The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, June 20, 1861, Image 1
THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT, ptulAstiED THURSDAYS, BY .A.. T. arekritisCl,ll. "OP}ti•L'U\ Punic AVNNUS, TIME. 1/00118•AlIOVE 14EARLie8 MOTEL. Totms.-14,50 per annum in invaneg $t will be- chatprtt--Land fifty cents perennial* : added to arrearagea, at the ntAton of the Pnbita: to 1017 expense of collection, etc: • AnriklicitrklapraprererreL .ktIvERTISEMIIiNTS will be inserted at the ate of $1 twr square, of ten Ilneaor look teethe lot three : f .eks, suAd cent!' for each addliaousil aaeir=ps dean,. ocks, sup 3ter:deints, and others.; who advertise Lj the year; will be . liargfd at the fop:ming ratrv,' For one ',quart., or les*, one sreai , , with rhnngitti,;. Efiek fidditional nuare, at I.ke rate qt • No credit given except to thaw of known ropottnibit it.. BUSINESS CARDS. 911. IttnitTlNti eltOrtß 'Mgr DULKNIR. 11. COOPER it CO:; 1 " . 1 11► N Ens,—MontroFe. Pa. SUCCetfOre tO Mat. Coopor 4 I'o, Wife, ,Lathr..v:new building. Tumpike-tt. Mt:CULLUM - & SEA R. LE, . 1 4, 41 , 1 , L"seil A " S t ad ., !,: tl u o i rla n t g La o, 7 ,;r — t y o ular, Pa. HENRY B. ..11cKEA.N., ;• TTORNEY and Counsellor at Lan - . 7 -7`OWANI:Ia. ra Oilier In the Union Indek. • je3 53 tt DR. E. 1•'. WILMOT,' i s ltALlt: ANIL of the Allopathic and liontosupathic Col -Ilr leg's , oil Afedlicins.--Gtvat Bend, Pa. Office, corner of Main ai 4 Elizsbctil-ers, nearly opposite the Methodist i ',larch.a - p3n tf I)1t. G. Z. 1)INIOCK, 13itysu.AN xS - 11s'llt(IKON,-,1 4 ,1011iro.r, Ps.' Office u,t-r st”re; Lo4lging. Searlo'F Hotel. IIIi•\VILLIAM. WIIENIQN, ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN & SIIRGEON DENTIST. WITH Int—ITYROX 1171EATOA , Mechanical and 'Surf:lea) Dentist, refenitiv or Binghamton, N, Y, tender their profevaional settler,, iI.I all who appre ..iate the "Reformed Pr:tett& of Phyvic :" careful and operations on Teeth; oath the most acientlfle and atelee of platework. ' Teeth extracted without pmn mid all Work-warranted. ' Jaekiion, June - 141b, : . 1)11. 11. SMITIL it - SON, G ON-DEN TlSTS,—Montrose, • )fti in'Lathrops' new building over the Dank. All Dental operations R IIIbe pvrtortut.4 in good. !Lyle atyl max_rannai . t.'.tII.MSTKAD4 . DRS . . OLMSTEAD-4, READ Avoubj) -1N N . OUS: CE to She Public that they.have entered Into a partnerehlp for the Practice of MEDICINE & Surgery, and are prepared to attentito all oda. In the line of their re ion. S./Mee-41e one formerly Occupied by-Dr. J. C. nmetrati, in DC.NDAFF.. . my 7 am. Y. LEFT, PAyiiician and Surgeon. Frien divine; Pa • 011ie( oloreelle --- the Jacktrm 1)R LEET gipnrtlrnlar attention to the treatment .0( diecatea of the Elan and ; and confident that I,lk knowledge of. and experience in that branch of prat tler will ettablo him "to effect a cure in the most difficult • - n-r. For treating - diecapes of thecm 'mons tIo• few. will rharge,l Ville, the patient benciffted by the treat ,;;,•„l. [August ffOth, D 64 St ) 11. WOItTII AD r - 11 . ANUFACTURERS AND DEA.I.Ent; in Italian and V American,. Marble. for Mobumentn, , Ilendstoneu, Ittndek sinkn and Cope-Tables. , Also Ilt Marblcized Slate for IlaUtica;arentro•Tables,ac.• ,• shopfor dnors . ca4t of s‘larl's Mtn] on Turnpike .na•et. Montrom.4 Pa. • ' • • ON 7* • :11: A: SNOW' • - Tien.or Tip; PEAtT.—VreAt 13‘end, Pa. Office •! ••u aln rtreet, oppottte the Western ltuaee, apt • .1 (jIIN - SA cll. ER, • I ImilloNAlll.l - : TAlLOR—Nrontroec. 'Pk Shop 1: Tiollartre tiroecrv, on Ilaitrennet. TO:•okfol for past favors, he PollCitr a totitinuance, ~ , ,, i zost!ldro.eltto do all work PatirfactUrilv. Cat- ' - ; dour 00 .hort. 'holier, and Warranted to tit. Niontro,r, Pa., Jtily .—tf. • P. LINES,- AsitloN.llll.E TAlLOR.—Morilrolie. Pa: Shop I • l'lternix Block, over store orlteed. Watrone Fo-tet. All work warpinted, goo fo flt and 1%6h. done on short notice, in beet 'style.; Jen TO • JoIIN 01:01.1.:5 I,II.,ITIONABLE TAILOR,- -.Niontro4, lit. Shop I :war the Baptist Meeting !lodge: on 146 - nplke • ordera Qlled pr . pmptly. in Arst.rate stele • 'it '1.4 done OD short notice, and %%anal:aid - to fit. ' • L. B. ISI3ELL, • • I .I I:PAIRS Clocks, Watches, and,7ewelryatthe it & xhortrA noticr and on reasonable lama. Al Avork warrantel Shop in Chandlce-ssaiJalitiw a u r o di Ntorntoat, Pa. 1% 7 31. W. - SMIM:ISr, CO.. 11l AND cum!: N (IFACTIMERS.—ipot ~r main ntreet. Montroic r i t a. ••• sag tf ' C: O. FOItDRAM, •-• If A I:FACTI - Ittlt of 1100 TS, 4- SADES. Xontiost; Mt Pa. Shop over Tyler, More. MI kinds. of *ork .r.aole to order. and repairini , clone neatly. Je4 ABEL TURRET L, I ) - r ‘ tz t ilT I G i l u nsM. li gn ici tat in. tr . 1M • Gla,s, Groceries, Fancy Goode, deis!)rv.Perfb ,;.•rc, &c,—Agent for all the most popular r_tvgyit .1 - 1;1 , 1( INES,—Moarrose, Pa., aag ti I'RQF. CILIBLES 310RitIS; - . P .- 13 tItRT:E and IlairOresoer: Mootrase, 'Psi. Simi, in I,, , rneut of Semr!..on lintel. 11.1.VDEN 111:0TIIEILS WHOLESALE till:Rs .• i:ravrxo2ve* -- -ssn2- FANCY GOODS wm. mArD.Em. • • • .;. , f IS HAYDEN. Tit 14 'T /1.11 - DEN. - • _YEW .11/LF0:11. P 4 "LoRGE I.LAITEN% - : • ;, P. E . BRU.Sfi,:,M. )1, '; !-/ VI N . 