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BY PAUL PEMBERTON, JR.
I ! ;ve advice to people who
I . a-. .!><■ in this hard world pursue—
I \ r perform what you can do
To-morrow morning.
I !• .ii i letter have to write,
I p 11 waste the precious candle-light,
: and walk around to-night
Wait till morning.
: .,1 has kindly lent a hook,
iv van do not in it look
. .u have slumbered in your nook.
Wait till morning.
iness hills to be made out ?
t!,. in not into your account,
a ride —the just horse mount—
Wait till morning.
.re a leak in your roof
..nght to he made water-proof?
~ an no clouds in the aloof —
Wait till morning.
is a lock upon your door
1 .: wants a screw or two, or more,
V ■iv hands are feeling rather sore—
Wait till morning.
iv. yon a cow to milk and feed,
1 don't just now her produce need?
. Mow in this my easy creed—
Wait till morning.
1 wife, have you the bread to bake,
:> •i to wash and beds to make?
n't work too hard, your back will break—
Wait till morning.
i sitting-room is full of dust,
n tie knob's has gathered rust,
sii them not, there's no word must —
Wait till morning.
A 'ah of hildron's clothes is there,
ii:?. a ivi ..dors fill the air,
i - lain.- above the kitchen stair —
Wait till morning.
V ■ ,r ; has become a wreck,
ah the diptheria in your neck ;
nt dit to-night for pity's sake—
Wait till morning.
Un t' d long the young and fair,
"i sparkling eyes and raven hair,
\ : ne any too? young man take care—
Don't wait till morning !
i I\IA, Aug. 14. 1865.
AN EASTERN JUGGLES.
traveling through India, between j
at .niii Xagpore, my body servant one !
atirined me tliat the great juggler
snake-charmer wished to have the
'{"showing me something of his won
sk ill.
What can he do ?" I asked.
'Ah lost everything that is marvelous,
cu told," was the answer that I re
do .|
Admit him."
My m i vant withdrew, and returned with
i , withered old man, about whom 1
i * t . -11i11 jr very remarkable, except bis
(.■ v which were small, black and pierc
ir. uid seemed to have lightning impris-j
i ■in them Ido not know that the man
i sec ii tin- dark, like a cat ; but there
hii.es that peculiar fiery appear-.
it balls which is so often observed
t prowlmg animals. He wore a
| V' t. Turkish trowscrs, a sort of
tticoat, worked with strange de
[ '.ui! an of many colors, and red mo
c-i is. pointed and turned up at the
His arms and neck were hare, and,
' xci ption of a couple of heavy '
I in his ears, lie displayed no ex-1
- i n clients. His age 1 judged to ;
- b. > xty, and his short moustache j
v t white, lie made alow salaam, i
• ared to wait to be addressed.
■ .vine said I, in llindostanee.
I ■ hear, y air excellency."
I ' ;| a •. i'..! yon wish to show me some j
. ur . xeelleney wills."
I c hat can you do ?"
i'-nly produced—from where I i
and cannot tell—a large ball of j
eu he appeared to toss into my
Hug hold of one end, so that it tin-.
whole distance between him and j
;, asi ten feet, saying as he did so,
} r excellency please examine
' •' you see ?"
i iit'stly aver that I saw that ball
wlien lie threw it as plainly as 1 |
w anything in my life—saw it come j
!l "'. aw it unroll, and apparently
my lap, so that I brought my
uickly together to catch it —and
11 1 put my hand down to take it
"1 u .wn for it, it was not there—
- was there--and at the same in
i" '''"'ived the juggler balancing it
1 °d of his lingers.
• aw ; said I ; "you deceived me by
- • believe you threw it toward
") ur excellency think 1 have it ?"
. Kt '' :u "'i before I could answer
'j 1 place of the ball, a large,
s n which he was balancing by
( ad yet he had not altered his
an scarcely stirred a finger.
1 -Tan to be astonished.
! 1 looked, I saw in his right
'4" cup, and in the left the rose,
r v a,' '" forward a few feet, laid the
A a on tiie ground, and placed the
H-r it. r
i 1 Mill be observed, there was no
13. O. GOODRICH, Publislier.
VOLUME XXVI.
machinery to assist him--no tables, witii
its lalse top, concealed apartments,and con
federate, perhaps, to effect the change, as
we see similar tricks performed in a place
fitted up by the magician for the purpose—
but only my own quarters, in the full,
bright light of day, with myself sharply
watching him within five feet, and my at
tendants grouped around almost as near.
Having covered the rose with the cup, as I
would be willing to make oath—for 1 saw
the rose distinctly, as the hollow vessel,
held by the top, went slowly down over it
—the conjuror resumed his former place,
and said, " Will your excellency be kind
enough to lift the cup and see what is un
der it ?"
