it OLTJME I MDGAVAY, ELK CO. PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1869. NUMBER 20. From Tentiyfon's "In Mcmorlnm." F A MAN DIR. SHALL HE LIVE AU.tlNI Oh, yet we trust tliat somehow good Will bo the final goal of 111, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and tnluls of blood. That nothing wafts with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as riiblsh to tho void, When God bnth made the pile complete. That not a worm is cloven in Tain: . That not a moth with vain desire It shriveled in a fruitless fire, Or but ei.bsei vos another's gain. I Behold, wo know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last far cfi' at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So niiu tho dream, but what am If An infant crying in the night; An infant crying lor the light; And with no language but a cry. The wish, that of the living wholo No lifu muy fail beyond the gravo. Derives not from what wo have Butlikest God wilbin the soul? Are God and Nature then a strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the typo she seems, So careless of tho single life; That I considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that ot fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear. I faltered whore I firmly trod. And falling with my weight of c ires Upon the great world s altar-stairs, That slope' thiough darkness up to God. I stretch lnine hands of faith and grope, And gather dust and chuff, and call To w hat I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust tho larger hope. 'So careful of the type!" but no, Fioiu scarped cliff aud quarried stone She cries. "A thousand types are gone; I care fur nothing; all shall go. 'Thou makest tliiue appeal to me; I bring to life, I bring to death; Tho spirit doe3 but mean the breath, I know not more.'' And ho, shall he, Man, her last works, who seemed so fair, Such splendid purpose in his eyes, . Who rolled the Psalm to wintory skies, Yi'ho built him lanes of fruitless prayos, Who trusted God was love indeed, And lovo, Creatioas final law Though nature, red in tooth and claw With rapine, shrieked against his creed Who loved, who suHered countless ills, Who battled for tho true, the just, Do blown about the deceit dust, Or sealed wilhiu the iron bills? o more! A monster then a dream, A discord. Dragons of tho prime, That Uur each other in their clime, Were mallow music matched with hiiu. h, lifo as fertile, then, as frail! 'V Ob, for thy voice to sooth aud bless! What hope of answer or redress? Behind tho veil, behind tho veil. MISS IHtlGtiS EN 12 51 Y. BY LOTTIE llliOWS. Mr. Terry was it n old bachelor, and Miss Briggs was and old uiaiil. Ho lived iu the brick house on the hill, uiul she in the cot tage opposite, and they were mortal euemies. He deepised In r because she kept two cats mid a canary, and she loathed him for his nf foctiou for u huge mastiff aud a kuock-kueed horse. "Why oa earth the man don't try to get a decent horse is more thau I cuu iinugiul" she would say, as he plodded up to the door. "1 believe that he is too mean uud miserly to buy oue." Miss Briggs would have hardly felt pleased, had she kuowu that Mr. Perry rode buck and forward ou his worn-out piece of horse -flesh, for the purpose of uunoyiug her. They never spoke, but yet they managed to keep np a perfect warfare, by Uisugrosuhle manners aud wrathful gluuces. She sat Lour after hour beneath tho canary bird in the. window, with hen cats perched upou the sill, uud her kuittiug in her hand, throwing glances of scorn to the oposite side, whero he. with cigar and uewsp iper, aud boots a Tew inches higher than his head, re ceived and paid them back with interest. His detestable dog came over and rau through her garden, destroying all her beau tiful tulips and hyacinths, "uud she gave him a hot bath which seut him howtiu to his master, uud wheu said master reinoustrated, eeut word that sue would treat bim worce next time. Her little red cow broke through his euclo sure and devoured his turnips ami cabbages, and he led her home, aud informed Mis Briggs that a sccoud offence would give her a conifortnbl pasture iu the pond. For two years they lived and fought aud 'no one could bring about peace between them. It wus a pity, the ueighbors all suid, for Miss Brills was a dear little soul, aud there was uol a fitter man in the couutry thau Mr. Perry. "Julia, love," said Mrs. Perkins, ooe af ternoon, us