4 .; NOSC LOCATED PELIAIANENTLT, AT, iii v nrt.,T,l to the iutfes of h 1 tircfep4l4rcllnptlr: (Met at Latitiop!;to 411944. _ ' , 3,4llX l l l 3Ettilett , • NEW 'MILFORD; A TIIE PLACE To BUN ‘1701,R H IRNESSES-1 - ' • CHEAP AND GET TIE WORTH -OE-YOUR , tiONEY: I I\SITANCE stOIPANY; • OS wovv-."se - corlur... r ASH CAPLIAL, ONE MILL-lON 1101ARS. AFSETTBIat July 1860, - 11,881,11i7. Limon:TEL " " Aar N! Stlith.l443ey. eba,J. Martin, _ :”.101 McGee. , - oet "• A, F.l.Vl4ttaithy Nitia i ogual. and renewed, by thflin • gi big one duur above deaden lintel, idgatirpne.l7, ISILtINGSiintOI7II4 - tvent. _ . , ME . S' it. *CI "if iz! " ' , 1T As. in.t reheiced a large stock of new Owe,. ter 1 I I ) , ,, Icing. Parlor, Office and Shopparposett,fihr Woad' .1 with Store Ptita,Ztoc..k.c. - • '1 ...,,,,,,..t. , orunettt b admit aatildeoirabliastoS will l Aarold .0114 - • . , tat-arable .terma for`VasA, di to gm •,, Salt ord, Oct. Ztb„ lilt& • .- , ..•-_, • i . . • • • . . Dui . dentin: Caffeeiin • 4 111, kLTIIY beverage, Pniti'potiDdigeldllollo*lllin ”..0.,..2x - toudt as two p ound! orotherMalrot • MEDICAL haat r tire Allupathicau wzz MMeellogel ' M_ ~. would return his sincere thanks to the pool* Wel, ,t 1 and ricluity,for the ~verg liberal patronage .4itith • t , wwhave favored him. and he hopes ,by a eit , • L. 'bush:Leis to merit a liberal' share at the ImhUS, ' , Great Band. Januar,: thdalik.,,, • TAKE-NOTICE!:. . . . . 1i i , ( ' /Leah. Paid Sar . 21114 t ?Ott+. Fux.i. Mink,,,istiskrat; and . -an c il l iM •- A good it,.oiirttnont of Ustlker and . toots to ' •-•- , -outauLly ma hand, Offlec ' ,Tskaudry ' & StoP*l .f • • li t• •'• ',... Fed.. Gth. ' .4 P. it L. V. If.ETIP-8. R.orosene, Camphene .• 7 t 1 , . h. Lund In an , lntrlkct • N,IL We Join- Owselv'es to ,no Party that Does not Carry the *Flag and Keep 'S THE STOLEN BRIDE : - Mad . Megie -Revelation: • ESZtEM cuarnite tit, • Bring towers, bring Bowers for the bride to wear • They were born to blush In bet shining bale. • Mrs. 14:mani . The winter passed, ongoltlen_wings ;to , the l- bettothedi' pair. , Bryant • inialecfre quent business excursions, but never ab seined himself from his lady-loiie more ! than twenty-four hoUrs, and when! he rt..- turned, it was inexpressibly sweet to have Miriam.bound to_meet him, her face All aglow with sinilea and blushes, her bright , curls 'floating froiu her gay little Then,. like Rochester, he would boastftil ly ask if this was. the tantalizing etquette, and would be silenced by finding her diM pled hand pressed hard against his ps.-h- If he c/nuice - d to visit 'a large village, he . would, bring her some' tasteful gift. The , first finger or her left - hand glittered with an engagement ring ; she wore a gold necklace he had presented her, and in the closet oilier • room hung &mei r -of Ids Choosing, which would not have 'shamed I the wardrobe of Elinet Churchill. :Spring melted the snow and ice from fielif; wood and river, and, hryant eagerly watched ti everyswelling bud, every, teuder young leaf, every violet that opened on the green bank's, for these were tokens 'that Juns wa4 not far distant. Meanwhile the prep arations for their marriage went briskly on,.and such Whirling of wheels, clamor of =looms, such bleaching,l such Penelope like 'pieces of patch-work,tich marvidi of quilting. he had never fore seen. 'Minim was bus; as - a bee,and "all was' merry am -marriage,bell." . . • The bridegroom's mother ,had arrived; and two of his slaters, with their husbands,i, and had taken lodgings at the village inn.! They hadleen somewhat disappointed at!,, Jasper's Proketed marriage, • but when; 'they saw Miriam, they were as muchi l charmed-as he, and took her into their hearts at once. - ' list led ,1 Three days previous •te the , mtvsLoect wedding, Miriam stood in her room * , ar raved in her bridal 'Costume. The i•ohe 'haf been her lover's gift,- but his sisters' I taste bad selected it. Twas an India 1 muslin, sprigged with silver leaves, land looped up at the. sides,-, revealing .a rich skirt of pink silk; a sash of broad ribbon encircled her waist, and falls of lace ;she dell the Tound 'arms, and white shoulders. Her veil areal lace, a present from - Bryant, floated in cloud-like drapery about her, -and she wore pearl orna ments. 1. L ILEAD she - had been admired enough to have turned,one. head,_ who Wail theie,. and who, was to be first bridesmaid, said Now Jasper ought to see you." "1, - eih,yea," rid gisters, go and Show yourself!" _ • i • Flushed 'and 'smiling, Miriam, glided into.thc kitchen, and not finding him, Moved on, and out at the back-dOor,— The path was,. overgrown ; with, roalloWs and plantain's, but she daintily gathered up her skirt,, and tiptoed ,along tibe. reached the Welk Crouched ourthe curb; she saw'kwoinan, with' a haggard face; audlarge,,dark eyes: " Who are,lou?" she . 'demanded, , Miriam approached her. t"..A.lllypu must he 'the bride.elect cifJasiter Bryant !Speak girl, are von married ?' No, 4 faltered Miriam: • " Then •.1 am not too. late Bryant has Wife l", !. - "His wife?' rtutiossible! • Jiuper - routti not be So ertiel, so wicked"' - And the girl trembled. firm - head - to' foot. • . "Though young in ,years 'he hi old in sin I can prove What Isay." - " How ?" • 1 onr marriage. certificate ! I lark . : Miriam - Groveto-night' at 'nine o'clock, comehere - agaiii !` Till then say nothing of what-I have told. you, even to your mother! Go in now, and be as self-dosses 54.11 as you ..can, but don't Gail to stand by this well'at the -hour I have set.'7 • • • . 