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wlibia tii nomfc, ar $2.50 If aot pall
witbla lb year. II paper discontinued
nalll all arrearage art paid aaleM at
lb option af ta publisher. -
Subscriptions outride of the county
PBTABI.I IS APVANCR.
("- Paraaai lifllag and using paper
eddr) la other become subscribers,
and ara ltabla for tka price af iha papar
J P. CRON MILLER
ATTORKET AT LAW,
Mlddleburp, V.,
Offer bla professional service la th pub
lie. Collection and all other professional
business entrusted la bia eara will receive
prompt attention. (Jan 8, '67if
AC. SIMPSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sclinsgrovo r.,
Offer bla professional lervic la Iha pub
la. All business entrusted la bla aare
wilt ba promptly attended in.
f Jan. 17, 67lf
W. KNIGHT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Freeburj Pa.,
Offers bin Professional ervlclo iba pub
la. All bueinrss entrusted la bia cara
ill b prompt! attaadad la.
Jan. 17,67lf
WM. VAN CKZKU,
ATTOK.NKY AT LAW,
Lcwisburg Pa.,
Offers hia professional service to a pub
lie. Collection and all other Piafcteion
1 business entrusted to bla ear 'ill re
ceive prompt attention.
G
liO.F. MILLER
ATTOlt.NEV AT LAW.
Lcwibiirir 1'n
Offrr bla Professional service to tin pub
lie. Collections and all other profession
al! business entrusted lo bia cure will re
ceive prompt attention. Jan. 8, MiTtf
J M.LINN, A. II. DILL
(ftneemwors to F. a J.at. Lion.)
ATTOKNfcYM AT LAW, Lewisburg, Pa.
Offer their professional service lo lb
publio. Culleciions and all olber pro
fessional business entrusted lo ilirir eare
will raceiveproniptallemion. f Jan. 8, 'UTtf
IIAKLES I IOW Kit,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Solinsgrove Ta.,
Offers bla professional sertice to ibe pub
lic. Colleclions and all olber profeasiona
business enlrusied to bis ear will r
celve pronipt altrmlnn. C.flice two door
norib of ibe Kcjsiune Hotel. Jan 6, '0
SAMUEL ALLEMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Selinsgrove Pu
Offer bia Professional services to the
publio. All business entrusted to his
ear will be promptly attended lo. Col
lection mad in all pari of Ilia Stale.
Ha ean speak the Knglfsh and German
language fluently. Ollice between Hull's
and ibe Post office.
IN. MYERS,
J ATTORNEY k GOCXSKLOR' T UT
Middlclnng Snyder (..'utility IVtui'u
Office a fen doors West of the P. O. on
Mnln street. Consultation in English
ltd Crimen tenters. . ft .'t,'Jf
JC.BUCI1KR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Luwihbnrr Ta.,
Offers Ids professional soviceslo the puh.
lie. All business eniriule4 ta tiia care
will be promptly atleuded lo.
Jan. 8. ' f,
GUOYEll k HA K Kit
SKWIN MACHINE.
Persons In need ef a good and durible
flawing Machine can be accommodated at
reasonable price hy rilling on on 8am
Vil Favst, Agent, Selinsgrore.
fjnn. 21, T,e
J. Y. SHIN DEL,
SCRQEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Mid.lkburjs Pa.,
Offer hU professional service lo Ibe cit
itena of Middleourg and vicinity.
(March 21. '07
j K. VAN BUSKIItK,
SURGICAL & MECHANICAL I'ENTIST
FflirHgrpve ronn
JOHN K. HUGHES, Exq.,
JUSTICE OF THE TEACE,
Tcno Twp., Snydor Co. Ta
YjU. WAGNER, EHq.,
Jl-TICE OP THE PEACE,
Jacksoa To jt aehip, Snj Jcr Co. Pa.,
T1U st'end lo U business entrusted lo
Ibis care and oa Ibe
.terms, '
most reasonable
March 12, C8tf
DRJ- V KANAWEL,
PHYSICIAN AND 8CR0EON,
,Ccntrivllle, Snider Co., Pa
Offers bis professional services lo Iha
public.
0 88lf
-NRAYBILL & Co..
XJ Whoiisaib Dsalcss in
WOOD AND WXXiX'OW WAEE
Oil Cloths, Window Shades. Urotms, Mats,
Brushss Cotlon Lap. Ornin Hag, fly
Vsis, Buokcla, Twines. Wicks, ke.
Wo 845 North Third Slreed, Philadelphia.
Fb. 7. '67
A. BOY Elt, Jr.
AUCTIONEER,
Fieeburg Snyder Co. Pu.
