i;. si. rrsi.r.ov,
VOLUME Tx, xo io.
TEMS OF REPLICATION.
Tnr. Ji-iata PrtirixKi. is pubiixlied every
'Slcine-ni ty ntovuing, on Xiain i ii-eet, by
H. ti. WILSON.
Tiie srp.mtirnoN puice of rue pper
will be TWO POLL A!?S "r yf.ir in advance,
and ?'i..0 if u.it jiui.l wiihin I lie year.
B5i Ni piper discontinued until til! nr-rcnr-
gos arc paid except at the option of the
r. lit.ir.
Auvketi-ing. The rates ,,f ADVERTIS
ING are fur one sonare. of rtoiiT iit.es or less.
n ii:n 7"i cents: three, isl oa : and oo cts. I
rr e ie-i :i3.afMtrrt ;r.seriio. .-..iir:ii:.s: 1a-v-r'e.
Kxwninr st nr.d Auditor's Notices, !? J.oo.
Prolog ionai na-1 J5ii.in.-ss Cards, nol exceed
ing line.!, atiJ including copy "f r-itr.
ys.o.d per year. Mor-. hants advertising
(.-SiingeV.. .;i..-.-.i.M-!y ) ! per year, ineln I- j
ing paper at I heir Siores. Notices in res-ling j
colli!:':-., ten cm! per line.
.'ok W.iv:;. The. r.ri.v of Jo!? V- OUK.
L-ithiry Pills, r-:ii igui itecf, : oi.o-
i .nr. It. : en;- half. and aduitioii-
f.i numbers, li.iifin-ii.-i n ti 1 for Iilatiks. iii.oo I
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I -ivlir
5J V.lliU. I
JEUE.MIAI1 LVOS. j
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ct.
E. C. STEV; T,
'iTer his n-'.-(-..iii-ti'-nt
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ill of i:-:;r t.--i.
to ti.e pul-
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J. . ".Ill I.I Si !-.,
A T T O II N V-A T-L A W?
ZlKttlXTOWX, JZWf.iTA CO., J'..
CS.cc in the 1 " ' i'e'!c-.vs" Hall. Bridge street.
ntV I.ECnN.s. AND ALL OTllEU lil'S-
W iuess crii;xil wall the
promptly atu-u-k-l tn. "
r .Ii-sojU
ct.'l:-, "0".
I'. i.. -wi-iie ! t-. i nf.Tai o.s Ii lei-eis ami pa- .
Iron-h i' he : ;s reinoved to the oouse on
I'.-elce S-reet -pj.o.-iu Toll i Jordan's Store.
A j-nl'l ::'
"v Ti;xiiiE uiu
v Ar:"Tioxi:r.:i
The unl-T:i:i I olfc-s hi services to toe
: !:e as Vendne Ci ut an-! Anj'i.Mif-r. Ii-ha-)
hiol a v.-. y larts esperiene-, and feels
cu-iti lent that l.t can give satislaetton tc ai.
ho may employ him. lie tu-.y be ad.irts'e-!
Hi Miilliiitown. of found '.t his home in Fer
nianaeii town.d.ip. Oi-.Uis may a'..-o be left
st MiC V.'iii's Uo-.il.
j-in.25, 1:; .1. WILLIAM GIVEN.
ALEX. , SPEDDY,
A Si 1 ID 311 E
t ,lni'.'n'i LEY oliers hii s, i vie. s to i he 1
It ; nb'iic .-I' Ji.n:aia .uiintv. it iving h.'-.-l a j
lirge exi-.-rieiiee ia ! lie b'i-itiess of Vendue
inj-. he fei Is coi.fi lent thai he can ren b-r j
.eiier.i! s-it.sfactiun. lie can i:t all times be
toiisuUed at li-s resideiiee iu .M.illiulewa, I'a.
Ao l'.i, ',-. I
MILITARY CLAIES.
rr-HE utidersigne i will promptly attend to
X the eo'.lec-.i.-n of claims against cither the
fitate or National Government, Tensions, Hack
Tkv, Hjnuty, Exira l'ay, nud all other claims
srf-ing Oiit'ot the present or nujr other war,
Cjiit-iicd.
JEREMIAH HONS,
Altoruey-at-l-aw.
