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VOL.23.
STROUBSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. JANUARY 26. 1865.
NO. 48,
THE
JiJiJD
tuMished by Theodore Schocli.
TBRM3 Two dollarsa year in advance-anil if no
fixi before the end of the yeaJ, two dollars and filly
kit. will be chargril.
X pper discontinued until all arrearages are paid,
except at the option of the Editor,
i D"JUertisemeiit.s of one square of eight lines) or
tw, on.or three insertions $1 60. Each additional
morti.n, 50 cents. Longer ones in propoititn.
JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KINDS,
Brcute4 in the highest style of the Atl.and on the
most tcaSonnblc terras.
THE OLD AND THE NEW YEAR.
The death of the Old Year has been a fa
vorite theme with the poets, and very natu
rally, too, for surely nothing- could be more
suggestive. But who lias sang of it more
musically than Tennyson, in the following
Verses ?
Ring out wild bells to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring happy bells across the snow ;
The year is going let him go ;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that snaps the mind,
For these that here we see no more ;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cauee,
And ancient forms of party strife ;
Ring in the nobler modes of l:fe,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times ;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spile
Ring in the love of truth and rights
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand ;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Good Night,
sinks the setting sun,
evenening shadows fall;
Downward
Soft the
Light ib flying,
Day is dying,
Darkness stcalcth ovcr all.
Good ui
jht
Autumn garnGrs in her siorcs
Hastens on the lading year ;
Leaves are dying,
mds arc
sighiug
hipcring of the winter near.
Good night !
Youth is vanished, manhood wanes,
Age its forward fchnduWs throws;
Day
is uying,
Years are flying,
Life runs onward to its close.
Good night!
Long Dresses.
'We do not sec one lady
iu ten walk-
mg the streets," savs a
venturesome co-
temporary, without a constant Sdgetting
with the long skirts of her dress. Some
pin them up at regular spacs, giving
them a very rumpled appearance ; others
wear 'pages,' or an clastic cord just below
the waist, pulling up the dress just as our
graudmothers used to do when the' went
to scrub the kitchen ; others frantically
seize the side-breadths, holding them in
frout, having thsappcrancc of a desperate
determination of sitting down the first
conrenieut opportunity. Some walk on,
letting their dress hang, are suddenly
brought upon the front breadth stumble,
flouudcr, pull up, and try it again. Now
all this could be avoided. Modesty and
respect for the opiniou of mankind demand
a reformatidn in this matter. If ladies
would ouly put a quarter of a yard less ;
in the length of their dresses, they would :
&ve the amouut
uic guuu vust, anu .is
much public observaticu Home J ournal
Who Take our Petroleum.
Petroleum is shipped to almost every
commerical porLin Europe. Great Bri
tain is the largest consumer of the pro
duct the export from New York thither
during last year being 6,275,000 gallons.
France is next in importance, her import
from New York hariug been 4,625,000
gaHoaz,5 large increase upon the receipts
of 1863. The fchipments to Antwerp
hare also been large, amounting to 4,140,
000 gallons, against 2,662,000 gallons in
J863. Bremen has imported nearly one
million gallons ; Hamburg 1,176,000, and
Rotterdam 433,090 gallons. The ship
ments to Cronstadt indicate a large growth
n the demand in Russia the export
faring increased from 88,000 gallons in
D363 to 4000 gallons in 186L The ex
port to Genoa, Leghorn, Trieste, Lisbon
nd Australia, are also oif considerable im
portance. The Russian Government
encourages
aaaamage among its soldiers, provides the
xoHjple with a house, supports them, rears
their children, but .takes away all the
boys at a tender age. a&d sends them to
jailttarjr garisons there to be trained for
tWaray. There are 300,000 of this
kind of soldiers in the Russian army.
AK UNMEANT REBUKE.
Charles Nelson had reached his thirty
fifch year, and at that age he found him
self going down hill. He had once been
one of the happiest mortals, and no bless
ing was wanted to complete the sum of his
hapiuess. He had one of the best wives,
and his children were intelligent and
I" o
comely. He was a carpenter by trade,
j and no man could command better wages,
ana oe more sure or work. It any man
attempted to build a house, Charles Nel
sou must "boss" the job, and for miles a
round people sought him to work for
them. But a change had come over his
; life. A demon had met him on his way,
i and he had turned back with the evil
pint. . A new and experienced carpen
j ter had been sent for by those who could
no longer depend upon Aelson, aud he
had settled in the village, and now took
Nelson's place.
