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B. F. SCHWEIER,
TBI COHSTITBTloa TBI OIIOI AID TBI liroBOBMBBT OF TBI Laws.
. EDITOR AXD FK0PBIETOR.
VOLUME XXIV, N0.'40.;
HIFFLLNTOWN, JUNIATA COUNT!, PENfl'A., OCTOBER 5, 1870.
WHOLE NUMBER 1229
PKOCLAnj.-
TION.
Whereas in and by an Act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, entitled. "An Act relating m th.ii.
lionsnf this Commonwealth, passed the nd
d.ay 2f J-Uy' D-18y(J-il is n&de the duty of
ine oucrm 01 every couuty within the Com-'
, 5, 1 . l" B'vepuoiic notice of the Gen
eral Elections, and in such notices to enu
merate: 1. The officers to be elected:
2 Designate the place at which' the elec
tion 19 to he held.
I, JOIJN DIETRICH, High Sheriff of the
.iuuuijr , juniata, neretvy give noticethaton
tie bECON D TUESDAY OF OCTOBER
next, (being the Uth day of the month.) a
General Election will be held at the Several
election districts established by law in said
county, at which lime they will vote by bal
lot for the several officers hereafter mention
ed, viz:
One person to. represent the counties of
Dauphin, iortUumlierlaud,. Uniuu, Snyder
and Juniata in the National House of Repre
sentatives. ,. i
Two persons to represent the counties of
ouuiuis, allium, ituatinsnou, Blair
and Centre in the State Senate of Pemisvlva
nia. .
Two persons to represent the counties of
J uniata, Mifflin and Huntingdon in the House
of Representatives of the Conitnoaweallu of
Pennsylvania.
One person to fill the office of Sheriff of
Juniata county.
One person to fill the office of Register,
Recorder, Jtc, of Juniata county. '
One person to fill the office of County Com
missioner of Juniata comity.
One person to liil the office ol Jury Com
missioner of Juniata county.
One person to till the office of County Au
ditor of Juniata county.
I ALSO HEREBY MAKE KNOWN '
and give notice, thai the places of holding
the aforesaid General Election in the several
districts and townships in the couuty of Ju
niata areas follows, to wit:
At the Court House in '.he borough of Jlii-
flmtowu. for the borough of MiiHiuiown.
At the Court House in MitHiulown lor Fer
managh township.
At the School House in Mexico, for Walk
er township.
At Smith's School House, for Delaware
township.
At the School House in Thompsontown,
for the borough of. Thompsontown.
At the Public House of Thomas Cox, for
Greenwood township.
At the School House in Richfield, for Mon
roe township.
At Ranter's Hotel, for Susquehanna town
ship. At the School House in McAlistcrville, for
Fayette township.
At the School House in Patterson, for the
boroueh of Patter-on.
At the School House in rerrysville, lor the
borouzh of Perrysville.
At the Locust Grove School JIo'isp, nesr j
the residence of Mr. Stewart, lor Milford
township. I
At Spruce Hill School House, for Spruce
Hill township.
At the Sciiool House at Academia, for
Beale township. '
At the School House near MeCulloch's
Hill, for Tuscarora township, except liint 1
portion of it lying northwestward of tuesutn
At the lCK CCUOOI House, near i.iu ira- ,
deuce of Benjanmt alls..docd tor I.jck . he , born ci,iien of (Le
township, except hat port..,,, of it 1. ing , elsewhere, shall
northwestward of the tummtt ot the S,ad J . anJ M
AtDthe Centre School House, for so much "d" " he, h".befn, tt.rlie.l.
Ai iJe venue .i , or ,hat he is eainled to citizenship by reson
of tbe of hU father's tta.nr.lix.tion;) .nd shall
lie northwestwardol tue suuiin.t of the &..adc , futher thM jg he
Ke Church Jlffl School House, for Tur- ' thenffiiavit, bctw.eu the .ges
ivuiwiiumiui. I of twenty-one and tweniytwo years; l hat
I ALSO 31 VKE KNOWN and give notice. ; "m 'iJd in.he 5"" one yer ""'. in
as in and by U.e 43rd section ol theaforesaid the election district ten days next preceding
"t I ?.u directed, "that every person except j election, he shall be emit ed t. vote,
ingju iteeiof tbe peace, who shall bold any ! al-hough he shall not have paid taxes; the
office 'of trut unde?lheUniied Stales, or thisj said amdajVs of .11 persons joakin; push
State or sr v city or incorporated disirlct, claims, and.the aEdavUe of the witnesses to
bZmLeiofflKTWrtber- .heir residences, shall be preserved by the
r.utordinaie officer or agent who b or shall : election board and at the close of the e.,e
be empU yed under the legislative, executive ' tion they shall be eucloeed with the list f
JnXnry department of this State, or of voters, tally list and other papers required
or ju,.iuiirj ii i 1! ritv br law to be filed by the return judges with
or district, and also that every memberor!