Of course I would have wagered a heavy
sum that the rose was still there for one
thing, because, expecting some trick, I had
kept my eye on it to the last moment, and
was certain there was no possibility of its
being removed after the baud had let go of
the cup at the top. I complied with his re
quest, stepped forward, and raised the cup;
but instantly dropped it, and bounded back
with a cry of terror —for there, instead ol'
the red rose, was one of the little green,
deadly serpents of India, coiled up and
for a spring, with its small, glittering
eyes fixed intently on mine. Snakes of any
kind are my horror ; and this one not only
horrified me, but all my attendants, who,
with cries of alarm, enlarged the circle
very rapidly, for they knew its bite to be
fatal
"No more such tricks as these, conju
ror," said 1 sternly.
"It is perfectly harmless, your excel
lency," grinned the old man, walking up to
it, lifting it up by the neck, putting its
head into his mouth, and allowing it to run
down his throat.
1 shuddered, and half believed the jug
gler possessed of a devil, if not a devil him
self.
He next produced a tube that looked like
brass, about two feet long, and half an inch
in diameter, and next the ball of twine
again.
W here these things came from, or went
to, I could not tell. They seemed to be in
his hands when he wanted them ; but I
never observed his hands passing near his
dress, either when they appeared or disap
peared. When 1 looked for the cup that 1
had lifted from the snake, it was gone, and
yet neither myself nor any of my atten
dants had seen this wounderful man pick it
up ! It was indeed jugglery, if not magic,
of the most unquestionable kind.
Through the brass tube the conjuror now
raised one end ol the twine, which he put
between bis teeth. He then placed the
tube between his lips, threw back his head,
and held it perpendicularly, with the hall
of twine on the upper end. Then suddenly
the ball began to turn rapidly, and grad
ually grew smaller, till it entirely disap
peared, as if the twine had been run off on
a reel. What turned it, or where it went
to, no one could see. The juggler then
set the tube the other end up, and a new
ball began to form on the top, but appa
rently ribbon, of half an inch in width and
of different colors. These rolled up, as if
on a bobbin, till it formed a wheel of two
or three inches in diameter, when the per
former seemed to toss ribbon and tube over
his shoulder, and that was the last I saw of
either.
lie next reproduced what appeared to
be the same cup 1 had lifted from the snake,
and showed something that looked like an
egg, advanced the same as before, and
placed the latter on the ground and the for
mer over it, and again requested me to
raise it, which 1 declined to do, fearing 1
should see another serpent, or something
equally horrifying.
" Will any one lift the cup ?" said he,
turning to the others.
No one volunteered to do so, but ail
rather drew back.
At this he took up the cup himself and
appeared to throw it into the air, and there
sat in its place a beautiful dove, which flow
up and alighted on his shoulder, lie took
it in his hand, muttered over some unintel
ligible words, seemed to cram it into his
mouth, and that was the last I saw of that
also.
He performed some other tricks similar
to tuese, and concluded with the mysteri
ous bag. This bag—which somehow came
into his hands, as did the other things he
used in a manner unknown to myself—was
from two to three feet long, and about a
foot wide. It looked as if it had been used
to hold some kind of Hour, and 1 certainly
saw something like the (lust of flour fly
from it when he turned it inside out and
beat it across his hands. He turned it
back again, and tied up the mouth of it
with a string, muttering a low incantation
all the time. This done, he threw it on the
ground, and stamped on it, treading it all
out flat with his feet. He then stepped
back a few paces and requested us all to
fix our eyes upon it. We did so ; and af
ter a lapse perhaps of thirty seconds, we
saw it begin to swell up like a bladder
when being expanded with wind. It con
tinued to swell till every part became dis
tended, and it appeared as round and as
as if tilled with sand. Its solidity, how
ever, was apparent —for when the juggler
went up and placed his foot on it, it yielded
to the pressure, but immediately sprung
back, or rounded out, as soon as that was
removed. lie then jumped on it with both
feet, and flattened it all out as at first. He
then went away again ; and the bag, being
left to itself as before, again began to rise
or inflate, but this time as if some animal
like a cat were inside of it. In fact I could
see where there appeared to be legs ; and
then, to my utter amazement, I may almost
say horror, it began to move toward me, as
if impelled by the unknown something in
it?