she entered the cozy parlor, "I am going to have a party, and I waut you to come down iu the afternoon to tea, and re main during the eveuiug. Every oue will be there. " "Will that old bach ovei the way be there V "Mr. Perry? O, ye! We could not get 1 along without bun." Then that settles the matter. I sbant "Now, Julia, don't be so foo'.ishl If you remain at home be will think that you are afraid of bim." Miat Briggs thought the in at tor over. Fi W-1 Well, it would look a little like it, and she would not have him think so for the world the conceited wretch I Mrs. Perkins went home, and it wag ar ranged that Miss Briggs wns to spend the af ternoon, and remain lor the party. She was a pretty little woman, and it was always a puzzle to every one why she never married. She bad a round, rosy face; clear, brown ryes, and beautiful hair, and sweet little mouth, add if sbts was near thirty, there was not a smarter womun in town. She stood before the gilt framed looking glass iu the little chamber, and fastened her luce collar over the neck of her maroon col ored dress, with a plain gold brooch, and be gan to think that she looked very well. There was a bright healthy flush vpon her cheek, aud her eyes wero full of light aud beauty. She walked into Mrs. Perkins' Bitting room, and found her awaiting her with a smilling face. She thought that she must be in a very good humor, but said nothing, allowing the good lady to smile asloug end pleasantly as she wished. She ULderstood it oil when supper time came, and Mr. Perkius entered followed by Mr. Perry. This was n well laid plan to muke tho two become friends! Miss Briggs bit her lips, and inwardly vowed that nothing should tempt her to give "that man her bund in friendship. She huted lii in und always would." He was placed directly opposite at the ta ble, aud many limes forced to pass the bis cuit, cukes or preserves, aud she, Briggs, nc cepted then), u!t hough sho declured to Mrs. Perkins after supper, that they nearly choked her. Before evening they both wero persuaded to overlook the horse aud cow dificulty und be civil, und Briggs was frighloued wheu the found ber.'.elf talking to him with easy uud pleasant familiarity. Tho party was u success, and although the sports were generally monopolized by tho younger portion, they found room for the old maid und tier enemy, anil several tunes iney found themselves doing most ridiculous thiugs iu the way of paying forfeits. At the end of the evening Miss Briggs was at the door ready to depart, wheu he called: "Miss Briggs," 1 am going up your way. Will you wait?" Would she ride behind the old horse, and beside that detestable mau? ilio was won dering whether she would or not, when Mrs. Perkins came and triumphantly led her out, and packed her into the carriage. It was dark os pitch, and they had to let the horse go his way, aud find it the best he could. Mo did so very well until they reach ed the cottage, and then he was bewildered. Mr. Perry spoke, jerked the reins but to no purpose". He then took out tho whip. Whether bia natural dislike to the Hi-tioie, or tlto memory of the indignities he had Fullered from the hands of the owner of the cottage overcome him it is hard to decide, but at all events ho kicked up his heels, ran a few rods and lell, overturning the buggy aud its pre cious contents. Miss Briggs was up in a momont,.unharm- ed, but Mr. Perry was as silent as tho grave. Hha ran shuutius through the darkuess until Mr. Perry's "help'' came out with a luu'ern to her assistance. They found the poor man half dead beneath the carriage, and while Dan was nt work, Miss liriggs rau homo for her own servant. After much labor they succeeded in extricat tinir him from the wreck, but ho was senso- le s, und they bore him home mid sent for the village doctor. Upon examination they louud his leg to be broken, uud thus Miss Briggs enemy was at her mercy. The days uud weeks taut tonowed wero dreadful ones to the poor sufferer, but Miss liriggs never left him. Day and uiglit she stood beside him, and her little plump bauds administered to every wunt,' She forgot the cow und his . turnips. lie forgot the eats aud canary. He only saw littlo patient woman, with a pretty rosy face, trim figure anil tender bauds. and would you believe it? he fell 111 lovo with her. How could he help it? She hud sat by him through the dnarv days of pain, she bad brought him her presi-ves. her wines nud