S.J of the State Legislature, snd of
the select or common council of any city or I
tue :rrvril Ai.'rvt. is
We LDlieUOlUira,"! ". , "-JJ,:
comrais. t,i,i:. r .Terriin.r at '
tl, J the office or appointment ol judge, j
; . i-i- r olfiion ol this
JSwltt ! mnd I no t..!-e inspector, or !
?l "r.1 In to be voted tot. I
.I,.t in. the 4Ui section of the Act of '
A ..mn entitled "An Act relating to exe-
cutions and for other purposes," approved
Anril IS 141. it is enacted iiiatiueatuieiu
io.i. ,..;,,.. "Hi not ne consirueu o
:i:ionr Hi.p or horouirh Odl-
prevrat a y ,, j. ;...tr .r rlerlf I
cer from serving as j"s- v- "
of anv general or special t
anv general or special election oi una wi-
monwcaltb. .. ...
Pursuant to the provisions
7. i nt first a oresait . llieiouired ov taw snau oa puonciy mu iu
Indccsof the aforesaid district shad rcspec-! ,c.ed on by the election board, and the vote
tivTiv ake charge of the certificate of rettiru .dmiitei or rejected, according to the evi
of the 'election of their respective districts j dence; every peison claiming to be . natural
and uroduce them at a meeting of the judges j izej cii izcn shall be required to produce his
from each district, atlhe Court House iu uie naturalization certificate at the election be
borou"hof Mifflintown, on the third day alter ; (ore votiBg, excepr where he has been for
the day of election, being the present year on j len vcarS) consecutively a voter in the district
Fridav tbe 14tU day of October, then and jn waich he oilers his vote ; and on the vote
there to do and perform the duties required of 8Ucii pergou being received, it shall be the
,;,! in.lces. Also, that where a Lt,,,. nr the election officers to writeor stamp
uy law v . . aviHpnt is!"
lud-e bv Sicuness or uira"ui" -
unable to attend said meedng of judges, then
the certificate of return aforesaid, shall be
aken charge ot by one ot " m..
derks of the election of said district, who
shall do and perform the duties required of
aaid judges uuable to attend.
TV. : .i, aut section of said act it is
on.etpd that "when two or more counties ,
shall compose a disrrict for the choice of a ,
member or members of llio senate ot t.
Commonwealth orof the Uouseof eoresen
tat ves of tbe United States, or oj tins Com
inon wealth, the Judges of the elect-on i i
all wuv,- - - "1 !
. a lair statement of all
we votes winch shall have been pvan at suc j
elections within tuecouniy,
. . r i, mm ii.ror members, wutcn
Willi
as si
ienci
voted tor as am... T." j i,ci-,l
shall 'Je signed br said J"df!
i. th oinrks. and one of said Judges sli.tll
duce the same at a meeting of.one Judge i
from each county at sucu !. " .-
trie m is or may be jtppomted by law for
lllXTsn act of Assembly, entitled "An
ct relatin- to election of this Common
wealth, piWd July 3, 1833' further pro
vides as follows to wit:
-That the Inspectors a -u
. . ..iiv nlaces appointed
. . ,!.. oiotmn m the district i
I to which
before 8 o'clock in
they wP;e':YEK)XD TUESDAY of
TTi?SO M Se KNOWN and give notice
that MArt of Assembly, approve! Mch
30lh, lSfili, provides as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Semk -.and
noofVvreMntatim of fij"?
of Peniyltania in General A
That the qualitied voter of the seve ra.
, - innfr helot
SeraT
nera':
ties of this Comruonweaitn, at
UCICJt i-s-'-t
ote, by ticket, printed or written or pa-y
printed and partly wn ten. h
Ui as follows: One ticket shall embrace tue
names of all Judges of courts uoted for, and
to lie labeled outside, "Judiciary one ticket
shall embrace the names of all. State officers
Voted for. and be labeled "Slater" one lirkpt
shall embrace the names of all eonnry officers
voieu jor, lnctiiuins oiuee ot Senator, mem
ber of Assemble, if voted for. ami mamtwra
of Congress, if voted for, and be- labeled
"County;" one ticket shall embrace the
names of all township officers voted lor, and
be labeled "Township ;" one ticket shall em
brace the names of all borough atticer voted
for, and be labeled "Borough;" and each
class shall be deposited in ' separate ballot
boxes. t h , .. . , r
The Return Judges for this Congressional
District will meet in Lewisburg, on Tuesday,
October 18, 1870, then and there to do and
perform such duties as are required by law of
said Judges.
The Return Judges for this Senatorial Dis
trict will meet in Lewistown, on Tuesday,
October 18, 1870, then and there to do and
perform suck duties as are required by law
ot said-Judnes.