Mosl respectfully offer bis servioes lo
S'b public a Vendue Cryer and Auction
eer. Uaving had a large experience, 1
11 ooAdoal that I fan render perfect
satisfaction lo my employee.
Jsn. 0, '671
BT.PAUKS,
s ATTORNEY AT LAW &
DISTRICT ATTORNY,
MIDDLEBURO, SNYDER COUNTY, Ps
Office in Court Miuse, Sspt.15, 'tt7tf
HO S SW1NEFUD,
WITH
W. F. HAJISEU,
Bsmovtd boa gl K . rourth HUsst.
nee lias wu ro,
(1 NORTH THIRD STREET,
, . PHILAD LPU1A.
Original Package Constantly oa Hand
TUT ILLE tt t ELDEH
WHOLESALK BOOK SELLERS '
Stationers, Blank book Manufatnrcr
and dealers la Wrapplac. Ulastlng,: car-
laiaaad Wsll papers Paper Bsg Qa
eraUaaPrlBlera-
y.tt b , Third street abevt ase
'-aaa a
lis
VOL. 10.
FAIRMOUNT IIOU8R.
NEAR THE DEPOT,
IMlcltllelmrpr,
GEORGE GUYKH, Proprietor
Tbta bunds la In close proximity lo Iba
depot and bss Intel been rebuilt end re
llldd. Ron eie commodious Ihelabl well
supplied with tbe heal the market affords
a.d term moderate.
pAXTONVlLI.K UOTEI,,
I1ENRV BENFF.R, Proprietor.
The aailsrilamed aitnnts the. method or Inform
In Iha public that be has opened a hotel at the
abiiT aaml plare, on the mail from Mlil.ll
bun lo besvertnwn, ami that hs la prepare! to
entartala the irabllo with Htl rlaw arnnnmnlt
tlnna. HfcNRY HEN U.K.
April, 171.
"yALKEU HOUSE,
IvIcCliii- C?ltyln.
It D. WALTER Proprietor.
Tbla a new boose, newly fnrnlahed and
Is now open la the Iravelins; puhlie. It la
loealed near the depot. No effort will be
spared by the proprietor lo make lb si a
of bis gums pleasant and agreeable.
J) AVIS HOUSE,
At the Mifflin. Oentra. Kurbnrv A I.ltown
R. K. Depot, Oorner of Water and Itorras Ml,,
lVtHtVlt !.,
Oeorge Flory & Son, Proprietors.
taTOpen Day and Night for the accom
modation of travelers. A Itrst class Res
taurant I attached to In liol.l, where
Mea's at ail hour can b bad. Terms
snreenible. (t,4.1-lf
BIJMGAUDXKIl HOUSK,
(lppu.lt Ma(llDj HallrosJ Depot)
I InriiHlitrfv ln.,
A. XX. XsAlVXtXas, Proprietor.
aKrerr elfort neeeMarv to In.ure th enm-
fort ol Kiimts wilt be uiaile. l bs bou.e has Iwen
aswlj rentteO. ootn.i;itl
YLLE0KNY HOfSE.
Xos. 811 I 811 Market Street,
Abort J-.t.hlh.)
PHILADELPHIA.
I-c1, Poprlolor.
Irrms to 00 Ptr Dai. jii;0.4
TOHN II. A It NOLI.
J
MIDDLEIIUlia, PA.
Prnfesnlnnal business enlrusied lo hisenre
vi be promptly endud lo. Feb '.'.'II
J THOMPSON BAKEIt,
VttfM'iio.v-n -I inw,
Lewieburg, Union Co., Pa,
gAgy-Can be consulted in the Eng lisb an
Cermnn Ungung , s."sa
OFFICE Market bireel, opposite Walls
Smith & Co' Hi ore
-4'.iy
gVMUEL H. OltWIG,
Vt 1 ornpyn i -T-n v
OFPi:E,7IT WALNUT STREET,
rnu.AnsLrniA.
G. IIOKNBEItGER,
JUSTICE OF 'IUE PEACE,
Perry Towa-IMp, Snjdsr County, Pa.
Collections. Convevanclnir. and all other bn.l
neH pertainlnic to the
to
ollu-e will t pruuiplly
attended to. Ui
Uc near Trouiuianivll
i.
T C. KKKITZKK,
J. JUSTItlKIIKTIIEPEACK,
I hapman tuwliatilp Snyder Co. Fa,
Conveyanclnr, Collectlna and all other bunt
net. entrusted to tils care will he promptly at
IIIDUVM IU.
W. HOCKEFELLOW,
rilYSIOIAN AND 8VBQKON
Offers his prefeMlonal .ervlces to tbe eltlien
Mldilleburg and vicinity. (.lunet-tl
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF THE DES
RYE WHISKEY,
POLDURE PEACH WHISKEY.