MlSiutown, Juniati Co., I'.i. L', i5
Tin? Ions
IVnsioRs !
ALL PF.U!"iNS WHO HAVE I.EEN TI3
Ar.i.t: DL-nixa rui: pheslnt wak
aiie Exrrn.K to a im-:ns;in. ah p.cr-
B-.iis who intend applying for a Pension must
all on the Examining Surgeon tol-new weth
er their Iiis-bility is. M:liie;.e:ii to euiii!-.- them
to a I'tnsion. All disabled f'oldiers will call
on the undersigned who has been app-dnie I
Pen-ion Examining Surgeon lor J uuiula and
adj ui.Dg Couiuies.
I'. 0. KUNDIO. M. D.,
I'ttlterson, I'a.
pee. 0, 13.-tf.
,ns;iici. .mcs:.
J)
U. S. O. K.UXII'i'EU. (late army snr- j
eon) h.iving lee ne I in l'aiteipon lo.il
ers his pr lessional feivices to the enitcns ol I
IU13 ..'V . .........
country.
I
IT. IV. ll...S v.it... ,VI 1 Al.ll.luiC
i : i..i
in ho-pital general, an.i arm v pratti.-e. f,.(!, !
prepared to re.ju-t a trial 'fn.n, tlio,e who j
tmivbe so unfortunate as to need medical at '
teielanee 1
lie wiE be found r.t the brirk building op-
posite tlie "Slstisf-l Orriti..
or at Ins i-esi
in i1,p bar.ni 'h of -trersn. nt nil '
Lours, except when pi-ofessiuu.niy eugagtd.
July .., I .St I.,. --It. t
, '. I
A
tu..-
LAlitiE stock of Ouecnsware. Ced n-ware :
ich as Tub", ltutter lluwis. Kitcket s '
K. lirue-e. iln.r roirlie'". Jcc-, nt !
:'."if;'. Ti', i'it lVr" "i l-Alli.EU'3.
j p rvwyr.rivu JUimOAJL OK AND
j ni'n-.i bundHy, May 18?jV, passenger
Train). wilMeave Milllin fc'iation as follows:
EASTWARD.
Loral Acciiirincitlat'n.
Philadelphia Express
Fa.-t Line
(Miiciniiuti Express
1'ay Exre.-s
ay J'assciifr
. 0.20 P. M.
12.44 P. M
Co.), A. M.
0.2(5. P. M.
.11.81, A. M.
10,07, A. M,
W!TVAKn.
XovT York Eiprcs3 .r).5t A.
Day Express S.-JS. P.
Haltitnore Express 8..01'. A.
I'iiila.lclpliia Expreis... i (HI. A
East Line 5..rK, '.
M.
Mali Train
Euiiraut Train.
4.3S, I. M.
A- M.
J.MES NOUTH, Ag'r.
1SGG. ISSfi.
riiilailflnliia and Eric ail Kuad.
1 I: !S Ci rri! LIii? luivorr'o the Nurlbri n n
.A. Nni'iliv.est i'i' IViin.-vlvanin
111
vaunt lis
tiie ei'y of T-rie. on i.u!;e lil ie.
It (-crn li-:ie.i ami is oprrated hy the
rfrx.Ns-.i.VAXiA Kail Koah ('o.mi-aw.
TI.-IE OF l-ASSKMiER TR..IX9 AT H AliE IS tll Kn.
LEA VJa EASJTWliUU.
; I'lic Mail Train A. .
, liri:- r.xM-c-s Train ,'. a. m.
bl.aira lix'-ross Train 1 2S l'. M.
LEAVL' WESTWAUD.
j Iir:e M :i! Train r.C) A. M.
I i'.iie Express Train n.
I I'iiiiira rix; ress Train. p. m.
! Passenger e:ni rn l ilirnnch on tlie Erie
! M .i! an.i lixpie-s Tr ii.-.: wiihoiit rliangu both
, w-us I.L-Kei-n riiil:oh-ip!ii-! aiol Erie,
j M".'.V Y!)i:K COXNiXTlUN'.
! I.eaT New VoiU at ' a. m.. arrive at .Eric
al : A. M.
Leave Erie at r. m., arrive at New Yi.rk
f. .v.