I do not thing I am a coward—my worst
enemy has never accused me of being one,
at least—but I confess that on this occa
sion my nerves would not let me remain
passive, and I retreated from the advanc
ing mystery and informed the magician
that I had seen enough to satisfy me of his
wounderful occult powers At this lie
smiled grimly, walking up to the bag, and
trod it down again, picked it up and beat
it with his right hand across his left,caused
it to unaccountably disappear from my
sight, and then made his concluded salaam.
llow these wonders were performed—by
what art, power, or magic—I do not and
never expect to know. I have conversed
with many persons who have seen quite as
strange and unnatural things, but never
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, I'A., AUGUST 24, 1865.
heard any one give an explanation that 1
considered at all satisfactory. 1 simply re
late what I saw but scarcely expect any
one to credit my statement, well knowing
that I myself would not have received such
marvels as facts on the testimony of the
most rcli ible friend 1 have in the world.
"If your excellency wills, 1 shall now
have the honor of showing you how I charm
wild serpents," said the necromancer.
I had heard something of this singular
power, and was desirous of seeing it dis
played. Accordingly, myself and attend
ants all repaired to an open field, at no
great distance where, alter some search,
Daunger discovered a hole, in which he
said he doubted not there was a snake.
" But before I call him forth," he pro
ceeded, " 1 must be assured that some one
of sufficient courage will stand ready to cut
him down when 1 give the signal, other
wise, should he prove to be a cobra capel
la, my life might be sacrificed."
" I will myself undertake that business,"
said J, drawing my sword.
The man hesitated, evidently tearing to
insult me by a doubt, and yet not eager to
risk his life on the strength of my nerves,
after the display of timidity 1 had already
made. 1 thought I read all this in the
man's face, and 1 said very positively :
" Never fear, good sir, 1 will cut down
whatever you bring up this time, be it
snake or devil."
" My life is at your excellency's mercy,"
bowed the man with a show of humility.
" Remember the signal. When 1 raise my
hand above my head, may the blow be
swift, sure and deadly !"
He then gave his whole attention to the
business before him. Putting an instru
ment, not unlike a small llageolet, to his
lips, he began to play a shrill, monotonous,
disagreeable sort of a tune, keeping his
eyes rivited upon the hole in the ground ;
and soon after to my utter astonishment,
though J should have been prepared for
anything, I saw the ugly head of the
hooded snake, the deadly cobra capella.the
most poisonous of all deadly reptiles, come
slowly forth, with its spectacled eyes*
fixed steadily upon the strange musician,
who began to retreat backward slowly, a
step at a time, the snake following him.
When at length, in this mauer, he had
drawn the hideous creature some ten or fif
teen feet from its hole, he suddenly squat
ted down and began to play more loudly
and shrilly. At this the srrpent raised it
self on its tail, as when about to make its
deadly springs, and actually commenced a
dancing motion, in time with the music,
which was continued for about a minute,
when the charmer gave me the signal to
strike. Gradually and stealthily I advanced
near enough for the blow, and then struck,
cutting the reptile in two, and sending its
head Hying to some distance. I never took
life with better satisfaction.
Whatever deception there might have
been about the juggler's tricks, there was
certainly none about the snake, for I have
its skin still in my possession. 1 gave the
man a couple of gold mohurs, and he went
away perfectly satisfied, wishing my ex
cellency any quantity of good luck. 1 was
perfectly satisfied, too, and would not have
missed seeing what I did that day for ten
times the amount paid.
*A large ring arouud eacli eye gives this fearful
serpent the appearance of lm iking through u pair
of spectacles ; and it also has a hood for the mis
shapen head, not unlike a monk's cowl, from
which it takes its name.— Lomlou Sixjtenuy Maga
zine.
SI'AXISJI PROVERBS. —Since I wronged you
I have never liked you.
The day I did not sweep the house, there
came to it one whom I did not expect.
N ever Speak of a rope in the house of a
man who was hanged.
Jfyou want to beat a dog say he ate
your iron.
The gallows was made for the unlucky.
To be a merchant, the art consists more
in the art of getting paid than in making
sales.
_
A YOUNG SOLOMON. —"Ma," said an intel
ligent, thoughtful boy of mine, " 1 don't
think Solomon was so rich as they say he
was."
"Why, my dear, what could have put
that into your head asked the astonished
mother.
" Because the Bible says he slept with
his fathers, and 1 think if he had been so ;
rich he would have had a bed of his own." ;
" Do YOU think," said Mrs. Pepper rather ■
sharply, "that a little temper is a bad thing !
in a woman ?"
" Certainly not, ma'am," replied the g-al- !
lant philosopher, "it is a good thing, and i
she ought never to lose it." '
THROUGHOUT southwestern Virginia there '
is peace and plenty, and tiie growing corn i
crop is unparalleled for its promises of a
bundance. There is a scarcity of sugar, |
coffee and store clothes, but the Virginia j
and Tennessee railroad, now running j
through to Bristol, is fast supplying these i
wants.