BRANDY. GIN. AND
8 Y KITS
Just received and far sale at the Eagle
Hotel, la Mlilillehurg.
JOHN A. STAIILNECKER,
Aug. 18, 1870.
piIvVH. II. ISO Visit.
Wholesale and Relail Dealer ta
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
Cnacbmakers' Material, Shoe Findings, J-o.
Selinsgrove, Pa. 8-1 If
DB. SL1 FUR'S
WHOLESALE AND BKTAIL
Furniture Warerooms,
NO. 66 NOUT1I 8ECOND STREET,
(below Arch, West Side.)
Factory and WHuUmU Ihpartmmt,
1003 North 6ih Street, above Oxford,
-Stf I PHILADELPHIA.
J4COB I'. DOOAB,
WITH
JJBERROTII, BEBGSTBESSER t CO.
; WHOLESALE DEALERS IN -
HSH, PROVISIONS, &c.
No. SOU Norlb Wharves, (above RaceSl)
Mlf ' PUILAPELPAIA. .
J."'
SKLUEIMER,
DEALER IN
HARDWARE,
Iron, Halls
Steel. Leather. '
Paints, Oils,
Coach & Saddlery Ware
AMD MANUFACTURER Of 1
Stoves s& Tlnworc,
MARKCT STREET,
Lawilown,
l'tmn'di
MIDDLEBURG
Hclect lotiy.
1'i.oircm,
at a. a. a.
Flower of 8prln.lime, at your waking
Hailed by childhood raptured eye,
All the sylvan landscape making
lleeuteou wlin your varied dye t
One again ye breathe yeur atory
As y oorn at our feet.
Of the earth's approaching glory.
tlewer of Spring lime, ye are aweet I
Flower of Summer, b.oomlng brighlly,
JXealu a sky of radiant blue,
Kissed by sunbeams, watered nightly
Hv the sweet levlving iletv t
Nature Uviah hand has crowned yon
With beauty biirh and rare.
IMiehting frosi has never found you
Mowers of Huniuier, ft are fair I
Flowers of Autumn, proudly blowing
l.o, our garden -beds are gay
With your colors rich aud glowing.
Mono lo ta in ami pass awny I
Like the cloud, al era that clnpier,
tlliedilina back the sunset light.
Wild a fair an fleeting Inure,
flowers of Autumn, y are bright I
Flowers of Winter, smiling near us,
Heedless of the stormy lilait,
Few but faithful, ye would cheer us
When the sunny dirt are past,
Many a gloomy pmh ye brighten
nuere Ilia chilling shadows re-it
Mny a weary heart ye lighten,
lowers uf niuter, ye are uet ;
Tito Vino mid tbe Violet.
A vine and violet side by si Je,
drew up by Hie ganluei s cottage wall :
The vine spread forth in her beuuly sn 1
pride.
And ber twining tendrT were over all.
While banlly dai'ing lo lift up her eyes.
Half bidden, the violet bloomed alone.
And wondered in Innocent mete surprie.
That her iiieciily neighbor so grc.il lnri
grown.
lltil the vine Slid, "Mler In tarry there.
n hero only the bug and die breile ili iiin.
N filly; but climb lo the sunlit air,
Where the the birds nun butlei llit-s danc
ing come.
Ah ! surely, my loitering little friend,,
You will shrink nlieu Ibe muster conies
litis any
When I from my glorious height will bend,
And my royal Iruiinge bclure bun luy.
Rut to I when I hi: lord of the manor enme.
He, leaving llio vine that had growu sa
lull,
The viulel tenderly bore away,
To blouiu iu bis besulilul emtio hull.
O! truly the Mauler j'ulges aright,
When, p;isiin us over who boait our
Horih,
He blrsMt-s ilie lowly ones hid from sight
Tbe sili-ni doers tbe tuerk ot'eunb.
NOT GU I LTY,
A ll'SN. IN Cot HT.
I uliall never forgot niy fir-t vision
of William Denton. Il was io the
Courl-h iuso ul Litllc-Uoek, Arkansas,
in the summer of 1331. Tbe uoci
sioo itself poit-scsscd n terrible interest.
well calculated to fix iu the memory
mi its I'lrcumKinoccs. j vasi cno-
coure of spectator had assembled to
witness the trial ol a young and vory
beautiful girl on an ind ictment for
murder. Th) Jjdso waited at tho
uiouioot for tho sheriff to briny in his
prisouer, aud iho eyes of the impa
tient mjllitu Jo eagerly watehcu tho
door for the expected advent, when
suddenly a at ranger entered, whose
roimtrkablo sppjarunco rivitcd uni
versal atlentioo. Hero is bin por
trait dono as accurately as pen can
hkotch it.