On a back street, where the great trees
threw their green branches over the way,
stood a small cottage, which had been the
pride of the inmates. Before it stretched
a wide garden, but tall, rank grass grew
up among the choking flowers, and the
paling of the fence was brokeu in many
j places. 1 lie house itself had once been
j white, but it was dingy and dark. Bright
; green blinds had once adorued the win
i dows, but uow these had been taken off
I and sold. And the windows themselves
bespoke poverty and neglect, for in many
! places tne glass were gone, and shingles,
rags anu oiu nats nau tasen its place.
and
A single look at the house and iU accom
paniments told the story. It was the
drunkard's home.
Within sat a woman yet in her early
yenrs of life and thought. : she was still
I hanusomc to luoic upon, but the bloom
look
! had gone from her check, and the bright-
ncss had faded from her eyes. Boor Ma-
j ry Nelson ! Once she had been the hap
I picst among the happy, but now none
couui ie more miserable i jNcar her sat and tears, and the sisters wept long to
two child ten, both giris, and both beauti- : gether. At length they arose and went
ful in form and feature : but their garbs away, for thev saw niorc children coming.
j were all patched and woru, and their feet
were shoeless, ihe eldest was thirteen
years of age, her sister a few years youn-
ri i .i i . i
er. JLiie momer was hearing them re-
cite
a grammar lesson, ibr she had resol
ved that her children should never grow
up in ignorance. They could not attend
the cotnniou school, for thoughtless chil-
dren sneered at them, and made them the
j object of sport and ridicule; but iu this
! respect they did not suffer, for their moth-!
er was well educated, and she devoted
; such time as she could spare for their in-
; struclfon. !
For more than two years Mary Nelson
had earned all the money that had been
j used in the house. People hired her to
j wash, iron and sew for them, and besides j
; the money paid, they gave her many ar- j
i tides of food and clothing. So she had ,
t lived on, aud the only joys that dwelt
with her now were teaching her children
and paying to God.
t Suppcrtime came, and Charles Nelson ; would send and get him some porridge,
i enme reeling home. He had worked the 1 The wife was startled by the tone iu which
day before at helping to move a building, J this was spoken, for it sounded as iu days
aud thus had earned money enough to gone by.
j find himself in rum for several days. As j The porridge was made nice and nour
he stumbled into the house the children ! ishing, and Charles ato it all. He went
crouched close to their mother, and even ! to bed early, and early on the following
. she shrank away, for sometimes her bus- J
hand .t.is hpIv when thus intoxicated. i
Oh ! how that man bad changed within
-J3-. "
two years! Once there was not a finer
looking
man iu the town. JIu frame he
had been tall, stour, compact. Ind pcrfct-
ly formed, while his face bore the very
beau ideal of manly beauty. But all was
changed now. His noble form was bent, !
his limbs shrunken and tremulous, and
his face all bloated and disfigured. He
was uot the man who had once been the
fond husband and doting father. The
loving wife had prayed, and wept, and
implored, but all to no purpose ; the hus
band was bound to the drinking compan
ions of the bar-room, and he would not
break the bands.
That evening Mary Nelson ate no sup-
per, for of all the food in the house, there
was not more than euough for her bus-
i band and children ; but when her husband
had ghe weDfc Qufc aD(j icked ft ffl
fa h k . her vital cnergi
few
ics I
alive, xaai nigm me poor woman pray-
ed long and earnestly, and her little ones
prayed with her.
r .i r ii m t v i
On the following morning Charle3 N el-
, . , ,
sou sought the barroom as soon as he rose
, . , b , i r , j xi r
but he was sick and iaint, and the liquor
,, . e ' .. .
would not revive mm, for it would do
i. th . - t..i '
stay on his stomach.
He had drank ve-1
ry deeply the night before, and felt miser
able. At length, however, he maged to
keep down a fev glasses of hot sling, but
the close atmosphere of the bar-room
seemed to stifle him, and he went out.