" I SAY, Pat," said a Yankee, " why don't j
you sue the Railroad Corporation for dam
ages you have, received ? Both of your j
legs broken all to smash; sue them fori
damages." "Sue them for damages, eh i
boy ! 1 have had damages enough already;
Pll sue them for repairs."
WOMAN is like ivy—the more you are;
ruined the closer it clings to you. A vile
bachelor adds : "Ivy is like woman—the |
more it clings to you, the more you are
ruined." Poor rule that won't work both
ways.
Ax Irishman being asked why he permit
ted his pig to take up his quarters with his
family, made an answer abounding with
satrical naivete. " Why not ? Dosen't the
place afford every convenience that a pig
can require ?"
The age of a young lady is now expressed
according to the present style of skirts, by
saying that eighteen springs have passed
over her head.
PUNCH says this is by a brute : Why is
a beard like common sense ? Because uo
woman possesses it.
CHAMA FERGUSON is accused of sticking
corn-husks in the wounds of his victims, to
torture them.
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
POT VOI R SIIOULIJEU TO THE WHEEL.
There is si voice that speaks to ns,
If we own no craven heart,
As we pass along life's pathway,
Taking our appointed part;
And it bids us boar our burden,
Heavy though it seem and feel,
And with strong and hopeful vigor
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
What though clouds are darkning o'er tis,
They but hide a tranquil sky ;
Or should storm drops fall around us,
Soon the sunshine bids them dry.
Never doubt, faint and falter,
Heart be stout and true as steel ;
Fortune smiles on brave endeavor-
Put your shoulder to tlic wheel.
Folded hands will never aid us
To uplift the load of care ;
"Up and stirring" be your motto,
Meek to sutler, strong to bear.
'Tis not chance that guides our footsteps,
Or our destiny can seal;
With a will then, strong and steady,
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Men of worth have conned the lesson,
Men ol might have tried its truth
And lips have bieatheu its maxim
In the listening ear of youth ;
And be sure throughout life's journey,
Many wounded hearts would heal,
If we all as friends and brothers
Put our shoulder to the wheel.
THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
lluw IT IS CONTROLLED 1!Y THE CONSTITUTIONS OF
THE FREE STATES.
We recently, in un editorial, referred to
tin? history of the franchise question in the
late slave States, showing how it was exer
cised in such States, and how in the course
of time it was restricted until the black
man was entirely disfranchised. We pre
sent, for comparison, a statement ot the
free States regulating the same privilege :
MAINE,
by her Constitution, adopted October 29th,
1819, gives the ballot to every male citizen
of the United States of the age of 21 years
and upwards, excepting paupers, persons
under guardianship, and Indians not taxed
having resided in the State three months.
Hut persons in the military, naval or marine
service, quartered in the State, and stu
dents attending a seminary of learning, do
not acquire a residence thereby. (Includes
negroes.)
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
by her Constitution, adopted 171)2, still in
force, gives the ballot to " every male in
habitant " of twenty-one years, except pau
pers and persons excused from paying tax
at their own request. Freehold property
qualifications were formerly required for
office-holders, but these are abolished.—
New Hampshire never excluded colored
men from voting or holding office.
VERMONT,
which abolished slavery by Iter Constitu
tion, adopted July 4th, 1793, declared in
her Bill of Bights that" all freemen, having
sufficient evidence of common interest with
an attachment to the community, have a
right to elect officers and to be elected in
to office." By article 21, "every man"
twenty-one years of age, who has resided
one year in the State, who behaves himself
quietly and peaceably, and who will take
an oath to vote "so as in your conscience
you shall judge will most conduce to the
best good" of the State, may vote. In Ver
mont, therefore, "a white man is as good
as a negro, if he behaves himseli as well "
—not otherwise.
MASSACHUSETTS,
by her original Constitution, adopted in
1780, gave the ballot to every male person
twenty-one years of age, resident in the
Commonwealth, having an annual income
of three pounds from a freehold, or any es
tate worth .£6O.
By the amendment now in force the bal
lot belongs to every male citizen, twenty
one years of age ( except paupers and per
sons under guardianship,) wlm shall have
[mid any tax assessed within two years, or
who shall be exempted from taxation. But
by Art. 20 of*the Amendments, " No per
son shall have the right to vote, or be elig
ible to office under the Constitution ol this
Commonwealth, who shall not be able to
read the Constitution in the English lan
guage, and write his name : Provided,
however, that the provisions of this amend
ment shall not apply to any person preven
ted by physical disability from complying
with its requisitions, nor to any person who
now has the right to vote, nor to any per
son who shall be sixty years of age or up
wards at the time this amendment shall
take effect." Massachusetts, therefore,
never excluded any man from voting oil ac
count of color.