A figure tall, lcoo, sin cwy aod
straight as aa arrow ; a brow massive
soaring, and smooth as pjhshod
mm bio, intersected by a largo blue
vein forked like tho tongue of a ser
pent j eyes roddi.sh yellow, roscmblio)!
a wrathful cnglu's as brilliant, ns
fearfully piercing ; sod fipully, a
oioutb slight, cold and sneering tho
living embodiment of unbreaibcd
cur-es I Ho was habitod io leather,
ornamented, after the fashion of In
died costume, with beads of overy
color of tho rainbow.
KIbowiog his way proudly and
slowly through the thrum, aud seem
ingly altogether uuconseioua that be
was regarded as a phenomenon that
that Deeded explanation, the singular
being advanood, and, with tbe haugh
ty nir of a king taking bis throne,
sealed himself within tho bar, crowd
ed as it wns with the disciples of Coke
sod Bluokslonc, soveial whom, il ws
known, esloemed themselves fur su
perior lo those old aod famous mus
ters. ..
The contrast botweea tbe disdain
ful countenance and outlandish garb
of the stranger excited espooiully tbe
risibility of the lawyers, and tbe ju
nior uitoibcrs, began a suppressed tit
ter, which soon grew louder aud swept
around the eirolo. Tber doubtless
supposed tbe intruder to bo moie
wild banter of tbe niouotaius, who
had never befbro seen tbe Interior of
a ball of Justice.
Instantly tbe cause and object of
tho langhter perceived it Turning
bia head jiradue ly, so as to give eaeb
laugher look of iuQaito acorn, be
sj souls tod tba single word-"8vege"
No pan can describe tho aospeak
oble malice, Ibo defiant force which
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SNYDEIt CO. PA., APRIL 11,
be threw iaiu ihit term ; no luogtinfre
Cta ss press tho inlcraiil faroro of bis
uttoniico, si though it ItsrJIy execcd
cl a whisper. Hut lis accents J cvury
lot tor as !l it woro a separate emis
sioo of On ih tt sjn liu l his q iivcr
'n lips, Uyinj liorrihlo cniplnttis on
tin) I'tturs bnth nt tho beinnipjj and
en lintjuf t'io wirl. It w.n a iniia l
rjsrl, inter moJiiito hctwixt'lttc growl
of i ro j tiller an I I he liiu of a rattle
stmko witl'' l( cureJ ever),
boily of tlio dup isiliou lo Lttgh,
The gooiiral i;:iz , however, was
then ijivertul by the ttlvt-nt, of I ho
fair prisonor. w m oitme io surrouudoil
bj her guisr I The nppttrition wait
enough io drive cvcit a cyuio mud,
fir licrt r:ts a stylo of bo.iuiy to be
wil.Kr the luii.-st ini:iiu;iii m and
hear; a loiimi nir picture, rnnincllcd
with fire and GxcJ io a frame of pold
from tho stars It w;H tho attic-II nl
an ouchiintnii'Dt to bo felt as wi'll as
scon. Wo m lit fcul it in I lui fljli
04 of her 0'iuitti-n tacc, elenr as sun
MkIiI, brilliaut ivt tlio ir it nt tho vlusi"
io eonioiir of hor foittures, Hyiiiin. tri
cal as if c it with ait nrlist's chicl ; in
hr hair of rich rinlett, fldwin witli
out a brni I, a ifior Ihm silk, fi:it r ttuo
gossamer j in hor oyus, bl no as I ho
heaven of s.mth,'ni su-nnter, Inrjfp, li
quid, droanty ; in her m iti tm, grauc
fat, swimniini;, likd tho i;ou'lo wufturt-
f a bir V wiiii io ttusiia iy nir, iu
her li'tre, nlight, rllioreil :t sylpli'a
or a Muraph's j uu I tH'tr.i tln i all, in
the cvurliiitin,' smilo uf tlio ro-y lips,
so frank, sij si-rvui.', so bko starlihl,
and yet Ihrillinj thosjul as a shock
of elect fiuity.
As tin uiilorluii it- jirl, s lusleful
!y drt'se i, h iuudinparahle as to per
aooal ohai'iu-i, calmly tiok her place
bol'oro tlie bar or lier jule, n lour-
mur of admiratiou uro.-o from the
multitude, which the prompt interpo
sition of the court t out d scarcoly ro
press froui swelling into delenin.'
cheers. J ho intiruiiir was followed
by a loud unearthly groan from a sol- !
itary bosom, as of somo ouo iu mortal
anguish. All eyes wire centered on
I the Ktrutitfcr, and all were struck with
surprise and wonder, for his featurex!
writhed a" if in t u t'iro that his ruin
of tears coul I not ussungo. II at what
could bo the cause uf ibis sudden omo
lion ? C'jiill any connection cxi.t
between him, tho apparently rude
hunter, mi l that fairy girl, in ire bean
tilttl than a blossom of summer, and
in e itinteniiica celestial as u star ?