'Wit!! these words the stranger shrank' away;arid Miriam' tottered • toward_ the; farm-liouse. At lensith the,wptuan, had irtade this shocking revelation turoad' and 'added : _ . " yo.p teen - arthe'"altar i '1 • Woiiht have elainiedlitu.;-4beassured nfthatl'? For,an instant Miriattee - lbrala Whirled; but,pride and indignation,cmineloAcr,aid, and be regainedt,ia,- . degree, . the niasieryo,Thei:tieryeg: . I . l7.beii she re-en tered her' re'eti,: they all asked . ; 'in a , - breath :' . "WWI 'Whai. did Jasper say_: "I,didnlt find him.' • • '"And . Ynn wire'Otzed at. his absence nn - such and °wagon," sildtlinor, .With keen gate ; " and hare lieet?..:poiding, hay: en% you ? ' ' , . '"What makes : You think sad` Do I bolt. any different ?" " Yes, there's* cloud on your brow•and your lips ark q'amPrenned," , "fsaw. a 'woman when I was out, who frightened " Was it Crazy Meg?" "No a stranger." "Where was .she . "Rd sat" an the , Well-cult', with the down .o n-'the sad -was t-Oashin g . the water over her lor4ielmir .and 'the girl shuddered at the inentoryorthe snipe through Which shis,:had just passea. Don't think of ji ebild,'! onalahned Urs. Bryant, "she ,natinothersityou.” this junetut*Mr&GoseintiteknaltV Filivaorrelated tie4ol.l,ofiliniani'ir frig' lit.; • " Where is Mr Bryant? Perlukterl6 sew soothe bee - - - • ' -$ !.-." Hi' rode Oofingoithe'aillati.Wirtalt!- nerafteafe, • YOr hrtithee .--. For the - first timeMitinta fel - t:a•tAie* . it the thought ` ; Other - ehience; Irk shencedditot 'bear to ilieet his - eye yet': lars. Bryant and her daughters soon 7040 beet' to the inn; nadVinor tookher leVhalt !hey had all gone; she told her mother die was . Orefi l and had Pleh . ead- Aelie, and would -lie flovn. : .14eeliillg the Aoor, she flung . herself on the bed, .and buried her face in the pillows, while wild, tuniultuout thought., thr onged her brain. . . ) • • . _ . -... .. m " 1 r" . .: . - ji '..2. -',-... ••- I . • I-' .: i': '417. - 1 7 ::- • ~.., . ..... . . - . „ 1 . . - . , s.,l'- ,. . '. - • .3„:,- - , . • . . , . ... . ... . • - 11.-..-,A._..... T. - ~ ~:..: , , _.....,..,,.. ...._,........:., ..„.. .. ......,.., .•,, ~7,. „ ..... ~,,. ~ . . ... ... iii,J.„ ..., , • . . ; . ._., i!IIIIMIII=1131111191MSI fly MRS. . . . Jaiper bad related the iueidenis of Crazy - 1 golf cord and taissels ; • cushions of crimson Meg's visit to the Churchill mansion,. on . i yelvet,.and luxurious chairs were group the night when he was 'obliged to seek a ' ed here and there; vases of malachite and iheitef there, and the mad woman had ,Jasper, crowned with 'flowers, decorated warned her twice Same the day she dined 'Alit! (Malin oaketiMaatel ; a work box, in .with, the 'neighbors, :.Pitt as the' family , laid with mother of pearl and with curious comported themselves with decoruM, she ' ivory fixtures, stood-on one Chinese ta and Mrs. Gore, too, had-clime to the con-, • ble, and a salver, pitcher and goblet of elusion they werdebrionsTancies. Even silver on the other, Pictures looked dOwn her inset had conquered his dislike of Sid- from the - walls; books . were scattered about, -and two statuettes held in their r uey, and invited him to stand groomsman .at his wedding, and Miriam never dream- Marble hands lanips_ef sculptured alabas cd the Churchills had anything to do with ter. - Through an open door -yon might i her present wretchedness. ' Hoor after have caught glimpses of. a -Preach : bed, ' hour drazgbd by, arid Jasper had not canopied with amber silk, a polished ward ;-- Otne. Where, where could he be ?. Had robe, and-a toilet stand laden' with dress he got, an inkling of the visit ofhiswionged , Mg eases, jewel caskets, and other Para-, with, and tied? She-could not 'help think. ! phernalia. for a lady's . use. ing he had, and almost wild with grief; i "Do the rooms suit you ?" asked Mrs. she - waited for the eta& to 'strike nine. - Brandon, as Churchill placed his burden. It struck at last, and she rose, cautiously on the. b 6 d. • descended the stair-case, and'epebed the` . •-lierfeetly 7 —pray, am. I indebted to might leave t he h ouse your taste, or Cainille's ?" front door, that she unobserved. She Ivan not long in reach- "To mine—Camille .would , do nett ing the well-I—there stood the wee-begone stranger she bad inet in the afternoon. It was dark, and storm-clouds were gather ' • lug hi the sky, but= the woman said • hoaraely- r -. . - , .e . , 1 " Come to seine place; where we shall ' not be seen; anal will.lhow you thep - roof of -- ~rri: my marriage." In silence Miriam led the way to the carriage -house, and when the heavy door had closed upon them, the woman d re w a War taper front the folds oilier robe, and struck a light. " See!" she hissed, ha . nding the girl a roll of papers.. Like onem a, lioriid dream, Miriam read what seemed to be indubitable' proofof ',the marriage .4" Jasper Bryant, fue-tra ' der, to. Agathe' Clairon, T - rseedieune." For an instant she'was diimb with agony, but. at, length she summoned strength to articulate— " Enough—l am satisfied." " And what will you do ?" " oh; -my God! I cannot tell r "The whole neighborhood will be astir—can you bear the •Prying eves, the sting of serPent tongues, the laugh. 4 scorn ?" • " no, nor . - "Then Ay! I will let your mother kno* all, and when the nine days' won der has subsided, you can come Nok!. I pity you-4—the wronged, the. deserted, will help you. Take my shawl and bonnet, and Hee!" The maiden heSitated a few mothents, and then allowed the stranger to wrap her shawl about !lei., and leid her frodi the carriage -house. She east a lone, yearning glance-it the. old dwelling Fhe was taavingvand iotritelt , inte across mad, Tait thr' - _ . according fo!.he'voutatiadirections. ' On; 1 m the.cave at the un, on she pressed; as if a legion of fiends i Monadnock. Fly—fly !" - - were pursuing her--on, on, _on; she had i' Again young Churchill swore roundly, gonebuka short distance, however, w h en for it tear no ; pleasant thing to leave.'Mi a horseman came galloping- ; along -the ' awn now; but his father'S command was narrow path, and the light of a. dark Inn. imperative, and - he was forced to obey. tern flasheitfull in her face.: • , , - I Ile moved into the room where he had Miriam, beautiful Miriam," exclainied left the stolen bride, and -after giving t a deep, and not unmusical voice, " you are few directions with regard to her, mount flying frOni one lover, but have you not ed a fresh horse and rode off. As he ..