RHODE ISLAND
by constitution of 1842, gives the right of
suffrage :
1. To every male citizen, of full age, one
year in the State, six months in the town,
owning real estate worth $ lot, or renting
for 81 per annum.
2. To every native male citizen of full age
—two years in the State, six months in the
town, who is duly registered, who has paid
$1 tax, or done militia service within the
year. Hence in Rhode Island a native ne
gro votes without a property qualification,
while a foreign born white citizen can not.
CONNECTICUT
gives the ballot to all persons, whether
white or black, who were freemen at the
adoption of her constitution, (1818,) and
subsequently to "every white male citizen
of the United States," of full age, resident
six months in the town, and owning a free
hold of the yearly value of 81, or who shall
have performed military duty, paid a State
tax, and sustained a good moral character
within the year. This was amended in
1845 by striking out the property and tax
paying qualification, and fixing the resi
; dence at one year in the State and six
months in the town. Only those negroes
' have voted in Connecticut who were adinit
! ted freemen prior to 1818.
NEW YORK
admits to the suffrage "every male citizen"
j of full age, who shall have been ten days a
citizen, one year in the State, four months
' in the county, and thirty days in the dis
trict. But no man of color shall vote un
! less he has been three years a citizen of
the State, and for one year the owner of a
freehold worth $250, over incumbrances, on
which he shall have paid a tax, and he is
! to be subject to no direct tax unless he
owns such freehold. Laws are authorized,
and have been passed, excluding from the
suffrage, persons convicted of bribery, lar
ceny, or any infamous crime, also persons
betting ou the election. No person gains
or loses a residence by reason of presence
or absence in the service of the United
States—nor in navigation—nor as a stu
dent in a seminary—or in any asylum or
prison. A registry law also exists.
NEW JERSEY
the first of those enumerated which abso
lutely makes color the test of voting, and
in which slavery existed up to a very re
cent period, gives the ballot, by its consti
tution of 1844. to "every white male citi
zen" of the United States, of full age, resi
ling one year in the State, and five months
in the countey, except that no soldier or
marine quartered therein shall acquire the
right, and no puaper, idiot, insane person
or persons convicted of a crime which ex
cludes him from being a witness, shall
vote.
PENNSYLVANIA
gives a vote to " white freeman," of full
age, who has resided one year in the State
and ten days in the election district, and
has within two years paid a tax, except
liiat a once qualified voter returning into
the State after an absence which disquali
fies him from voting, regains his vote by a
six months' residence, and except that white
free citizens under twentv-t.vi and over
twenty-one vote without paying taxes.
OHIO,
by her Constitution of 1851, limits the elec
tive franchise to "every white male citizen"
of the United States, of full age, resident
one year in the State, excluding persons in
the military and naval service and idiots
and insane persons. But, the courts of
Ohio having Held that every person of one
half white blood is a "white male citizen"
within the Constitution and that the bur
den of proof is with the challenging party,
to show that the person is more than half
black, which is impracticable, we believe
that in practice, negroes in Ohio vote with
out restriction.
INIUANNA
gives the right of suffrage to "every white
male citizen of the United States," of. full
age and six months' residence in the State,
and every white male of foreign birth and
full age, who has resided one year in the
United States, and six months proceeding
the election in the State, and who has de
clared his intentions to become a citizen.
No soldier or marine shall acquire a vote
by being quartered in the State nor shall
any person lose his vote by absence in the
service of the State or United States. "No
negro or mulatto shall have the right ol
suffrage."
ILLINOIS,
by her Constitution of 1847, gives the vote
to "every white male citizen" of full
age, residing one year in the State, and
"every white male inhabitant'' who was
a resident of the State at the adoption of
tiiis Constitution. Like provisions to those
of ludianua exist here, relative to soldiers,
seamen, marines and persons in the service
ol the United States.
MISSOURI,
by her recent Free .State Constitution, ex
cludes the black from voting".
MICHIGAN,
by her Constitution adopted 1850, gives
the ballot to every white male citizen, to
every white male inhabitant residing" in
the State June 24th, 1865, and to every '
white male inhabitant residing in the State j
January Ist, 1850, who has declared his in- I
tentions, ike., or who has resided two and a j
half years in the State, and declared his in
tentions, and to every civilized male Indian
inhabitant not a member of any tribe. But ;
no person shall vote unless of full age, and j
a resident three months in the State and |
ten days in the town. Like provisions as i
to persons in the military and naval ser
vice, students, etc.
IOWA.
Every "white male citizen" of the United j
States, of full age, resident six mouths in j
the State, sixty days in the county, (with
like exceptions of persons in the military !
or naval service, idiots, insane persons and
criminals.)