The judgo turnod to tho prisoner
"ICntma (ireculcal, tho court has
bean informed that your counsel Col
onel Linton, is sick mil cannot nt-'
tcn l. Hive you employed any olh
er ?"
She o;n wore! iu a v oico sweet ss
tho warble ot lln ni ghlingalo, and
olearas ho son of the skylark
"My oiiemios have biibid all the
lawyers, even my own, to he wL ;
but (Jod will do feud the innocent !"
Al ibis response, sa touching in its
simple path is, a portion of tho ouJi
trs buzzed npjilauso und the rest
wept. Ou tho instant, however, Ibe
leot her-rjbid strnngor, whoso iipcct
hud previously excited so mneh mer
riment, approached tho prisoner, and
whispered something io her car, Shu
bounded several Inohei from the
i fljor, uttered a wild shriek,
and then
stood pile nod trembling as if ia the
presence of a e host from tho grave.
All, now, ooulj perceive that tbcro
must bo some mysterious oouuoclioo
betweoo ibo two aud ibe seeno as
sumod the profound lute rest of a gen
uine romance. Tho stranger ad
dressed the court iu aaocnts as s wo
rms as the tone, of an organ ".May
it ploose your honor, I will defend
the leital right oftbo lady."
"What P oxolui mod tho astonish,
ed judge, ''are you a licensed attor
ney f"
"Tlie quostioa is immaterial and
irrelevant," replied the strai.gcr with
a soeor, "as your statute rutiilus
any parson lo sol as oouusul at the
rosianBt of a party."
"But does lbs pri goner request it V
asked tbe judge.
Let ber speak for herself said tho
stranger.
"I do,'' was her answer, as a long
drawn sigh esoaped that , seemed to
rend hor vory heart-strings.
"What ia your name, as ii must be
placod on record V interrogated the
jodue.
Wil'.iam Denton," said tbe ttran,
ger. -
Tbe toss immediately progressed.
Wa will briefly epitomise the sub.
stanea of the evidence, About twelve
moatbi previously tbe defendant had
arrived ia Ibo town, and opened aa
MiablUhtauet of millinery, Reaidisg
) i Ball root) baok of ber shop tod
all nli'Oe.eho prrpured the vni iousar
tiolosofher trade with unwearied
toil and consumntu taste. Her hab
its were soclii led, modest, nn I rciir
up; ; and henoo ahe ruiht Invo ho
ped t ecape imtorii-ty, b it for the
perilous gift of that extraordinary
beauty, whit It to often, and t the
pixir and friendless, proves a curto.
She wu s-i'iii siuht after by th'o
ay fire (lies of fasltion, Ibe butinoH
tf whoso lifo Is every where Fpductl.ni
and ruin. H it th beoutiful stra'tt-r
riji'ctcd tbeiu all alike with unutter
able scorn and luo'liitt).
Among tho disippninte I a liuirors
w asono of a cliaraolor Irom wltieh the
fiir in lliniT bad every thin; to f.-,ir.
Hiram Shore bet.ino I lo a I'.nnily at
onco opulent, infl nortti.-il, an 1 di:ip.
pointed. He wis hiuslf li -en li ius,
liritve, mi l rovenel'ul, nnl a ddoiist
f eatnblirilietl an I terrible fu.nc. I
was generally Uiuvii thtt lid had
mi Io advances t win th) favor of t lo
lovely K mint and hal shared tlie f.te'i'cased Hirtui Sh tro 'Tell my tioih-
ol all her other woeri it tliadainf il
repulse.
Al oino oVIojk on cliristmis tii'hl.
IS:J:I. the pcunlu of Little-Rick wuio
utartted by n loud scream, as of some;
onn in niorlnl torrnr : wliil.i r.illiwhi .
(hit, with hardly tin iutetv.il, cine
successive reports of fia-a -ins one,
two, three a dt zm deafening rxplo-
sions. They flow to tho sli'ip uf tlui
milliner, whence tho sot ills emana
ted, und pu-hud back tin Jiiu'mUno I
door A dread fdl seeno was pretf til
ed. There sho stojd in tlio ceulre of
the Dom, with a revolver in each
ll, ill, I ei-orl? liflrr.il .1 i ... Ii i r r.i.l
lealurrs puto, tier eyes fltshin wil I- At tho simi mtitiL-ut tin beautiful , commanding lours : My boy. ln yoi
ly, and her lips part'jJ with ao awful mil iuer bjitnlol ti her Teet 1Uid , """ um the D ike of Welling
smile: And there nt her feel, wo!- Ida-pc d th trio nphint alvooatjin -ton, ono not accustomed to bo disibeyc 1
tering in his warm bhu I, tils btsoti
lilcruily riddtel with shot, lav the
ull dreaded dueliist, Hiram Slinc,
cupping iu tho last aony. Ho artiiv
ulaicj but a single seuteace "tell my
tnoilicr that I am dead an I goae to i
h-ll !'' aud instant ly expired
' In (i j I's n imo, who did thi.s?''
exclaimed the appalled t-pectotors.