The .Return Judges for this Representative
District will meet in Lewistown, on Tuesday,
October 18, 1870, then and there to do and
perform such duties as are required by law.
of said Judges. ,: r
Agreeably to the provision of the Cist
section of said act. every General aud Spe
cial Election shall be opened between the
hours of eight and ten o'clock in the fore
noon and shall continue withoat interrup
tion or adjouruieut until seven o'clock in the
evening when the polls shall be closed.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The following provision of the Registry
Law oassed at tiie late session of the Legis
lature applicable to elections and election
officers, is published for the information
of all concerned.
Sec. 4. Ou the day of election any person
whose name is uolou the said list, aud claim
ing the riiiht to vote at said election, shall
produce at least one nualliticd voter of the
district as a witness tu the residence of the
claimant in the district in which he claims to
bo a voter, for the period of at least ten days
next preceediug 6aid election, which witness
shall lake and subscribe a writted, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit to the
facts staled by hiui which affidavit shall de
li ue clearly where the residence is of the
person so "claiming to be a voter; and the
person so claiming the right to vol shall
also take and subscribe a written, or partly
written ami partly printed affidavit, stating
the best of his knowldije and belief where
and when lie was born ; thai he is a citizen
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, nnd
of lite United Stxles : that he has resided in
I the Commonwealth one year, or if formerly
a cil.zen therein aud has moved therelrom
that he has resiiicd therein six months next
proceeding said election; hat he lias not
moved into the district for 'he purpose of
voting therein; thot he has paid a State or
county tax viibiu two years, which was as-FP-sel
at least ten days before said election,
aud, if a naturalized citizen, shall also stale
when and where and by what court he was
naturalized, and him 11 also produce his certifi
cate of naturalization for examiuatiou ,- the
! said slfi'lavit, shall state when and where the
j tax claimed to bo raid by the aliitnl was as
! sensed, and when, where aud to whom paid
and the tax receipt therefor shall be pro
Jucel for examination, unless the afii.nl
ha!l state iu his .fii'l.vit that it has been j
I lost or destoytd, or that he never received
but if tiie person so claiming the right
. . - ... . .- . ...,.:,.. ...
the prothonotary, and sh
herew,.h in the protooa
ject to examinat.ou, .s otl
are. if the election officers,
.K.ll r.n,.in . fit.
otary's ofBce, sub-
other election papers
if the election officers, sh.ll find that tbe
.Dplicaul or applicants possess all the legal
qualifications of voters, he or they ah.ll be
nerruitteu to vote, ana me name or names
ihall be added to tbe list of taxable by tbe
sdded where tbe claimant cla.ms to vote on
tax, and the w
oia "age wucrene ct.nns
to vole on age ;
.be same words beiug added
by the clerks in each case respectively on the
lists of persons voting .t such ekction.
Ssc. 5. It shall be lawful for any qualified
citizen of the district, notwithstanding tbe
nmn of tbe ttroncsed voter is contained on
. ,. - ,.Kia . .i,.iu
mo -
vote cf Bitch persons; whereupon the sam
nroof of tbe riebt of suffrage as is now re-
' u ...,:(5.. li.o tt.r,l nin,1" oiilli
ilh
on sncu ihtiiuv ...
0)onlb an year; and if any election office
rs
ci.nll roeive a second .vote ou the same day
bv yirture of the sumc certificate, excepting
vrhere sons ar entitled to vole by virlure or
their fathers, they and the person who shall
r,tr,. n-h secon l vote. Bon so ofiending.
shall be euHty of a high misdemeanor, aud
on 01Dvit.ti(ra vhereof, be finel or impiisone.l,
OI .at .we disctetiou of Uie couit; itut
the fine shall notevceed one linnttred dollars
in each case, nor the Imprisonment oneyear;
the like punishment shall be indicted on con
viction of the officers of election who shall
neglect or refuse to make, or cause to be
mode, tbe endorsement required, as afore
said naturalization certificate.
Sec. C If auy election officer shall refuse
or neg'icct to require such proof oi the right
of suffrage as is prescribed -by this law, or
tbe lawslo which ibis is a supplement, from
,.r, nirerinnr to vote wlioso name is
lhe ,13t o( asse39eJ voters, or whose
ri io vole is challenged by any qualified
voter present, aud shall admit such person io
vole without requiring such proof, every per
son so offending shall, upon convclion, be
"uilty of a high misdemeanor, aud shall be
sentenced, for every such offence, to pay a
fiue not exceeding one hundred dollars, or
to undergo an imprisonment not more liian
one yearor either or bolh. at the discretion
of the court '
Skc 11 On the petition of five or more
citizen's ot the county, stating under oath
that they verily believe that frauds will be
nracticed at the election about to be held, in
anv district, it shall be the duiy of the court
of common pleas of said county, if in session,
or if not, a judge thereof in vacation, to ap
point two judicious, sober and intelligent citi
zens of lhe county Io act as overseers, shall
be selected from different po. tical parties,
and where both of said inspectors belong to
the same political party, both of overseers
, -n u t.inn (mm the opposite political
" y
P. iL.nt with the officers of the election
riTirine the whole time the same is held, the
votesKcoun.ed. and the made out and
siirned by tbe election officers; to keep a list
of Voters! it tieysaeproper; tocnallen-re any
person offering to vote, and interrogate him
and his witnesses, under oath, in regard to
his right of suffrage at said election, and to
examiner is papers produced ; and the offi
cers of said election are required to afford to
said overseers so selected and appointed,
every convenience and facility for the dis
charge of their duties; and if said election
officers shall sefuse to permit said overseers
to be piesest and perform their duties as
aforesaid, or if they shall be driven away
from the polls by vio!ence or intimidation,
all the votes polled at such an election dis
trict may be rejected by any tribunal trying
a contest under said election : Provided, That
no person singing the petition shall be ap
pointed an overseer.