The poor man had sense enough to
know that if he could sleep he should
feel better, and he had just feeling enough
to keep away from home ; so he wander
ed not far from the village, and sank down
by a stone well and was soon in a profound
slumber. When he awoke the sun was
shining down hot upon him, and raising
himself to sitting posture, he gazed about
bim. He was just on the point of rising,
when his motion was arrested by the
sound of voices near at hand. He looked
through a chink in, the wall, and just up
!
on the other side he saw his two children
picking berries, while a little further off
were two more girls, the children of tbe
carpenter who had lately moved into the
village.
"Come Katie," said one of the latter
girls to her companion, "let's go away
from here, because if anybody should see
us with those girls, they'd think we play -
ed with 'em. Come."
"But the berries, are so thick here "
remonstrated the other.
'iNevcr mind we'll come out some
lime when these ragged, drunkard's girls
are not here."
So the two favored ones went away,
hand in hand, and Nelly and Nancy Nel
son sat down upon the grass and cried,
"Don't cry, Nancy," said the eldest,
throwing her arms around her sister
neck.
"But you arc crying, Nelly."
"Oh, I can't help it," sobbed the strick
cn onc-
j Nancy, gazing up into her sister's face.
1 ny ao tney uiame us r murmured
"Oh, we are not to blame. We are good
and kind, and 1
ovinjr,
and we never hurt
anybody. Oh, I wish somebody
would
love us ; 1 should be so happy."
"And we are loved Nancy,
think of our noble mother. Who
love us as she does V
"I know I kuow, Nelly: but that
all. Whv don t nana love us as he used
to do ? Don't you remember when he j
used to kiss us. and made us so happy?,
Uh, how 1 wish he could be so good to us
once more. He is not "
" sh, sissy ! don't say anything more.
He may be good to us again ; if he knew
how we loved him, I know he would.
And then I believe God is good, and will
help us sometime,
for
mother prays to
lmn every day.
Yes," answered Nancy, "I know she
docs; and God must be our leather some
time." "He is our Father now, sissy."
"I know it, and he must be all we shall
have by-and-by, for don't you remember
that mother told us that she might leave
us one of these days?
dagger was upou her 1
She said a cold
gger was upou her heart, and aud
" oil I llnn'f V,. 'll
; The words were checked up with sobs i
an . juu i, AiaiiV J uu ii
As soon as the little ones were out of
sight, Charles Nelson started to his feet, jous emotions that.had started up in her
His hands were clenched, his eyes were i bosom, and she awoke not so-carly asusu
fixed upon a vacant point with an eager jal. But she came out just as the tea-ket
raze.
"My God !" he gasped, "what a villain
1 1 am I Look at me now ! What a state
j I am in, and what have I sacrificed to
bring myself to it ! And they love me
yet aud pray for me !"
lie said no more, but for a few mo-
mcnts he stood with his hands still
clenched, and his eyes fixed. At length his
gaze was turned upward, and his clasped
hands were raised above his head. A
moment he remained so, and thon his
bauds dropped by his side,and he started
homeward.
When he reached his home he found
his wife and children iu tears, but he af
fected to notice it not. lie drew a shil
ling from his pocket it was his last aud
handing it to his wife, he asked her if she
day he was up
bad milk and
He asked his wife if she
ur euough to make him
another bowl of porridge.
"Yes. Charles," she said, "we have not
touched it."
"Alien, if you arc willing, I should like
some more.
The wife moved quickly about the
work, and ere loug the food was prepared.
J he husband ate it, anu he tcit better.
He washed and dressed, and would have
shaved had his hand been steady enough,
lie left his home and went at once to a
man who had just commenced to frame a
house.
"Mr. Manly," he said, addressing the
mau alluded to, "I have drank the last
rfii t . 11
drop of alcoholic beverage that ever pass-
cs my lips. Ask no more questions, but
! believe me now while you see me true
I Will you give me work ?"
i -'Charles Aelson, are you in earnest .'
asuea iUamy m surprise.
"So much so, sir, that were death to
: uru 'b"u """-i j- -
bar-room upon ray left, I would go with
tha grim messenger first.