N';J v'ilA:,i r CARS BETWEEN EillE &
NEW YoKK.
E'l-g.r.f sleep:i.;f e ir? on ail nigiit irain.s.
Kor i:it'..ri:i ! ion respeeiin? -isseii-rer l-.i.-i
n.-ss npi.lv at t!ie eorner of o-lili ami Market
sin-els. i'liiiailelpl.ia.
Aiol f.r freight business of the Coi!:T.;t:v'
ems ;
-S. I!. Kin;-ton, Jr., eorner of l-jtii an 1
i k'-: sire. is. nti-i.!.-.p:ii:i.
.1 W. !vii.i'.-!... Erie.
Vim l:i,-..n. Agent, X. C. U. 15.. Ihiltiniore.
If. II. !nl slttN".
CiT' -ral l"ri;:.'!it Ager.l. I'inl adelphin.
1!. W. liM INXi.lU
General Ticket AjjeKt. I'nila.li li liia.
a. i.. i
Cieiiura! Sorerin'endi lit, Wi.liaiusport.
IV!) 1-1, o-i-tf.
'READING KAIL IJOAD
&TJI3IEIl aERAN'GEUEA'T-
A I' ill L An, ItuS.
piIF IT 'Jill -ili l.8.IJ FKO.II
ihe North mi l Xortu-We-t l r lunU.t-
.'.',..'' J ii'iiin;i, Tnntttqita.
A "'i '.rr. f.'.ui;"ft. A!!intown. .moi, ,y, c
Train.-- leave U-tmhurj tor Sue Yuri:, us
follows: At ".on. T. Iii ami U.t.'S - l ...!
I'.ot) and 1,20 1'. .M.. i.rrivins at AVr ',irk at
j ". 10 and lo.i o A. M.. and and l;t,,ii 1'.
I M.. c iiiiiei ! ing i:li similar Tmin.. on the
...-'r..oi; Sltn'tiine Curs neeoai
ny in;
the i.b'J and ;',o,j ai irilins witlivut
I change.
I l.ea.-c .-rn.-'.7-7 for I:,'i7..7. riisn!ir
! Ttf.-oy'M. .V.i r.-f, Ak' ,!, I'tnr O'rort, A I
j ..-.'.,,;-;, ;.' 1".,.;', '..',.,;. 7..H) A.M. HM,i
i o.oi) ,.,,1 !i.o,i p ;,, fI,.j,i,.s , ,!,., .,.!
I ail ll'tf $tii-,i! : thetyiol' M Ti-ii.i ninkmit
I no clo.-e conn-el ions for u.r Vunir, :
i ft-i.
Fr
lib-. .V.-AwvU-dl Jlir.n and U
i.urn via S-!..i.,'':, u:. l Su.iy .fhvnuii limlrou.-
leave llim?ntrj at 4.1-i p m.
Ketiirning : Leave AV-r ) "rt at A M.
12.no Noon an I S.:h( 1" M. VliP.mlrlj hi-i in S.nn
A M, and o.lio 1' M : l'o- i at is.o'i A M
'. Ii I' M : -1 --A."---.-;- li.ilo and il.i;. A M, and
i.o-il'M: T'imiii:,: at tt,. A. AI, and 1,00
and s,."j.", I' M.
Leave 'uth rill? for Iliirrilinrj. via .Vf;n.y.
kilt and Sni'i'!i-niri.i Had A'-xi, at 7 00 a. .
K,-i iiitj Acanimo!t!itm 'J rant: Leaves liiwl
hij at ti IW .1, M , returning from I'inla.iel
i hui at 5 00 T. M.
('o'Hm'oii ti'ulrotid Trains leave AVtii at i
Ii Ul A M and ti 10 T M for l'.phra la.' Lira 1
.il-if.olT. Cultuilbct. iVC !
On Sunday: Leave Ar- Yitrh flt 8 V, i
1". XL, l'i.iii..'" .'j'l.ia t a m ', 10 I. XI.. Yutfrnl'.f '
h im A. M.. Tirt'i7 7 '!. A. M., Jltim.,?,;,
!i t- A. XL, and IU.miho at 1 3.1 . XL. f..,-
llmi.T.j, and 10 .Vi A. XL, for Xcw-York,
and 4.- p. in. ior I'liibi-b-lphia.