uicn invigorating cordials. She had made blune mango and delicate custurus, und in all prob ability saved his life. What could bo do? Nothing but lull in lovo. "Miss Briggs!" ho said, one day when ho wa able to nit np "Well Mr. Perry? You have been very good to me, nud I feel as though I owe you a great deal." "There! now stop right where you are. You owp me nothing." "Cut would you mind if I trespassed a lit tlo further on vour good nature?'' "Xot at nil." "Well, Miss Briggs, will you tako me iu charge for the rest of my natural life?" "What?" "Will yon marry me? There! ' Miss Briggs blushed and her auswer came thus: "I will mr.rry you." There was a wedding iu church a few weeks later, and Mrs. Perkins prepared the wedding supper. Mr. uud Mrs. Perry live in the brick house, and the cottage is rented to a young mun and his wife, to whom Mrs. Perry bequeathed her cats nud canary. The mastiff and the knock-kneed old horse are with tho forefathers. A Touching Sketch. TWEMY-HVB CENTS. "Please, sir, will you buy my chestnuts?" 'Chestnuts! No!" returned Ralph Moure, looking cureb'ssly down on tho up-turned face whose large brown eyes shudowed by tuugled curies of flaxeu hair, were appealing so pitifully to his owu, 'what do I waut with cnestuutsr 'But please, sir, do buy' 'em.' pleaded the little oue, reassured by the rough kinduess of his toue. 'Nobody seems to cure for 'em, and and She fairly burst into tears, and Moore, who bud been on the point of carelessly pass ing her, stopped iustinctively. Are you very mnch in want of the mon ey?' 'Indeed, sir, we are,' sobbed the child; 'mother sent me out, and' 'Nay, little one, do uot cry, jn such a heart broken way,' said E'llph, smoothin"' ber hair down with carejeff gentleness, 'I don't want your chestnuts, but here's a quar ter for you, if that will do you any good.' He did not stay to hear the delightful In coherent thanks the child poured out through a rainbow of smiles and tears, but strode on his way, muttering between his tenth That cuts off my supply of cigars for the next twenty-fonr boursl 1 don t care, t.linnirti. for the brown eved obir-ct really did cry us if she hadn't a friuud in tho world. Hung it, 1 wish I was rich enough to help every poor creature out of the Slough of Des- pond" While Ralph Moore was indulging in these very natural reflections, tho dark-orbed littlo damsal whom he had confronted, was dashing down the street with quick elastic step, ut- terly regardless of tho basket pf unsold nuts that still dangled upon her arm. Down an obscure lane she darted, between tall rnuious rows of houses, and Tip a narrow wooden staiicase to a room where a pale neat look- ing woman with largo browu eyes like her own, was sewing us busily as if tho breath of lite depended upon every stitch, and two HI- tie ones were pluyiug in the sunshine that temporarily supplied the place of the absent fire. . 'Mary! back ulrendy? Surely you have not sold your chestnuts so soon? No, mother; mother, see! ejaculated the the breathless child. 'A gentleman gave mo a whole quarter' Only think, mother, a whole quarter! If Italph Jloore could only have seen the rapture which his tiuy silver gift diffused rouu.i it.m tuc poor widow s poverty-stricken home, he would have grudged still less the temporary privations of cigars to which his generosity had subjected him. Years came and went. Tho little chest nut girl parsed us entirely out of Ralph Moore's memory, as if her pleading eyes hud never touched the soft spot iu his heart, but Mary Lee never forgot the stranger who had piveu her tho silver piece. The crimson window curtains were closely drawn to shut out the storm mid tempest of tho bleak Pecenber night the lire was glow ing cheerfully iu the well-Hlled grate, aud the dinner tu"l!oulI in n glitter with cut glass, rare china, ami polished silver, ouly waiting lor the presence of Mr Audley. What can it bo that detains papa?' said Mrs. Audley. h lair hiimkomo mutroii of about thirty", as she glanced nt the dial of a tiny enameled watch. Six o'clock, uud he does not make his appearance. 'There's a man with him in the study, mamma come on busines,' said Robert Aud- lev. a nrettv bov t even years old, who was reading by the fire. I'll call him again,' suid Mrs Audley, step nino1 to the tioor. Hut as sho ope lied it, the brilliant gaslight fell full on the face of an humble looking man iu worn and threadbare garments, who was leaving the hous'i while her busbaiW stood in the doorway of his study, apparent ly relieved lo be rid of his visitor. 