"Then here is my house lying about us
. , .. , J. , , J f , ..
'in rough timber and boards. 1 place it
. . , i tin
' all in your hands, aud shall look to you
t , .J. ., nn -i t t
to fiuish it. While I can trust you can
I, , . . J A
pf.i.fi firwith 9t vtrriir nnnri finri vnnnnr
? .i . rT mjr V
snail see uie piau j. navu uiuwu.
We will not tell you how the stout man
wept, nor how his noble friend shed tears
to see him thus ; but Charles Nelson took
the plan, and having studied it awhile,
he went out where the men were at work
i b
petting the timber together, and Mr.
Manly introduced him as their master.
T inf. Hnv hn wnrkfiri hut little, lor he was'
not
strong yet, but he arranged the tim-jMary Nelson among the happiest of the fvionds in this country to learn, by ad- search out a new home, which should be
, aud gave directions for framing. . happy, aud her children chose their own yice brought by the last mail, that they your joint duty to beautify and miue de
night he asked his employer if he dar- j associates now. j are gtj increasing in numbers and pros- lightful and happy, like this . Dropping
ber
At
ed trust him with a dollar,
"Why, you have earned three," return
ed Manly.
"And will you pay me three dollars a
day ?"
"If you are as faithful as you have
been to-day, you will save me money at
that."
The poor man could not speak his
thanks in words, but his looks spoke them
for him and Manlv understood them.
T-Tn ronpi'vod liio Thrpn dollars, and on his
way home stopped and bought first a bas-
ket; then three loaves of bread, a pound
.of butter, some tea, sugar, and a piece of
j beefsteak, and he had just one dollar and
, seventy-five cents left.. With this load
f lie went home. It was some time before
he could compose himself to enter the
house, bu at length he went in, and set
the basket upon the table
"Come, Mary," he said,
brought something; home for
" I bave
supper.
j Here, Nelly, you take the pail an
over to Mr. Brown's and get two
id ruu
quarts
s of milk."
He handed the child a shilling as he
spoke, and iu a half-bewildered state she
- j took the money and hurried away. 1
I The wife started when she raised the
Jspeab
cover ot the basket, but she dared not
She moved about like one in a
and ever and annon she would cast I
drea
m.
afurtive glance
at her husband. He had
not been drinking she knew it
andyot
and Mrs. Nelson s;it t.hr hihlf nnf
Af-
ter supper Charles arose and said to
wife :
his
"I must go to Mr. Manly 's office to help
him arrange some plans for his new house
but I will be at home early."
A pang shot through the wife's heart
as she saw him turn away, but still she
was far happier than she had been before
for a long time. There was something
in his manner that assured her aud gave
her hope.
Just as the clock struck nine, the well
known foot-fall was heard, strong aud
steady. The door opened, and Charles
entered. His wife cast a quick, keen
glance into his face, and she almost utter
ed a cry of joy when she saw how he was
! changed for the better.
He had been to
the barber's aud hatter's. Yet nothing
was said on the all important subject.
Charles wished to retire early, and his
wife went with him. In the morning the
husband arose first and built the fire.
Mary had not slept long after midnight,
having been kent awake by the tumultu-
tle and potatoes began to boil, and break
fast was soou ready.
After the meal was eaten, Charles arose,
put on his hat, and then turning to his
wife, he said :
"What do you do to-day ?"
'I must wash for Mrs. Bixby."
"Are you willing to obey me once
more?"
"Oh, yes."
Then work for me to-day. Scud word
over to Mrs. Bixby that you are not well
euough to wash, for you are not-. Here
is a dollar, and you do with it as you
please. Buy something that will keep
you busy for yourself and children.
Mr. Nelson turned towards the door,
and his hand was upon the latch. He
hesitated, and turned back. ,Hc did not
speak, but he opened his arms, and his
wife sank upon his bosom. lie kissed
her, and then gently placed her in a seat
and left the house. When he went to his
work that morning, he felt very well and
happy. Mr. Manly was by to cheer him,
and this he did by talking and acting as
though Charles had never been uufortun
atc at all.
It was Saturday evening, -and Nelson
had been almost a week without rum.
He had earned fifteen dollars, ten of
which he had now in his pocket.