Sec. 12. If any prothonotary, clerk, or tbe
deputy of either, or any other person, shall
ami the seal ot omce to any naturalization
paper, or permit tue same to he affixed, or
give out, or cause or permit the same to be
given out, in blank, whereby it may be fraud
ulently used, or furnish a naturalization cer
titicate to any person who shall not have been
duly examined and sworn in open court, in
the presence of some ot the judges thereof,
according to the act of Congress, or shall aid
in, connive at, or in any way permit the issue
ol any lrauduJeut naturalization certificate,
he shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor;
or il any one shall fraudulent use any such
certificate or naturalization knowing that it
was fraudulently issued, or shall vote, or at
tempt to vote thereon, or if any one shall
vole, or attempt to vole on any certificate ol
naturalization not issued to him, he shall be
guilty of a high misdemeanor; and either or
any of the persons, or their aiders oj abettors,
guilty of either of tbe misdemeanors afore
said, shall on conviction, be fined in a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars, aud im
prisonment in the proper .penitentiary for a
a period not exceeding three years.
Sec. 13. Any person who on oath or affir
mation, in or before any conrt in this Stale, i
or officer authorized to administer oaths shall
to procure a certificate of naturalization, for
himself or any other person, willfully de- j
pose, declare or affirm any matter to be fact. I
knowing the same to be false, or shall in like I
manner aeny any uitter to be tact, knowing
the same to be true, shall be deemed guilty
of perjury ; and any certificate of naturaliza
tion issued in pursuance of any such deposi
tion, declaration or uffirmaliou shall be null
and void; and it shall be the duty of the court
issuing the same, upon proof being made be
fore it that it was fraudulently obtained, to
take immediate measures for recalling the
same for cancellation, and any person who
shall vole' or attempt to vote, on any paper
9o obtained! or who shall in any way aid in,
connive at or have any agency whatever in
the issue, circulation or use of any fraudulent
naturalization certificate, shall be deemed
guilty ot'a misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion thereof, shall undergo an imprisonment
in the penitentiary lor not more man iwo
years, und pay a fine not more than one
thousand dollars, for every such offence, or
either or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 14. Any assessor, election officer or
person appointed as an overseer, who shall
neglect or refuse to perform any duly en
joined by this act, without resonable or legal
cause, shall be subject to a penalty ol one
hundred dollars.
Sec. 15. All elections for city, ward, bor
ough, township and election officers shall
herealter bo heid on the second Tuesday of
October, subject to all the provisions ot the
1;IW-S rcgulutius the election of such offices at
t)st lime, shall take their places at the ex-
piralion of the terms of tiie person holding
the same at the time of such election; but no
election for the office of assessor or assistant
assessor shall be held, under this act, until the
year one thousand e ght hundred and seven
ty. " Sec. 16. At all elections hereafter held, un
der the lawsof ibis Commonwealth, the polls
shall be opened between the hours of six and
seven o'clock a. m., and closed at seven o'
clock P. M.
Sf.c. 17. It shall be the duty of the Secre
tary ot the Commonwealth to prepare form
for all the blanks made necessary by this act
and furnish copies of the same to the county
Commissioners of the several counties of the
Commonwealth; aud the county Commis
sioners of each county shall, as soon as may
ba necessary after receipt ot the same, at the
proper expense of the county, procure and
furnish all the election officers ol the electiou
districts of their respectlvs counties copies of
such blanks, in such quantities as may be ren
dered necessary for the discharge of their du
ties under this ect.
Sec. 19. That citizens of this Slate tempor
arily in the service of the State or of the Uni
ted States government, on clerical or other
doty, and who do not vote where thus em
ployed, shall not be thereby deprived of the
right to vote in their several election districts
it otherwise duly qualified.
Sec. 20. The act entitled "A further sup
plement to the act relating to the election of
this Commonwealth," approved April fourth
Anne Domini one thousand eight hundred
and ?ixty-eiglit and other laws altered or sup
plied by this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Wfierens, The fifteenth Amendment of the
Constitution of the United Stales is as fol
lows :
'Sectiox 1. The right of citizensof the
United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United Slates,orby any State,
on acconnt of race,coior,or previous condition
of servitude.