'Charles.' said Mrs Audley, whose cheek had paled and flushed, 'who is that man und what does h" want?' 'Mis name is Moore, I believe, love, and ho came to see if I .would bestow upon him that vacant uiessengership in the bank.' 'And will vou?' '1 dou't know, M.try I must think ubout if. 'Charles, give him the situation.' 'Why. mv love?' 'Jiecaus'l ask it of you as a favor, and you have said a thousand times you would never deny me anything ' 'And Twill keep my word, Marv.'snid the lover husband with au affectionate kiss. 'I I write the fellow a note this very evening. I believe I've got his address, somewhere ubout me.' An hour or two later, when Bobby, and Frank and Littlo Mani-iu were locked snugly up iu bed in the spacious nursery nbove stairs, 'Mrs. Audley told her husband whv she was interested in the fate of a mau whose face she hud not seeu for twenty yenrs. That's' right, my little wife!' said her hus band, folding her loudly to Ins breust, 'never forget one who has been kind to you in tho davs when you needed kindness most.' Ralph Moore wus sitting tho self-sime n'ght iu his poor lodgings beside his ailing wife's sick bed, when a liveried servant brought a note I'ror.i tho rich und prosperous bank director. Charles Auuley. 'Good uews, Bert:::;! be exclaimed, joy ously, os ho read tho brief words: wo shall llOt Siarve .ur. -AUiliey promises niu biiu va cant situation! 'Von have aropped something from tho note. Ralph,' said Mrs. Moore, poiuting ton sun of paper that lay on the Hoor. Moore stopped to cover ine rstrny. it was a fifty dollar bill, neatly folded iu a picco of paper, ou which was written: 'In greatiui reineinuraiice oi uir silver nuurter that a kiml stranger bestowed ou u little chestnut girl twenty years ago. Ralph Mooro bad thrown his morsel o. bread on the waters of life, and after man days it had returned to him. Cuttiso off Dead Heaps. The New York Tribunk says: Among the announcements irom vv usuin ington is an unpretending little paragraph to rr . . .1. .. .1.- I,.. f!n.w...nl revoked all commissions as special agents of Z Jtm, other than thole under pav and ,r ti ri."i. USKIglieU IU UUl-V. I uo lliuauiug ut tiuo id r. .. . t i. .I,.. i .i tliat liereaiicr uov, iiuuuuus cruuu ui uu- veuturers uud confidence men are to be stopped from traveling free overall railroads and fcteainboata of the country. Whenever the Postmaster General wauted to oblige a friend, or send some striker oil to cork up a Convention or manipulate a caucus, he made him a special agent without puy. The commission wus simply a .uuiversal railroad and steamboat pass. Sometimes a single ...,i.w. U',wl.;,.,rt,.n irnnld nnntii n tt,lop nf thesn "Postal A?ents" whoso .. ..io A,..,.iui,oi in ti, a r nf ...,i.,i.a ; iu r UnUu A tniin ho- vi, u'.i,,nrf urn. snnrna. LWCCU HCtl ItUAUNU 11 iwuiuvvu ly ever without a brace of thein. Men made husiness trips over the whole South and West on Postal Agent commissions. Of course the railroads found some way to get even with the Department, aud tho Govern ment eventually hud all the promiscuous free ridimr to Day for. Mr. Cresswell is not too prompt in striking at the root of the discred it i - ..i - KUUIO uuuoo. A man in Rhode Island was sent to jail for ten days for sleeping iu church. Nothing was doD to tb clsrgymam. Seals. The tulents of tho seal are mani fold, from the agility which he disnlnvn in catching fish for his master, to the capacity he has shown in learning actually to speak. More than oue seal has been taught to utter distinctly the word Papa, and several nui- mals ol the kind are reported to have pro- nouncca several words at n tune. Nor must their love for mnsic be forgotten. vhich is so great that they will rise from the water and letmtin nearly standing upright as long us, the instrument is played, to which they listen wmi umiuBiaKuuie pieasuro. it is not so long since one of this remarkable race came every day for six weeks from the waters of tho Mediterranean, to tako her rest under tho divan of a custom-house officer in Smyrna. The latter had tamed her, and placed a few rough planks nt tho distance of ubout three feet from the water's edge under his couch, and on these boards the seal loved to 'rest lor several hours, giving vent .to her delight, oddly enough, in a profusion of sighs like those of a