- -.. another, who worships you?" -Atid Sid-. pep Churchill sprung from thesaddle, iind Clasped. her in,his arms. What —what, does this mean ?"_ gav e Miriam _ - "Jove!. • I will tell you. If you imag ined twould staudidly by, and see Jasper Bryant r,arry off the only woman I ever lO4d, you arq quite mistaken:. I planned. elittle ruse to get posseesion of you, s eet Miriam !" "A rufei—Then that womatl was an im poster, uurthe certificate a forgery r Just, so, my dear; 'Elinor's waking- Mph:Faded ,the part of Jasper's 'wife! lured- him away, and Managed : to 'over tarn the carriage and fling „him, .to the ground: ilis'head fell upon ,a stout, and lie: W 43 taken uP—dead • "Dead . • . _ It Would belinpossible to portray the liorro'r, the despair, which, this word con v.eYed. Pale, rigid, tearless, , she : . looked into Churchill's,mtulting „eyes, and. sank . , unconscious by:, tlie Toadslde..- The young man lifted lier.to the saddle, and mounting, hiesteed, dashed otTat,:afurioua,rate. • In the 'meantime .the clouds', gathered blackness, _the thunder 'Muttered,, the foriCed ligifininggleanied, the 'rani began• to pour,, and winds to "shriek `alttiman as rthej , -I.lad some.human woe. .But'Sidney din fain . , stillyptle On worth tb rough woods . Where the great' trees tnet_Overhead, like grand; 1.tai1ii.....-ar6es aver' .broad rem:bes ot', ine.adowaland,— Where rank grass and mOtitlenillieii,WaVed miss:nide bridg es; round •WhOse.rOugh piers ..the waters . dash ed•like the ..paastou-w,ares of a heart, and nitire. ; :thaa' oneia . his spfrited;Se lire leaped eliaatila,':With. dark torrent roar ing beneath. The ;tempeiii, had tpeut:its` fury', and wins, breaking , jar okrid feas isplendor t Whin 'he ; reached: a,,10w, iffeather=beitert - cottage hi the dekhs.efit• Wood. A wreath of, suniike • yea: curling from the:SerhiOtrie , y . ,:imdtisliort,'thiek set man, , m • cowl cearse, tvoriurig4tey . 6oXtunie„, stood on the throsheht - , " yet'sie coMe!ttt - : btst he ex-. is a 00r - fmie. "I)eu Yetrike ttetcptiti'inerbeil been Ce '! I've , ing for Y" . 0 1-1 4 1 4-"' . - • —.•. "F,covlde't gethere thy eetiher--'twaa a confou nded hitiljoh.tkittiduct: die girl, Shelivooned tokiher plant way dead,'and for a while hey,l therig4 she „was gone; but r heitiiflow. :la, every tiiingin readiness r.'" "Vei - ; het by. Jove! she "'don't' lo6k mach like the bright-e W little "Ala thr face owthe . • _ % d ata" s tentr, 'at d ?ale pillovv©d on Olin brisit t;ytAliiitbY7l Abe's tle sensible to b4alther kesrtfor ins4ficYr= , *eV 1 • °As he eitake; .the - ~y 49- apa—kaped frlinzids"4o,rigtandlKTP,Vriam- - It 4 tiler _ c° 44, R. 4,Arkuristatobtx9morpho - finut PRiTanniT;weilkoraingtipMeforw4rd tina the way, into : ~adjoining -ro9ris, Tlie:splendor of this ap#4ayent contrast vivilly wio the . rest olf tt e totne. Afuil‘y erpet, . t fuselpt,ts and their green lealrqs,woved tn.a. snow white ground, muttied the floor, curt,ains of rilk dama.k and 41 - e4eateilam shrouded the indo‘%,, and mere looped back ith MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, r 1.861. . , ju g ." t' called Brandon from the kitchen, I want to apeak with you." The-next moment Sidney had joined hint. "Hark ye night." • ." What! M 4 lathe. ant. er's face blAnced,,as he added= any trouble ?" • • , "Yes, the deuce is, to pay (Ahem on the track—handbills out in every village and hamlet—a great rewarti offered for the detection of him, or. his accomplices!" A volley _of oaths brokefrom the young villain, and Brandon continued— " He's managed them. so far. By • the I powers! I didn't know him-when I Snit saw him, for Lc wits disguised as a negia.7' " Ile brought no spoils, ofcourse ?" "Only what he could tie up in a bundle, and these he left with me." " Let me see therm", "I've put them down cellar chest and 1 a 11 .,, s Churchill touched a pannel with ilia boot, and it revolved slowly, disclosing a rude staircase. Ho descended, lamp in hankand opening the chest, looked in. Carelessly flung over on a heap•of•goods, I lay a piece of rich•purple velvet, a dress pattern of_brocade,- many.a yard of' rare loco, and a box of jewelry. - With-a grim • smile, he locked the chest, and retained • to the kitchen. "-Considerable value fur a pber negro . to carry round," he sail. • " Yes ; but yoti've no . time to lose! You muht not stay with your pretty Miriaui as huur. Your father told mile to tend' you oil as soon as you cause.".. j . Where is her . ".1, ,hr peared from tie mansion, and -were I dished along the woodpgh, a girl, with a darkly-beautiful face but deformeii • figure, 1 nevef again Seen:lir-the ieighborhood. crept .fyoM the back door of the - little cot- Meg testifiedld the trial, and her-testi ; tage and stood gazing atter him, mony revealed the fact that • her' maiden . "Ride on, Sidney Churchill," she mut- name .was Marguerite te . Ferre, eke be tered—"ride while you may! Th u I ing -the 0111 y -child of a. French hour will conic when pin will be locked Allen Churchill had met her. while 'on a iu a prison-cell!" • visit to New-Orleacts,-and married - her -in When lie had disappeare%she crept i the expectation of inheriting an inunelnm to time cottage and entered . the room ortnne. Wheß heavy losses swept - away farthineie managed:to procure a' where Miriam was a captive. • Time wo- every .