Independent Republican., February 28, 1865, Image 1

H. H. FRAZIER, Publisher.
VOLUME
Toluca gitertsql.
R M CRANDALL,
•ihrLNIIPACTITREIL of Lthen-wheele, Wool wheel*. Wheel.
baulk Clock-evele„ ho, tre. Woodiumbee done to cede/And.
10 the tenteet Menet Inning Shop sad Wheel Fnetory Same
o‘,ndry Uofldlna , np stare.
tl onuoe, January 3Mb, ISE.S.-t1
B. B. BENTLEY, JR., NOTARY PUBLIC,
mormnosic.
tKES Actaowledsmeert of Deed& Mortgages. do, far any
Brato In the United Scam Pension Vat:chew and Pay eer.
tekonerledged Wore hhe do mot metre the certificate of the
I.lra of We Coact. almanac., Jul. Y., 1863.—tf.
CHARLES HOLES,
mum IN CLOCKJR WATCNS..3, AND JICWILNY
I/ Repaving done as usual, =dont notice and reasonable kr=
inop on east aide Public Avenue In F. D. Chandler'. bast.
Roam" R.. Nor. 7.1861
Da. B. L. ILINDRICH,
irPTENIIATir an4151713411:01Y, tendin Ida moth
tonal lervicatto Wed Intas of Ftiendsnlie and vicinity. 04
in the °nice of Dr. L. Bosnia at J. Etodattra.'
nittiazti/le, July SI, MK-a
E. W. SMITH,
TTOBIVIT t 001:11111ELLOR AT LAW cod Mond MIA
EL A[oa• omen aver Lea's Drn atom
Sumactounts DENA JSIALS27 141M4.
H. BURRITT
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SAL= to Stsg z t Fumy nn Good&
iv DON 810,to. 011 s. and Pa 13nts. 1 Thoc
Rttilo Icv , adea. at. a. Ma
EL IL BATHE it BROTHERS,
Itreyarrearuurn of XIII of oil kb&
1.11 Mom, 170 tad Bhoetlmo
an llontrom. DeslentPs, February 111.1844. o DuCtoodo,Groceries, Crockery, &t.
BILLINGS STROUD,
FIREMID LLIP% .tbsullasom- AGIEWT. om to Dux
moo's balbillogooost War Beek Block. Yu him libowutio. bad.
boo at the Übe* mild tetranntteo by C. L.-Brown.
llootzese. Febraary
J. D. VAIL, ht. D.,
buOMEOPILTITIO PRTHICIAN, boo pummel:My locate
DM himself lo blontrore P. 'Moro to mill promptly ottood to
all mat Ist Ills rofesslon lour, whleb he may Me l ratervol. (Mot
awl Rolla= Wbotof the Court House, um Bentl)
%keno. FebtorYl,l664.4lct.M, 1811.
A. O. WARREN,
A TTORNIST AT LANY,_IIOIEYNTT. PACK PAY end 1"):/1
SION CLAIM AGE NT_ dl Perdelon Clams camp:My pm
pmoi. Oiler in room formerly =opted by Dr. VsII. MW. H.
Boyd's building. below Emale's Hotel.
Montrose, P.- Feb.l, 1864..-febl7yl
S. & ROBERTSON,
/LIVII7ACT 1711. LE of 13 OOTB &814.01C8klan.
O.Zo ritavet, Montrose, Pa.
montme, Imam tit 11364.-t1
CHARLES MORRIS,
VIAISHIONABLE BARBER mg HAIR °REINES, one F.
r B. Weelogli Shot Store, itiontmee., Ha!, Cutting, Shampooing.
Shaving. and Whiffler Coloring lone In the RES' STYLE. L.
din' Hair Divaed In the moat APPROVED FASHION.
Enamor, Sept. "S,
LEWIS KIRBY & E. BACON,
ta? cotoitantly on tand a ftMl amply of even varlet) el
GIWOBRIU andVONFECTIONERLES. By strict attar
ton to btalrearand Ettrneoeln deal, they babe to merit the riber9J
patronage of ths public An OYSTER and EATING BA LCetN
atteetted to the Grocery. where Mealy.. In noon, are eerned In ee
ry Ityle thou the Lulea of tha public demand. Reorembertte kare.
I tit old Mott Grocery alend, oo Melo Street. bola. aka P
llotarcse. Nege.l7. 1803.—melt17.61l—tf
DR. CALVIN C. HALSEY,
ITTSIMAN AND AI:U[OEON, AND EXAMINING SUR
P
OEON for PENSIONERS. °Moe crow eo Mare Of .1. Lyme
S Son. Public Avenue Boards al tan Vtheridevei.
Iterarose. Oct ober.
D. A. BALDWEN,
ITORNIL7 AT 1.1,3 4 7. and Pertou. Bounty, sad Back Ps,
Ansa, Cheat Bend, Smq arta= County. Pa.
Gnat 3endamircul INI4-17
BOYD & WEBSTEB,
lIIIALZIZI In Mao, Stove Pipe, Tin. Copper, and ghee
1.1 Iron Ware; also, WlnMer dash. Panel Doers, Windrow
•1511.1 a. Loa, Plne Ltnaber,_and kmds at BeManz Inmatele
Tln Shop eolith of Searles Rotes, and Carpenter Shop tom the
If aboard Chard.
timenose. R, Sammy I, 11331.-tt
Da. JOHN W. COBB,
PRTSICHAR and COMO EON. respectfully tenders lib Iseerloo
to tee citizens of Plunoehantro Oostuty. 11.114 had shout a
ranee experience In the Oohed states arms. am surawas,erseelal
attention will be even W SURGICIA I. OPERATIONS.
Illr lleeldecee oh Maple Street, Earl ofd. K. Tarbelre Hotel.
Hostess. boaq. Oramty. Pa... June M.MUS.-et
Da. WILLIAM W. SMITE;
81TELGEON DENTIST. Moe over the Sankt=
11...
ams inke of Cooper & Co. till Dental Operatic,
will be performed to his usual goodstyle we
warraotea. Remember, once formerly of H. Smith & Soo.
IS&L—tf
E. J. ROGERS,
111.TLEVFACTURER of all desmiptlems ofWAG
JA. ONS, CARRIAGES. SLR:EGGS, as-. I. the AR*
beestyle ofWatmazably Lod of the bee material.,
at the well knoirm stand of E. 11. ROGERS, a few rod. Slot
of Seam. Hotel to Mtnarette, where be telll be happy to .-
..We the calls of CI who want anything lu Ms line.
H carps., ant 1,1803.-If
BA.LDWIN & ALLEN,
n6ALLII.S In FLOUR., Salt, Pork. FLII.I. latre... Grab, Feed
LW Candler, Clover and Timothy Seat Also GROCERIES
loch as Surmra, Matzen.. Syrup., Ira end Cafes. Wen tide o
Poells Avenue. 000 door beton J. Extve.ldge.
Montrun. January 1. 1.64.41
DR. G. W. BEACH,
IDAYSIrTAN A. 111) hUBGEON. lasYlna permanently Meater
ntutelf at Brooklyn Center. Pc_ tenders hls profesalonal ea
to tae eitieen• of Sasiquenanna County. on lenWa enomersedd-
V, wltt the time.. Oceppien the ce¢ of the late Do. B. /9 „ thall
0. and Inosnels at Mn. Bletzardenes.
Br..oklyn Cent,. Pa. June e. 1.911.-10
F. B. WEFJKS,
DBAOTIOLL BOOT AHD SHOE 11/LIEZE: also Healer
Bans. Sham Lealker. and: Shoe Findlaga Repulsing dm
with warrens and dlaretet t . 74u doors above Searle•. Hegel.
Somsee January 1. 11154.4.1
JOSEPH RICE,
1 11 13 l!,:attnet, SO CTIIH K f3hc aad fp' oshf EALES ls' ell of 'in, orl
uolt
Nem Milford, October L18Z1,41.
Dna PATRICK & GARDNER,
DeTHIC/A.lllB AND 81711.01 DONS, .ill attend rtin.b.fitily ant
in t opanctitallv to reporintwat way be entruded to their este
no cornmens with the antes. Dint:ate and deformltuo.
o' the E I E. nutgical • /pen:lons, mud cr. s.remi tartan
arIT attended to. Office over Webb'. Store. Oftbo hoer from 11.
el. to p. m. E. PATEIVE. Jr.
ontrow, Janney 1,1814.-41 E. L. 04.13,D5ZE„
WM. & WITS. H. JESBtP,
A TTOP.NISTIS AT LAW. Ventre... Pa. Practice In Swum
At\ Lanny Bradford, Wayne, WycardnA and Luzern., Countlea.