"Mary," he said, after the supper table
had been cleared away, "hero are ten dol
lars for you, and I want you to expend it
in clothing for yourself and childcrn. I
have earned fifteen dollars during the last
five days. I am to build Squire Manly's
great house, and he pays me three dollars
a day. A good job, isn't it ?"
Mary looked up, her lips moved, but
ntrt w,,lrl m I cifi .i ,trrttfl Mm cfinrTr
Iglcd a few moments and then burst into
tears. Her husband took her by the arm
and drew her upon his lap, and then press
ed her to his bosom.
"Mary," he whispered, while the tears
ran down his cheeks, "you are uot deceiv
ed. I am Charley Nelson once more, and
will bo while I live. Not by any act of
mine shall another cloud cross your brow."
And then he told her the words ha had
heard the previous Monday, while he lay
behind the wall.
"Never before," he said, "did I fully
realize how low I had fallen, but the
(scales dropped from my eyes then as
though some oue had struck: them on with
a sledge. My soul started up to a stand
point from which all the tempests of earth
cannot move it. Your prayers are an
swered, my wife."
Time passed on, and the cottage assum
ed its garb of pure white, and its wholo
windows aud green, blinds. The roses iu
the garden smiled, aud iu every way did
tne improvement worK
Once again was
. . ,n t?
AnJast lennessec woman, a union
refugee and widow, aged twenty-one
ivears. arrived at l aim with eleven child-
w , i -t i
ren, which she had since ,her marriage at
the age of fifteen. Triplets three times
anu twins once, was mu wv tuto ouiu
vital arithmetic was performed.
A newly-married man down East says
if he had an inch more happiness, he
nnnlrl nnr. nopsiblv live. His wife IS 0-
bliged to roll him on the floprandpat him
to keep bim from beiDg too happy.
j -.uuuuugii wouj, uiu ii u , teen C0mpani0ns were piaceu ;n an open uucrent Kinds, which were easily caught,
Only wanted it. A hat could it mean r Had . boat with a small quantity of provisions and nothing seemed wanting to make
could her nravers been nnswnd ? Oh hnw fr- ' r.i ,1 r r. . ... n TsTnrrnll- 11..,, .. i.- i- .t...
i i t ' uuu rGSI1 water anu men leic to sunt lor a paitui&t:, n puupm um
jvently she prayed then. themselves on the wide oceon. For up- llaPpiest on earth. They were certainly
ain t ooon jNcllv returned with .the milk. 1 p ,i ,i j,... r, npnnli.ir nnnnln ;n ..imnef
The Settlers of Pi ;cairn Island.
From the Glasgow Herald
The mutiny of the Bounty and the
QottloT-c. nf Tlltnol.n Tl.. .,,1 ? -
in real jfe which has exerofeed a ,.
j cham ovcr mi,iong of readerJ The
origin of the settlement was so strange, a doctor nor a lawyer on the island.
and its subsequeut history so extraor- Ardent spirits were unknown ; all were
dinary that few could read the history clua n fortune, in prospects, and posi
without interest, and fewer still could t5ons, and they seemed to be altogether
forget it afterward. It is pretty well free from the jealousies and heart burn
known, we dare sav, that in the year la&s ad the cares and sorrows which
1787 the Bounty, under the command of
Captain Wm. Bligh. left England for
. -
Otaheite, with the view of obtaining for was exceedingly beautiful and productive,
the benefit of the West India islands a and the land which they cultivated ' sup"
cargo of bread fruit and others plants, Plied them abundantly with potatoes and.
with which the island abounded. j fner croPs- I'hey had cattle, sheep, and"
While on the homeward voyajro the P'S3 by tIie hundred ; flocks of tnrEeVs
crew mutinied, and, having taken poss3cs-
1 s;on 0f the ship, the captain and seven-
S were expossed to all the dangers of the
J
I J J w 3 i . . ' . k.