"Sec. 2 That Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate legis
lation." And WHEUEA8, The Congress of tbe
United States ou the 31st day of March,
1870, passed an act entitled "An act to en
force lite right of citizen of Vie Uniltd iSUUet
to role in ilie teccral UlaU of the Union, and
for other purposes the first and second sec
tions of which are as lollows; r - . . ,
"Sectiox 1. lie it enacted by Vie Senate
and House of Ileprcnentaliiet of the United
Stale of America, in Congren ascubied.
That all ciliiens of the United States who
are or shall be otherwise qualified to vote at
any election by the people in any State, ter
ritory, district, county, city, parish, town-j
ship, school district, municipality, or oilier
territorial subdivision, shall be entitled and
allowed to vole at all such election, without
distinction of race, color, or previous condi
tion of servitude ; any constitution, law cus
tom, usage, or regulation of any State or
by or under its authority, iu the contrary
notwithstanding. 1
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted. That if
by or tinder the authority of the constitu
tion or laws of any State, or the laws of any
Territory, any act is or shall lie required to
be required to be done is a prerequisite or
qualification for voting, and by such consti
tution or laws persons or officers are oi shall
be charged with the performance of duties
in' inrnisliing to citizens an opportunity to
perform such prerequisite, or to become qual
ified to vote, it shall be the duly ot every
such person and officer to give all citizens of
the United States the same and equal oppor
tunity to pprform such prerequisite, and to
become qualified to vote without distinction
of race, color, or previous condition of serv
itude ; and if any such person or officer
shall refuse or knowingly omit to give full
etfeot to ibis section, be shall, for every such
offense, forfeit and pay the sum of five hun
dred dollars to the person aggt ieved thereby,
to be recovered by an action in the case, with
full costs and such allowance for counsel
lees as the court shall deem just, and shall
also, for every such offense, be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined not less than five hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one
month and not more than one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court."
And whereas, It is declared by the second
section of the VI article of the Constitu
tion ol the United States, that -'This Consti
tution and the laws of tbe United States.
which shall be made in pursuance thereof,
shall by tbe Supreme law of tbe land, -
anything in Vie Comtitution or laic of any
State to the contrary noticitmtaruling."
And whereat, The legislature of the Com
monwealth, on the sixth day of April, A. D.
1870, passed an act, "A further supplement
to the act relating to election in this Com
taonwealth," the tenth section of which pro
vides as follow :
"Sec. 10. That so much of every act of
assembly as provides that only white freemen
shall be entitled to vote or be registered as
voters , or as claiming to vote at any general
or special election of this Commonwealth
be and the same is hereby repealed ; and
that hereafter all freemen, without distinc
tion of color, shall be enrolled and register
ed according to the provisions of the first
section of the act approved the 17th day of
April, loan, entitled An act further supple
mental to the act relative to the election of
ttiis Commonwealth ;' and shall' when other
wise qualified under existing laws, be en
titled to vote at ail general and special elec
tions in this Commonwealth."
Given under my band at my iffice in tbe
borough of Mifflinlown, the first day of Sep
tember, A. D. 1870.
Sheriff Office, .MitMintown,
1
Sept. 7th 1870,
pott's Corner.
T1IEKE IS AO DEATH.
BY SIB V. BUtWKB LYT05.
There is no death ! The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore ;
And bright in Heaven's jewelled crown
They shine for evermore.
There is no death, the dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To gulden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear ;
They forest leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless air. ,
There is no death ! Tbe leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away ;
They only wait thr'ough wmfry hours
The coming off hi Jlay. : ' ' ' '
There is no death ! An angel from
Walks o'er the hearth with silent tread ;
He bears our best loved things away.
And then we call them "dead."
He leaves our hearts all desolate,
He plucks our fairest sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Aduru immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones
Made glad these scenes of sin and strife,
Sings now an everlasting song
Amid the trees of life.
And where be sees a smile too bright,
Or heart too pure for taint nr vice.
He bears it to that world of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undying life.
They leave us but to come again ;
With joy we welcome them the same,
Except in sin and pain.
.
And even near us, though unseen.
The dear immortal spirits tread ;
For all the boundless universe
Is life there are no dead.
glisctllaneaus gtabing.
WASHIeT05'S FIRST ISTERTlEtY
WITH HIS WIFE.
BT O. W. CCSTIS.
One bright Sunday morning in the
year 1758, an officer, attired in the mili
tary undress and attended by a body
servant, tall and militaire as his chief,
crossed the ferry called Williams', over
the Pamonkey, a branch of the York
river. On the boat tonching the south
ern or New Kent side, the soldier's pro
gress was arrested by one of those per
sonages who give the lea ileal of the
Virginia gentlemen of the old regime,
the very soul of kindliness and hospitali
ty. It was in vain that the soldier urged
his business at Williamsburg, important
communications, to the governor, ice. Mr.