Mor.b.ose, Pa., January LA, 1801.
ALBERT CHAMBERLIN,
'Amnon ArronNET AND ATTORNST AT LAW.—
(nice over the Store formerly occupied by Poet 1319 then.
Montrone, Pc Jarmary 1 , 1560.
J. LYONS & SON,
TCALlillt9 IN DRY GOODS. Ormelea. enx.kery.ilard.ree
.11./ Tin...cm, BooLA ifelodeota, Ptanoa. trod all kinds- of Mug
cal laamaltleaca. Sheet Matt, ha. Also awry or. the Book Bind
lac b , ushmu lc all 14 hranchm J. LT.N.,
iimtrose, Jaamary 1. 1361. T. A. I.So
ABEL TURRELL,
T FA LER IN DR.OOr3, MEDICINES. CHEM/CALS.
L. Palma, 014. lh,stufa, Oarrriahea, ttilnd,. Glarre.
L.quora, Oroccriea. Crockery. Glarearore, J. I
elm Fancy Gonda. Perfumery, Surol..llrutrumenta, Tyro. r
404, Cloe2l. Bench.. fr.c...—and Agent for cal of the rum pops,.
UV Parent Ueda:lm. 11 °woo., January 1.1961.
O. 0. VORDELLM,
31 1 2747,71-7.V.M71
rrdrr. and tepairluz done many. Work dupe wirer prom,
Irtd. Montrose. AVM it. Idel--tr
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CHARLES N. STODDA.RIS,
DEa BOOTtk SIIOES. Lealberind Find.
Inv, on Mont et. third door heloer nearle's Rotel. Le,
N. B. Work mode to order. and repotting done [mail.
feats., Yu- beeerntrer IN. 1860.
B. IL LYONS &
DCALERA InDRI Otetueolg o c rjum Boom niou.
Ladies' Gaiters, Carpets. OSI Clones, Wall mot Window' re ,
per, Paints. 011; de. Snore oa the cat aide or Public !moue.
• J. D. [MSC
Montrone. January 1,11 U.-if
READ, WATDDIA3, 4.FOSTER,
DEALEdIai LN IrKY ciDODS,Mrtimi, Medicine, Palau, gib
Gruurrita, ..iinskem Iron. Bina, Kau:ber, dM
fan'. Mira Kimura, Perfumery. kr, Brick pluck. kidutrinin.
0. V. • iLD. A. MIASMA V. 0. 80111 ML
Montrose,Tantrary 1. MM.
PHILANDER LINES,
VILSRIONABLE TAILOB, Back Block MT Biabd.
Wanna a Fader'. Won., larsarale, - Pa. • I 0
Moatrusr.,
JOHN GROVES,
rusnioNerrx TAILOR.. 'Shop , oppodye the Bolds
Bub Staam Pziating Office. I 11
lintruao. ra.. October 'A 18.59—tf r.
0. 'll.l - YONBi
Dr.ALER, It, Dry Goods. Drocartes. Drccesy,
h. , v 1 4 1, 1 4 Z e i.. ar"
Mn II IM3.
BEAUMONT 42 IrARD.
WOOL CAULDING,OIotb Draining. sad idarrtattamylit tbe
old stad. knowp SmitlialisrOnic • MaCtaLte. Term* ma&
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Msny years have flown, dear sister,
Since thy spirit took is flight
To that land of white-robed angels,
To that land of pure delight.
Long, long tnonfha we named
From our happy earthly home;
All our hearts were filled with sadness,
Yet thou seemed bat gone to roam.
Every New-Year's eve, dear sister,
I must alt and think of thee,
For un such a one thou lett us, •
To glide across that dark wide sea.
A inn years, on earth thou lingered,
Still how strong the love-cords twined,
For when severed, hearts seemed broken
Th4t time,ne'er again could bind. , .•
•
oh! how noiseless did that angel
Enter our bright home of peace ;
Bear away thc fairy darling,
God had given but as a lawn.
There at sad and solemn twilight
Or that old, that dying yitr,
We received thy . parting!'good night," !
That we never more stallhear.
In his arms the angel bore thee,
Far away to God above,
Where his care and tender mercies
Are far more than earthly love.
,When the New Year's morn in beauty '
Ilawned noon oar taai varied even, • •
Thou hadst found a home Of glory,
In that mansion in the skies.
And in springtime's dewy mornings
Do I wander to the, grave,
With love's fingers twine the roses,
And with tears the myrtle lave.
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Vast thus 'e'er reek down upon e,
From thy heavenly home afar?
Then o.,tain thy holy Station, -
Ever he my guiding star.
State Normal Schord, '2lfillerstile, TU.
pied in the Military Prison, at Macon. Georgia,
Lieut. Albert M. Murray, commanding Vetter/ P,
yd l. 8. Artillery. He we born In Canandaigua,
N. T., July, IMO, Graduated !nom West Point, and
entered the tinny June, 1862, was wounded and cap-
EMMEEM=II
A Southern pri,on, Oh, my God, what anerdsh I
I knew my boy 'mid poisoned damps might languish
Sick onto death, or fall amid the roar anti hiss
Of battle, but not this. my breaking hurt, not tidal
So long, alas! my weary eyes had waited.
While love and faith, with fervor unabated,
Staid still, be pallrut, heart, thy time will come,
These four year passed, my young cutlet will hasten
home.
Jest then mnr, out the cry of treason, blasting'
A nation's peace, thousands of brace men, casting
Their Jives aside, =Abed forth at freedom's cry ;
My boy wen* also, swift to do or die.
With faces northward other sons fell blerlinc,
Then why not mine; my star of life seemed speeding
Fast to its settler, still me wrung heart cried,
Oh, not in prison; my poor prayer was denied.
A whole month in his grave, and I, his mother,
Still counted my poor boy ; the thonght will *mother
My very lire out; how could my quick blood thrill
Along its courses, while his heart grew still:
His dying grief, no dear one there to share It ;
Oh! even in death fell 41, mY twarto cilu boar A t ;
Is not some breath lloatlng . o'br taild'or seer
To waft his latest whispers back to me ro
Not half the favor to a felon given
W=s granted him while flesh and heart were riven;
lint, Oh, I know how his great soul upbore him ; • .
The martyr's eldningpatb layatraight Deters him:
And stlit-my strtekin heart some life must thiretv
From dear ones left who share this crushing borrow;
How many a mother o'er her /Mt one Auld
Drops team more bitter than mine eyes have shell
When temsand prayers, lavealast divine ilbatimf;
Rave cleansed and ransomed this blood-hshowed
nal ion,
Then help me, God, seeing with clearer vision.
To Ova Thee thantte, e'en thbOglc he flOd its Trish' ;1!
Bain L. JONES.
Canandaigua, N. Y
A BIILLEGITT FOR A WIPE.
We were English rm4d,mta'in Malaga, my sweet
Alice, her father, and myself, when a terrible mis
fortune assailed us. Mr. Croft, In one of his CX•
plorations as a naturallit, was seized upon by the
robber-chief Moreno, and conveyed to his fastttess
in, the mountains, from whence be demand ed ransom of rive thousand reals. No time was to he
lost: the audacious bandit. had named lime and
place of negotiation; If Alice's father was not re.
deemed on the following day, she would be orphaned
through toy neelret. I sought the British consul at
WS house. The sersant replied "Mr. Edwards has
gone to see the null tight." :To the bull ring I there
fore hastened at once, and having purchased a tiek'-t
which was to admit me to any part of the amphi
theater, elbowed my way throurli the swarmiref
crown, and entered. I had no eyes for the mass of
gay-colored apparel or the rows of eager, excited
faces, tier anoec tier, and still less for what was
140111 g on in the ring, where a young bull was being
goaded to fury by sharp tridents awl fluttAT'ing flags,
a mere prologue to the more thrilling scenes that
were to follow. Bat the crowd baffled toe. Such
multitudes from the neighboring towns and villages,
attracted by the speetacle, had poured into lialap,
that It was only for the ladies, and a favored few of
the magistrucy and nobles, that seats could be ra
mmed. The rest stood to thickly massed together
that I soon found that to trace out Mr. Ed ward
was hopeless. giving up the effort in despair, I
turned to depart, but through some mistake, instead
of gaining the open air I struck. Into.n long p.ssage
leading I knew not whither, though I beard the
bellowing of the bulls from the dens where they
were shut up. Suddenly, from • sort of crypt, the half
open door of which wan on my right,-.tame the
sound of 'eniees, and I caught three words in Span
Lth : " If you oiler a large reward I' Bay four or eye
thougand reale! Consider, gentlemen; four or fire
thomfand.nada for an hones work!"