deep, and with provisions so insufficient ume t0 come, lor strangers, unless with
that each man was ultimately reduced to th.e consent of the governor, are not per
a fractiou of food per day. But the cour- mifcte ta take up their residence on" the'
age arid resolution of Captain Bligh never
failed under the terrible circumstances,
and although reduced to skeletons, he
had the satisfaction of landing the whole
of his fellow passengers alive at the Isl-
anu oi jumor, alter completing a voyage
of nearly four thousand milns nnrnw the
Pacific ocean. Meanwhile the mutineers
headed by the lieutenant of the Bounty,
Fletcher Christian, made sail for the Isl-
and of Otaheite, where they landed in
safety. Soon afterwards they again set
sail for Darts unknown, accomnanied bv
eighteen Otaheitans six men and twelve
women aud for nearly eighteen years
they were neither seen nor heard of by
the rest of the world. They reached and
took possession of Pitcairn Island, how
ever, wliere, they were monarchs of all
they surveyed, aud that was not much,
for the islandwas a little more than three
miles in circumference.
In 1808 an American vessel touched
at .Pitcairn island, and reported the d scov -
ery or us inhabitants to the ijritisn goy -
ernment; out tne wars oi iapoieon were; has, lor the past six months, been
raging at the time, and the government (suffering the most iuteuse agony from
had too much exciting work on hand to. pains in his breast. The most, learned
think of the condition of a few half say-'physicians have attended him, but could
age people located on a rocky islet in the 'afford him no relief, they failing to dia
south seas. A great change, however. I cover the character of his diseaxe. A few
had taken place amoug the islanders du-'davs sin en. wbilo Mr RnnL-; wo
ring these
. w
en
hfnnn vnifj All tlin (
All the Ota -
s of the muti -
heitan men, and all but one
neers, hau cither mcu naturally or were
murdered by each others hands. But a
goodly number of children were boru ;
these again married and multiplied, while
the solitary remnaut of the mutineers,
named Adams, became a goodly living old
man, and was regarded by the whole com
munity as a patriarch. He was quite
illiterate when he landed, and yet he
managed to teach himself and his asso
ciates. He entered heart aud soul into
the work and so well did he accomplish
his task that several unimpeachable au
thorities who visited the island d
declared
ver seen
that "perhaps the world had nev
so virtuous, amiable and religious a peo
ple." They lived together, we were told, in
nnrfflfih hnrmnnv and cnntntitninnt : thev
were simnle and natural in their habits.
and thev annoared to be altogether with -
out guile; they were hospitable even bey
j ri j -
ond the limits of pruieuce, and they were
patterns of conjugal and paternal affec
tion. In course of time old Adams died,
but the effects of his precept and example
lived after him, aud the new generation
which has arisen on the island continued
as free from vice and as full of religious
fcrror and good work as the old. But
their numbers were rapidly
mcrcastng
Thoy began to find themselves in difficul
ties for waut of space and fresh water,
and when the population had increased
to eighty-seven they were removed at
their own request to Otaheite. Here,
however, the' found the world a very
different world indeed from that of Pit
cairn island. They were very soou dis
gusted with the levity and low morality
of their relations and neighbors, and af
ter a nine months' residence they charte-
rcu a vessel anu returnea to incir uiu i
quiet home. From 1881 to 1835 they
continued to live and make the mo3t of J
life on Pitcairn islaud. but the want of i
sufficient space again presented difficulties Thomas Jones, were fond of dropping iu
which could not be overcome. In these o Mr. Smith's parlor and spending an"
circumstances they petitioned the British hour or two with his only daughter Mary,
government for a grant of Norf6lk island, One eveniug. when Brown and Mary had
which was about to bo made a peual set-j discussed almost every topic, in his
tlement. In the following year the re- sweetest tones, struck ouC as follows:
aucst was granted, and the little colony . "Do you think, Mary, you could leave
were removed shortly alterwarus to uiim
new home.