• . man W :IS chafing her hands, but Camille :4437= I "Let :ue du it. I will Ida, with her while you get the breakfast:' Dame Brandon ;therefore resigned - her post, .anordid not go-in again for an hour: When she. didi Miriam was conscioas, and lOokng up,. she eitclaimed--. • - -.Your, daughter has. told- me where am ----I know I am in a house belonging to Sidney Churohill, a man I-despise! • AA ! if you have a woman7aheart, release me— send. me back to poor; poor. mother! _ I am her onlv child, and she is a- ~widow —think, think how she must feel ! Pity her and Joe !" And she clasped. her dim, pled hands Jo. an agony elsiiplieation, dare not let you go !" replied the gaoler—" would 'be angry enough. to kill one P' : • . Gan nothing=nothing move you ;a" The woman shook her bead and retired; huk bade Camille call her if'She Was need ed. Miriam closed her eyes to shut out the hateful: splendor of the turnitizre, and a feeling tofutter desolation 'Swept over, Ater. Thenlier sick heart turned to GOd I the pions , teachings_eflier; indther, Which bad hitherte been all 5 unheeded bit: the thonglitless..yipling.beality;- cameliome ro her bruised 9iiit like.batm, and she pray— ed Tor- forgiveness,-tor help. ' 4. .l:wilt-pa : my trust in tirod,''shesaid to -terself and - 1 irga the.timrs.dried on herebeek, and her= l lace grew calm= and'-serene. • -•;,- • " Two days later •Camille, the hunch- LaelG stood on the .threshoht ofthe cot tage:, gazingehiwninto-,-the 1e0_91,: dim yis tas of the . forest:, tangled invis ofinnrn ing glories' aispeil the low door-niny, and formed a picturel4de fraesti:wark 'for" the ni.idel but xli viatch- picture the yopoggirl L le-, - sewas too inuchlabsorbesi in thought: to = notice the tall, gaunt figure creeping from the sh'adOws in thi,rear of the katuse, 9r the dirk, mournful-eyes which "watched her. It was very'rearly, and no'biody Vet hex self wasiestir. SO - sho'44l 41tunewbat startled when An unfamiliar voice seid‘ , -- You 'are ought tq feel for the sorrows of those as, young and . lorely'es you'!" aniishe 'wheat otif readers Ilse - knoivn Its (5107 Meg, poi:sod-6y mille's side. !AYee:ealkatebeautiful, ekr rejetneil the iirl.L-"leok:ai Ate—look sp in -I'm akiuteh-baelt!" Andlthe 'oat that ilittir'lVOrd like A' ,burning ' airo*cl and . tamed found; reveirtirk her tif.A.Tity; _ , "If it had not been fgr fig ure, Sidney ChnrAill wmald Imre-been:as madly in !aye with . 11:03 as.heia Witt , riap Govt.." 'SidneY Churchill!" eilioed Meg—"h4t - . he 'been the bane Qf yqur life, girl?" Yes ; he trifled with my heartmaede love to me, when lie had no thought of ma rrl ltnneli•haelt !" tither uu Iv t. ca,t- it' a •ith: —the old netti,s been here to t speak ." Itt'there noe. of Moan p •to the Music of the , Whole Union. .. • as an idle to . ' They ire 'tt .'false 'race: Biography of Senator Douglas.. . . ' von and I ba r e it, bond of sympathy." • ntinued : h rom thiNeW Amerieast eyclopcediii.: - i They elaspedibands, and Me 40' "Come with Me--4 must talk with ~,,,, r Stephen Arneld thouglas wai born, at i. Camille ac l eompaitied her :it short dis- Brando;Rnd county VtApril 23, . tance, and thiiy - concealed themselves in 1813. MO . :titter was a ' native of the the shadow o greatrock. 4 F+ 4 ; :dewState York, and a physician of : A a.• . • "Are you Hollis Brandon's daughter ?,, considerable reputation. He died.sudden- ' " - "ked Meg, as Soon as they were out of. / I' et. apoplexy when his ion Stephen A - 1 , sight. • 1 i . nold was but little more than two months "Noony tiMther was a - widow when old The widow with her : Infant :rad a she married him—we are French!, and my daughter only eighteen Months old, inherited ,edto it farm which she had inherited con : , real name is Camille DelaYan.". - " How long have you been' here jointly. with . a !harried brother. At the, - • " Not more than two months." age .of fifteen her son, who had feceiv- Have you l ieelt . anything , t , twoeions in ed • a good common_ school education the movements of your stepfather?" . , desired to prepare for college ; but his _ I I y e . 11 g . H - family proving unable to bear the requi _, What ?‘ Has Sidney Churchill's filth: site expenses, he left the farm, determin er been at the eottager . ed to earn -his own living , . and engaged . : - "Yea,. vivo,or three times; but I never himself as apprentice to the trade of eabi- knew tillt last night, When I was eves-drop- , net making- at which he worked a, year - _ping, that he, his son, and inY father were and a halt; partly at Middlebury and Ort - , . . .!ly at Brandon, I'vhen his health , became so' smugglers !" :-:, "Smugglers !" exclaimed Meg; can ! impaired with the severity of the lakors , that he abandoned. the oecupathat alto.: you- prove-it r . • • : . linleed I eau. While they slept, I , gl l r r ,' • ,- opened the trap-door, and deeendeditito a ' '''' has often, s ' eee, '"• sala that the - hap. - part piest days of his life were passed in the. part of the 'rellar'l had never bt;fore been workshop. Ile now : entered the Aerate permitted to visit. 