My lint seemed rooted to the ground, and I felt
my face flush while I ltstened, as Itlife depended on
coy overhearing what followed. • ,
" shall not find a man; bld What We Way."
said another yoke, despondingly; "no one nut tired
of his the would run the tisk. and, Carantha ! what
will the people say ? There will be a riot, and oar
houses may pay for It. Only think what will be
the fury of the thousands up yonder when they hear
that Manuel 4.gal cannot perform at all,. and that
we havono matador to takeida place.".:
" If Viejdlot had but had the ;sense to-brink hie
leg after the bull. tight instead of before!" said a tiff. a
apeakee, Ina otterutcrus tone. "But, setiOret4, What
is to be dune t I would sooner pay four, uy, or six
thousand reds out of my own pocket, than be the
one to tell the people that they are to be this'll
pointed of the of the sport. - They may each
our houses in revenge, and mischief will surely he
done: What can we do? Not a matador worth ,a
straw within leagues, and Chncn only fit to fees the
young bulls, and those with the wood on theirhorns.
We shall have to use the domilune, and before the
eaptaingchertd; "that o:_atigracer • •
I befran, now to "nd e rstaud Wore ricaily the pur
port of this discourse, I 'knew that a celebrated
matador named Manuel Zagal had been engaged to
came over from - BeYille, the luudquarters of bull,
lighting, td exhibit his skill ip dispatching the In
furiated animals pat lad heen..,preslonsly provoked
to fury by their mounted tOruthatitia; the picadors.
This man, who' Tamdus'for pkUl and courage
cloud soligh in profession that It. had not been
thought-n=llW to hire any °Literalist to the same
tine, and as matadors, like opera singewf, travel
from place to-. place,. as their engagements serve,
there was no. mewbesof the guild then In tdalaga.
There was, indeed, an 'itettre toreador Whose nick
name of Choco :was. well known; brit this - matt.
though a finoritewith the mob, was morn a buffifOn
than • sworeamin, and had neither the d e x ter
nor th e daring which a true matador should, •
WhMs a tnatadoe it arOunded; - lar some . untoward
accident Iscrenta the appesonee of'otAity're is A°
resource but &feit the floes orthe bolls' by cuttin4
off thelriegs or hamstringing theta by means fol
sharp scythe On the end of a pole, called a detrain tt
But thLs tmrbarime expedienl seldom Las to irratate
the populace, iwho are .die n ut at the cruelty
of the t, but" at thO absence eff t 'risk 01 human
are that Is weenthal.lo the excitcsaanta .of .0o hull.:
ring:
lea thlfUltae X could easily divine what hadtpen
et The taiduted perforperformer Vona Finer
Matojel Zama, had rant with a.tutrious accident, and
the auttuarltka prereafraid.th awn :fumy. 10 the people
what had happened; aware that a violent ontbreak
of popular wrath would ensue. As for the epthkers,
by dzmilllrtftwaantl fli , „4ep3 =IA air tbr.lai.,Tartf
pyre livotivittnifo7d; t>ioelead 4 39fttif tigPd
1017 041:11 1 $04.1014 Ibi)
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TO AN ANGEL. SISTER.
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DIED IN PRISON.
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" rreedom and Right against Slavery and Wrong."
ROSE, SUS(. CO., PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1865.
Pollee. The third was a supple, deferential personage
in black, well dressed In the French style. Re was
themanngcr of the shown.
" His excellency has arrived. I hear the trumpets t"
Said the head of the police gruffly: "we must go
and meet him, or we shall be thought larking In re
sp,et. Pitr there is no time to find a stibititutct
but who, even fur four thousand teals, would face
our two beat bulls—the black Portuguese and the
brindle Mercian, fiercer than-'--"
"Maki t the reward dye thousand mats, and I am
your man, noble senores," said I. with sudden reso
lution, emerging tom my tilding-place. Had I risen,
like a theatrical spectre, through a trap door, my
appearance could not have created greater counter.
nation. The corregldor was the Brat to recover his
enninimitv. He knit Ills heavy brown Into a dark
frown, and angrily demanded who I might be.
"Henry West, British subject, mute of the ship
Tudor, now In port," was my answer, "ready to be
your matador to-day, if you will raise the pay to
five thousendjusla." .
An animated dlicuselotV then took place. The
idea of a sailor, ab Englishman, undertaking the
dill cult and perilous task of bull-killing—for the
matador, as Is well know; Is the only person ex
posed to rent danger—seemed absurd. sßut then, it
wasshrewdly.olaseteved by Due Ramon, the alealde,
If I i'hbsc to' et gored to death it was no concern
of theirs, and the cstastrophe would at leant put the
people In good humor But the worthy insgistrate
was reluctant to give so much as five thousand rinds.
ift woteld.accept three thousand, or even four?
lint I was firm. Five thousand or nothing were
my terms, and as the mob began to get very noisy
and impatient, the bargain was struck An agree
ment was hastily written and signed by the aicalde,
and a cheque for the money was drawn and en•
trusted to tae master of the shows, to be handed to
me when I should have earned ft As I traced my
signature on the paper I felt that I was bartering my
own life and blood to eaves Alice's father. That five
thousand reels would be his ransom. But I had lit
lie time to meditate, for I was hurried MT to another
room, and there bidden to assume, as quickly as
possible, the gay costume of a matador, and in the
Mean time the magistrates hastened to their places,
and the master of' the shows went on the somewhat
awkward errand of ell:darting to the multitude that
Manuel Zagai had broken his I.lr, nod th et -a tyro
wonld take his duties on himself.
Frotu the dark little chamber in which I was oc
cupied, clumsily enough, In exchanging my own
clothes for the gaudy Andalusian suit which was
a necessary adjunct of rte character I had assumed,
I could now and then catch the sound of the man
ager's voice, as in oily accents he addressed the en
lightened audience of his patrons. At first, his
Speech elicited much noisy disapprobation., but
presently laughter and cheers drowned the or
ation, and wnen he came back he wiped his fore
head with an air of self-congratulation. The audi•
cure hail been raitorid to good humor. They had
been testy and lrritable,,the manager told me, as he
lent me hitt practised 40d . _ Ea %dressing, until he re
minded them, that, at the worst they had never
seen an - Englishman killed, and might look out for a
novel excitement. "I told them, St Martin forgive
me, that you were the first toreador In all London,
nod bad come to Spain to challenge our best Bull
fighters to a contest of skill," continued the man,
and then bade me look at myself in the trines. I did
so, hut hardly recognized myself, an mach was my
appearance changed by the embroidered Jacket, t he
slashed calzonellios, the many colored silken each,
inn scarf heavy with silken fringe, and all the lace,
bell bettors, and frippery of my costume. The
master of the shows eyed me mitlealiy, from th,
broad leaved sonibrvnl with lie red plume and golden
cord, down to-the puruge and silk ith.ChilllCS which
are me::-..santial to a tnatador as to a ma-ter of the
c ,,monies; and dapped IDs 011 on the shoulder with
toOrl-bili ured • word or (wet' of approval. Then hr
presented; me With the searlet cloak and the long
straight-bladed sword, and rapidly explained to oc
ulist strokes were considered "foal," and whir
were in accordance with the etiquette of tide
gory pastinict lie was by uu means ill.natur:Sl,
and did Ids best.tu encourage me, olLting me wile
and refresbutents, and Insisting that I should swal
low at leist one goblet of strong Calesvella.
•
"Cheerup, comrade," mill he; "keep cool, avoid
the first rush and you may get off with unbroken
bowsr and a *hole skin. Throw' the cloak well over
his horns; and drive In the sword time, turning the
wrist in this manner, and avoiding the breastbone
Never be it a hurry, or you are lost.. 1 have seen old
hands lose their heeds at the first roar and dash of a
hart bull, but I like you, lad, schiNnatic as I on are,
and I don't want to see you go nut fret foremost.