Cvnt'itu!tttrt, .Vii'd.'-. Xtaxoi, Srhitol aitti
t.jrcurrirn TieAn'e to and front ail points, at re
duced Hales.
A".7.7-w checked through : 80 pounds al
lowed each Passenger.
. A. Tl'H'OI.I.S,
(rrnrrtrl $ 'lateral Undent.
Kkaiunc, Ta, Nov .7, Oo-lf.
NEW STAGE LINE
jiiFFLix, rEiSPsviiLE axd co:tCor,o.
Leaves Perrysviiie Xlemiay. XVednesdny and
Frid-iy- tit ti o'ctoek, a. ni., and arrives at. Con
cord at 4 o'clock, p. 31.
Leaves C'oncoid Tuesday, Thursday and
! Saturday at ! o clock, a. in., and arrives at
i Perrvsvillc at 3 o'clock, p. in., in time tor
the trains going E-ist i-.nd West.
Stages v iil leave Xliflin Staiion as follows
L-aves Xn;!tin Minion or. S-atunbiy, r.t ' a. j
in. amt returns en Xioi'dny; leaves tuesdiy at:
i. a. m. r.ti'i reiurns on n e'laesaav ; leuves .
. .. ,t. .... .!..ti... 1 . ...'.I
i iinisraj r.i u a, in.
will leave Mitilin PtBtion for Aeade-
,m" - dally in I lie evening, mid return in the. !
n - oming in time for the East and W est trams, i
VK 'KC :-'-ieii:iges oi an ki.ni are ntk-
in eiiarge nun pioiiipuy oeintoeu .it mi.-a-
Prate c lurges. i nc stages on nie aoove mi-
tf 8 are in GOOi OiiDEIt nd under the j
cnarjte oi cuiiijii-'uiii join vaji-jui-uh-u in oi-i.
The proprietor hopes, by strictaml person-
:d attention 10 business to merit a fair share
of public pntron:ige.
Jj&iilUiLli It. 3 A 1.1.. iTOp.
Jan. i1), O-J.-ti'.
COS9TIT0TI0X THg CHIOS
511 FFLINTO VS. JUNIATA
ttti llottro.
IN THE FOLD.
BT OEOKnr coot-ER.
'A little ch.ld sliall lead them."
Never more the little feet
Tatter up mid down the stairs !
Never more, with prattle pweet,
Yill he climb upon the chair 1
Never more he ccmes from play,
Telling nil his childish joys;
Lay the little shoes away.
Hide the little cap mi 1 toys 1
Ilrceniing here in fading lieht,
In iv.y s.id an 1 lonely room.
Oft I hear his low '-good-night"
lu my vis-ion's tear! ill gloom.
Gentle Favionr ! encc a ahiM,
Thon canst every sorrow still;
Teach r.ie to be reconciled.
Teach my soul to bear thy will.
Lor., I thirst for peace and love ;
Let :ne all thy comforts share ;
Lord, I seek thy home nhove.
And niv d i-l;it leads me there.
3Hisfrii;infDi!.5
llrniiiiin.
iti V HA 2L V 3 1. L ."
'Tlitu-.k G.-l ! it is six o'ei -.k id last ;
ti e inasmis are returi.i-.ig frotii work vri'b
thoir etupty uitiuer cans; JJyrj will soon
be home."
llmiic ! a small. low-r.vifc.I. uacarpc'tu
cumfiii th'ss rr.- .tii. it-, i-i!v l.t: :i't!ire co:i -
sistipg id a riekety cot bedstead, a crack
ed, fin less stove, a ileal table, a few
trunks, and, by the solitary v.it.dovr, an
oil r.-eking chair, in which reclined a
wotnan evidently in the last s'-ige of ton
sttr.i; tinn. Sr? eould not have been forty
I a ears .l fige, hut though her eyes v tre
I uniiaturaiiy bright, and her checks glow
j cd willi tt:e hectic spurs of fever, her hair
was i!ie:s-jy site-led v.li silver, her furui
ptcuiature'y Lent, sliiunk and etuaeiated.