suffering man. Sho ate readily me rice anu me orena wnicu onereu her, though she seemed to have some trouble in softeniug tho former sufficiently to swallow it with ease. After on absence of several days, tho affectionate creature reappeared with a young one under tke urin. but a month later sho plunged one day, fiightcned, iuto tho water, and was never seeu again. Nearly about the same time, another seal appeared mddenly in tho very midst of the port of Co'istantiuoiHe, undisturbed by the numiier oi cinques iiasliing to and tro, and tho noiso of a thousand vessels with their crews nud their passengers. One day tho bont of the French legation was crossing over to Pern, loaded with wine for tho am bassador. A drunken sailor was sitting astride ou the cask, uud singing boisterously, when all ol n sudden' the seal raised himself out of the water, seized the sailor with his left arm, nud threw himself with his prey in to tho waves. He reappeared nt somo" dis tance, still holding tho man under his fin, as if wishing to display his agility, aud then stink once more, leaving tho frightened, sobered sailor, to muke his way back to the boat, surely, uothing more thau one such occurrence was needed to give rise to the many romances of former ages : if the same, even, had happened in earlier oays the seal would have been a beautiful Nereid, who, having conceived a passion for tho hapless sailor, had risen to take him dowu to her palace uuder the waves. Futuiuu's Maga zine. Av anecdote of Wendell Phillips hns re cently come to out kuowledge, and we think it too goon to ue Kepi iutijj't uui ui juiuu About a year ago Mr. Phillips arrived in a certain Western town to deliver bis lecture ou the Lost Arts. Ho had been particularly tequested by the secretary to give that loc rure, and, uo other; but, after getting to the town, he learned from a friend that the lite rary association for which ho was to lecture ad been so manipulated as to fall in tho bauds of a committee of Democrats, who had sworn to abolish from their platform all political discussious, especially those winch involved the treatment ot black tolks. Jiy the mere engagement of the great lion ol abolitionism the committee expected to show their impartiality; by coiifiuing him to the Lost Art3 they thought they had changed him to a period iufiuitely removed from pres ent politics, and they felt inclined to pat their owu hacks over their shrewd manage ment. "I'll fix 'em," quietly remarked Mr. Phillips. The hour arrived; huge audience; Democratic committee hugely deligthed that they had tho abolition orutor on a safe sub ject. Mr. Phillips was introduced with a very emphatic announcement that ho wns to lecture on the Lost Arts. What was the horror of the committee us the orator pro ceeded during the first fifteen minutes to de scribe tho Democratic party ns one of tho Lost Arts, tracing its career witli his own terrible sarcasm invective, and ridicule. After thus puuishing the committee to his heart's content, he went on with his lecture us usual. Meantime, the committee learned a useful lessou in tnephilosophv ol discussion und came to the conclusion that any lecturer who is worth bearing is ruther disinclined to being put into a cage. The Central Pk.swsylvania Conference of the SI. Cj. Cui'Rcn. Ibis (Jouterence, which was recently in Rossion nt Danville, was formed by the lato Geuaral Conference at Chicago. It was a part of the old Balti more Couference, but was divided twelve years ugo, aud this present uonierence in cluded in what was known ns tho East Balti more Conference. Tho following boundary was fixed by the General Conference: Central Peuusylvania Conference shall be bounded as follows: Ou the south, by the State Hue from the Susquehanna river to the west boundary of Bedford couuty, excepting so much of the State of Pennsylvania as is iiic'uded in Baltimore Conference; ou the west by the west line of Bedford, Blair and Clearfield counties, except so much of Clenr field couuty as is embraced in the lirie Con ference; thence to Haint Mary s; on luo north, by the line extending from Saiiit Mary's east ward to Emporium; thence by the southern boundary of Potter and Tioga, excepting suc'i portion of Tioga, ns is in Liberty Vullev Circuit: theuce through Sullivan county, north of Laporte to the west Wyoming county; ou the east by W line oi yoming Conlereuce to the norm meoi tue X'uuuuei- I , . s I nuia l phia