lMi.li WH.V. ...rJi.'.i f H'H THE JEFPERS0N1AK . Dcuotci) to politics, fiitcvature, Agriculture, Science, iilornliti), anil (General JfiiteHigciice. VOL. 32. w- --- fubiis- by Theodore Schoch. . dollars a year in adcanee air! if not T"t th end of the jcr, two dvUars nl fifty " . V'lih'-',la'v;'---rs;' ,.,,r (Jir(:im:et until all arrcara are i" .N"I-.p' V: "f the Editor. ': 4! ...-;tr;) 'W 'i'.'is of oiid S'juarp of (cilit lines or tL .', ,., ;r :isi:rtiiiin $1 H'X Each additional ia '' ' : .,'1 cVcsits. Longer one in proportion. OF ALL KISD3, ,-, t d ia t-'e hi-'huxt Kt"le ef the Art,nd on the ' " iu jst ri-'ajiiabJj terms. y 4 as & 415 Sorth Third Sstred, PHILADELPHIA. Reduced rates, $1 75 per day.& HENRY SPAHN, Prop'r. L P SSYDF.lt. Clerk. "W. I S74. Cm. DR. J- LANTZ, SURGEOM & MECHANICAL DENTIST. lis nTico on Main street, in tho second story ' ""ir. Walt-m ' trick buil!iujr, ikkuIt npji.iti tho 'i-uii'"?-: Il.u; and lm tiutcrs iiiiueif that by cicrh ... r'-..r c k lit pvrwtK-e end the most earnest and u:tv-isti:i t all mailer-? iertunia: to his ro i Is'-vi. i'jat h i fully aide to perform zl operations 'io.e'diulii tin J in tit'-' most carclul and akUiful man- v ,;:j1 :ti"Jta Riven to savin? the Natural Teeth; t', p ih? i2-rlio!i 'it Artificial Teeth on Rubber, ,, .', ;ivf r, "i- Continuous tjutns, and perfect fits in all , i2-.:r.--t. v ,; r-' :in liP.yv the jrreal folly and danjer of cn i r r wrk t j the inexperienced, or t- tiioa li " Arril 13, 174. tf. us ?cou Dentist. '-hut havin? ju-t rofarnM frfm Icntil ;s f.iilv prepared to maker artificial teeth in i 'j ...'autiful aiiii lifc-lika manner, and to fill do " i ; .- th a-orliiii to tiie most improved method. :i 'itr.:.,t 'i withont aln. whoa dtr.-irtsi, by the .' ; " rn: ' l:.lo i..a, which is entirely hannleM. ',v,:--r."-ii :: kind ucailvdone. All work waraut-d. Y::' ' '' Keller's u-iT brick build:r.s. Main street, j - . r, (An. SI '71-tf. "William s. rees, Surv53ror, Conveyancer and Eeal Slstate Agent. Rrm-. Timber Lands and Town Lots FOR SALE. 0"c? r.-! early opposite American Houen c;ii lM d-.jr J;eIow U;e Corner lore. i j) 11. IJOffAKD PA1TKRSOX, ?ij:::ian, Sirean and Accoucheur, Ofj n.r. 1 ie-IJonce. Main Ftre-?t, Strotidi T.:.. in tl.e LuiMin;- fonuerlv occupied l v Dr. S ip. I'rompt attention given tocalis. 7 t 0 a. ni. Cl:s L'..:rs - 1 ' 3 p. n. I O " S p. lil. XJ miSICIIX, SURGEON AND ACCOUCUEUL '-. the I office of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson, r: ivi."?. c .rn-.r of ?itrah and Franklin street. STROUDSBURG, PA. T ie s".:sc-rt?.'er would inform the public that I? h 1 - i-v.' 1 th-i ho-.te f.rmlly kept by Jacob K:ir-':r. i:i t!ie ly.jronh of Strouds'.iurg, I'.i., ! :.i ir, r repainted and ref::ri:isl:cil the same, i. v-; i:,r? i to entertain all who may patronize r.i.a. It i - lie aim of the proprietor, to furn-i-S Kip..-ri-jr sceorufuofiations at modernte rate? aid .v;.; -rrrc no pains to promote the com-frt-t f.f -tests. A liberal share of public 'k'.?r::iZ solicited. A; r;i 17,'7-J-tf. D. L. PISL1!. AUCTIONEER, Real Estate Agent and Collector. T!.- i:ulr-: Ve !-ro to notify thf public that i- i, ..,:,r.i v,) vi; at short notice p-'rsonal projrcrly Kivi.-. a; well s il:z. U-t.il?, at puolic or private :t Ti'-utas-:r rspla's old store siard. at Kat y:.r,. Vz 17, 1ST t. ly. DtVIIJ S. .Ulomey at ff.aw, 0:!- i?-,or above the "Stroudsburg House," Sii-lnr- i'.i. 'V.ltx-lions pro'nptlv made. ''"oWr 22, 1874. ni,L: Horse, EONESDALE, PA. central location of any Hotel in town. R. W. KIPLE k FOX, Jtt Main strait. Proprietors. January '., 1S73. ly. DO.'T roitGCT iliat v;u want any thins in the Furnitur lien Ornnnc-tital iirie that McCarty& Sons in the inv tt!ii5r m ine r unmuiu m d'i-i-cllows Hall, Mam street, btroudsburg, is the place to get it. te lS,'74-tf T0.T jou know Iliat J. 55. -1 M.Carty & Son? are the only Uuder-tr'K'-'rs in Stmu l-burg who understands their J-a.