WISCONSIN.
Every male person of full age, resident
one year in the State, and being either : 1.
A white citizen of the 1 nited States, 2. A
white alien who has declared his intentions,
J. A person oi Indian blood who has once
been declared a citizen by act of Congress.
4. Civilized persons of Indian descent not
members ot any tribe. (t\ ith like exceptions
of felons, insane persons and soldiers, Ac.,
stationed in the State.)
CALIFORNIA.
Every white male citizen of the United
States (or of Mexico who shall have elected
to become a citizen of the U. S under treaty
of Queretaro) of full age, resident six
months in the State and thirty days in the
district. The Legislature has power to ex
tend the right to Indians and their defen
dants. (Like sundry provisions as above.)
MINNESOTA.
Every male person of full age, resident
one year in the United States and four
months in the State, and being either: 1.
A white citizen of the I. S 2. A white al
ien who has declared his intentions, o.
Civilized persons of mixed white and Indian
blood. 4. Civilized Indians certified by a
district Court to be fit for citizenship. (Like
sundry provisions as above.)
OREGON.
Every white male citizen of full age, six
months a resident of the State, and every
white male alien, of full age, resident in
the I nited States one year, who has de
clared iiis intentions, may vole, but "no
negro, Chinaman or mulatto."
KANSAS
gives the ballot to every white male adult
resident six months in the State and thirty
days in the town, who is either a citizen or
has declared his intentions.
WEST VIRGINIA,
Every white male citizen (except minors,
lunatics and felons,) resident one year in
the State and thirty days in the county.
The results sum up thus : Of the twenty
one free States enumerated, eight permit
negro suffrage to a greater or less extent.
These are the New England States, New
York, and Ohio. Of the remainder, two,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, are strongly
" Democratic," and the rest framed their
constitutions and applied for admission at
a time when slavery ruled Congress and
the nation. Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas arid Illinois,
(seven,) admit as voters those not yet
per Annum, 111 Advance.
citizens ; and besides the New England
States, four, to wit: Michigan, Wiscon
sin, California and Minnesota, provide for
voting by Indians. One (Massachusetts)
excludes the ignorant, and one (Oregon)
excludes Chinamen.
IJkaI.TII OF THE PRESIDENT. —TIIO COUlltiy
will be gratified to learn that the health of
the President is restored, and that lie yes
terday transacted a large amount of busi
ness with the public, which occupied sev
eral hours, seemingly without personal in
convenience. After the more important
affairs had been disposed of in private in
terviews with officials and other distin
guished persons, the doors of the reception
chamber were opened to the people present,
who hud appeals and applications to urge.
At first the number of cases to be heard
seemed formidable, but the President's dig
nified affability of manner dissipated the
l'ears of the most timid, while it discouraged
a garrulous tendency, and the result was,
tivit the business was soon stated, under
stood, and disposed of. Though giving
audience to scores of people at one time,
the President is prompted by the delicacy
of a true gentleman to address each indi
vidual m a quiet undertone, which reas
sures, by being inaudible to all but to the
paities interested, in this way everyone
feels unembarrassed, and is able to present
his case, in its best aspect. The ladies, ol
course, have the preference at these public
business receptions, and if they fail to re
ceive favorable answers to their applica
tions, they at any rate go away pleased
with the kindness and politeness of the
President.
In this connection, we may add that
great injustice is done the President by
tiie statement that pardons are granted al
most lor the askiiig, tit rebels of all degrees,
with little discrimination. On the contrary,
the greatest circumspection is used ; and
it is only in eases where no end of public
justice would be defeated, nor injury to
the cause of order would be done, that par
dons are granted. If exceptional cases
have occurred, it is because no administra
tion of human affairs can be übiquitous, or
omniscient. — Washington Chronicle.
Mr. C.u.viv PEU.ETT, a worthy citizen of
Paupack, in Pike county, died 011 the 3d
inst., aged 01 years. The cause of his
death was unusual. Four of his cows sick
ened and died. The cause of the disease is
unknown. They at lirst supposed that
they had eaten some poisonous weed grow
ing in the low, marshy ground, but 011 com
paring the symptoms of the disease with
what is called in the books "murrain," they
were inclined to believe that they died from
that disease.
Mr. Pellett aided in removing the skins
from the dead animals. In a short time he
felt an uneasy itching sensation in one of
his fore-arms, which, at lirst lie supposed
proceeded from a rye beard. He used the
knife with which he had taken the skins
from the cattle, in searching for the sup
posed rye beard. Soon the virus began to
work its way up the arm and into the gen
eral system. Every known means for ar
resting the poison was employed, but in
vain, lie gradually sank till he died. lie
was buried 011 Saturday. A large con
course of neighbours and friends attended
the funeral. The funeral discourse was
delivered by Rev. (J. S. Dunning of this bor
ough.