Let me feel sour palate." Ana he took ins wrist he
tween his fingers, probably to ascertain li I waa to..
mu c h flurried l's the api.roach of danger to attend
11/ his instructions. Iltfuever, he released my hand
muttering with eann, , thing of genuine satisfaction in
his tone, "Thnee island maottlli! a tnngli breed !"
He then conducted me to a nook whence I conld
see through a small window wnich commanded a
good view of the arena and of the spectators above,
while the close trellis-work of rusty iron prevented
the occupants of the lair iron being visible. And I
then, bidding me be of good courage, he left me to I
attend to hit italics. 1 immt. alone, though I conid
bear the " hoarse bellowing of the bulls Confined in
!dens near me; and no-v for the first time I had lei.
,ore to realize the rashness of my undertaking I had
followed the bidding of impulse in what 1 had done,
cud now, as I l o oked around, and remembered that
the thousands of apeetators would gloat over my dy
dog agonies as greedily 04 over those of the brute
vlctirna of their cruet sport, I realized the lull danger
of my positkin. But I quieted my apprehen-ious
.by the thought of Mice. It was for her dear sake,
to earn her father's ransom, that I was crouching
where I was, and in this rummer's garb, waiting
till I should be called forth, like a gladiator of the
old p.,gan day., to redden the sand of the hull ring
with my blood. F. , of escape from serious Injury
had little hope. I knew that very few even of the
agile Spaniards, aecustomed from cuildho ad to even
detail of the.n repulsive spectacles, were tilling to
accept the peril+ ul the matador's trade. I had see',
bull-figlfts before, at Seville, at Vigo, and elsewhere,
and remembered well how lormidable were the huge
',ruin:rats bred in the lonely pastures of Murcia and
Castile, expressly for the arena Rot I drove away
these thoughts, and took a deliberates irvey of Ira
amphitheater.
I looked up at the endless tiers of spectator's, the
!ladies With their flashing eyes and waving fans, some
in old Spanish dress, but most in Parisian finery:
I;ar the dandeq. of Malaga ; the crowds of shopkeepers
and artisans; whole' families together, from tile de
'lighted old grandmcither to the child In arms, that
was being, taught to clan Its little hand. and crow al
.the sight of bloodshed; at the multitude of peasant.
holiday attire such as their ancestors wore in the
days of Ferdinand and Inanella. I gave a glance to
the place where the captain general, lu his rich unl
form blazing with decorations, sat amid a brilliant
group of officers arid ladle's, whose diamonds and
courtly splendor seemed oddly placed in such a scene
And then I looked down of the ring.
As yet the sports had been merely oh an intrnduc
tory character. Three or four young bulls had been
worried sell' tridents and flags. A "craven," as
those pacific animals are raked whose temper Is
known to be meek, had been tormented with squibs,
barbed darts. and the Inc...sant brandishing of red
scarfs before his cytA., and had finally been dispatch
ed by Chaco, who did what may be called the comic
busing...a of the theater. And now a line bull, with
wide-.pearling horns, was in possession of the ring
This animal, however, disappointed the amatenres
of the arena by showing more desire to escape than
ferocity. lie ran round and round, seeking an out.
let, and beilo.ing ph- oasis, as the active toreadors
on foot, with tanners and scarfs, ran nimbly around
him, taunting and hewing him, until Ids hide was
like a 'pincushion Stuck -fait of tiny barbed darts
adorned with colored oaper. Of this too the people
grew weary, and a general shout arose:
"Turns! twos! the Murcian bull ut once! No, the
Portuguese! Let the English matador show us what
stuff he Is made of. TOME , !"
The manager looked up appealingly to the captain--
general, and, receiving an august nod of permission,
bustled out- •Very soon there was a flourish of
trumpets, and thee a deep roar, and tnen amid
clapping of bandy and Iniztaing of countless voleea,
- the brimila 3lureian bull faune at a heavy canter Into
the ,into, stopped short, lifted his head, and gave a
second roar of linpa , ient auger. A noble beast be
was, and the pow:dace enthusiastically shouted
'forth theircommenta onillia-tow‘ing mane, his deep
chest, bla dauntless inoWtheatreni., , th of his limbs,
and the sharpness of bin horns. Then, to the Bound
of =mind music, in viewed the mounted Waders,
two and two, fluttering with brig bt ribands, and
drotsed twthoold Csatilim garb. They lowered their
Ichogi Wore ,:the 4aptiih-genend, and code three
times round the arena to-exhibit their bright scarfs
-andtich Jackets, while the cymbals clashed and the
drums rolled out thvir loudest notes. The boll
pawed the groundi'disfetnied hi 3 nostriis, and with a
~short bellowing cry, stepped his'bead and began the
attack. The words, ;"bravo, tom:" rent We very
aky.
It was a butchery business at best, though I ad
colt that the richdroazs, long lances, and wav
ing of acait, and ril.anda, the.. and plume, gave a false
glitter andfgaluutrY to what wns really u very des
tardlrand Megllriti 13 g acette. The-picadors, pßideil
'
- as they were, and turnished with immense boots
'through whic h the horns could out Metre,
while scort4 of isatchrl attendants stood ready to
distract thi! animal's attention in Care of need, or to
carry aft a prostrate cutabatant, were rate enough.
But, the bull Itself, bleeding from repeated lance
thrusts, did great * execution .among the horses,
Plunging his sharp horns into their quivering flanks
again and again,and Infliettog ghastly wounds, while
still the: Wretched Steeds went reeling round the
viugillinliiioss.e , t , blood made them drop down dy-
At' tMenssizgutined 4a/d. , lar , the
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shouted, while the ladies waved files and temdker
chiefs In token of applause, and all the gory savagery
of the Spanish national sport went on with sickening
repetition. At last, nine horses being dead or
!rightfully Injured, two picadors having been bruised
by falling against the oaken barriers, and the bull
being much spent, the remaining horsemen lett the
rine. Hopes and hooks were fixed to the carcasses
of the slain homes and they were dragged away, and
fresh sand and sawdust were thrown down. It was
time for the matador to appear.
"Now, Englishman, they are waiting for you.
Remember the thrust, and he cool," whispered the
manager. lie led me Into the ring, and I made my
bow to the captain-general and another' to the
audience, while the manager with much grandilo.
quence, poresented me to the public as "Don Earl
guru, of London, the distimmished volunteer, who
had so kindly undertaken to fill the omen of the
eminent Manuel Liget." Scarcely bad he finished
this speech before the hull began to adeanee, and my
introducer hastily retired. I stood alone In the
ring, my heart heating thickly, and a red film seem
ing. to obscure me dazzled eyes, while the clamor
of the crowd, and thu conactonaneEs that I.wat. the
mark on which thousands were gazing with pitiless
expectation, almost unnerved me, I had faced
danger before, hut not in such a shape, and I am
not ashamed to own that for a moment inc knees
felt strangely weak, and my pulse flattered liken
bird over which the hawk hovers. Then came back
the thought of Alice, and I was myself once more.
Disregarding the spectators, I bent my whole at
tention on the bell, which was slowly approaching
rne, with its heed bent down, and bloody foam
dropping from its lips. I steadied myself' on my
feet, carrying the cloak gathered on my left aim,
and with my right I kept the sword pointed to the
earth, ready to spring aside when my antagoalst
b no t ot charge. But the but was more hart titan I
expected. Ilia movements were slow and painful,
and the blood trickled fast from his brindle
thinks. His roiling eyes fixed 'won me, then be
gave a roar, and dashed at me, while, following the
manager's Instructions, I avoided him by soringing
aside. I thought the animal would have wheeled to
renew the attack, but the last rush had mauifestly
exhausted Ws remaining strength. He fell on his
knees, and did not rise till the men on foot beset
him with squibs and darts, when pain and fury re
vived his forces, and he again made a !Wondering
charge. This time I stepped aside, and, without
throwing tits cloak over the hull's horns, plunged
the sword Into his neck. He fell, and the audience
set up a shout of " Well done, Inglese!"
"That was an easy victory," whispered my friend,
the manager, as he led me on, after making my bow
is the people; "hut don't let it make you rash.
The poor brute was bleeding to-death; anybody
could see that! It will be different with the black
Portuguese."
And so it proved, for the audience londlv de
manded that the lances of the picadors should be
tipped with wood, all save a point two Inches long,
AO that the next hull should show better sport.