-.:!iess? If not. attend a Funeral managed any other Undertaker in town, aud you see the proof of the fact. Jane 18,'74-tf DKALta IN Eeatlj-Madc tlclhiug, Gents Fur BlsIiiBg Goods, Hals &Caps, Coots & Shoes, &c. EAST STROUDSBURG, PA. (Near the Depot.) The puhiic are' invited to call and examine Trues moderate. Iay A MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE. Few men in the Secret Service have at tained a higher reputation or encountered more perils than Ambrose Beckham. I knew him for years before I could ever prevail ou him to recount any of his adven tures ; but meeting him iu Boston, about a year ago, I succeeded in getting several iu tercstiag stories from him, among them the following, which he related in his modest way. v ot many summers ago, well executed counterfeit fifty cent notes wero widely circulated in the Southwest, and for a time all efforts to trace them to their source were in vain. Four detectives Messrs. Melhorn, Wilson, Baird and myself had followed a fancied clue to Kuoxville, Ten nessee, where all traces disappeared. My companions were convinced that wc were on a false scent, and resolved to depart for Richmond, Virginia, from which base thcy had reason to believe they could work suc cessfully. I did not share their views and remained in Knoxville, with an understand ing that we should communicate by tele graph, in cipher. They departed, and had hardly time to reach Richmond, when, just as I was begin ning togrow dieouraged I made a discovery that led me to believe in fact to feel sure that the skillful counterfeiting was not done in any city or large town, as we had conjec tured, but in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee or Western North Carolina. I immediately sent an explanatory dispatch to my friends in Richmond, and started Southeastward, intcrnding to do all I could j toward finvUn the location of the counter- fciter3 before my colleagues could join me. Owing to the direction it was necessary to take, I could not go far bv railroad, and j so started across the country on foot, for it was likely that I might soon be in a posi tion where even a horse would be a bur den to me. I carried only a ILSht satchel. J and to all whom I corversed with ou the j way, I represented myself as agent of a i Western mining company, on my way to the mountains to prospect for lead and cop j per. Yiu know it doesn't do for a deiec j live to make his business knowon on all occa j si ns. I therefore made my inquiries at the taverns 1 stopped at, as to what reports had been heard of indications of ores in the mountains. About four o'clock on the fourth day ! from Kr.cxviile. af;er climbing a narrow. winding mountain read ail day, I found myself high up in the Allegheny mountains, and stopped at a tavern which I shall call the Half Way House. It was an ordinary country tavern, whose bar famished only whisky and cider, and whose table was spread with plain substantial food. I told the landlord I should take supper aud lodg ing with him, and gave him my satchel, which he placed on one end of the bar for one room did duty as bar-room, sitting room and office. While I was waiting for supper, several persons came iu and patronized the bar, the last one being a tall muscular man, in the garb of a farmer. I have made face rcad- m?: a business. and at the first glance I detected an indescribale expression on the conntenancc, that told me there was some thing hidden beyond. I felt a. still deeper interest in him when he laid down a new fifty -cent note to pay for his drink. Hav ing received his change he sauntered out bestowing a mere passing glance oil me. "I suppose that's a farmer," I remarked to the landlord, carelessly. 'Yes, 1 guess he is," replied the land lord ; UI don't really know him, he may be long in some of the little farming valleys, some miles away." I was sitting by a window looking to ward the east. I was anxiou to see which way the farmer went but I did not move from my seat, knowing that should he go eastward, I should see him, and that failing Vi see him go eastward, I might safely con clude that he had gone westward. He probably stood a minute in front of the tav ern, for it was that length of time before I saw him stroll off toward the cast. He walked in a leisurely manner, never once looking back. When he was out of .sight, I went to the bar and drank a glass of cider laying down a one dollar bill in payment. My object was to get that fifty cent note in change, and I was not disappointed. It came, and with it four well wcru ten cent notes that looked veay wretched by comparison. I thrust the change carelessly into my vest pocket and resumed my scat by the window, from which I was fcooii afterward called to fcupper. After