Chamberlayne, on whose domain the mil
itarie had just landed, would hear of no
excuse. Colonel Washington was a
name and character so dear to all the
Virginians, that his passing by one of
the old castles of Virginia without call
ing and pertaking of tbe hospitalities of
the host, was entirely out of the ques
tion. The colonel, however, did not sur
render at discretion, bat stoutly maintain
ed his ground, till Chamberlayne, bring
ing np his reserve in the intimation that
he would introduce his friend to a young
and charming widow then ' beneath his
roof, the soldier capitulated on condition
that he should dine and then, by press
ing his charger and borrowing of the
night he would reach Williamsburg be
fore His Excellency could shake off his
morning slumbers. Orders were accord
ingly issued to Bishop, the colonel's body
servant and faithful follower, who, to
gether with a fine English charger, had
been bequeathed by the dying Braddock
to Major Washington, on the famed and
fatal field of the Monogahela' Bishop,
bred in the school of European disipline,
raised nis hand to his cap. as much as to
say, "Your honor's orders shall be obey
ed." The colonel now proceeded to the
mansion, and was introduced to various
guests, (for when was a Virginian domi
cil of the olden time without, guests 1)
and above all. to tbe charming widow.
Tradition relates that they were mutually
pleased on their first interview ; nor was
it remarkable. They were of an age
when impressions are strongest. The la
dy was fair to behold, fascinating man
ners, and splendidly endowed with world
ly benefits ; the hero, fresh from his early
fields, redolent of frame and with a from
on which "every god did seem to set his
seal to give the world assurance of a
man." ' - ;- ;
' The morning passed pleasantly; even
ing came with Bishop true to his orders
and firm to his post, holding his favorite
charger with the one hand, while the
other was waiting to offer the ready stirrup-
The sun sank in the horizon, and
yet the colonel appeared not ; and then
the old soldier marvelled at his chiefs
delay "'Twas strange, 'twas passing
strange ;" surely he was not wont to be a
single moment behind his - appointments
for he was the most punctual of all punc
tual men. Meantime, the host enjoyed
the scene of the veteran on duty at the
gate, while tbe colonel was so agreeably
employed in the parlor ; and proclaiming
that no guest ever left his bouse after J
sunset, his military visitor was without j
much difficulty persuaded to order Bishop
to put up the horses for the night. The
sun rode high in tbe heavens the next
day, when the enamoured soldier pressed
with his spur his charger's side and speed
ed ou his way to the seat of government,
where, having dispatched his public busi
ness he retraced his steps, and at the
While House the engagement took place
with preparation for the marriage,
And much had the biographer heard
of that marriage from gray-haired domes
tics, who waited at the board where love
made the feast and Washington was the
guest. And rare and high was the rev
elry at that balmy period of Virginia's
festal age, for many were gathered to
that marriage of the good, the great' the
gifted aud the gay, while' Virginia with
joyful acclamation, hailed in her youthful
hero a prosperous and happy bride
groom. "And so you remembor when Colonel
Washington came a-courting of your mis
t roa a t i iin tiio i nitrrn r ii v rn ill 1 1 iiu v i
t 1! 1 t. .11 I
... . .... 0.-t j
in his huudreth year. ,
"Ay, master, that I do,'
replied this
ancient family servant, who had lived to
see five generations ; "great times, sir,
great times; shall never see the like
again.
"And Washington looked something
like a man, a proper man hey. Cully.
"Never, seed the like, sir ; never the
likes of him, though I have seen many
in my day : so tall so straight and then
he sat a horse aud rode with such an air !
Ah, sir, he was like no one else. Many
of the grandest gentlemen in their gold
lace were at the wedding, but none look- j
like me man uimseii. j
Strong indeed must havo been the
impressions which the person and man-
ner of Washington made upon the rude ; grew up, he was often pleasantly re
"untutored mind' of this poor negro minded that it was a fortunate accident that
since the lapse of three quarters of a cen
tury had not sufficed to efface them.
The precise date of the marriage the
biographer has been unable to discover
having in vane searched among the rec
ords of tbe vestry of St. Peter's church
New Kent, of which the reverend Mr.
Mossem, a Cambridge scholar, was the
rector, and performed the ceremony, it is j mounted beside a little' fountain. A
believed, about 1750. A short time af- j group of some fifteen or twenty shep
ter their marriage, Colonel and Lady j herds were there too, resting during the
Washington removed to Mount Vernon heat of the day, and their flocks, amount-
on the Potomac, and permanently settled
there. '
HHT IS THE OCEAS SALT!