And not to dwell on details, atter tire or six horses
had been disabled, the picadors retired, and amid a
!loutish of trumpet I was placed face to face with the
black Portuguese bull.
•' Bravo, tom! look what a wicked eye he has! I het
an ounce of gold on the bull!" shouted one amateur,
springing to his feet, and there was a burst of laugh
ter at toe wager, bat a breathless silence succmded
AP I advanced, RUT by step, towards where the bull
stood. laming up the loose csod with his fury feet,
and roaring low, as he watched me. lie was a au
pert) twist, very large, beta model of symmetry, and
ale sable coat, spotted now with froth and gore, was
as gluey at sable. Re was very little hurt; his blood
,hot eyes rolled fiercely; he was evidently gathering
breath to renew the battle .0n my part, I was well
aware that my life hung by a thread, but then if I
~.ould conquer this one bull, the last survivor, my
work would he done, and the money—the price of a '
uan's safety—would be earned. A hasty word of
prayer ruse from my lips, and I advanced, cautiously,
nut firmly. The bull appeared to be in no hurry
lie waited with Inswing Banks, close to one of the
barriers, while I drew near.
e• }lave• a care, Englishman. have a care I he meatus
mischief!" cried some well meaning spectator In
the (runt row. Scarcely were the words uttered, be
fore, with a deep and sudden roar the black ball
came thundering down upon me in beadlongetrarge.
It was all that I could du to spring aside, and the
null, unable to cheek himself, dashed his head
against the wooden barriers with a violence that
made many wornetlin the lower tier scream with af
fright. But with gnat quickness the huge beast re
,•ovcred himself, and came rushing towards me, with
tin held low. Again I sprang aside, but BO narrow
vas my escape that one of the sharp horns caught
the sleeve of my gaudy )seket, and ripped it open
rrom wrist to elbow, while the applause of the aadi
•nee toll•ewed the stroke. Before I could use Inn
su-ord,thebullnimbly wheeled, andl was forced to trust
ior my life to my superiors psvd of foot, nanuing round
the ring, hotly chased by the bull, whose feet sank
in the loose sand. I then turned, and made an in
effectual effort to throw the red cloak over the eyes
of my terrible antagonist, but the crafty bcasteinded
me, and this time, as I sprang out of Its way; I felt
' 1 sharp pang in my left arm uud sloe, ani staggered
back, almost dropping the sword. The people net
up a cry:—
• Toro! Viva El Negro ! the black boil-forever!
Well done, bull! I see the Englishman's blOotK"
A crimson mist floated before my eyes, I gre*diz
zy, and the roar of the audience confused me. Was
ill Indeed lost T Half mechanically, while the blood
ebbed from my wounded arm, I looked around me.
rue bull was doze by. I saw his glaring eyes and
too int horn,; he lowered lilt head and made a fresh
euarge. Hardly knowing what I did, I thrust for
ward the long, strong bladed sword of the matador,
aid planted my feet firmly, and then there was a
•rash and a b •liaising roar, and I was beaten to the
zround, and roes remain, feebly, and then I was lean
,or. on tny sword, reeling Ilk, a drunken man, tts the
manager supported me and bade me bow to the au
dience, while the shout of -0, well done the Eng-
Ilahman: Viva! Viva! Well dune"' ruse frum
:hon.:coeds of throats. Close beside me lay the car
.-ass of the bitch Portuguese bull. My sword had
reached its bedirt. The next thing I remember was
that I fay, half swooning. on a matt reda m one of the
inner crypts of the umpleitucater, while a doctor sass
eluding up my hurts.
"Considerable hemorrhage, but no artery dam
aged, attar all !" said the French surgeon; "Mt us
-,e,e the other wound. hate! a mere graze. You
teemeteed bel et Lien, my young friend, uttered!"
So it proved. I totter no inconvenience beyond
108,1 of blood from the injury I had received, and the
money I had earned leering forwarded by a rate nand
to the place of rendezvous on the following day, Mr.
t.;roft wa+ set at liberty. Moreno proved a man of
ete.te word, being equally willing to release a eaptive
whose ransom was paid, or to poniard an Insolvent
,erttoner. I will not attempt to describe Alice's joy
it being remelted to the father whom she had
mourned as dead, nor the mingled terror and grata-
Rid,: with which the darling girl learned the desper
ate means I had taken to save him. lum captain of
the Tudor now, and she is my wife, and in our -Eng
lish Lamle, in 'Which we have lived happily together
for no long, she has often retuned, with team and
smiles, that episode in our lives wide!, was net ;Ma ,
proving tra';iCal at Medatta.. — All the Year Round.
HOW TO PREVENT A DIVOROE
When the senior Jcnathan Trumbull was Govern
or of C innecticut, a gentleman called at his house,
requesting to see his excellency in private. Az
cortlingly he was shown into his s a n dam viae r e s,,,,t;
and the Governor came forward to meet Squire W.
mylug, " Good morning . , air; I am glad to see you."
Squire W. returned the salutation, adding as he did
" I have called upon a very unpleasant errand,
sir, and want your advice. My wife and Ido not
dve happily together, and I am thinking of gettinga
divorce. What do you advise, air?"
The Governor sat a few moments, In deep thought,
then turning to Squire W., weld " How did you
treat litre. W. when you ware courting her? and
how did you feel towards her at the time of your
<carriage ?" Squire IV. replied, " I trotted her as
kindiv 116 I could, for I loved her dearly at that
time." " Well, air," said the Governor, "go home
and court her now just as you did then, and love
her no when you married her. Do this In the tear of
God fur one year, and then tell mu the moult." The
Governor then said, " Let us pray." They bowed
in prayer and separated. When a year had passed
away, Squire W. called again to are the Governor,
and grasping his hand, said: " I have called, sir, to
thank you Po the good advice you gave rue, and to
tell you that my wife and I arc us happy as when
irat we were married. I cannot be grateful enough
for your good counsel."
" I am glad to Moir It, Mr. NV. ' and hope that you
will continua to court her as long as you Hea l. —
The mutt was that Squire W. and his wife lived
happily together to the and of life. Let those who
are thinking of separation in those days go and do
" Little acts of klndne.a,
Little vroeds of love,
Make the woild an Eden,
Like to that above."
CONSEquENCES OP TUE EARTH BEING STOPPED IN
ITs ORDIT.—If the earth should be stopped in lts or- • JACK PAGE.
bit, it would begin to fall straight toward the BUD.— !This man was Legrec eclipsed by a brighter Imola
tof It approached more nearly to the great source of . ere of barbarism. lie, In lile own words, ~ knew no
beat it would soon reach a point where the temper- ,' eimmtbe remorse, regret. .. He was the medium
attire is as bigh as two hundred end twelve degrees,
and then all the waters of the ocean would be mop- i "
! for thelnSicUon r of nearly ill my torture.
PARDON.
orated. As it drew still nearer the metre would bo ,
melted, and afterwards they also woe ,be evepont- i Col. Jacob bad been a member of flux State Sea
ted. Before It reached the sun this 60.1 earth would i ate, and my friend. His wife was the daughter of
be converted Into a vast volume of roil-hot gsa, I Senator Benton. and elder tn Mg. Fremont. In
which, wilco it fell Into the fiery atm hawk of the i September 1E033, he was made Lieut.-Governor, with
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itol, would merely proMmeAlasto or . ymy i Ilnunlovittlike-gtMematoriel chair . Rho rebellion
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To TOL Erma or TOE DIDSPIINDENT
More than thirteen years ago-the readin,,. ,, humane
public were astonished at the barbarity of - Kentucky
in kidnapping and dragging me from the State of In
diana into her own dominion, " without dne process
of law," and then sending me to prison at Frankfort,
where I remained until the 15th of haat April. It
was expected by every one that before this a book
would have appeared exposing that injustice end
cruelty. But, upon my pardon, I was unable to
study, or write. Last November the work was at
tempted; but finding my resources insufficient, I
postponed it until the coming warm reason, in or
der to improve my health and replenish my purse.—
Daring those years of wonders I have been forgot
ten by many, and people often ask where, for what,
and bow long was I imprisoned ? I submit thin
synopsis that the public may be reminded of the his
tory; and, in the words of Mr. Tilton himself, "that
the world may know that the Romish Inquisition
wan not a whit more cruel than American Slavery."
I visited the South in 1851, for the purpose of re
covering and removing to Wyoming County, N. Y.,
the remains of my beloved father, who hell at Lex.