1 had provided Myself I at. Brandon as a student, amid remain with the keys; and in a great chest I found 1 'eY ed . there three years. • His :neither, about deal of al :lotIC- , .. and ao- ot eostli c._ cts.of jewels.' -- • : " - And where are the Churchills now ?" "penned in a cave at base of Mount Monadnock-They dare not Stir from there because they fear 'the officers who are scouring the country.. iletr t ;:iy them, and I will see that my father and mother are spared.". "I will !" was the firm reply.' ," One thing mort- , ---.Sidney Churchill - has left his stolen bride in our pare.• She believes her lover dead—is -it truer?" 'No. lie was lured from Miriam 's home; thrown to the ground and stunned by the but he still lives to minim the logi of Miriam. Heine coine le the con usic4 that she - eloped with Churchill,. .and I began to think so too, but • if God spares any life, the mystery shall be un ravelled r With these words she darted away, and Camille went back to the Cottage.--, Megwas sane, mid when-She entered the Sheri% office, hogreeted her with respect ful deference. Her revelation put the authorities on the right-track, and Church ill and his son' were cowering in the cave wheri . an emissary brought them tidings that their pursuers were :near. :They rushed from their den, mounted their ling all horses,and tied. On, on, on they rode throuh the midnight shadows, their pur inert; torches flashing amid the darkness, their shouts_ echoing loud .and micas were leaped, streams forded, and, many dangers met, but - to no purpose.--L The officers gained • on them every mo ment, and at last—at - la - it they Were -forc ed to surrender. Bramlon turned State's evidence, and thus secured his own safety; but Allen Churchill and • his son •were doomed to ten-years' hard lobar in prison. The day that. they were borne into 'town under- a-strouggnard,. the faniilY disati- divorce, and _wooed and woti Caroline Lane, a New-York - heiress;whose- for tune he, had . squandered", iu riotous living. His conduct drove, Mar , guerite mad,and, made her,after her &thers ! death,. a vagabond in the World. She had followed Churchill North,.and gained the clue Which led to his arrest. But she did not long survive the trial, and when!. she died Jaapei Bryant raised a stone to the memory, of Crazy Xeg.. , She had reveal ed to him - What Camille had told .her of Miriam's . capture and he had hastened . _ .With alnifisk i the speed of wings,, to • the' cottage where she was concealed. Their meeting no language of mine can'pertray, but he bore,- back his beautiful . betrothed in triumph : The wedding„ was solem nized. soon afterward, and Jasper Bryant and his, fair wife often told, their children the storyof the "..Stolen ride andl Mad 31eg.'s Rixelation." , - .! • Ur A probable truthful story . of one of Ben Butler's shrewd profissionafreaks is told ,by a young- faCtory girl,,,forinerly empleved, in one- °film LoWell Mills. 1 -She - had b.CCTI - disekiargid, "and the .corpoiatiOn refusing to pay.her,--te- sought :legal'- dress and retained . :Butler for her counsel: He. listened to her casa s . with mach,interest, and:afterwards ainsiilted thi representative of thacorpoialiOn;wbo: refusod- to-pay lOr vagetk- - -- iluttoy then issued a writ, attiehed ihe ninin water_ wheelof the estibliihnient. and by bringing.the,..wholle nunifietery , tu_a stop, the' corporation rather al lee their mills ,to remain-idle _:ind awiit the law's delay, paid the girt -hei•= wage*, and resumed operationi. A l'Ar Crnirtrrirs Iny . 'one:" ' treek. late?' the' celebrated py. Thnnilet.ginA, wps, sible to lay befoie the . trnblio the folloning borisilde pertitivite;, lie *as ' 1,0 ovfrrmv With eustonfeen that ' be 'l4 enilif6f ttitienty issidirnti,to ,104.10x.404 ten to till tlienioeiethi etinntet • Aocteir, T 'l)o 7s " veare AI L. next 'Citoliii:'`ltof:iiinelirzfolg:` p*t havO !KT iilifin.lai.4oolle-10,* ee l & Nihin . 1 - 130,404 V the' Oca, ind toni 1 4 1 0:0 1 0")/ Pt"; aitinow An4iiiiilrmittis sit hoar, void throw nineteen . 409Ve 'Par- 84i*Itbout sOvpitig, . . . 1v:14306,nm A1;7144,0, 7 -41. eroprintoi. of a ,00tton-triil), - who is something .of a philopply3r, posted up 99 thtikOtilrfgAte the foilowieg notice "No 'cigars or goOd; looking 111C11 adtaitted." When for an explanation, he Baiii, "Pll telt - you --the one will 'net, a flame agoing. among my cotton. and t 7 other among the several cask- this time was married to Mr. Granger of Ontario county, N. Y. 1 0 ,- ;whose son her daughter had been married. Youngll Douglas removed with his mother to Ca naudagua and enterell 'as a student the, ; academy of that place in which ho eolith! : :twit till 1833. studied law iwthe'ollice l'of the Messia .llnbbell, at the same time 1 that he pursued his academical course,: 1 having finally adopted that as his profes- ; slob. I!! the Spring 0f , 1833, he went 4o the West id search- of an eligible location' in ; which-to.establish himself as a lawyer.— At Cleveland he was detained the_ wbole sun - inter by severe - Macs - a after his recove iv from which, he went to Cincinnati, St- ' Louis, and Jacsonville', 111.., At Jackson 7 ville; he found - his funds -reduced tc? - 371 cents, and accordingly walked to Win rehester, arattle town sixteen' miles dim -I.tint, where he hoped to get employment as-3 teacher. He found there a' large croWd assembled to attend the auction sale of a deceased trader. The avetiim-, eer'wati without a clerk to keep the ne count of the sale, and perceiving that Mr. Douglas, who stood among the spectators, 1 looked like a man who could write and 1 keep accounts, requested him to serve in the 'capacity., 3fr. Douglas consented, and acted as clerk during the three day's of sale; receivin& for his services fa. With this taptal in hand he promptly rirned a school,and obtained,forte pupils ti whom lie three • monis at SS a quarter, demoting his leisure to the 864 of Sonic kW books which be•had borrow ed. in Jacksonville, and - Oo ..trurday after : notinsin'actising iu petty ekies before the Justice of Peace of the" town. •In March, .1834, he opened an ofpee and tiefan'practice in the higher. Courts, for Which after. examination; be had .ob tabled lir fr.