supper I told the landlord that I should take a walk and look at the scenery, and strollsd out upou'the road. It was the STROUDSBURG, MONROE l'.M.klaJ-lUM'um'. usual narrow mountain road hemmed in with trees and bushes. A ouartcr of a mile away, it began to wind ground a tall hill, so that on the right a rocky wall rose up to the highth of several hundred feet, while ou the left was a deep declivity, covered with ragged rocks, bushes and stunted trees, which descended into a deep gorge. The scenery was wild and grand, but I had no time to stop aud admire it then. I had more urgent business. Safely beyond view of the hotel, I left the road, and carefully descended the declivity, which was so steep that I had to grasp the sailings to avoid tumbliuc headlong. When a few feet from the road, I sat down on a shelving rock perfectly concealed by surrounding bushes, and eagerly examined the fifty cent note. It was for this purpose that I had sought a lone place. A brief examination devel opcud the important fact that it was unques tionably one of the counterfeits so widely circulated. It was not wrinkled much, and had never been folded. It was 4ifrcsh from the mint" and that mint could not be far awav. I returned to the hoteh where I made incpui:ie3 cf the communicative landlord concerning indications of lead and copper ores. Before retiring that night I paid my bill, saying that I should rise very early- probably before daylight and proceed to the next town, a distance of four miles be fore breakfast, and do less travliug in the heat of the day. I slept soundly for some hours. On waking I lighted a match and looked at my watch. It was only half past three ; but not wishing to go to sleep agaiu lest should sleep too long, I arose and in fifteen minutes wa ready to leave. By lighting several matches successively, I found my way down stairs into the bar room. So one bciug astir, I took my satch el from the counter where it had been left on the previous afternoon uufasteued the door, and passed quietly out. It was a period of long summer days, aud the darkness was already beginning to give place to the gray dawn of moring. I had left the hotel two hundred yards behind me, and was moving along at a leisurely pace, when I was thoroughly startled by a dark object, that rushed out from among j the bushes on the right of the road, and stopped iu my path. In an instant my baud was on my re volver, when my alarm gave way to aston ishment at discovering that the object was a woman at least, it was a person in fe male attire, though in the imperfect light I could not discover whether the face was that of a woman or man. ''Who arc you ?" I asked, watching every movement of the intruder. "Don't you know me, sir ?" asked a female voice. "Can't say that I do," I replied still won dering. "Well, I live at the hotel." "Ah ! was it you who waited on the table last evening?" "Yes." "I begin to recognize you now. Why are you up so early ?" "Speak low !" said the girl mysteriously. "I heard you leave and hurried out here through a short path to get ahead of you, and wrn you of your danger. I did not dare do it near the hotel." "Danger ! What danger !" I asked, in a low tone. "They have discovered," she replied, looking carefully around, and speaking scarcely above a whisper, "that you are a detective." "By what means ?" I asked, rashly com mitting myself. "They examined your satchel after you went to bed." "But there is nothiug in it showing me to be a detective." "No, nor nothing to show that you arc a prospector. They think that if you were, you would have certain instruments. I watched and overheard them. They suspect you arc a detective, because they are con vinced that you are not a prospector, as you said ? Now, whether you arc a detective or not, you are equally in danger, because the think you are. You are in great danger ! I have warned you for your own pake. You won't betray me ?" "Certainly not, and I thank you ; but perhaps the danger is uot so great as you think." "I assure yo that I am uot mistaken, and I beg you not to proceed on this road." "What do you know of these men ?" I asked. "I don't kuow anything of them ; I only suspect what they are." . 