.:T, And by the Company'e Advertised Agents throughout the United Statee. Remittances should be made in drape or other funds par In New York, and the Bowls will he sent free of charge by return expre.e. Parties itioscribing through local agents, will look to them for their safe dellitery. A PAMPHLET AND MAP FOR Mg has J ust been published by the Company, giving fuller information than is possible in an skivertise lament, respecting the Progress of the Work, the Resources of the Country traversed by the Road, the Means for Construction, and the Value of the Rondo, which will be sent free on application at the Compauy's ollice or to any of the advertised agents. JOHN J. CISCO. apr IS anadew Treasurer. New York Naomi, Itattonarg, at N EW BOOKS -AT NO. 29 EAST KING STREET, OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. LANCASTER PA. Economy of the Animal Kingdom—Sweden. borg. Animals and Planta Under Domestication.— Darwin, _ Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations. Life Scenes from the Four Gospels.—fly Rev. Geo. Jones, B. A. Daisy.—By Author of Wide, Wide World. January and June.—By Taylor. Steven Lawrence, Yeoman.—Edwards. Vathek—New Edition. Farming for Boys.—By Author of Ten Acres Enough. Vulgarisms and Other Errors. A Sister's Bye Hone.—By Jean Angelow. Sermons by Newman Hall, D. D. Man—Where, Whence and Whither.—By D. Pima, LL. D. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl •• Rob Roy."— By Macgregor. New Poems by Owen Meredith. Young America Abroad.- 011ver Optic. House BeentifuL—By A. L. 0. E. Merle Darthur.—By air Edward Strachey, Bart. Folly as It Flies.—Fanny Fern. Holidays at Roseland& Mlle. Merquem.—By Oeo. Sand. Allechanie or Praises of American Heroes.— a. L. Pinder. Fairfax, or the Master of Greenway Court.— By J. Eaten Cooke. J. E. BARR, Je 28 tf deaiv No. 29E. King at, Lancaster. SLATE I PILATE 11 SLATE! 11 ROBERT OWENS, LOT:, pLArs AND ORNAXLITIAL SLATE ROI.IFER, EAST LEMON STREET, OVE DUKE LANCASTER, PA... Great Reduction in the Price of Slate Roo/lug. a- Leave your orders at Diller & Grofre Hardware Store. ap Baniw EING 814dTfr—PRICES }worms D The undersigned him constantly on bands supply of Roofing Mate for sale at Reduced Prima. Also; an extra. LIGHT ROOFING SLATE, Intended for slating on Shingle mote. Employing the very bestidaters all Work is lwarrantello be executed in the best manner. Builders and others WILL find it to their toter. eatto examine the sample. at lds Agricultural and Seed Wateopined zgo..9o•East .Inif_strest Langestg Pai dotes worst of th e Court House dean mum ," GEIY. DAIPIUK2I3II. 011 ADVERTIaiIIas nanny Anvinrrxesuanrss, 119 a year NIT guars - Of ten nneej se per year tor each In. ditional square, „ BRA ikrij iinstftl thadsit t and Sou:gator saeltsabsequent n. sert!on. ADIMATLIIXO T COW" A Ilbe for the Dreg, and 4 COMM for 000 b subsequent fuser. tlon. BrtcorAL• NoTrtis Inserted In Local COltl=l 16 coati pay Krzczax, anor.a • plicadina 11001710 0ar4 deaths, 10 cents per fins for ant Snail and 6 cants tor every subiaquant, Insertion. ta,OL AND (Ilium otoilasa— ' mammon 220 Administrators' Assignees' notions , L6O Amilltora' ..... " other' lototlees,' , ten lines, Or 1""'11. three times ............... .60 gtgal goiltto.' ESTATE OF GEORGE FITIRIIIILE, LATE of East Lampeter township, deceased.— ters Testamentary on eatd estate having been granted to the underalgned, all persons Indebted thereto aro requested to make Mime. dime payment, and those having claims or de mands ugalust, the 40.1 d claNclept will make known the some to the undersigned Executor of the wilt of said deceeeed, realding lu sold township, without delay. ,D Jett iltwe 24 AVIEL ILUCER. ASTATE OP TIIIO.I2AN A. POMENA/Nr, late or Hallsbnry township, deceased.— tom; of administration on Bald estate hay ing been arautPd to the undersigned all pet. none indebted thereto tire requested to make huntedMbe eettletneut, and thou, having (helms or demands against the same will pre- Bent them without delay tor settlement to tho undersigned, residing In said township. THOMAS A. MeILVAINE. GEORGE D. MoIiNoINE MARIA 1., ZsIaILVAINE, Jelu.otw 21 Administrators. ESTATE OF noitEut TAOEILT, LATE of Paradise township, deeeased. Letters testamentary on Bahl estate haying boon granted to the undersigned, all persons In debted thereto aro requested to rn axe Immedi ate payment, and those having claims or de mands against the same will present them for mettloment to the undereigned, susldlng tu meld township. MAItY A. TAUERT, Executrix. je 23 t1t.W.24 BSTATE OF CATHARINE LAPP, LAM: ol Carnarvou lowhip, Lancaster county, ctis—Thu ue undersigned Auditor, appointed to dieixtbuta the Imitable remaining in the haude of John lied:rata Executor of the last Will 01 said doted, to and among those legally eutitled to the same, will attend (or that purpose on FRIDAY, the 7th day of AUGUST, 1668, at IC o'clock, A. /11., In one of the Jur y 'looms of the COurt Souse In the City of Laheaster, Where all poreoua luteradiallu said distribution may attend. E. D. WGITE, 4twl7 Auditor. A PINIONED VihtTA'rEOF .1011Wil IX and Wife, of Manor twp.