A brother of Mr. Pellett lost a cow from
the same means. This animal was skinned
by his son, who is now suffering from the
effectß of the virus in some way communi
cated to his arm.— JJonesdale Republican.
JtetT' A singular accident accurrod in Sum
nierhill township, Crawford Co., Pa., one
day last week. Alonzo Wood, in cleaning
his rifle, turned into the barrel say half a
tcaspoouful of refined petroleum, putting
down a wad of tow on the end of the wip
ing rod and pushing the oil out at the tube,
lie then put down a larger wad, pushing it
down within a foot of the breech, when an
explosion occurred which forced the rod in
to tlie thick part of the hand, coming out
at the wrist, passing up and grazing the
arm to the elbow. The rod was three
fourths of an inch thick at the butt end
The report was similar to breaking a cap,
and sinoke also issued from the muzzle.
Further developements of the defal
cation 011 the Phoenix Hank of New York
lias come to light. The bank is a loser of
more than $275,000. A former bookkeeper,
named Karle, was arrested for complicity
with Jenkins, the paying teller, Earl con
fessed to having received from Jenkins one
hundred thousand dollars, which he lost in
speculation. During Thursday night he
cut his throat in the cell of the station
house. Jenkins, it is said, had been lead
ing a fast life, although his outward appear
ances did not show it.
teg" Accounts from Wisconsin arc to the j
effect that tlie storm that passed over a j
portion of the State on Monday night show
the damage in Sauk and lowa Counties to
he greater than at first supposed. Fruit
trees were entirely stripped of foliage and j
fruit. Standing grain was actually thrash- i
ed ; $300,000 is a low estimate of the loss.
At least 100 farms were entirely desolated,
leaving many families almost destitute of
the means of support.
UECREATlOX. —Recreation is intended to
the mind, as whetting is to the scythe, to
sharpen the edge of it, which otherwise j
would grow dull and blunt, lie therefore,
who spends his whole time in recreation is
ever whetting and never mowing ; his
grass may grow, and his steed starve ; as,
| contrarily, lie that always toils and never
recreates is ever mowing, never whetting ;
laboring much to little purpose. As good
no scythe as no edge. Then only does the
work go forward, when the scythe is so
seasonable and moderately whetted that it
may cut, and so cut that it may have the
help of sharpening.
FACETS.— If yon see half a dozen faults in
a woman, you may rest assured she has
half a dozen virtues to counterbalance them.
We love your faulty and fear your faultless
women. When you see what is termed
your faultless women, dread her as you
would a beautiful snake. The power of
concealing that which she must have is, of
itself, a serious vice.
BURNING OF AN OIL WELL-
The intelligence sent you by special b
egram concerning the g eat lire (Aug. -
was so unsatisfactory that 1 avail myself
of the earliest moment this morning to
write you a more extended account Yes
terday morning, about 10 o'clock, a new
well that had been tubed the day before on
the Holmden Farm, and on lot 10, near the
northern line of the farm, began to be
pumped. It was situated on the West side
of Pit Hole Creek, between it and the "sec
ond bottom." After 50 minutes pumping
the well began to yield at the rate of 000
or -100 barrels in 2*4 hours. The well would
have flown that amount without further
pumping one hour after they began. It is
deemed advisable, however, to pump a well
that begins to flow, on tie- doctrine that ag
itation does it good. As the owner of th"
well had no idea what they had when they
began to pump, no tank was prepared for
the reception of the oil. It was consequent
ly, pumped out upon the ground. During
the day considerably over 100 barrels had
been pumped upon the ground, filling all
the little pools, creeping among the grass,
gliding gradually down the creek bottom,
and along the bluff 15 or 20 rods. Such
things had been done before,and no serious
apprehensions of dauger were felt.
Crowds of people visited the well during
the day, for such a remarkable well was
the great sensation of the day. It promis
ed to be the largest of all the mammoths on
Pit Hole. At various times there were
from 50 to 100 persons present. About
o'clock last night, a large number of peo
ple were prasent, and half a d '/.en were on
the derrick and others wers ranged about
at various distances. Your correspondent,
providentally, did not happen to be of that
number, but was at the moment about 30
rods away. My attention was suddenly ar
rested by an explosion as loud as a good
sized cannon would make. The lirst im
pression was that some blasting operation
had taken place, but immediately on turn
ing about, the scene presented was before
me in all its awful grandeur. Suddenly as
powder ignites, suddenly as lightning from
the skies, there swept up from the earth,
from an erea of three-fourths of an acre of
ground, which the oil had covered, a flam
ing, hissing, bowling firespout that rose
nearly 100 feet into the air, the whole firey
mass surmounted by a thick black pal! of
smoke, as from a hundred-throated furnace.