"I did it!" Slid the beaut iiul milli
ner, in her sweet silent nccuu's. "I
did it to save my h inor !''
Such is a brief abstract of tho es
sential ciruumsUnous, dovolopcd in
the cxaniiualion of witnesses. Tho
testimony cbsed and the pleadings
bognn.
First of all, Fowler, l' ike, aod Ash-
ley, (ull famous lawyers at that time
hi lug n'unu-iivi i "ii'Jftv in niiuijvi-
ion for tho proseeniion. They iilnul
ciptully partitioned their eloquence !owo K.uma's sveot fare, eoinmeni"
belwixt the prisoner aud her sdvo- ' rates his natiK' tho name uf a trans,
eale, covering tlio latter with suuh cendunt stur th it S''t too soun, ahieh
sarcastio wit, raillery, an I ridi2ilo
as ma lo it a do iht whether be or
bis client was the party ihcu on (rial.
As to Ik'iiton, however, bo seemed
to pay u it tin s'ihte-it attention in
bis upponeots, but remained tnoiion
less, with his f irehead bowed on bis
bands, liku one buried iu deep thou't
or in slumber.
When his time came, however, bo
su ideoly sprang to his feet, cross -'d
Ibo bar, nod took a pi-iiiou ulmoat
to'icliiug tho foreman oftbo jury, ho
then commenco I in a whi-per, but in
11 whisper so will, pjcu'iar, und in
describably distinct us lo fill the ball
from floor to galleries.
At tho outset ha da.k in puto lo
gic, auulyziug aud combiuin the pro.
ren facts, till tho whole mass of con
fused evidence looked transparent as
s globe of orys'nl, through which lbs
inuocenco of his clieut shone lumiu
ous as a suobcnui, while tho jurors
nodded lo ouch otnor signs uf thor
ough conviction. T be thrilling whis
per aud cancontrated argument, and
language simple as a child's, bad sat
isfied tho demands of tho intellect,
and this, too, in ouly twenty minutes.
It was like the work of a mathemati
cal demoast ration.
Ho thoa changed bis poHui-o si ai
to swoop the bar with bis glanco, aiJ
like a rtigiog lion, rushed upon bis
adversaries, teariug aud rending their
sophistry into fragments. His sul
low faoe glowing like a red hot iron,
ibo forked blue vein swelled and
wreathed, on his brow, bis eyes re
sembled live coals, und hisvoico ws
the clangor of a trumpet. never be.
fore or siooo, listened to sucb appall
ing denunciation. It ws like Jove'
esiile charging a flock of crows. It
was liko Jove himself burling thun
djrboli iu ibe shuddering eyes of in
ferior gods. And yet ia tho liihsst
tempor of Lis fury be seemed wonder
fully calm.' He employed uo gesture
save one the flash of a long bony flo
erdireolly io lbs pallid faOU of bis
logal foes. Ho painted their tonality
and nnmsoly 'baseness to coalesoioe.
for money to crush ' " frleaBou fa-
1872
NO. 4
male, till a shout of stilk-d wrath broke
Irotn the ruultitudo, aod S'mo ef the
sworn jenal cried "Slisino!'' And
thus tho orntor tial curio I another
point .had aroused a pui'fui t htorin ol
ind.pniilioo against tho persecutors
and ibis also in Isti-tity iiiitiutes.
Ho changed his theme oneo more
His voice grow iu mrnful as a funcra!
Jirc and bis eyes lil'.ed with teats, as
lie traeed a vivid picture of innu's
cruelties and wnniu's wronj;, with
speci il applieiiions in ttie cit-o of his
client, till half tho un liencc w.-pt liku
ch I Irrn.
lint it was i.i the p-TH'stlm I tint If
teal-lied the r. nilli both uf terror and
sublimity. His feat ores were livid s
thnsu of a corps: ; liis very bnir ap
peared to stand on end ; bis nerve--li'iok
ns with pal?y ; l.o ti'sed
his hnnds wildly towards hruvt-n
caen linger spread apart and a iptiver-
jinn like lint llamo yf a cm ltd, as
he
Id
, il-,el with th tut w irds uf Ih )
r 'h-it I nm d-al and gone tt hell f
His emphasis on the word bill cinbo -
J'uJ tle eloni 'tils of nil h nnr. It
', as a wjil uf immosurablo despair
w'i'J ,llwl of iulitiito torture. No
. laniriiai'O call deiiict It.S cll'eet on all
who hear! it. Men groaned, women'
fhrioked, nu 1 on i p or mother
borne away iu c mvuli )iis. The
, tiro speech occupied but nn hour.