tslie had heeu knitting, but her lucking
(cough prevented continuous cxertiuu of
ji ii v kin I; ut d now the glittering mesh
work .f l eads and siik slipped unheeded
from the trausp-irent fingers, Oi) the
tal.L- was a r-'per box c ui'aitiing some
completed hair no's, their bright hues
c iiitiasting s:raiiL-e'y v. iih the sqiiall-ir oi
"iirtotiiiJin;
i.l :
The blo-'erotis
March wiud uounrd iu the coij chimney,
rattled the badly fining wiu'iow sasiii s.
and penetrated ihe brokcu pane, each
irtkli gtiit siiakiug down a portion of dry
puny that had evidently bt-eti applied to
lie cracked glas, by some unskillful hand,
in the 8 reft, the p'-uestrians qiiik tied
ti eir steps ntixinos to reach shelter from
i- e flitting wind. Evet.iug drew on
p .ec and still the inva:td sat ah.-ne in
tne c-.iid, cheerless r aim she Calle i hotiie ;
.-.lie who had bceu leaied amid all the lux
uries that wealth could puichase. This
was her story; th motherless child of a
wealthy, purse-proud, J.otidou merchant,
l.e cioped with one of his e'erks. Ilcr
father not only lci'used his forgivenc-s.
disitiberited her; aud, previous to his
death, which occurred about Cee yeais
subsequent to his daughter's ii! starred
marriage, bequeathed all his property to
public charities. Mr. and Mrs. Melville
struggled t n in Loudon for some years,
and theu with their ou!y child and datigh-
ter, came to Xew York to improve their
U.,H)ditiou, and might, perhaps, have done
- . , , , , ,. . ,
so ll lie had not iaiieti into bad company,
taken to drill k , utid, iu a lit of despair at
haviug lost a good situation, enlisted in
one of (he fust volunteer regiments raised
lor the war. Mrs. Melville was a good
pianist, hut she had no frieuds aud could j
not tiffoid to advertise. At last she ob
tained a few music pupils, aud for some
time, wiih the additional help grai.ted by
the Sold.cr's iielief Fund, was enabled to j
Tilt
support hersell and daughter, ami to send j not kuow his address; but if he had re
ttie hitter to a public school. Melville's , mainod in England our fata would have
three years' term of service had almost
expired when he fell wounded into the
cueniy's bauds, and uo tiding of his ul
timate fate ever reached his aill cted faui-
lly. J lie iifilet 1 iitiu was diseoul inueu J
poor Mrs. Melville redoubled her cxei-1
i
u... n ..niMio auu u-iiiu noi
boar harj,,,ip8 aml ejII0SUre, took a vio-
' ' '
lent cold tli.il brought ou rapid Cousump-
,10rii aild novl lhure K;lc .,Vi hearlMck, i
. j unfitness in mat miserable room, auU in a
., ,.
fjreig'n country, dying.
Myra .Melville was now sixteen; when '
her mother fell sick she left school, and
for a time they had tried to maintain !
j themselves by making Lair ucta'for the,
ASO THC IWFOBCEJ1MT 0 THK LAWS.
COUATT, FENiVA. JUNE -13, 1S60.
stwe?, but this was so ba'IIy paid that
rhir united efforts were inadequate to
rlniy their wants, and finee airs. Mel -
vilie had becon.e too ill to work, M jra
had accepted a situation in a wholesale
grootry ia 1'ront btreet, where they em
ployed girls to pack aud label spices, Slc.
It was a great trial, this daily geparaliou
of mother end daughter for s'i many long
and weary hours the one so l-mcly, to
weak, fo suffering, the other blessed with
youth and health, but surrounded ly un-
congenial companions, aud exposed to all
the danoers and seductions of a hiT'ze cUv
at the very age when a loving mother's
companionship and vigilince were most
rciiuire-l. Myra was late to night, but
she cume at last. The wiud was so high
that tihe had scarcely strength to close the
dour behind her as she entered, staggering
under the weight of a large market bask
et. She quickly lighted a small lamp and
embraced her iootlicr.
''You are late, .Myra."
"Yes, mother, they have a large order.
Kortili and Eilc-n were a :'in absent, so I
fud their woik to do as well as my own,,
and co:i!J not get through till nearly sev-
en. It was pepper I had to pack, and
oh ! how it choked me."