'Dose your father know anything about them." ' The landlord is not wr father. I am COUNTY, PA., MARCH -Jul i.fsfi Juran only employed at the hotel. I was raised in Knoxville." "Well, do you think the landlord knows anything about them ?" "I don't believe he is in league with them. If he knows or suspects their busi ness, he would not dare to say anything ; they would murder him. Now I have warned you, aud I beg -you to be careful. I must hurry back, as it is getting light. You will never let them know that I warned you ?" "Certainly not, my girl, and I repeat my thanks. I will be careful. Have no fkir that there will be anything like a mur der. Good by." "Good by," she responded, and gliding into the bushes she disappeared. A nervous shudder ran over me as I found myself once more alone on the quiet mountain road, and I looked keenly on all j sides, with a feeling that danger was near me. All was quiet, not even the foosteps of the retreating girl being audible. I stood motionless and undecided for a full moment, then moved slowly, on care fully watching the bushes on either side, to sec if anything like a path left the road for I felt confident that the counter feiters' den was some way between the Half Way House and Campbell's tavern, four miles eastward. The road was dry and dusty, and the light of the morning soon enabled me to discern fresh tracks of human feet. I had gone three-quarters of a mile, with the tow ering hill still on my right aud the deep gorge on my left, when I was struck by the discovery cf fresh tracks directly across the read. Examining the lower edc:c of the road I found, not a path exactly, for the delivity at that point was hard and stony, but I saw unmistakable sigus that persons had often descended at this point, for the bushes showed that they had' many times been thrust aside, right and left, while some of the smaller ones were trampled down and broken. While I was carefully noting these facts I was startled by a low, harsh voice, which said in my ear : "Well, sir, what are you lookiug for ?" I turned about quickly, and found my self face to face with the tall man who paid the fifty cent note at the Half Way House. He scowled savagely, and, with a long hunting rifle in his hands, he reminded me of Giant Despair calling Christian and his companion to account for encroaching on his domain. My mind took in the situation in an in stant. It was useless to attempt to con ceal my true character, and there was noth ing left me but to struggle with that pow erful and desperate man. I must not allow him to escape, or it would defeat my ob ject and moreover I could see, by a savage gleam in his eye, that he did not intend to allowed me to escape if he could help it. Plainly he intended to murder me. These thoughts passed through my mind like a flash, and summoning all mv cool ness and tact. I somewhat supriscd him by calmly replying to his question : "Oh, I was just looking for you." lie had expected that I would be start led and my complaiccncc surprised him and threw him off his guard. Quick as thought I dropped my satchel and snatched his rifle, iutcuding to knock him senseless ; but his hold upon it was firmer than I had thought, and instead of getting possessing for life with me ; with him, for liberty. He was much larger and stronger than myself, but I was more used to handling men than he. With my skill against his strength, it was an equal match. I need not describe how we went sway ing to and fro in that fearful contest ; how we went down the dusty earth together ; how we rose, still struggling for the rifle ; low wc staggered to the edge cf the road and nearly tumbled down the declivity. The contest lasted fully five minutes, and I began to feel my strength faiaug, when, by a desperate effort, I seized a slight advantage and trippled him, throwing him heavily to the earth. He released the rifle a.3 he fell ; but it seems that he had cocked it before accosting me, aud it was discharged at this moment, its sharp report striking keenly on the morning air. He struggled to his feet, but with one tremendous blow I laid him out like a log. I would have clasped a pair of hand cuffs upon him, bat at tlut moment I heard loud excited voices and glancing down through the bushes, I caught a glace of four or five rough looking men, armed with rifles, scrambling up from the deep valley below. It was a run for life now, and I drop pod the rifle, seized my satchel and