Melon, Kv., by cholera, In 1819. On Sunday the oth
of November, I was assaulted in Jeffersonville, Ind.,
and in presence of one hundred persons dragged in
to Louisville ' Ky., in violation of law, thrown into
jail. heavily I roned, held to hail in the sum of 0. 000 ,
and, on the 25th of Feb., 1852, forced to trial with
out a witness for defense, being refused eompulsa.
tory process to obtain them, and convicted upon the
moat glaring, shameless perjury of witnesses. four of
whom had, according to the statement of Major.Oen.
end Lovel H. Ronsean, received or been promised
from $5O to $l5O for corroborating testimony against
I was confined In the prison at Frankfort on the
9th of March following, where, up to the 15th of last
April, I auffersd under sentence of fifteen years tar
giving aid and comfort to a fleeing slave girl, who
had been doomed *o the highest price for physical
beauty, In favor of [lleum< libidinous scoundrel who
might out-tempt the cupidity of a gold-loving Ken
tuckian.
During this time I suffered every form of insult
and every variety and degree of cruelty and barbar
ism. These began with cutting my hair so as to ex
cite ridicule. The next was my cell, In which I suf
fered, with slight variations, In common with other
prisoner•, from filth, vermin, cold, and the worst de
scriptlon of bedding, which, in winter time, when
the mercury stood at ten degrees below zero, and
water froze tight In the vessels, was barely adequate
to comfort In mild Sentember—withont sheet,
pil
low, or any other article save a sack of shavings or
straw, and two or three blankets.
My first work was hackling hemp In a room four
feet below the surface of the yard, and so crowded
with men, badly ventilated, and filled with dust, as
to prove haul In a short time to most of its victims.
I have seen Si X men taken from thirty tn this house
in one week, and carried to the grave. Three times
I was placed In that house by Craig. with orders to
kill me : and each time I remained about four weeks.
From this I was transferred to spinning filling, and
then In Fabruary, 1853, to weaving hemn-sacking for
sacking cotton. This usually weighs one and a half
pounds to the yard. The task at this work waa 1, 0 00
yards a week for the Most wearers. NiineSool3 stood
at 1100 yards ; and t was able frequently to make 50
yards over, for which I received 25 cents. There
never were furnished combs, towels, pillows. sheets,
brushes, or anything ol the kind; and by the tittle
over-work I could make 1 was able to provide some
of these things. until the close of Craig's reign.
It had always been the custom of the keepers to
allow any man to enjoy the privilege of credit in the
mitre, of any money brought by himself, or sent, or
deposlted by his friends, and of writing to his friends
at stated times. Of all these I was deprived. My
friends from Cincinnati. Ohio, and Adrian, Mich.,
and Lewis Harden and Chas. It. Morse, of Boston,
sent me goods and money, which I never received.
And never, until the accession ol Jeb. Wsrd, in 1855,
did I realize anything from each sources.
In ISSI I made the acquaintance of this Indy, In
Auburn, N. Y. She is now my dear wife. After
my Imprisonment, I made repeated attempts to cor
respond with her by letter; but, up to the Autumn
01.1655, there was never a letter received by the one
from the other, though I was often told of their ar
rival. Miss Tileston, having been pledged with me
in marriage contract, ignoring ease and domestic
quiet, left her home in Williamsburg, waecti., 1113.1 en
gaging as a teacher at Oytord, Ohio, watched over
my Imprisonment to the last, visiting me and peti
tioning in my behalf in 1453, '53, '57, '6O, 'WI, with
no other result than to compel respect and admira
tion.
2EII WARD.-)118 lURDARITT.
In ISM, this man came to the keepership, and in
the following winter obtained the prison by lease, at
11,000 per year; and made, over all expense., dur
ing four yearn, 1100,10), by sheer physical force.
In the weaving, winch was executed by hand, the
task soon went up to 204 yards per day, mine
standing for the hest summer at 190 yards, then for
the three following smut - nem L'o3 yards; and when
ever I failed. which I frequently did in Igis, and al.
ways during the summers of the three succeeding
years, I suffered cruel torture, which I will descrihe
—daring the first year not more than three times a
day ; but the three suet:eta:ling years often four times
a day, sometimes for three months in sucoession
and locked in my little filthy, damp cell every Sab-
bath, while other men enjoyed the liberties of the
yard.
The Instrument of torture was one commonly used
by overseers of slaver, and consisted of a strap of
harness, or sole-leather, seventeen inches in length,
two and a quarter Mello' in width, and tuilf an Inch
in thickness, of the hardest, half-tanned leather.—
The bitterness felt toward me was such, by employ
ees from the lowest strata In the community, that,
though my health had been much reduced during
Craig's three years, from the Inferior prison-lootland
neglect in betiding and clothing, and being in every
way much the inferior in physical power to a major
Ity of the workmen, still there was no mitigation of
my burden.
During the year 1554, I was flogged with the strap,
after. June, frequently three times a day, ranging,
from two to fifty or sixty stripes. During the three
succeeding years, after my task had gone up so far
beyond my reach that I could entertain no tope of
success, and while for three months of each year nit
weight stood at about 110 pounds, and I was so weak
that I could hardly drag myself up a flight of stairs
without supporting myself with my hands upon my
knees. I have been flogged four times a day with
thso. strap, with all their might, upon my naked
body, blaCkening the whole surface from Just above
the knees to the lumbar regions, receiving at each
time from two to one hundred stripes; at one time
107, throwing the particles of flesh and blood to the
diAtance of 11l feet upon the wall. All summer long
my body has exhibited this appearance from this
cause; and for no other excuse than that I did not
complete my task because I was too weak, too sick
to do so. •
Often I have endured these tortures until they
have Inflicted sixty stripes, without a motion or a
groan, while every ten stripes excited the pains of
death.
All this time I was tolling with all my might, ev
ery thread of my garments wet with perspiration,
and while suffering from disposes and asthma so
that the whole firmament seemed an unbounded va
cutim, in which not one breath of air stirred.
Often I have resolved, and I have as often revoked
the resolve, while writhing under the lash, to make
resistance, and die if I must. Often I have wished
that no one loved me ; then I would resist. Often,
early in the morning, sitting supported by my own pit
lows, bought with the money my dear friends,
when the busy city, the barking dogs, and the great
bell Indicated the return of day, I have wished for
one hour's sleep—l have prayed and courted Death,
that he might deal one kind blow upon my heart,
and end the torture. Then, bringing my own free
North before me in panorama of fair women, good
women, and brave and good men, my soul has been
Inspired to
"Water, and tight, and pray ;
The battle ne'..t . give o',:r."
Then a coneciousness of the rectitude of my condnet,
a hope of meeting again the "lull of the earth," and
a realization of this dawn of the new life of the
"'American Idea," lighted np my aoul, and nerved
rile with renewed courage to cutter, and to live.
'During all these trouble*, Mies Tileston, who, on
the 9th orient June, at Oxford, Ohio, after my re
lease, was united with me in marriage, ,sedulously
' watched over me, and administered to my neceasi
ttes In money, clothing, books, and every other mat
, ter that could be allowed for my comfort.,
EPtittALU WMTILSIDE.
I had but one faithful friend among the keepers
Ws was hlr. Whiteside. I had many In the city
who pleaded my cause before a relentless tyrant,
without success.
—Ohsenx7.
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dared Gen. Fry to enroll the slaves of military ca
pacity Gov..Grumlette forbade It, and was Involved
In difficulty- with the Government; *bd, in order to
avoid a collision, repaired to Washington, leaving
Lieut.-Gov. Jacob Acting Governor. • My Mends in
Emnkfott petitioned, pleading MY health, good con
duct, and the Impolicy of retalniug me; to which
Mr. Jacob responded with pardon; on the 15th of
April last. During my imprisonment I received, as
I know from actual count, over 55,000 straps with
that instrument of heathen torture ; rind last winter,
a little over one year ago, I received from an Inferior
overseer, for obeying the order of tbusecondkeepher
a blow with a Stick Of wood that lald' my skull bail;
for two itches, and left me for a time dead. From
this lam nearly recovered. This Is but a hasty syn.
opals of the suffering of
Yours, in behalf of Freedom and Democracy,
Car.vur Fat-imams.
SONG OP A THOUSAND YEARS.
Lift op your eyes, desponding freemen !
Fling to the winds your needless fears!
Ile who unforltgl your beauteous harmer,
Says It Mall wawa thofltand years!