The continental parts of the earth are
made up of minerals which are com
pounds, in great variety, of the elements
Most of these minerals are insoluble, or
almost so, and thus remain as rocks or
soils in their appointed places with great
stability. Yet there are miuerls like
common salt, or such as become so by
various chemical changes, and whenever
water reaches them' they will be taken
up and borne away to the one last re
ceptacle of the water the ocean. Thus
from time immemorial all the soluble
salt of the land have been leaching out
and passing into the ocean. The ocean
in turn, with the exception of a small
quantity of salt which is thrown into
the atmosphere as dust, returns none of
this dissolved mineral to the land.,. Its
vapois come down on the mountains and
bills to he condensed as pure water, and
taking up what they may in the track,!
carry through the rivers new riches to
the sea. Thus the ocean has become
the great reservoir of soluble minerals,
and is forever briny ' in consequence.
The same phenomenon is illustrated on
a small scale iu inland waters which are
cut off from drainage into the sea, like
Salt Lake and the Caspian Sea.' Nearly
all such collections of water are salt.
Christian Union.
The present Charles Dickens, unlike
his father, is a quiet, reticent, business
man, about thirty, very industrious, of
sound judgment and literary taste, and
admirably qualified for the chair editorial-
.. '.. ....... . v
Such crabs as they keep in Yorkaha
ma Bay, Japan, are not to be laughed at.
One recently caught their weighted over
forty pounds, had leg five feet long and
two enormous teeth. " ' . "' '
A K0BLE SPONSOR.
Joseph II., Emperor of Austria often
traveled about his kingdom in ordinary
citizen's dress, bo as not to be recognized.
His desire was to discover whatever there
might be wrong in the administration of
the laws, and see that abuses might be
corrected.
One day he arrived at a small post
village sooner than he was expected. No
horses were ready. The driver who was
to carry him on excused himself. ' '
"Sir," he said to the traveler, of course
not knowing him, "you will be obliged to
wait a short time. I am very sorry, but
you arrived a little ahead of time. All my
servants are absent."
"AH ! That is very singular," said
the emperor ; "how does it happen ?"
"Ah ! Well, you must know that I
have just had a little son born to me, and
I wish to have him baptized at once. I
have sent all my servants among my
friends to find a sponsor for him."
"A sponsor ! Is that all ?" rejoined
the emperor, with a smile y "Why not
take me, then the ceremony will be the
the sooner over, and then we can pro
ceed." The driver, seeing that the stranger
was to all appearance, a gentleman,
promptly accepted the offer, and the
whole party proceeded to the church.
The ceremony began. ' Arriving at the
point where the godfather gives his name
surname, title orprofession, the clergyman
asked :
"Your name, if you please."
"Joseph," replied the emperor. '
"Very well, and your surname V '
"My surname is that necessary 1"
Why, of course you must give that."
"Well, say Second "
"Second ! Singular name that ; bnt
down it goes, Now, Mr. Second, what
is your title V
"I am called Emperor of Austria."
At this announcement all the assistants
seized with astonishment and fear, threw
. . .
themselves at the teet ot tbetr sovereign
, . , . . . familkritv with
... , . , , . -
O, rise my friends," replied Joseph ;
"there is no harm done. I am quite con- ,
tent. As for my little godson, I shall of j
course take him under my protection. I ;
am not the sponsor you expected, per- i
haps ; but in pressing cases, it is necess a- i
ry to lake such as we can get ; so you j
must be satisfied."
"Ah, sire," responded the father "how
kind you are !"
"Well, good bye, all," interrupted the
... ,
! emperor, ' tor we must proceed on onr
journev But take good care 0f little
Joseph.'
It is unnecessary to add that good care
vat taken of the little boy s and as he
sent Joseph II. to the village of his birth
at that particular1 time. Merry' Mu
seum for July.
THE SHLTUEBIAND TUE SHEEP.
Traveling one day, I rode down from
a bare mountvin ridge into the wild and
beautiful valley of Helbon, and dis-
ing to several thousand sheep and goats.
filled nearly the whole bottom' of the
valley. When the time came to' lead
the flocks away to - pasture again, I
watched their motions with intense in
teiest. The shepherds rose, went into
the middle of the dense mass of animals,
and then separating, walked away slowly
in a different direction. As they went,
each peculiar cry or call the' sheep
heard, and they too began to separate
from each other. I observed that the
whole mass was agitated, as if the sheep
and goats had been driven hither and
thither by some unseen power. Gradu
ally columns, following closely in the
footsteps of the shepherds, and drawn
after them by their voices. I also ob
served that while each shepherd wound
his way through the nnited flock, some
of the - animals fled at his approach,
frightened by bis voice ; others hastened
towards him, "for they knew his voice.''
In a short time they were a'l lead off,
and the fountain was completely deserted,
not a solitary sheep or goat lagging be
hind. Eastern Travels.
GERXAX CAPTURES.
The following are the estimates at Ber
lin of German - captures np to hut not
including those of Strasburg : One mar
shal 30 generals, 3,3;0 officers, 106,650
privateg, 10.2S0 horaes, at least 50 eagles
102 mitrailleurs, 887 field and fortess
guns, more than 400 wagons, several pon
toon trains, maxinee. railway trains,
and almost incalculable quantities of sop
plies of arms, ammunition, clothitig, equip
ments forage and provisions. To these
figures will fully equal the "haul" made
at Sedan. Never befora was a seven
weeks campaign attended with such tre
mendous results for both antagonists.