( 'the Judges of the Sit. tattled memo/ tronft e u. 4 00;X the preme Court. He was remarkably see, cessfid at the bar, as may be infeired froni the fact that.ilthin-a year from LIS ad mission, while niit yet. twenty-two years of age, he was elected bi,the • Legiilatark Attorney-General •of the State. : This office he resigned in Decerabor, 1835, consequenee of haring beep elected: to the . Legislature by the Deniociats of. Nor, gan - couuty. He took - his sent:, in the tter :House of Ilepteieutatives, the ' ; YOunge4 member of that"boily. In 1837- he'' was. appointed by President Van Haven Regis ter of the Land-Office at Springfield, a post' which he 'resigned in 18:16. • In November, 1837, , Mr. DouglaS - re- : ceived the ' Democratic nomination !Or . Congress', although he was tinder tiventy:: , five years of age, and consequently gible. lie, however, attained the retell site -age before-the day of election,: which was he first Monday in Auguit, His_Congielikinnal dietriot wits then' the lie •Q , " St' mast popiiktid one-in the _nitett Stateit,. ; - ._....„...ttedi ai__ ttion wltielrlie and the canvass was ConducTed with ei..., subsequently ' defended the - r Ktinsat:lk.te" traordinary zeal 'and energy. UP „;, : tt.ail braska• bill, -. hi' these- words :-.- reat fon"The's.,c, :. of 36,000 votes were`cast,-and the -W measures tire predicated •ore tbe ghig•' dint:vial:l. principle that et cry . 'pei44 . 9 . candidatd_Was declired•to - be*leeted by - a i ~6light to possess the right of frattung and. majority of fiVe-onlr. A intiribr of ' ball -testilt regulatingtheir owoittternal concents and eta sufficien.t fe have changed. tlat Were rejected by the canvassers, bemuse_ domestic institutions' in their - own. W 4-, , ~ * These things are all confided by ih . ti the name of Div. Douglas was incorrectly spelled. AfterthiS - ddeat, Which under . Const itntioti to each. State to decide Rif the circumstances: was claimed liy his itself, and' I know orno 'reason why the: same principle should not bvextended - 14- friends as a vktory, 'Mr.•' - Douglas • devo ted-hitnseltezelnaively to his ;profession ! thC Territories:" . . .. until 1840, when hp entered into the • fit- ; ..31i.. Douglas was an inism•Cessfid ondi, diCtut presidetitial•oaMpatgit-bf that year date betitre the Detimeratic National,con- , with• so much-'ardor - that •he .traversed . tuition at Baltimore in te:,2,-for. thp pow• the. State in all directiornic••for seven ination fur the Presidency:; • 01144 30th• Monthi, and' •_addressOd 'more than tvio.i ballot he received -92. votes, She-Wim himdlred political— It; his ( lc' number giv_ett to au}• mu:didnt(' r ootib4l4 . enjoin; was :'itiori id the , adherence.' of b„iib t, •„ ut „f, t wo or ; 288: ,. . t 9VI - . - ..- ,r, i.-, Illinois at that election to' the Denvieraticl . . : At the Congrftsidial.session - ,dlB/3-4 party; :••• •••• • , ;•.-- It •‘ he •reported from , the Iteintinttee • r. , • 43yp' -. in Deceinliet 1840, Mr. Douglas Was.' •• • • , , , .. . .... • ! ritortes the celebrated bill to Organtio t/to• . _ . . . apliointeditkeretary of the ;kat; of, Illi-'i ' elected iTerritoriek ofKa qua aa, l' poem dat uliff4l trim. In February, I 841, he Wit9' bYtbe Legialature, - a-JUdge 'of ibe sti:ff ri.ctuall Y rey ' l'auti(mizect t *ll k iea r P 4014 in the Cnited•N(ates,. Awl i ; tl;e it.. preine Court, which - offic hO" teisigued -in 1842,t0 accept the Democratic nondirati s on i ~s in i eh ‘ l iu , !) , °n which the, Pf illocratie '• "lii Re paytlea became arsaycd lgqini4 - f6i• Ccingresa, .whichlwis urged-upon him)\ 1 7,5 1 -e7 ;, - 01 _ - k '4 A • • -ra The passagP of I ta against Viiihes; on the grotm ,\,causid kreaftixeitelnent in the ~ * ree_Sititta that he wait the only Denmerat . whaeould \ of theitTnion, and 4. Douglas, be:elected.:.'After . a spirited canvass Mr. I as ite;gq. 1014, Nos_widClo'iind. vehlimeatlY DonOas.wasehosen by upwards maiority. Ife.Was reeleited in pl a ces wa s hean4nritrp: triajorityOf tgbo, and ag_ain in 1840 'by veres. tum i d ,61.f tin.rpvisioz i .repcgimil 'nearly 3000 majority: did not,'hoik 1. - ets<ot s ,,,„ the., * Missouri Coinpromise, which M. evea tilkdb.,/t**4' the lionglas'' maintained .to . . bc tuonsistegt,., "7"Z n f• with the principle ;if tionAgicrlentiot4by.. " yea * r B p ena tm ul ni .Q Ara fj. :ch United, 41017:' , ' ve v eimi 2 meis : with e in' !,hq !t444,41/4., In thP-11Quse of_ terWin/ 46 M .41 OA ; tIl Danes!!! prominent 4 0 ,1 Jr l.- t h e 9os9,ll,..piorpro.3riy, with Great Eiritainoituttain4 th 415.. our tklsi to the ivhcie494 . .ThlgnaP}o %Lb, deC 40 min. was "_,eljgratit) unquestionable. regulate their domestic institutionsin their He deohiCed th'sii4-ite npvet would, nOw - ! PL: 6 l"h ere°L .PeFt - Polli Stec' to: fox:Man d or hereafter, yield ttp otte inch- of Oregoo, 410' ttt Witakltritku' Ar.tigyAiter r (inv. , °lto,. *Ns', subject only !o the COnstitutiou (16 , i ty of (pinion may exist in regard to the enment!!! ~ 11* oPii***J*ll• cho .polioy• „iat a ‘ t at unit " / St s tel; Wirtt . r•Yt•r diervi givinic !Witte to, : waiirise , the Joint fx4reAtaitss Of this principle and the pro, .cupatton ; of ,oiststashing It Territorial . p'riety of its application to the 'territories:: Government, Over Oregon, • protected by • it must be :ohm I I le neJ I tte.. that ._..r. ___as.asitie, . 