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H. B. MASSEK, KDITOll AND PROPRIETOR.
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I) imincss attended In in tin- Counties of Nor
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tlw iul'li.' ..i.T.. r.illy, tliMt hr just nTt'iv
ti iinJ np.'in'.l ii'' 'a .-ti.e!; nf c.v.i.ls, wlr'.'li lie
now oIlWs fr s.ilr mi t!if iii...-:t ri;is'.i;i;il.lr t.Uias.
iliKKtm-k consists in i.,i.' of
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Cloths, Cassitnerrs. Sutlim '!f, Mi-n--.es, i-v.
Kuniiitrr vr:ir ..f nl! I'i t l' Muslins, t.'a lie. .of.
(;in-:!.;,i.s. ('!!.!;-, Ao.
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An assm tiMt'iit of ilapl.v.iro .f nil Kinr1", mrtK
f . v in n io.
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(Iroccrivs ci' Miiiitls.
.! St'.spc, Cofr.'. Ji'i. .).'...wi. Spirt's. J-v.
AI.SI): (jni'o.iswtn.' aii.l Cro.-krVy wiirr. n
full assiirhnor'.;.
AIs. silk luiS, Chip II its, nnl Straw Hats.
Al.SO: An :issii-i i:i: nt of l.i.jn.ivs, viz.;
I'liAsnv. Wini: V,Vv.! v.
Ill'si.los v:ui' 1' " f .'ill. 1 l:i:i. l. s, most ptMUT-
pllv lisoi! all. I ill -, ..nl l.v l.n at.'ts and otlior jirr
ons, all whi.-li ho v. ill .-.11 to piiioliasors at a
Wiving of ton pi r rriit. Iy oafiiu nti hi n.
All kill. Is of piM.ltif. I i!,o;; in (".i-liano for
fonjs a'l the hih'.st tint!..-! p.'i.v.
ll.iHoivii' Urn. Api-H 1-'I -
SPRING ' ANl) fii-imzn CLCTKIKG.
IVEi;Vi!il) flioi;'.l i :r!t o'c t'lis ojiportn-
to huy Cl.dTiii.Nt; fa' Moa, Voulh
onil UiiM". so.'h p i. os :h Irno novrr yet hoon
Viiuvvn'i', this ciiv. at cr.i );:;: ci:i,i.'s
I'l.lVnil.Mi K T.'i III. I -;!'!!::;'!'. Sonth-lhist
CorliVr of Marlu'l atol Sro.io.l St...f :s. Phi! tilol
ph!A, I'liilirai'inc a . 'ln'.l.-o of ihr h. . .. loot'' di't:ira
lile, nnj ;'-.lion:iMo
35RESS AWD IKOCi: COATS,
HaSit (.'loth i.it.ou i) ,i .. 'i v.oo.is.
tV"., 't(", toTi'lhor with a -j. o :t a.it,ly t.t
Boys' Clo1;;'i',
foiisisiins of Sai-I; Co .'.s, I'..'l..i .h..l.ots. .. n
Yry Ja.'kols, 'ft an ! !' mml .! o lu ls ni.i.'.o i.f
'IVPil, l.iiK'tt I ';'.!'.. f i 'lh. Aiim l":.-..-niitr,
Doo-Via, Ov. .. A . .
i'artioiilai' i air h :s l en l-jta-n t pnti'iu,- the
nl-w ftylrs for M.m an. I II. .ys' Snmnior (' tats.
Pillitnlooii-. osis, iVo.. to whi.-'i ho w.nil.l invito
Ulil-oiiil alli'ittion.
Itirnisiiin:.'; (lood.
f'dnriittine ('''Shiit-1. s;. il:i:i.il. 'i'l.iofs. o.;
all if wliiili an oiloi-od at tho , . '.- ,.'
rush l'riivs, an.l as rho..p as any ot'.ior Clotliin
!tnre ill tho I iii hi.
J'ariMits who ilosi o llovs' Ci.otiiish ai car
titntl inti ,t t.: i sainino tho Mm k.
("oniitrv St..it'i,oi'pi rs c .ii I'o iioootiiin.nlatcil at
vrry low ratos.
fiihiuiiK cn.iN,
.?: Hi Corner of .sV.--.ii Ic M.irUl St. I'll Hit.
Apiil l'i, Hoi. If.