Above the high tree tops it leaped as if
springing in impotent fury at the very
skies.
NUMBER 13.
Everybody *had heard the explosion, and,
in a moment,everybody saw the tirey demon
overshadowing the creek. Lot Xo. l'J
but twelve or fifteen rods from the tanks of
the famous Holmstead well, in which wen
thousands of barrels of oil stored away.
One hundred rods further down the creek
were 15,000 or 20,000 more barrels of oil
stored in huge tanks, near the Frazier and
Twin Wells. As the flames mounted up
ward and ran into every nook and cranny
where a little pool of oil had been formed,
everybody expected, in a moment, to see
the whole creek bottom a boiling lake of
fire.
Instantly upon the explosion the people
ran in every direction, some toward the fire,
others from it. Men looked excited and
alarmed. The few women in the crowd
cried and already saw their own friends
among the many that felt must have been
caught in the whirlpool of fire and dragged
down with hungry fury to an awful death.
Running in the direction of the lire, I met
three wretched men that had barely escap
ed from the flames. One of them howling
in agony, " O my God, what shall I d>!
what can I do," had Lis clothes wholly
bnrncd from his body. His back and br>-ast,
and legs were brown, with enormous fin
blisters hanging to the skin, while his hands
were burned to the bones. At the time ■!'
the explosion he was sitting in the derrick,
and in running through (he flames, fe!
down with both hands plunged into the
burning oil. lie was able, however, t-•
leap into the creek, fortunately not cover
ed with the oil, and thus barely got out of
the hissing, crackling blaze. His name
was Lucious Kingslev, of Syracuse, N. Y.
On tlie heels of Kingsley was another
inan, bleeding and burned, and holding out
his charred hands to the passing, frighten
ed crowd. Still another man, bleeding,
howling and fearfully burned, followed.—
The alarm was so great that neither • of
them could tell how many thers had shar
ed their fate,or suffered even more by burn
ing on the ground. They reported as many
as fifty persons having been in the immedi
ate vicinity of the well when the explosion
took place, and at least half of these had
been probably burned to death on the
ground.
The consternation for ten minutes was
immense. Millions of property were in
peril, and lives already lost. Immediately
squads of workmen were organized, who,
with shovels and spades worked upon the
outer edge of the tire to stay its progress.
So soon as the Fire Denton had licked up
the oil on the ground, it began gradually
to die out on the borders, and finally, in the
space ot two hours was wholly contented
at the well. Engine house, derricks, tanks
and evergreen trees had been burned. The
lire was still roaring at the mouth of the
tubing.
The oil and gas in immense quantities,
in consequence of the great vacuum pro
duced at the bottom of the well, poured
forth only to leap into furious flames, while
the right portion of the tubiugdripped with
liquid fire. During the night men labored
to devise some plan for its extinguishment.
At length three pieces of tubing, screwed
together, were, by means of a funnel, run
into the inouth of the tubing whence the
oil issued in flames, and finally fastened, so
that the oil was conducted forty or fifty
feet further off. By the free use of wet
blankets the lire was at length subdued at
1 o'clock this morning, when a shout arose
from the men engaged as if a victory over
the Rebel hoards had been gained.
In the meantime it was learned that none
had been burned alive and that but six
were seriously injured. These were I.ilei
tis Kingsley, of Syracuse. X. Y.,not expect
ed to live though there is hope ; Curtis
Armstrong, of Clarion Co., Pa. ; John La
gan, of l'a. ; A. P. Floyd, of Niagara Falls,
body burned 011 the breast and legs and
hands ; and Mr. Gregory, of X. Y. City,and
his lady, to whom he was showing the well
when the explosion took place. It is hop
ed that all of these will recover, though in
the case of the first two it is very doubt
ful.
The well is again running this morning
in a hole dug for tlie purpose. Its yield,
I since the fire, with the sucker rods, yet in
l it, cannot be less than 400 barrels It
: promises to be the largest well on Pit Hole
I Creek. This morning it is flowing more
beautifully in a coutinous stream, and al
ready gives assurance of being the largest
well*on Pit Hole. This first fire will be
very important in teaching the necessity of
not testing wells by pumping them on the
ground. This morning the people are gath
ered about the well, curiously gazing at the
j few ruins yet remain. This well, hereafter
jto be famous,is partly owned by the United
States Company. Fortunately no lives
were lost, though it is miraculous that any
j escaped.— Cleveland Herald.