The jury rendered a verdict of"uot
gailty"' without leaving the box. mid
three tromeiidods clteew, bko sucVims-
ivo roars of an eurthiniiiki!. kIhioL 1 1...
court house Iron dnitj to corner-
stone. tesLifvin' thn iilV nf tlm ll,lti!a
liorurms.cx.ilaimiug ' On, my hit-.
baud Imy dear husband !"
Dcniou m lei, .:. id her hand, j ' l,u b ,y lif,,!l ,,,s "P- a'' 1 1
whispero lu word in her car, and covered biforo the man whom allKu
tbo two left the bar togetl.tr, proceed- j '"nil delighted to honor, then answered
ing to tho l inding. an 1 rmba i ke I nn u "' i " m BUr,! 1,19 1,ak ' of Wcl"
steamboat bound for Xew Orleans lington would not wish mo t disibey
1 1 seems lint they bad previously par- ord"M. I must kc;p thii ate sh it,
tod on account of his causeless "je il ! nor suffer uny ono t pass but with
ousy.ufter which sin oss lui -d falsi "')' m sslor'-i express permi.ssioo.'
uuue and t ome lo Little Keck. How ! Urcatly pleased, the sturdy old warrior
he learned her danger. I could ne- ll,leJ own u 1 : ,lonor
ver usceitain. I tlie man or boy wliocan l e nei'h r
They returned to Texas. The hu.- - 'bribed nor friphtened into loing wtoni-.
ban 1 was n cononel in tlm revolution, I Willi nu army or such soldiers I could
and escaped its perils only to fall the eompicr nit only tho French but tho
next year in a terrible light with the'w"'IJ- And handing ibo boy a glitter.
Cuiiiaiichns. A now country iu the ! '" sovereign, the old dako p it spurs to
eroxs timbers, a country of wild woods
1 rmi.iiiH bi ui.. wnu uni'i i':ii' r. wu 4 ui 1
sun. bright prairie boauliful as his
had now been the lir-t lumiuary iu
the pulilical sky nf Tcxue, if not in the
circle of tho wh ile Va ion, for he was
nature's Doinislhunci of tlu western
wood !
ItonuiiKc Iu Ileal Life.
Tho " romance iu teal life," known
as tho celebrated Tichborne ctfc'
which lias been running in the Kig
IMi courts for so long a I imo, has ha I
a sudden but not ultvcthur unex
pected Jrnuiiiiiit-iil. Tho man, Ar
ihui Orion, who claimed ti bo lloger
i ichboroe nu I heir to lb) immense)
jstales of that family, has abaodouod ,
his cause, an net which has led to bis
arrest for purjury. This vuhm c l brr i
has attracted world wide "tlu"''""
involving, ns it did, a baronetcy and'
an annual rent roll of jLI.VJ,0U0
"
evidence at first was
very contra lie -
lory, but latterly it tut assume I one
color, nod thot against the pretender.
The particulars of the case are these:
Kogcr Charles Tichborne wa a young
Knglish uentlcman, whos) moth' r was
a French luly with whom ho lived in
I'm n co until bis fifteenth year. Thou
he was placed in the Jesuit College
at Stouy burst, and s.veral year ul'ier
procured a commisiion io a cavalry
reginn-nt He unfortunately fell ia
lovo with bis cousiu, but ber father
objecting lo this prcooeding, b loft
the service aod the country aod went
abroad ; but tho vessel he sailed in
was never hoard from, Hi mother
conld not believe that her son was
deal, and idvertUed for iulclligeooo
coooerniog him. After years of wail
ing, she received a letter purporting
to bo from her son then iu Australia-
Present y he retured homo and was
recognized by ber and others as ber
son. She died, and bo totnmeoood a
suit for tbe Tichborne property whose
annual rental amounted to 1 150,000.
Many believe that tbe c'slmaot la tho
real bolr, but the old servants of tba
family are sby of biut. He nod
hosts of fiieods to loaa bint mosey.
His ease looks promising. At last Sir
John) Coloradfo oroas-ejaqjloea bia.
and dais that bo know! pothlof of
A-dvcrliinfi- TlfatCN.