The Pitcairn Islanders
on Nolfolk island ever since ; aud it will
no donbt be gratifying to their numerous
uering sausiauiui ii .y
ly. In 1862 they were
"Sir John Young, Gov-
nffic;allv by
p lVh Wula wW vonnrt to thn
uiuui j .....ww, r
t c sjn.n.,crn i..-f uanr niihlieh.
e( u the Sydney papers. Sir John found
tiiem living in security and abundance
uoeentjv 0iaa re2Ular attenders upon
divine worship, "and free from alt those
foul practices aud baneful superstitions
which render the occupants of too many
of the lovely islands iu the Pacific licen
tous and uuhappy." They hud increased
in number to two hundred and eighty
when Sir John Young visited the islands
and they had a magistrate of their own,
elected by all men and women above ei"h-
teon years of a-e hut crime was utterly
iinfrnfm-n anicinr fllOfX Tl, I 1
gyman and a schoolmaster paid by the
home government, but there was neither
embitter lite in any other part of the
it mi i - .
world- Ihe lsIand on which they lived"
Jna wua lowl swarmca their groves ; the
sea aro""d the island teemed with fish of
1.1 ' mm .
ana t,,ey are llKely to remain so for some
lsiauu. xney are theretore lelt m com
partive ignorance of the world and ife
ways, and where ignorance, as in this ins
tance, is bliss, it is surely folly to be wise
j Here we find the dreams of the most
i notable philanthropists fully realized, and
apparently withstanding the effect of :ime
s a community complete within itself,
and blessed with comfort, contentment,
and happiness, without titles or rank,
"ches or poverty, crime, viciousness !of
( habits, luxury, greatness or grand eur..
I ln snorfc l"e Pitcairu islauders, in their
new home in the South Seas, are deci
dedly one of the most interesting portions
of the human race "where life," in the
words of a late writer, "flows pleasantly
on, and whero the troubles and turmoil
of the world are only heard as the echo'
of far distant thunder."
A Remarkable Case'.
Mr Wm.L. Ho kius, or aa lie is more fa-
! miliary known
Gen. Hopkins a well
of South Baltimore.
: known resident
I J , w Ii inuu MUd 111 J Y
' Jr. t...t U:.. 1 1 l. . p.i. i
ling about his chamber, he felt a pricking
j sensation about his left thish. and upon.
searching for the cause, he discovered
the point of a pin sticking through the
flesh. The pin was removed and fbtfrid
to be corroded. Mr. Hopkins, upon
removing the stranger, remembered that'
about the time he was taken sick, he had
swallowed a pin while eatiug a fish bait
at the Laley House, ob: the line of- the
; Baltimore and Ohio railroad
-"Bal. Clipper.
Parade of Bounty Jumpers.
An Iudianapolis paper gives the fol-
j lwing descriptiou of a parade of bounty
jumPer3 in that city a few days since":
'Ihcrc were about a hundred aud nfty
in this squad of "regulars" handcuffed
together by twos, with a long rope ruu-
between each two through the entire
1 ie"Sc 01 l"e one end or wnicn was
! made. fast to :l huge negro's left haml,
while in his right he carried a large bell.
On his breast he wore a large priuted
placard bearing the following inscription,
"Agency for Bounty Jumpers." Ou the
back of each of the others was a placard
inscribed "Bounty Jumper." In this way
they were marched through' the principal
streets of the city, the old darky clanging
his bell and the band bringiug tip tlta
f rear playing the "Rogue's March." The
line was strongly guarded by infantry. '
Among these "jumpers" was a mau for
merly ou the police in that city, and an
other whose wife had offered twenty-five
thousand dollars iu gold to have her hus
band released, but Colonel Warner
couldn't see it, nor anything else but the
"jumpers" going to the front. The city
had beeu overrun with such fellows fur a
long time, and Col. Warner was bound
to break it up, and took th'is successful
method of accomplishing it."
A Very Great Rascal.
Two young lawyers, Archy Brown and
tamer anu muiner, una jueasaut uome,
this
with all its ease ana com torts, aua emt
have remained grat6 to the far West with u young law
Ilia... 1 I .
yer, who nau out mile dcsiucs nis pro
fession to depend , upou.
ind with rVt'm
ner neau soitiy on ui cmmiuu.simnuiM
pered "I thiuk I could, Archy." "Well,"
said he.
there s iom j,onc8, who s going
. ,,
to emigrate anu
wauts to get a
wife : Fir
mention it to mm.
,
S250.000 worth of watoh'snrinjrs-mVfv
be nroduced from a bar oJ'Iron oniririallv
vaiue(j aj 35. -
A reading room fn: Richmond, supplied
with the northern paperschargas aripey
day for admission-
i