' Por child ! pour child '" i
"Never ntiud, I wili make you some fire '
atiJ tc-li you all my adventurer, while the
kettle boils."
'l';-ar child ! what advenf crcs-
-wtiat
t':cw itii.-fortuues have You uict
'Xo:l:inir so lionible. As I was Tiass-
in; along Eulton street, where the lire
was, 1 saw all this nice wood, so I collect
ed it, f.i.d was t h mi L in it what a "mid narm
rouai it would make for you when 1 l-.-!t
myself seiied arouud the waist, iitid iu
another moment 1 was sirugg ing in that
hateful l!oh Grinder's; aruis, aud I but
mother, darling, I am here all safe, you
see ; do not look so scared and whits or I
sluli be airaid to tell you acyihiug."
"Go on, child, tell me all."
'There is linte more to tell, mamma
Two young men came up at the 'ime, aud
nac of tlieni, quite a gentleman, threat
ened to cane IIo'o if be did not release
me instantly. The companion of my un
kinnvu friend walked ou saying': 'l.e'
htr alone, Gerald, she is of. no account.
I anyhow.' Hut the gentleman did
heed hhu; and then when J!ob saw my
protector approach he sueaked t-fl like a
coward, muttering something I could not
hear. Then the gentleman picked up the
Wood which --as upset in the scuffle, and
Lauded me the basket wiih as much re
spect in if I hfd been a great lady, in
stead of a poor working girl."
"May God's blessing be with Lim for
his kindness to lUj faiLeliess child."
' iuit, oh I mother, I have behaved
like a Io I ; I was so confused, so ashamed
I took the basket, nud looked up to thank
him, when who should I sec but the
stimc handsome young man who saved
lie from being run over when I was a
li .tie girl and crossing Broadway to the
Thirteen! Ii street school; v.ho sa often
afterwards used to meet mc wet days and
hold his umbrella over mc, because we
were neighbors, he said, and goiiie; the
same way. I wonder if he recoguized
me. ; 1 could not speak, and he must
l ave thought mc rude and ungrateful
he raised his his bat, aud as he Ig'fi me
gave me this card. See it is his uatue
and address, 'Maikhaiu, .No. Four
teenth street.'
' Gerald Markham ! that was the name
of .ny Godfather. I was named alter
,j Oraldiuc, aud your second name is
Gt.rahline. too. I wonder if they are in
any way connected; It can hardly be, for
Mr. Ma-.kham emigrated to Australia be
fore I married your poor father. I could
,jot apply to him for assistance, for I did
becti far different, for he was a most gen
erous, liberal man, aud I was ever a great
lavoriie with him."
Myra had kindled the fire, and secured
the banging shutters, aud, having; assisted
her mother to bed, and prepaired their
. 1 .. , ... 1 I I
i ruga; supper 01 tea anu sooa graivgr2.
sat down to finish the hair net which her
pi. w u.ii.u n u
mother had commcuce l, and which had
to be completed that night, for the next
day was thb 1st of April ana she depcuu-
ed upon the money slit was to receive for
tiiem to pay the rent of the miserable
room they teuanted for the ensuiug mouth
and she knew she dare not ask tor her
wetk'is wages at the stc;6 before Saturday.
I Myra was indeed a creature of rare
, ad exquisite beauty. The rajs of th
! lamp, wbtttb ' B .m tie toantei p.ece,
j strt-ameJ upon her head, surrounaiog it
' with a p'ory sucli as llcniemlrandt lured
to picture about the heads of saints and
martyrs. -Ilcr face was in shadow now,
but her large lustrous eyes expanded and
' contracted with every emot:oD, ana were,
in color, as variable as tlif. heaving pillow i
- that borrows ils hue from the passing
shadows or the rOse-tiutcd sunbeams.
Strength end resolution might be seen in
! the Ctielv formed chin, vvitu lU deep dnn-
pie, contrasting with the otherwise per
fectly feminine contour of her beautiful
face. Ilcr cheek was usually pair, yet
possessing the pure marble whiteness of
perfect health, end hhe possessed that
greatcs.t charm of woman a voice low,
sweet, aud musical.
"Conic to bed, Myra; yon are tired.
I cannot bear to have you work so late."
'Yes, mother, I have nta'ly finished.'