with new strength, lent roe by the peril of my 18, 1875. awful situation I ran away eastward like the wind. A run of a huudred yards placed me beyond view of the scene of the struggle, and I paused a moment to listen, I heard angry voices, then clattering foot steps, and I knew they were after me. I knew that to come within range of their rifles was death, and I darted away acrain. After a run of three hundred yards, the bushes and trees suddenly grew sparse, and I saw in advance of me a stretch of straight road a quarter of a mile long. I knew they would reach this open space before I could ruu half the distance, and thus bring their rifles to bear upon me ; and without a second's hesitation I sprang out of the road, on the lower side, where it was not near so steep as at the point I had recently left, and a few yards from the road I found a group of large high rocks. Between two of the tallest there was a crevice three or four feet wide, aud I dash ed into it to see where it would take me to. It was somewhat winding, but at a dis tance of fifty yards from the entrance, I suddenly came upon a bare, open space of about an acre, nearly level, and entirely de void of vegetation. Just then I stumbled and fell headdong, and before I could rise, I was seized roughly by the arms by several strong men, while one exclaimed : "Now, sir, wc ve got you I won't try to describe the terror cf that moment. "A word aud you are a dead man ! said another, presenting the cold muzzle of a pistol against my temple. "See if he has any weapons !" suggues ted another. "This will fix him," said one, who still held mc to the earth, and something cold touched my wrists. "Now get up." To any amazement, I found a pair of hands cuffs upon my wrists ; and as. I rose, almost paralyzed with the terror of a mo ment before, I beheld standing around me, with revolvers in their hands, Baird, Wil son aud Melhorn. "Why, Bec-kman !" they all exclaimed in a breath. "Hush !M I - said, in a low tone, "Our men are near. And while they took the hand cuffs from mv wrists, I hastily examined the situa tion. Creeping back among the recks, wc found the five ruffians standing in the road engaged trail. in cousulation. They lost my "Counterfeiter, I command. you to sur render !" shauted Baird in a tone of thun der : "Resist or try to escape, and I shall order the soldiers to riddle you with car bine bullets. You arc surrounded !"' With this, he stepped boldly out from among the rocks, while we followed, mak ing as much noise as possible. The coun terfeiters looked at one another with amaze ment and chagre. . "Thow down your arms this instant, or I shall order the cavalrv to fire '" said Baird in an authoritative tone. "I am the marshal." They were completely taken in, and meekly dropped their rifles. We then ad vanced and placed hand cuffs upon them all. The' were all very pale. "It's all up !" said one of them iu a husky voice. "Certainly it is," said I. "You didn't know I ran from you just to get you in an ambush, did '0u ?" We marched our prisoners back to where I encountered the former and there wc found the gentleman sitting with his back against a tree, rubbing his head. He was a little astonished at the new state of things but he was too weak to try to escape, iiid he soon were ornaments like those which graced the wrists of his companions. Well, wc found the counterfeiters' den deep down in the gorge, where human feet seldom tread. Their number was six, and we had them all. In their rendezvous we found some of the finest instruments for counterfeiting, and much counterfeit moa cy, all of which we seized. On returning to tho Half Way House we took tlie ktndiord into custody ; but nothing could ever be proved ygaiust him he was released. I rewarded the girl with a five dollar bill. You will wonder how Baird, WHsn aud Melhorn so opportunely happened to be at the spot where they mistook me for a counterfeiter.