—Thutantieraignetl Auditor, appolnteit to illetrlbete the balance remaining to the hands of John allllor, Aeelg• nee of Jean Irani. and Wife, to and among Ulm legally entitled tolthe sante, Wilt lilt fon that porpcme on TUENDAY, AUG UkiiT 11, 180$, at 2 o'clock, P, AL, In the /dinar) , Room of tile Court Home, In Ina City of Lancaster, where all portions Interested In walo diatrlention may attend, LL O. KHEADY, .13•8-41wil; Auditor, LINTATE 01 , EMANUEL. LEILLA'LL: Ei et Hp!malt to p,. Lsneaster no., deo'd.—Tho nutiermigned Auditor, appointed to distrlhnle the balance reunslning in Ilia hands of bile/111 Mohler, AO win Istrotrix, to and ainong those legally entitled to the snore. Will NIL for Unit purpose en WICDNI , J4DAY, AUCIL'ST at le; o'clnek, A. M., In the Library ltnoln tit the Court. House, In the CI ly of Lanestel or, where all persons Interest ed In mold dlStriilll• thou nuts attend. \V M. S, Ahlwma, N.it.w27 Auditor. MIMS UNDEHNIO NEI) AUDITOR AP. J. pointed to ilharllnne the belittle() Of inonuy lu the heath' of Bernlnud Mann, (farmer.) Ad ilnDtralor of Henry Oreenewint, doe'd, to and among those legally entitled thereto, will hilt for that purpoeu on MONDAY, AHUDHT 31, nee4, at WV, o'clock, A. M., lit the Court Honer, 11l the City of Lanaieler when Ron where nil ponenni Int °reeled In surd gletrlbu. Lion are notified to attend If they see proper. FitAZIUZ, Auditor. j)q. tw27 AeiSt(11 , 111i11:11 ENTATE or DANIEL W. Barr and Wire. of Edon township, Lan caster, county, I'a.—Thu undursigued Auditor, appointed to distribute tho balance remaining In the Minds of John .1. Oa ibralth, Assignee of Daniel W. Liarr and Wife, to and among those legally entitled to tho Caine, will sit for that pima's° ou FitillAY, AU UoT 701, 181.1,4, at It o'clock I'. M., In the Library Boom of the Court House, In the City of Lanatotter where all persons BlB:rental Weald distribution may attend. J, W. F. SWIFT, Jyti-ltw27 Andltor, pec, X ECUTOR'S NOTICE......tiaiTATE OF James Buchanan, late of Laueaster twp., 'd.—Letteru Testamentary on said eitato having teen granted to the undersigned, all person Indebted thereto taro requested to make Immediatenettlement:pma thohollavlng claims or doniutoim againet the some will present ilium for settlement to H. D. eiWarr, residing log In tire City of Lancaster. EDWARD Y. BUCHANAN, 11. D. SWAIM, Je2e•litonwdataw Executors. NOTICE TO THE HEIRS AND LEGAL Representatives of Catharine Henderson, late of East Earl twp., Lancaster county, Pa., dee'd.—You are hereby notified that by virtue of an Order of the Orphans' Court of Lancaster county to me directed, I will hold an [west to divide, part or value, the Real Estate of Catharine Henderson, deed on WEDN DAY, the 12th day of AUG UST , , 1868, at I o'clo E c S k P, M., at the premises lu East Earl twp., Lan caster county, Pa., when and where you may attend if you think proper. Jyl.otwiil J. F. FREY, Sherif'. Sheriff's ()Mee, Lancaster, Pa., June 20, 1808. ip t A N RIMPT NOTICE. .r 1 the Dietrlet Court of the) United Mates for the East. 'f In Bankruptcy. ern District of Penna. At Lancaster, JULY 2n, MS. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:app ointment The under signed hereb glycol notice his Assignee of y MICHAEL It. of WITWEIt, of the City of Lancaster, In the County of Lancaster and letate of Pennsylvania, within said dn• triot, who has been adjudged &Bankrupt upon his own petition, by the District Court of said district. D. W. PATTERSON,•AssIgnee, 4U East King street, Lancaster. lop ANIIIIIIPT NOTICE. . _ . 1y8.3tw2! In the District Court of the United States for the East-} In Bankruptcy. ern District of Penna. At Lancaster, JULY 2n, 1868. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The under signed hereby gives notice of his appointment as Assignee of RICHARD MOHLER, of the City of Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, within said dis trict, who hasibeen adjudged a Bankruptupon his own petition, by the District Court of said district. D. W. PATTERSON, Assignee, 49 East King street, Lancaster, BANILRIIPT NOTICE, Jy 8-3Lw27 Irtb. District ('curt of thel United States for the East- In Bankruptcy. ern District of Penna. ) At Lancaster, JULY 2n, MR. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The under. signed hereby gives notice of bin appointment as Assignee of ROBERT EVANS, of the Town. ship of Eden, in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, within said district, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by the District Court of said dia. HIM DANIEL 0. BAKER. Assignee, 24 North Duke street, Lancaster. .IyB-3tA 27 BANKRUPT NOTICE ITC - the Dlstrlct Court of the Untied(States for the East-} In liankruptcy. ern District of Penna. At Lancaster, JUNE 27th, 18119. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEItN:—ThO nu dershred hereby gives notice of his appoint ment an Aesignee of Peter Hoffer, of Bain. bridge, In the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania. within said district, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own peti tion by the DUttriet Court of said district. D. O. ESHLEMAN, Assignee, as North Duke street, Lancaster. 13 ANKIIIIPT NOTICE. . . . . . . Jy1.06w•20 In the District Court of the United States for the East- Sln Bankruptcy. ern District of Penn'''. At Lancanter, el JUNE Z7th, A. 1888. C TO TIIR REDITOR . , HA.II) BANK RUPT :—The undersigned hereby given notice of his appointment as Assignee of Silas Weller, of Carnarvon township, in the County of Lan caster, and stare of Peonnylvanla, within said district. who ban been adjudged a Bankrupt upon hie own petition by the District Court of geld diotriet. D. G. ESHLEXIM.L'AssIguee, Duke street, Lancaster, jy1.31w•20 TN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS' I of Lancturter county..-7110 Evangelical La teran Congregation or Warwick Church, near Br' ckeravi 11 e,Lencaater coun ty,Pennaylvan I a. May 21), 1808, Charter, de., presented by I. E. Hiester, Esq., and the Court having perused and eXamined the maid Inatrument, Ds objects, articles and conditions therein set forth and contained. appearing lawful and not nrione to the community, the Court direct maid writ ing to be filed in the Prothonotary'a Office, and also direct notice to be inserted in one new-- paper published in the county of Lancaster for at least three weeka, setting forth that an graliatlon has been made to sold Court to nta charter of incorporation, and It sum dent reason to the contrary be not shown, the name will be grunted at the next term or the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county, Attest. W. D. STAUFFER, le 24 2tw2d Dep't. Proth'y. BoUNTIES ! BOUNTIES!! 8100 BOUNTY can now be obtained by the heirs (that is, the widow, children, father or mother) of soldiers enlistal for three years, and who died before receiving bounty under act of July 28, 1868. ALSO 8100 BOUNTY To widow or children of soldiers enlisted for THREE, SIX or NINE MONTHS, or 1 YEAR, and were KILLE.D in the service. ALSO, $lOO BOUNTY To all soldiers who enlisted for throe years be• fore July 22, 1861, and honorably discharged for DISAbILIITY alter one end less than two years' service. This applies to soldiers dis charged from Ist Penn'a Reserve corps ym unteera. . . $.lO GRATUITY AND 640 ANNUITY Doe soldiers ar dividowe of soldiere;oftne War of 1812 and thtlr widows. And all claims for PENSIONS, BOUNTY, PRIZE MONEY; or other claims against the U. S. Government, promptly collected by JAMES BLACK, ap 15 3m1v15) Licensed Claim Agent, No. 60 East King st.. Lancaster, Pa. 2.500,000 CUSTOMERS IN 4 YEARS PATRONIZE THE BESTI Having tho largest capltal,moet experienced buyers, and extensive trado of any concern lu the Dollar Sale business, WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION In every instance, and also the beet selection of Goods ever offered AT ONE DOLLAR EACH. No other concern boa any show wherever on: Agents are Rollin:. Our motto, .• Prompt and Reliable." Male and female agents wanted In cityy En? try ar . e THE partleniarlyiegnested to try oar Dopular club aystemof selling all kinds of Dry and Fancy Goods, Dress Patterns, Cot- ton Cloth, Cast ors, Silver Plated Goods,Watch es. sc. (Established 1861.) A patent pen loon taln and a check describing an article to be sold for a dollar, 10 centa 20 for 82; 40 for i 4 •, 00 for 1110 ; sent by mall. Free pre v ents to' getter up, (worth 50 per cent, more than those sentby"Any other concern ,) Recording to the size of dub. Send us a 'trial CDs% or 11 not do not 'fall to send fora circular. • N. B.—Our sale shoul d nor be classed 'WWI New York dollarjewelry sales or bogus it Tea Companies," as It Ls noWhg of the sort. • EASTMAN dt KENDAL 4 je 8 Bmw 88 Han° Ser at., Boston, Mass.
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