The Leaned silk slipped through poor
Mvva's dexterous fji.oers; but it was Ions
after midnight belote the weary girl had
completed her ts;k.
Tim O'Uafferty, the druukard, came
staggering Lome froai the grog shop, bis
unwidcly form groping through the dark
entry, at-d be t-atoewith so .u force a.'.-a.ust
the door that the rusty I' r, whicv.
its only security, tremoica m us soon,
and Myra started iu alarm to her leet
but the drunkard recovered his equilib
rium i-ti l she Lea: J. him cur:'C and twear
till he found he was totbe creaking stair
way, thence to the room over hea l, his
heavy foots'ot s shaking down some of the
j plaster from the cracked Ceiling. Thcu
al! was still within the wretched tenement.
Myra's lamp flickered and expired, and
thoroughly ctiil'ca and exhausted, she
undressed iu the dark aud theu threw her
self down by her mother's side. She laid
awake for some time, thinking over her
meeting with Gerald Murkham, but at
last fell into a sound, dreani!cs3 sleep
When she awoke, she found herself gasp-in-j;
ami suffocating the room was full td
stm ke ii.cn, women and children shout
ing and shrieking. She rushed to the
door and succeeded iu opeuiugj it, but the
flames forced her back.
''Mother ! v ike ! the L'jt;?o is on fire !"
There was no reply. At this ui .ment
the window was burst open from the out
side, aud a uiau leaped iuto the room aud
would havp borna her away in Lis aruu.
hut she escaped from his grasp and fell
f tinting to the ground, exclaiming, ''o 1
Save her ! Save my mother .'
Was it all a dream !
V.'iii she Hill
dreaming? She was
lying
on a luxu-
rious couch, enveloped iu a so!t, silken
wrapper. Kiud faces were Lending over
her with imxious so.ichudc.
Then the tide of recollection returned
to her. ' Oi, Gjd IMy math-.-r '."
"She is safe she is here, and if you
are sufficiently iceoveted you shall see
Let 'said the cider if the two Lilies,
who sat by ber side. Yes, Mrs. Melville
was safe and under the roof t.f Gerald
Matkhiipi, her god father, and thefc la
dies were hij wifj and daughter. When,
he returned, a millionaire, from Austra
lia, his old friend Stantoa was dead. He
heard wiih gteat regret of Geraldiue's
uuhappy maniagc and emigration 'to
America, and as he had DO tics iu Eu-
gbtud, brought his family to settle in New
Yoik, hoping that be might in course ci
time discover the retreat of the emigrants.
Every comroit, every delicacy that
mcury ould purchase was procured by
the Markhams for Mrs. Melville.
The skill of the most eminetit New
Y'ork physicians alleviated her sulToiiygs;
but all could uot save her life.
Myra pnd Gerald were married private
ly by the couch from which tho poor iu
valii wjs uow unable to rise. SI o lived
long to witness the happiness of her de-1
voted child Then, with a
loug, treiiiu.
i . .
lous sigh, the peaceful spirit fled, leaving
the impress of its beatitude upon the un
conscious C'ay-
Mora's place is now crriong the wealthy
of the land, but she does uot t-Jorn it 1 Lie i
less because she remembers that she was
I
ouly a poor working girl.
Jfc2f Hundreds, and even
iliousauas oi
old maids are starting out for California. I
The California bachelors can Lave no
right to consider them misfortunes, for
taej will, u-liko misfortunes, cocia single
EDITOR A riBLISIIER.
WHOLE NUMBER 993.
THE TEST OATH.
The pica of the PrcaKient anil two ot
three of Lis Cabinet Jlinijlcid for a re
peal or modification of the test oath is,
that there are not men enough, to be found
in the South to fill the nation a! offices,
who cart take the test oath. The Union
men of Alabama, however, effcotual'y ex
ploded this plea, by enrolling themselves'
and demonstrating by actual count that
there are, ia that State alone, nineteen,
thousand men who did not bow the knee
to Uaal ; aud the Judiciary Committee of
the House at Washington offer the further
Hict that there were fui4y-two thousand
meu in the Union army drawn from every
Southern Slate except South Carolina.