Conference; thence on tho northern line of Carbon, Schuylkill and Dauphin counties to theSusnuchauim river, lucludiug Asniuud, Beaver .Meadow uud W hite llaveu Ulrruiu; theuce to the Susquehauua river to the place of beginning. . This is, therefore, a purely Pennsylvania Coulerence. A Puzzled Yankeb. Jinks tells a good story Ol a man ou a .Mississippi sieumer wuo was questioned by a Yankee. The gentle- man. to humor tho fellow, replied to all the ouestion straight fordly until the inquisitor was fairlv puzzled for uq luterrogutory. At I . . . last he inquired 4'Look here, Squire wnere wasyou norm "I wa3 born." said the victim, "iu Boston, . . no Tremont St, No 44. left baud side, on the 1st day of August, 1820, at 5 o clock in the afteri.ooo: physician. Dr. arreu, nurse Sullv Benjamin. Yuukee was answered completely, xror a momeut he wag struck. Soou, howeCJ his face brightened, and he quickly said: 'Yeus, wall 1 calculate you don't recollect whether it was a frame or a brick house, dew A Shinies ill it H. The Editor's Drawer of Harper's Monthly for April has tho following: In the spring of 1841 I scorching for a studio in which to set up my ensej. My 'house-hunting"' ended nt the New York Uni versity, where I found what I wnntnd in oue of tho turrets of that stately edifice. When I had fixed my choice the janitor, who accom panied me in my exnmnrnination of the rooms, threw open a door on the opposite side of the hall and invited me to enter. I found myself iu what was evidently an artist's studio, but every object in it bore indubitable sigus of unthrift and neglect. The statuetts, bust, and moduls of various kinds wero covered with dust and cobwebs; dusty canvass were faced to the wall, and stumps of brushes and scraps of paper littered the floor. The only signs of industry consisted of a few masterly crayon drawings and a little luscious studies ot color pinned to the wall. "You will hnvo nn artist for your neigh bor" said the janitor, "though he is.uot nere much of lute; bo seems to bo getting rather shiftless; he is wasting his time over somo silly invenlion.a machine by which he expects to send messages from ono place to another. He is a very good pninter, and might do well if he would ouly stick to his business; but, Lord, 'he added, with a sneer of supreme con tempt, "the iuen of telling by a little streak of lightening what n body is saying nt the other end of it! His friends think he is crazy on tho subject, and are trying to dis suade ,him from it, but he persists iu it until ho is almost ruiued." Jndge of my astonishment when ho inform ed mo that the "shiftless" individual, whose foolish waste of time so excited his commiser ation, was noue other thau the Prsident of the National Academy of Design the most ex alted position, in my youthful artistic fancy, it was possible for moral to attaiu S. F. B. Morse, since much better known as the inven tor of the electric telegraph. But a little while ot'tcr this his fame was flashing through tho world, and tho unbelievers who voted him insane were forced to confess that there was nt least "method in h:s madness. Ox Christmas F.vo last, at Cumberland, Md., a gang of ruffians broke into the Color ed Methodist Church in that city, where a Fnir wns being held by the members of the congreguticn, nnd, without any provocation, murdered a colored man named Wesley Uoss, who was attending the Fuir with his wife and child. The assassins and their accom plices, ultra "nigger haters" nnd nctive par tisans, were arrested, taken beforea magistrate and during their examination deliberately walked out of the magistrate's office. The State's Attorney had them again taken into custody, and George W. Bills nnd John Mo Girr wero indicted by tho Grand Jury of Al leghany county for murder, and another of tho gang, Thomas Summons, was tried there on the charge of assault with intent to kill, hut was acquitted. With this fact belbre him, and it being evident that justice would not be awarded the alleged murderer, nnd a fair trial hud in Allegheny, tho State's At torney had tho cases of McGirr and Sills re moved to tho Circuit Court of Washington county, where the trial, if such it can be called", took place last week. Three witness es, who were standing in the immediate vi cinity of the muredred man, testified to have seen ""Sills cut Ross,' aud to McGirr striking him immediately nlterward, nnd jumping up on nnil trampling his body when