CIIOIICS
A thousarid years, my own:Columbia(
'Tls t he glad day so lone foretold !
'Tie the glad morn whose early twilight,
Washington saw In times of old.
What If the clouds one little moment
Hide the blue sky where morn appears—
When the bright nun that tints them crimson,
itises to shine a thousand years?
Tell the great, world these blelised tidings!
Yes, and be sure the bondman heard;
Tell the oppressed of every eatlon,
Jubilee Lists a thousand years!
Envious foes, beyond the ocean !
Little we heed your threatening tracers,
Little will they—our children's children—
When you are gone a it:lowland years.
Rebels at home ! go hide your faces—
Weep for your crimes with bitter tears;
You could not bind the blessed daylight, '
Though you should strive a thousand years.
Back to your dens, ye secret traitors!
Down to your own degraded spheres!
Ere the first blaze of dazzling sunshine
Ehortmas your life a thousand years
Haste thee along, thou glorious noonday!
Oh, for the eyes of ancient Seers !
Oh, for the faith of him who reckons
Each of his days a thousand years.
STEPHEN GIBARD.
Within the memory of many Persons still alive,
" old Girard," as the famous banker was usually
styled, a short, stout, brisk old gentleman, used to
walk in his swill, awkward way, the streets of the
lower part of Philadelphia. Though everything
about him indicated that he had very little In com
mon with his fellow-citizens, be was the marked
man of the city for more than a generatiOn. His as
pect was rather insignificant and quite unprepoa
erasing. His dress was old-fashioned and shabby ;
and he wore the pig -tall, the white 'neck-cloth, the
wide-brimmed hat, and the large skirted coat of the
last century. He was blind in one eye; and though
his burly eye-brows gave some character to bis
countenance, it was curiously devoid of expression.
lie had also the absent look of a man who either had
no thoughts or was absorbed in thought ; and he
shuffledliong on his.encmnons feet, looking neither
to the right nor to the left. There was always a cer
tain look of the old mariner about him, though he
had been fifty years an Inhabitant of the town.—
When he rode it was in the plainest, least comfort
able gig In Philadelphia, drawn by an ancient and I
ill formed horse, driven always by the master's own
hand at a good pace. He chose still to live where
he bad lived for fifty years, in Water stree#, chase to
the wharves, in -small and Inconvenient house,
darkened by tall store-houses, amid the bustle, the
noise, and the odors of commerce.
His sole pleasure was to visit once a day a little
farm which he possessed a few mites out' of town,
where he was wont to take off his coat, roll up his
shirt-sleeves, and personally labor In the field and In
the barn, hoeing corn, putting trees, tossing hay,
and not disdaining even to midst in bntehering the
animals which he raised for market. It was no mere
ornamental or experimental farm. He made It pay.
MI of its produce was carefully, day, scrupulously
husbanded, sold, recorded and accounted for. He
loved his grapes, his plums, his pigs, and especially
his rare breed of canary bi rds; but the people of
Philadelphia had the toll benefit of their increase—at
the highest market rates. Many feared, many served,
but done loved this singular and lonely old man. If
there was among the very few who habitually con
versed with him, one who understood and esteemed
him, there was bat one; and he was a man of such
abounding charity, that, like Uncle Taby,lf he had
heard that the devil was hopeltsely damned, would
have said, "I om aorry for It" Never was there a
person more destitute than Girard of the qualities '
which win the affection of others. His temper was
violent, his presence forbidding, his usual manner
ungrucion., his will Inflexible, his heart untender,
his Imagination dead. He was odions to many - of his
fellow citizens, who considered him the hardest and
meanest of men. He had lived among them for half
a century, but he was no more a Philadelphian in
MO than In Intl He still spoke with a French ac
cent, and accompanied his words with a French_
shrug and French gesticulation. Surrounded wit
Christian churches which he had helped to build, he
remained a sturdy unbeliever, and possessed the
complete works of only one man, Voltaire.?
He made It a point of duty to labor on Sunday, as
good example to others. He made no secret of the
fact that he considered the idleness of Sunday an in
jury to the people, moral and economicaL Ile
would have opened his bank on Sunday, if any one
would have come to it For his part he required no
rest and would have none. He never travelled. Ile
never attended ruhlic assemblies or amusements.—
He had no affections to gratify, no friends to visit,
uo curiosity to appease, n., tastes to indulge. What
ho once said of himself appeared to be true, that he
rose In the morning with but a single object, and
that was to labor so hard all day as to. be able to
sleep all night. The world was absolutely nothing
to him buta working place. He scorned and scout
ed the Idea that old men should cease to labor, and
should spend the evening of their days in tranquil
lity. " No," he would say, "labor is the price of
life, its happiness, its everything t to rest is to rust;
every man should labor to the last hour of his abil
ity ." Such was Stephen Girard, the richest man
who ever lived in Pennsylvania.
This is an unpleasant picture of a citizen of polite
and amiable Philadelphia. It were indeed a grim
and dreary world, wherein should prevail tbe prin
ciples of Girard. But see what this man has done
for the city that loved him not! Vast arid imposing
structure's rise on the banks of the Schuylkill, where
in, at this hour, six hundred poor orphan boys are
fed, clothed, trained and taught, upon the income of
the enormous estate which be won by this entire
consecration to the work of accumulating property.
In the ample grounds of Girard College, looking up
at its five massive marble edldees, st rolling In Its
shady walks or by Its verdant piny grounds. or lis
tening to the cheerful erns of the boys at play, the
most sympathetic and imaginative of men must
pause Moro eensuring the sterile and unlovely lite
of ite founder. And it he should inquire closely ki
te the character and career of the man who willed
this great institution into being, lie would, perhaps,
be willing to admit that there wee room in the world
for one Girard, though it were a pity there should
ever be another.
Kueh en inquiry would, perhaps, disclose that
Stephen Girard was endowed by nature with a great
heart as well as a powerful mind, and that circum
stances alone closed and hardened the one, cramped
amt perverted the other. It is not impsobablet that
he wee one of those unfortunate beings who desire
to be loved, but whose temper and appearance com
bine to rept-1 It. Tote marble statue of him, which
adonis the entrance to the principal building, if it
could speak, might say to ns, " Llvingi you Could
not understand nor love me; dead, I. compel,- at
least, your rta<pect. • " indeed, he need to say, Waal
questioned as to his career, " Wait till I am dead;
my deeds will show what I was . ."—North Amerfenn
Resins.
"HOW WE DO WE WORK.'
Who ever thought of making such a calculatlen
Nobody, till an industrious Frenchman recently took
up the subject; and he has set down and made an
accurate estimate of the part of 'several lives em-
ployed about actual labor. lie takes his subject at
the age of seventy two, kunaolog eight hours, on
an average, for aleep that deducts at once twenty
form years._For dressing and undratalug, on rising
and going t bed, washing and sbastur,alf an hour
daily, makes one and a half pairs. Then two bourn
daily for meals, count up six yarn. Lovemaking,
according Wills calculation, will average one hour
daily, or three years. For society, idling, and
amusement, three beans more , op to nine geom.—
Finally, the ordinary =ladle:of childhood, tbe ac
cidents and dbseirses of mature age, and like = 10,1 4 , 4
will deduct two hours, on an average, making six
yearn. Bo that, In conclusion, one Wile, bort? man
of seventy-two years, has, hi fact, not been auto to
employ in the positive occupation of indlaStry mote,
Mau twenty-two and a Wryest.
far 'Tie • sad thing wben men have within heed
enough to speak vrell,rj=ao i rt=
theft •na ; this llt
•
02.00 per annum in advain
Ili NAPE/ EMOTINCII2 SLAVERY.
amen Rear, (with is to the MO/
try Nou Berayi Jan'y Nati 1e36: • '
"The 'lngle uv sin Iz deb." Bich la thekl*
stance ay a passage us Muipter„ Melt, sena, Mr*.
He 2 this toady ebony bee bin troo
the remark! bow fntily hes it bin reellunt
The ansbent Dlmoerisy owned this Ourenno nt
and mite her bed it today. But then the
chus set. Tha wasn't disalpatkl. MI didn't ,
after harlots. Jason ' and Benton, and Witte .
and slat men, who Cruz men, kept la ktrate. :Bat
wen the went to they respectiv retries; =Obit
klass nv men okkepled us. Jim Hocks:Mon Mit '.