But the case of Mr. Giers, of Alabama,
recently made public, shows that the dif
ficulty does not grow out of lack of raen,
who can take the oalh, bat out of the
preference which the administration nat
urally Ice-la for men who wete tainted with
the llebeilitm. Mr. Giers was an sppii
caut for an appointment as Commissioner
for the collection of direct taxes iu that
State. lie bore recommendations signed
by Abraham Lincoln, Nov. EJ, 1?0:J; by
Andrew Johnson, Sept. "'), 1SG1 ; by
Gen. Thomas, May 14, 1SG5 ; and by
Gen. Grant. I'eb. 15,1806'. Mr. Andrew
Johnson endorsed Lira as ' a gentleman of
iiwcftity and respectability ; and one of
;hc .. .q C0UB,rv who f?aj g, tu
the Uiii-jo," and Gen. Grant gn looses him
as "competent aud reliable."
Yet this true, loyal, cotitp etcat snd ic
li;:b!e man was nut appoiute-J. lie was
willing and able to take the lestoaih ; but
he was thru-t aside aud the place confer
ted upon oue F. Yi. Sykes, a member of
the llebel legislature of AlaLaxa, and
v. ho cannot therefore take the test oath.
Aud Mr. McCulIoeb, through wb ,-se de
partment this appoictmeLt was madej asks.
Congress to modify or repeal that oalh be
cause he cannot find men, qualified for of
fice, who cannot tub-etijo ta it !
There is uo such dearth of loyal men
at the South as the Administration would
have us bel'iew. There are enough of
them an-1 to spare, for uii the national of
fices. But the trouble is they are not
Johnson men. They cau L.Le the te-t
oath, but do not belong to the ''Incorrupt?
iole Host." They find the rebels. towLom
they have been opposed for five weary
years, all full of devotion tu the President
and naturally enotigh they do not i ke to
foliow whera such men lead. Hence the
Administration ignores thecj, and asks
Congress to repeal the test oath because
it is an impossibility o 11 the national
offices otherwise. l'fbry Gazitte.
THE HOT FOUTIIE ilLLLAiE OF JEI5
DAVIS.
It is scarcely necessary for us to repeat
to our readers, w hat is an admitted fact
among all seusible and observant men, to
wit: th nt the National AduiinD-tFcuim
I tb sires the release of ,efr' Vac's. We
believe that lavis would have beta set
at liberty before this time, had the elec
tions recently Lei 1 in several loyal States
went as the National Administration
plotted they should go in favor tf ' my
policy." The reault cf thu-e elections
having been adverse to the action of tho
Administration, it is now deemed advisa
ble to defer the Dock trial and release of
Jeff l'avis until alter the election has
been held in Pennsylvania. If the peo
ple of Pennsylvania elect Clymer. and a
! Copperhead majority la ttiu i.cgi-.taiule,
! the President will accept it as a decree in
favor not merely of his re adini.-sion of
the rebels to coual civil rights viiU ai.
loyal men, but a a decisiou in favor of
the release of Jeff Davis. Heuce it is
that the trial of Davis is deferred. The
authorities having the di.-pts.il of the
arch traitor, do not want to take the re
sponsibility of his release without a sup
port to fall back upon. Nor do they de
sire to take the odiut.i of Lis acquittal in
. . .1 Ti,.
I i.i .in liimoriaui iioiuiL-ui .-mo... .u:i. j uu
r , -
be too heavy a toa-i to carry.
CUtuer, bim-clf, as r.n 0'i;:;n:il r.r.1 per
sistent syutpathizei wiih treason, is aLoui
all the Copperheads can bear up. They
would i-iuk wiihout a struggle. beueatU
f!,P r.uiiiieal wave, were Jeff lavis and
, ;s crimes of treason and Uiurier piluJ
n their shouidc-rs.
1 . , :il. .1.... 1.1? Tl.-t-l-i u-111
- i
it man tie nuSslUiC nui o - o i-a,u i,ii.
be tried before the October election
J '
,. Ti,.. I'. esi, lent mav lieiuaps yield to ttio
" , , ,i-a
.... .. ,. ,!. el-iinnr on this subject.
i,eth r be is tried before or after
tj,e eection in this State, we are perfect-
ly satisfied that Lis acquittal is one of tho
ii-riir... f.b'ioi.rso!'the Preiidcat of the 1 ,3,
J-'""0 s