bo fell to the floor from loss of blood. Upou this indispu table testimony tint State rested itscaso. It will hardly be believed, in the face of posi tive testimony as to the guilt of the prisoners, that a Washington county jury, after 30 min. deliberat ion, reudered a verdict of "uot guil ty," and lot those ruffians again loose upon society. Mr. David B. Myer (white) testified that previous to the murder ho met Sills aud his gang in the vicinity of the church, and ho heard Sills say that "ho would give the black h 11, nnd ho would whip any white man who would take up for them,'' nnd after committing the deed, a Mrs. Miles (white) testified that she heard Sills boast tliat ho had killed one nigger, uud ho would kill another ho would kill them nil, one by one, as fast as they would bring them to him. The verdict is a disgrace to the county and the State, aud unworthy the days iu which we livo. So says tho Baltimore American. Death of Gen. l'hil. Kearney. March 10. Wo are informed by a promi nent, lawyer of this city that whilo sojourn- ug iu Amboy a.t nigut bo passed a pleasant our iu company with a lormer rebel ouiger. who was attached to Stonewall Jackson s ivision of the Confederate army during the war, and wuo related nn interesting remin iscence of the death of General Kearney ol which sad event he was an eye-witness.- The gulluut Kearney' ho said "received bis death wound from a private nuder my com mand, nnd wheu ho fell from bis horse I hnsteued, with many others, to tho pomt whero he lay, not supposing that bis wound was a mortal ono. Just as wo reached his body, however, his limbs gave oue convulsive quiver, and then nil was over. Seeing that he was a Major ueneral, word was sent to headquarters to that effect, and General Jackson coming to the spot immediately gave oue glance at the dead olticers teatures, and exclaimed, "My God, boys, do you know who you have killed? You have shot the most gallant officer in the United States army. This ia Phil. Kearney, who lost bis arm in the Mexican war. lie theu involun tarily lifted his hat, every officer in the group fol owed bis example, and lor a moment u reverential silence was observed by all. Sub sequent'y the body of the deud soldier was placed upon two oourus, and wneu neing re moved to Headquarters, was louowou Dy ucu eral Jackson, General Ewell aud other offi ccrs, whilo a regimental baud preceded it playing a dead march. ' For tub Ladies. To keep the hands soft and white they fhould always be washed in wu'm water, using fine soup, nud cureCully dried with a moderately coarse towel, being well rubbed every time to iu3ure a brisk cir culation, than which nothing can be more eflectuul in promoting a transparent and soft surface. II engaged in any casual business which may hurt the color of the hands, or tbev nave been exposed to mo sun, a nine lemon juico will restore their whiteness, aud lemon soap is proper to wasn mem wun. Legal money. tenderness Your wife's kiss Tim Public Credit. This bill which whs the first signed by the new Speaker and Pres ident Grant, is as follows: Bo it enacted, &c That in order to remove any doubt as to tho purpose of the govern ment to dischnrge all just obligations to the public creditors ami to settle conflicting questions and interpretations of tho law by virtue of which such obligations have beeu contracted, it is hereby provided and declar ed that the fuith of the United States is sol emnly pledged to the pnyment in coin or its equivalent of all the bbligntions of the United States not bearing interest, kuown as United States notes, and of oil the interest bearing obligations, except In cases whero tjio law authorizing the 18330 of any such ob ligations hns expressly provided that the snmo may bo paid in lawlul money or inother currency than gold und silver; but none of the said interest-bearing obligations not al ready due shall ho redeemed or paid before mnlurity, unless at such times as Uuited States notes shall be convertible into coin nt the option'of the holder, or unless at such time as bonds of tho Uuited States bearing a lower rate of interest thau the bonds to be redeemed can bo sold at par in coin; and the United States also solemnly pledges its fuith to muke provision at the earliest prnclicle period for the redemption of tho United States notes iu coiu. Jamks (Jr. Blat.nb, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Soiiuvler