- I will tell vou : On reaching Richmond they received my dispatch and instantly started to join me in tho mountains. They had come by way of Raleigh and Ashville, and had teft Camp bell's tavern very early that moruing, ex pecting to meet me near the Half Way House. They had just left the road to ex amine the cluster of rocks, thinking the ' alfode of the counterfeiters might he there, NO. 42. when I came rushing through and strange ly enough the novl idea struck them all at once that the fugitive was a counterfeiter running away from me. THE SMARTEST MAN. HOW". JAY GOULD HADE ilCNEY HOW 118 CONTROLLED THE MARKET. Let every impartial citizen tike off hL hat and salute Jay Gould as the srajirtct rain in the United States. He had tbL winter beaten all the other speculators of Wall street, Broad Street, and ever other street, and their scalps ?iang in his be'f. lie has broken down the market price of Western Union Telegraph shares, aul oa Tuesday he finally took possession of tho Pacific Mail. On "Western Union his pro fits are believed to be between a million and a half arid two millions ; aud on Paci fic Mail his net gains are variously estima ted from half a millic-u upward. Some of his confederates appear to have been badly bitten in buying Atlantic and Pacific-stock, but as he sold it to them, the loss is the:.ri, not his. The investigation of Irwin's trans actions by tne committee ct wavs arid means was a part of his Etoek -jobbing ma chinery, just as were the various proposi tions in congress to make the telegraph t part of the postoflice establishment, and to compel all telegraph companies to take each other's dispatches ; but the reviviac;- tion of the Atlantic and Pacific telegraph company just at the right mom out, and tho sale of il3 stock to members of co:igros3 an'J ethers, form one of his roost brilliant pro fessional his. In these big transactions ha has been threwd enough to enlist a con siderable weight of public opinion cn h"i3 tide, while, struntre to sav. he has the zealous, effective, and constant co-operation of the Tribune, a majority of whose stock he is believed to hold as collateral, and of the Times, which he once tried to buy for a million, but was refused. Probably so extensive a stock operator was never be fore seen ia any country, and his success has equaled hU talent and his audacity ; and yet, judging from the fate of other great men who have trod the same path before him, if he live3 Lng enough. pretty sure to die pocr. A1 11 Sun. Tii3 Ross 'case. In connection with the proclamation of Mayor Stockley in reference to Charlie Ross, which has lately been issued, and which has received wide publication, Mr. Ross, the father of the boy, adds the fol lowing explanation, referring more par ticularly to the recent act of the state leg islature in regard to kiddappers, which formed the main part of said proclamation : "The above act having becii passed by the legislature cf the state of Pennsylvania, and approved by the governor, is now in full force. "The last clause applies to the recovery of my son, Charlie Brewster Ross, abduc ted from the vicinity of my residence, Ger mantown, 1'cnna., on the 1st of July, 1S74. "I am satisfied that both of the abduct ors were killed at Bay Ridge. Long Island, on the morning of December 1-1, 1ST4. "And now, iu addition tri the immunity from punishment guaranteed by the above law, I will give satisfactory assurance to auy person having custody of the child, or who shall be the medium through whom he shall be restored to me, that I will pay whatever sum of money is required up to $5,0U0, for expenses or otherwise, iu bring ing about his restoration. Christian K. Ross. A Beautiful Answer. When the Emperor cf Germany wa3 lately on a visit in a distant portion of hi dominions, he was welcomed by the school children of the village. After their speak er had made a speech for them, he thanked them. Then, taking an orange from a plate, he asked : 'To what kingdom does this belong ?' 'To the vegetable kingdom, sir,' replied a little girl. The Emperor took a geld coin from his pocket, and holding it up, asked : 'And to what kingdom does this belong?' 'To the ininerl kiugdoro, sir,' replied tho little girl. 'And to what kingdom do I belong? asked the Emperor. The little girl colored deeply, for she did not like to say 'the animal kindgom, as he thought she would, lost his majesty should be offended, wheu a bright thought came, and she said with radiant eyes : 'To God s kindom, sire.' The Emperor was deeply moved. A tear stood in his eye. He placed his hands on the child's head and said most devout- ly: 'Grant that I may bo accounted win-lbv j of that kigdm.'
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