A very" domestic and
savs she cares more for
devoted 'wife
her eccentric
husband'a income- than
out-go.
the does for his
PB13TEBS AMD PABADXES.
A printer is the most curioasbeing liv
ing, lie may have a wanki'etina and
not be worth a cent ; having smal caps,
and have neither , wife nor cLiluVn.
Others may run fast, but begets on iwif
ter by setting fast. He may be maling
impressions without eloquence ; tasy fee
the ley without offending, and be tullinr
the truth; while others cannot stand
while they set, he can seirstiuidiiig, and'
do both at the same time ; have to use
furniture, and yet having do dwelling ;
may make and put away pi, and never
see a pie, much less eat it during' his
life ; be a human being- and a rat at the
same time ; may press a great deal and
not ask a favor may handle's! shootiug
iron and know nothing about a cannon,
gun, or pistol ; he may move the lever that
moves the weld and be as far from mov
ing the globe as hog tinder a mole hill ;
spread sheets without being a house
wife; he may lay his form on the bed,
and be obliged to sleep on the floor ; he
may use a dagger without shedding blood
and from the earth handle stars , he may
be of a rolling disposition, and yet never
desire to travel ; he may have a sheep's
foot, and not be deformed ; rfi'ver with
out a case and yet know nothing of law
or physic ; be always correcting errors.
and be growing worse every day1; have
embraces, without the arms of a 'girl
thrown around him ; have Lis form fock-
: ed up, and at the same time' be free from
jail, watch-house or other con Chemeut ;
hiB office may have bell in it, and not be
a bad place after all ; he might be' plagu
ed by the devil, and be a Christian of the'
best kind ; aaj what' is etrangrr still,
be honest, or dishonest, rich or poor,'
drunk or sober, industrious or lazy, he
always stands up to his business.'
An Irishman took a contract to dig a
public, well. When he had dug about
25 feet down, he' tame one morning and'
found it caved in filled nearly to the
top. . Pat looked cautiously around, and
I saw that nobody was near ; then took
off bis hat and coat, huog them on the
windlass, crawled into some bushes aud
awaited events.' In a' short time the
citizens discovered text tbe well bad
caved in, and seeing Pat's hat and coat
on the windlass, they supposed he was
at the bottom' of the excavation. Only
a few hours of brisk digging-cleared the
loose earth from the well and just as
the eager citizens had reached the bot
tom, and were wonderiug where the'
body was, Pat came out of the bushes,
relieving him of "a sorry job." , Some
of the tired diggers were disgusted ; hut
the juke wa3 to good' to allow anything'
more than a hearty laugh that soou fol
lowed. .
I A l)RKA.f op Ld-rHKR. Last night
! said Luther, I awrtke, the devil came'
land wanted to dispute with' me, trad
J east it up at me' that I was a sinner.
; Then I said r "?ay something new1,-
devil : that I know well already. I
have committed real, actual sihs, but
God has forgiven me fbr his dear Son's
sake."
Thank God the devil has tiever been1
able to altogether vanquish me : he has
burnt himself out on Christ. When' one
is on the battle-field with the devil, and
is fighting against him, it is not enbugh
to say "That is God's Word," for this
is one of the devil's masibr-strokes to
SDatch the weapon from out- hands by
surprise. He knows that my heart is
always praying, yet he vexes me with'
the' temptaiion that I have ceased tt:
pray- w .
"God bless your houor I yoi' Once
saved my we, saia a beggar to a cap
tain under whom he had served. "Saved'
your life !" replied the officer. "Do you'
think I am a doctor ?"' "No," answered'
the man "but I served under you a the
battle of Corunna ; and when you raa;
away, I followed'.' ,
' A Rochester man has issded a book" of
tbe names of meo who don't py ' their
debts in that city. It contains so many,
names' that it ia Srequentry mistaken' for
and OB'ed in the place of a city directory.
Patience is" exemplified in the" man.
who left his wagon wbJe his horse balk
ed', sat on a stuap and read the Bible tilt
the animal w&k hungf enough' to gr.
home.
The ladies' (God hlc?s 'em) keep faith
fully in mind that clause in the Constitu
tion and their own which declarer t!io
right to bare ctrns shall not he infringed.
Tub Spaniards have a saying ; "At
13 marry your daughter to her superior ;
at 20 to her eyia ? at SO to voybody
that will haue her."
As Indiana eat has somewhat inter
fered with the eternal fitness oS things
by adopting a half grown' rat aito her
family. ' ' ' '
AiTnoceH Jenkins says he only eats
once a day. still he say ' he eats three
meals rye meal, Indian meal, and mealy
potatoes. . ' .
Mrs. ' Partington says that because
dancing girl are stars, it is n reason
why thej should be regarded as Heavenly
bodies. . i