Col-fax, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved. U. S. Grant. March 18, 18C9. A Black Villain. We learn from the Re pository that a negro named Adams, on Thursday last, outraged the persons of three white ladies near Chambersburg, one of the victims not being quite thirteen yenrs old. These outrages were committed at different times during the day und iu different locali ties. The brutal wretch was promptly ar rested and lodged in Fort Fletcher. The ex citement was naturally intense among the citizens aud considerable difficulty was ex perienced in restraining the crowd that sur rounded the jail from forcibly taking the prisoner therefrom und lynching him ou the spot. Tho Repository says: Tho prisoner is as black as the ace of spades; about 5 feet 4 inches high; of rather a stout build und possesses n most wicked countenance. Me is a son of "Titus Adams."nnd has been "down the road" nt least once. There are none who have more vindictive feelings against him than his own race, and if placed in their hands his punishment would be swift and certain. While we have only arrived at obsolnto equality of races after years of legislation aud bloodshed, the cuban revolutionists have at one fell 6woop brushed away ull distinction of enste, color or previous condition between the people of their devoted islaud. The rev olutionary assembly, at a late convention, declured that slavery shall hereafter cease to exist in Cubn All the rights and privileges of white mou are granted to tho manumitted slaves, and the cause of the master and his servant thereby made identical. This Btep on the part of the leaders of the revolution entitles them to the consideration and sym pathy of tho world. It proves that in their efforts for liberty they are williug to make greater sacrifices than the mere niding of tho cause by money and services. It shows that the principle that actuates the revolutionists is universal, unqualified freedom, and not tho mere control of the island, nud that to gain that freedom tliey ure willing to lay by tho prejudices ot ages nnd unite heartily with a dowu-trodden race in the prosecution of their object We extend tho right hand of fel lowship to emancipated Cuba. The Foet Wiiittif.r. A ship-builder of Nuburyport has named one of his first-class ships utter the poet Whittier, who writes, to acknowledge the compliment, that: "In tho course of my life I have doue something in the seulnr.ug line as well as in Hpiuisti cas tles, but, uufortnnately, my ships rarely come to port. It is a satisfaction, therefore, to feel that I have now an interest in a stauncher craft, substantial as oaken ribs and coppe bolts can make her." A Little Mistake. A worthy deacon iu a town soinewhero in North America, gave uotice to a prayer meeting, tho other night. of a church meeting that wns to be held im mediately after, aud unconsciously added: "There is no objection to the female bretlieru remaining! " This is equaled by the clergymen who told in his sermon of a very uffecting scene were "there wasn t a dry teur in tho house." Am Ohio editor is getting particular about what he eats. Hear him: "The wo'man who made the butter which we bought last week is respectfully requested to exercise more Judgement iu proportioning the ingredients. The last batch bad too much hair in for but ter, and not quite enough for a waterfall. I here is no sense in making yourseit baid- headed, if butter is 50 cents a pound. A sailor's wife at Portpatrick had just re ceived intelligence that her husband had per ished at sea. btie was visited by a neighbor who sympathized with her loss, nnd express ed a four she would be poorly off. "Deed I will, said the widow; "but he did all bo could for me he's saved me the expense of bis tiuryiu. Pennsylvania Statb Agricultural Soci ety. This Society has determined to hold its next aunual exhibition on the 28th ot September, 18C!), to continue four duya. The place of exhibition is not yet determin ed, but will be announced about the 15th or April. "Pound Parties" are the latest notion Those invited are expected to contribute ono pound at least or something to eat The flower of youth never appenra so beau tiful as wheu it bends toward the Sua of if Righteousness. A Cincinnati jury rendered a verdict of not guily with a recommendation to mercy. for An Albany paper announces that it will not, hereafter, take payment in doga,
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