3 tiufftel'ent niilitary force ; and of putting the country at once ill :i bttAte of pro:, pro - % cd'f,lithfill to it ittifier;3ll cii,i•ttitint4- (Sri: Fitt tiln l'ilti:.l i ratinfLt-n that if xi ar .thotilii It:StIll trust I ' - . ; =EMI= ; NO'. 25. JOB PRINTING of,ALL bwit: Al LIE CiVFICE OF ?HL 7::) 331 M C. - JPII. 111. Ir., NEATLY AN.D.YROMPTLX, A.N 14 AT:" LI V E .4 1.6 E" PRICES.. „,,' . • _ ~ • , . • ;Ljtii office o f 1.114.! .11(introse, Iremoirst bsi•onie - eitly been supplfid It fare new sad choke ffasic of type; etc., antl we are. now prepared to print pemplaciii decalitre, etc., etc., lII' the beat,style, ua ebottzetice. • Handbills, Postcrn;.• Prow:annul; anal cl.brr kinds of murk to We , line, done secordineto order Business, Wedding,• and Bill CAIWS Tickets, etc., printed with art tzeo and dempstcb. 'Justices' :aid et)fistalles',l3lanks, Notes And all otlwr-Illanko. onrhand, or printed . to ord.r Pe' Job oork and Etanka, to by Odd for unbent ery ' theassertion of oar just lights, we- :night - drive " Great'llrilaht and the last vestiges of Royal authority front the ,PQntinael. ut North America , and 'make the United 'States. an ocean-bound:Republic." He denied the _Tight ',of' the Federal ' eminent to prosecute :l system of in ternal improvements in the States though • he maintamid the constitutionality and expediency of napcoving rivers, :harbors. and navigable waters . , '-and advocated ):4 seheme of tonnage duties for that pur pose to be levied andexpended by the local authorities. - 110 .was mainly instru mental in securing the,passage-_of --law extending . the InariOnie and admiralty jurisdiction of the ! Federal Courts ; over the great Anil) of -Northern \ having rep4rtetl the bill as a member of • the Judiciary Committee,: nd put it Upon ' .. passage,. earn of the How of . Represeti tat ives. ' le , ! was among the earliest advocates of the annexation of, Texas, and, after the treaty for, that ob ject lard failed in the Senate, he was one bf those i'vholutroduced propositions,lr. the form of joint resolutions, as a sursti. tate for that treaty. -.As Chairman Ofthe Committee on Ter riteriey in 1846, he reported the joint reso lutiottdeelaring Texas to be one of the- United States o'f Ainlriia, and he rigut ously sustained the Administration of President Polk in the. nieaSures which it. adopted for the . prosecution^.of the War with Mesieo,which wastheultiinatelconse -1 (pence of that act. As:Chairman of the Territorial Committee; .tirst in the licMse of. Representatives, and afterwards in the Senate, he reported and ; - successfully car ; vied through the bill to'peganirA: the Tar ' ritories of. Minnesota, Oregon, New Mexi co, Utah, Washington, Kansas and :Ice- , braska, and also the bills for the admiss' ion I into the Union of the States of lowsBVis, "• cousin, California , A . and Oregon. So far as the cpiestion of 'slivery was volyed in the organization of ferritOries and the admission of newSiaCes, he early took the position that Congress should not interfere on - the one sideor the °they., but that the people of each Territor% and State s h ou ld b e a ll o w e d to form 'and regulate their domestic institutions to suit them- Seltm • In accordance with thi4 principle, heap. posed the "Wilmot Proviso" when first passed in the House of Representatives in 181:, as an amendment to aim bill appro- - ' priating *3,000,00,0 to enable President Polk to make a,treaty of peace with 3lexi co, and afterward in the Senate when oat eretPas an amendment to the bill , for 'the organization of the territory of Oregon. In August, 180, howevO, he . offered "Ito anaeudutent to the Oregon bill,,exteriding the Misicouri Compromise: line indefinite, y" - areetward to - the Paifitici.;.ooeitn, = in the seine - seal:iv and.with the same underet.ted . ing with whitdi-it was 'iidoptedi in 181.0, acid extending' through - Texas •lin 1845, prohibiting slavery in all.the-*- . . ritury north .olthe - perallel- 0f36 9 .30%,t0m ‘ 1 i recognising and by iniplieation' recognising eOP . fence- South of that' line. Tide attiendnen't was adopted itc.tb‘. , Senate by.st -decided niajority; receiving - the - suOport of every Southern ; together with several. Northetit Senators, but Was - defeated 4t the House of Represenuitives- by nearly a' sectotial, vote:. - . - • r a. The - refnsal of the Senat e Vui :adopt the Iniftey Of - Congres.siintql ,p. slavery in nil the :Teiritort ‘ er!., Und tho . Tf ! jeelion iu the Iloir3e of Reilrementaticea Qf the pri)pots; t ion to ext ttpd the . lilkitouri he PueitiO 4emproinise to the riset o the sectional agitition'oflet4?-'pci, was, tem poittril3- iiniefe&by the islatims known as the tneqpres of 1850. Mr. I.)onglas snripbrted these' measures With zeal • and- rigor, and on his return to ,his home in Clneago,7 finding them aasailed with great violence, he de;, fended the - whole series in Wspeech to the people (Oct. 24, 1850), NV is regarded )4y his friends .as one of the ablest - he has ever made.. IWthis skeehlie --principles on'Avideir the conipromlie' nth. oflBso were fentidedi and n Territories. . . Afi gr repealinkOlO.ilhsourireettiptionf the hill declared 4.t0 . ,he the tl , trae. intent) and meaping of the Act, not 10, legislate §laverr intp §tata or Territory, . nor tp exclude It therefrom, but tp , tho the-