Jeff. Davis telt bold fly the Dimoluitits kite, ort
off Its time bouerd tale, Ekal Rites, and_grabathOOtta
Slavery. The result Is before the world. Moth*
sy hs in the mad, and the Ablishnists SS the Post
°deck Alais 1 •
In the olden times we used 9 beer this song:
•
" How the car of emanalpeuthen
lz reale gandly Ulm the nabs ." •
Ive aeon that car. It'a on taw wheat And'eforied
balls from six 2 Ave hunderd pounds to water ( Blow
man road it In 2 Savanner t'other dey.
The border the work yoo dew far the devil the
moor deal you git ter woes. We Weird taLhetaßP
In the servie of slavery. We dhadat our, ertnaheoses,
went back on our record, swoar black was white -0
and vicy Tem, even going so fur es 9go 1138 toe
warn 2 peroatoonte It. What to the result? 5 •
Llnkln boo abollabt It bl prokhunatkon. Elzbkas-
koted hirelins her abollsht It , nigger' and alt, when
tho hev gone, and tha hey malts= 'nuttier
extenelve t 00,.. And Meetly the Konfarisy, Wets
woz instltootid 2 presary It, is perposlo to throw It
averbord es the prkm err recogrdsheo, , and this tbd '
dew without atoppin 2 enquire wat Is tew!bekunt '
or us northern dtmokrats who hew tied ourlelves
it.
Bo reckile sailers fling overbord a prise -Us ono $
rata a worthils hulk. Bo Joner was WM lag the
bulb waves 2 sate a act tw marinors who was oat
protlta Wood o•wood that I, Like him, cood bs
gobbled up bl sum frendly whale, who wodi in 4100
time, vomit me out un dry land.
Ea far me I'm dun. I'm a anti.alavery man Mum
this time
lotsou. ?di conshense won't allow me 2 sup
port II no sger, and besides It don't Tar: Ex the
,soloservivin leader am the Dlmokrlay, I abet
Itly taboo a wider Inatractin 'em 9 make
change tor hunt. PETUOLEtiI V. Runt,
Lail raster we the Church al, the Noo Dirptmauhest.
A man named Walla kept a tavern is one of ode
western villages ; but though his house had is Tot
good name, it ww more than he had himself; for a
was surmised by his neighbors that he used a greet
deal of fodder, corn, etc-, for which be never gave
an equivalent, though It never had be= clearly
proved upon him.
Early one morning, be wu met by an saq Wet.
ance, named Wilkes, as he was drain :before him •
heifer, which he had most probably borrowd hum
some farmer.
"
Ratio. Wells ! where did you get that heifer ?'-
cried Wilkes.
lo" Boug htrepl her of Col. Stevens," was the niaiwitst.
g .
" Wha y t did you pay for ber ?"
" Twenty dollars,' - said Wells, as be hurried on..
Ahout au boor afterwards, as Wilkes was sitting
n barroom, CoL Stevens entered. Alter a
few minutes' cenversatiori, Wilkes Bald:
" A fine animal that you sold Wells l"
" I don't understand you ; I never sold Weill any
animal."
.
" Didn't you ? Why, I met him this morning With
a heifer which he said be bought of you for twenty
dollars.'
"He did, eh! Well, since he said so, he his got'
to pay me for her," said Stevens.
Wells entered soon after, and Stevens stepping up'
to him, said:
"Come, Wells, I'll trouble you for the itioneyfor
that heifer; It was a cash bargain, you knoW?"
"I never bought any heifer from .yott."
" Don't you remember _yon bought one of me for
twenty dollars! Here's Wilkes can prove It."
" No he can't," said Wells. •
" You told me so this morning," said Wilkes.
A curious expression passed over Welles hce
felt himself cornered ; he had either to telt where he
sat the animal, or lose twenty dollars ; and thinking
It not safe for trim to do the drat, he pulled out Ilda
wallet, counted out the money, and handed It to
Stevens, saying—
"So 'I did—so I did. I had forgot all about It
you must excuse me."
Unwise above many Is the man who considers
every hour lost which is not spent In readbag, it.
lag, or in study ; and not MO/0 rational la she w h o
thinks every moment of her time lost which does
not and her sewing. We once heard a pad itAti
advise that a book of some kind be drried in the
pocket, toter used In case of an unoccupied moment,
—such was his practice. Be died early and farad-,,
tons. There are women who, after a bard dark:
work, will sit and sew by candle or gas-light until`
their eyes are almost blinded, or until certain pains
about the shoulders come on, which are almost irr• .
supportable, and are only driven to bed by a phyla- ,
cal Incapacity to work any longer. The sleep of the
overworked, like that of those who do not work at
all, is nusatiefying and unretreshing, and both alike
wake up In weariness, sadness and languor, with an
Inevitable result, both dying prematurely. Let no .
one work In pain or weariness When a mart Ii
WO, be ought to Ile down until he Is fully rested,
when, with renovatedstrength, the work will be,
better done, done the sooner, and done with aelf-sus
tained alacrity. The time taken from seven or eight
hours' sleep oat of each twenty-four, is tiros not
gained, but time mach more than lost; war= cheat
ourselves, but we cannot cheat Nature. A certain
amount of food Is necessary to a healthy body, and
If less than that amount be furnished, decay com
mences that very hour. It Is the same with sleep
and any one who persiata in allowing himself Ina '
than Nature requires, will only hasten his arrival Id
the mad-house or the grave.
Bnodim CORN.—Thls well-known plant, which for
nearly hall a century has been one of the ate; id
of Hantpahtre county, Is a native .IVirgi and
bad a feeble beginning. A stalk, Imparted to idl•
adelphia as a curiosity enme eighty years ago, was
examined by Dr. Franklin, who discovered a dues
aced, and picked and planted it. Once pro
the lovers of rare plants eagerly sought R, and (has
It became disermleatect. Rev. Samuel Hopklnk D.
D., pastor of a church in Thulley, first cultivated a
few stalks in his garden about 1790. His parlahlw
ere followed the example, and at length the diaeow.•
cry was made in that town, that corn Drub weir,
better to sweep with than the birch brooms of they
Indiana. L.vi Dickinson made the first brooms to
Bell in that town, and at first people were I.evedn- -
lona that any one could succeed Ina badness which ,
was clearly tie province of th. Indian. Now Had.'
Icy is the centre of the broom business for the 'deli
Northeastern States, and furnishes emploppenl !WV
more than one hundred and filly men. Nine bun.'
dred and twenty tons of broom brush are annualir
.worked up there, a part of which comes from the
West And more than twelve hundred thanalailii'
brooms are manufactured there, valued at &War
090.000. The valleys of the fludson and Alie
hawk first began to compete with this OonotetSeirt.
River bnalnees, and finally, it is cultivated 10 Woe
extent In Ohio and Illinois.
The Cuow Wirwesamt—Luther togas stol7 off-a
certain German who, io his trsvels. fell Among
thieves; and they being about to cut his throat, tht
pour man espied a flight of crows, and cried out,
• Oh, crows! I take you for witnesses and omega-mil
of my death." About two or three days after, thaw
thieves, drinking together at an Inn, a company of•
crows came and alighted upon the top of the Imola
At this the thieves began to laugh; and, said omit
them, " Look I yonder are they who mast arttnal.
,
hie death whom we lately The tstataro
erhearlug this, declared It to the magistrOtallifltai
caused them to be apprehended; and in ownsitgangir:
of their contradictory statements and evadro.lll6n
ewers, urged them eo far that they oanfeasedaba.
truth, and received their deserved punishment.. -
ILLOSTRATITZ Drstaxivl.—Thi. A. seertniptuiled,
by Mrs. B. recently paid a That to
bought there, alded by her friend's eougael anew:
stylist' assortment of Jewchy fur her own,werilnire. ,
Before they hail quite concluded their purchases.*
stranger, whom we will :salt Mrs. 0., etunntekratiL
after requiring the services of bay tko A w n =
b oo ,..tit a Nr more exteralvo and costly
of richly net_imcloins stones, for the adortutiept
her penson. Whereupon:
JM A. to ilra. 23.—(1n an undertone)
Shoddy."
Mrs. C—(overhearing:) " No, Meant; -*Wei,
nm." ,
A. GOOD aorsa—A soldier of She trap' only,
accused of ridding rivately on the enemy. *end
justification that be Used so constantly on• I . *IMIII
the tnamh that he couldn't help beconshage.
lir A Balton PfklidOT'
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