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French, nothing of Roger's 0dlrK
life and companions, in fart nothing in
psriii ular about anything. Add to
this tho further development that his
real nums Is Arthor Ortoo, that he hist
been both butcher sn I h .'S0 thf,
in I n jnil bird Into the birguin, ant
we have ns daring nn attempt of no
a Iretiturcr to snn'ch a name and n
fori ii no as bilory records any in
it inee of. Tlio wuoder is I hat h-
eattitf sn uear s icoeeiiinif in lilt at
tempt, but the greater wnnd -r tlt.it,
eomin"; so near, hia attempt khoatl
have lui-cnri io 1.
Ilrrp tlio (.ale Mint
At Kngliih farmer was ono d.iy at
work in hi fields, when he saw a p ry
of huntsmen riding itboul his furm. lie
bad one field whiih ho was spec ially
anxious they xhoiild nut ride over, as
the crop was in a condition to be ba H.V
injured by the trump of horses. Si ho
dispatched one of his w iik nun tu ll.is
IkM, tui:in bun to shut tbd -a!e, sn I
j t,, kicp natcli over it, nloun.
Recount suffer it to be rpenud The
i bv went ns bo wasbildeti; but was
scnrcidy ol his post In-fore the Imuiets
' CiilllO up, peremptorily ord'.-rlng
Iha
opetiivi. i ins tn n iy ue
1 dined to d ) stati'ii' tho orders lie ha I
, 1 n ceive I, an 1 bis dotermin r,i hi not M
disobey them Threats an I bribes wcm
.offered.
, sili.o in vain, one after another
""' forward ns spikesmm, but all
wil" 'I'" r, !"1" '"'7 r""i'l('1'
immovable in the dctci miiuuja not t i
open the gate. Allor a while one, n
' ooblo presence advanced, und Mti l io
"' coiniiioml you to opentinit gate,
.that I and my friends may piss Mir ti;t
his liorss aud g.llopol aay, win.o tne
l l.yv.. .. .IF , I. . j u...L' uli.il . I i ti . .11 I 111.
ui' fan uu iu inf. .mill o'linii'irt -v
. top of liis voice:
Hurrah,
hurrah !
1'vo dono what Napoleon co ilden't dj
I've kepi out the Puke of Welling,
t o u . Christian II . ly .
It il 11 llllil Out
Tho moral to tho following, told by
ihesufTeier, i.s too apparent lomeution.
Youn la lies will hero all or run iheif
lit t la brother. out when gentlemen call;
I'm certain lhat I wished somebody
waul 1 simiik the vounif rascal. Wo
! ...il,i r .,., ;.. i.niu .....I
l ilia. 1,-1.4 ui iiivuumiuo, "i,in, ' . - - -,.-
citarn' IsI uii'iiuv'u I .s. J CU'. 'a'U,
when the boy spoke iiji and sii l ;
''Why, sister's got a trunk luii of
them up stnirs ; pa says they are msdii
of ho-s hair." The reveltilion sirui k
terror into me. snd blushes into tho
checfcl of my lW companion. it be
,0 ery orp.ue,it l0 le tiat t
t bo mo0 pu.irJul io wUal ,,lt
i,.Ht ,ie toy uiiKhl slip io bis remsrk
u..c..,.t rr ,,.t.M . io f4ct, t ,utu.
'od inv oonveisitioti to bim, aol loiJ
! i , , . , hoiu0 wilh ,,. un,j
nic0 chi,.kl,0. w,, bu,i ;,. t
0()lutry l'ulut.-ktly I tueutiouo I a
yoke of caV04 brother own I. Tbu
ikV.orJ CiIvM ruinoj aq. Tbo litt'a
ona ojUJ op an,j g4lj . n Sister's,
j , j ,t-r of them, but she Joa'l
wear 'em ouly wheu sho goes up town
...
on windy dpys."
" Leve tbe room, you unmannerly
litij wretch !" exclaimed h-m yj
leave imuiedirttely."
" I kniw what you want we to
leave tbe room fir,'' replied he; yua
can't full me ; yoi wint ti sit on that
man's lap so 1 kiss him likeyo idil
(till Simmons ibo other any ; you
can't fool me, I Jvs tell yea Uitn bis
some eaudy liko be did aa 1 I'd go. .
You tbiuk beoausa you ro got tbe
Grecian bonl ,tbl yoi ro suiar.
Qt vss I know a thing or two. I'm .
mid at you anyhow, beoauso papa
would have bought me a tip yester.
day, if it hadn't bean fur getting them
curls, do ou yer! oa noiu t turn
so read ia tbi faoe, eaue ( oaa see
the paint There ain't do use io wink
ing with that glass eye of your'o, for I
aint goto' out o . hare, oow that's
what's tbe natter with the pitrpa, I
don't ' ours If 70a are twenty eight
yean old, jo ain't o bon aiu.
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