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Yen arc c'sy'i't ".'.' v in )rn,l, t!u:t
c. pitsacB, -
General Adverti-shi Newspaper Agent,
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For nit pnprrs iX'-ar-'Uij In t'ic V. SI 'tics;
jk LVEH'I ISi' K s ,.,, ,.va see ih.'i- in'ior
j tisfiifi'ts v.!'. -I pal.lislit'.l. as It" v. ishes til
Vi'cp i regular 111.) ..fail pipers he a.l ertisi'S in,
Kmm his 'pi'ii ni'i with New.-'papots in adver
tising in chy and l ountiy, a.Koi Umts would find
it to their interest to cou.-ult villi hint upon the
mbj.'i't. c I'tKRCE,
den. Jtl'-rrt'-r.iii" A-st.y Vmtlrtui Huili'ms.
IMiiluJelphia, Ap'il l'-b ly.
NATION AIi riOTBL,-
S II A II 0 K I N ,
Northumberland County,- Pa.
rilllK mihsri-iltrr rosju olfully informs his fi irn.ls
A unit the puhlio u.'iiei.dly, that he has open
ed new Hotel, in the town i f Sliaii'.okin, Nor
Ihunilx'rlail.l counly, un tlie emu r of r-liuiiuikiii
unit Coininorro hlri-olrf, uoaily eppusitc to' Ihe
House lie fornierlv kept, lie is well ircpari(l Xo
aecoinmoilute his aucsu, and is tdsu j.riividcil
wilh good slaliiini;'. He tiuals his experience,
nd strict ulli'ulion to busiiuss, will induce per
son visiliucr the coal l.'niou lo coiiliuiie the till
eral natronaiie lie ban hitn tolo.e received.
Wlbl.l.V.M liAVEK.
Slmmokin, April I'J, ls.'ui. tf.
".fAIKS II. 1 A( i KK
MAS removed from bis old Stand, No. !1S
Vine stirel" t.)
I'o. 62 DUlu-yu St., (hfu Cut hill ' Wilt,)
where he has lonstanily on lian I,
BROWN STOUT, PORTER,
Ale si ml Cider,
'oa homi: coNsruei KiN on niiirnxi;.
N, B. Coloring, Itotlliiiir, Wire und lloltles.
Vinegar, &e. l'ur sale us above,
. l'hiladclpliiu, April l'i, i.r.l.1y.
Lycoming; Mutual Insurance Company.
DR. J. U. MASEEH is llio l.wl nireii for the
ahove Insurance Company, in Northumber
land county, and ia at alt tonus ready lo ellool
Iiirareiu'e aquinst lite on rial or peev)nul ro
party, or renewing iln ie fiar the same,
Kunbury, Ai.i.l lHfil tf.
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r.-i'mxei' i i ; i ; mt.i.'S. rt ai.. t.y
II. I). MA?
Sunbar'
SELECT POETRY.
On tlio Union fvo;n a Unit,
11 V MARTIN I'. Tl IM'i;i.
Gianl n'j::iTL'a!n i)f nations.
(ilmioiis holt; of yl..i ions parts,
I'ntd cnillofs L'cnri'ali.ui
l.ivo 1'ititoil, hands an.l linnrl? '
J!(i il sturin or minitiirr .allnr.
l'oai'olul calm, in Imtllo-jar,
Ptml in I'oaiitriins stit'ttLIIh tniM'tlit'r,
Jsisifr Stall's, us Now wo me '
Kvrry polly rlass-ili-sr-rnlinii,
lloal it up, as nttu'K lis tilling
F.very fialliy liliuv-pr. '.i'nsioii,
Crush it, as si ll.itiL' nf naniilit :
Lot tin iiariinv pi i Vii t : Irrasun
Vonr "tcul nnvi.'irtl piotoss bar,
Ihil loii.'i.i'i, in i an.l i. asnii.
Sisji'i' Slalos. us ihv io an.' !
1
in' nivnv
n It
I riiunilimi !
ronnlo I .'
in kiim
Knvy, oal.n.:'.y. r-:ispioi.;t,
JJit nlm vn fiioli m I. vi-1 i ii lt tilings'
111 each nlhoCs i.ivs drlihUal
Ail ynur halo In' jos nl war,
Ami by all nioai.s l.oi p Unilo.l
Sister Stales, as Now ye tiro !
Were 1 but sn:p.o soon: fnl simmer.
Slill my eo!ii:-ol v.miM be just ;
Ibeal; the band, and all is daener,
Mnlnal leaf and d:uk diln:nl ;
1'nt, ynii ki.mv me fur a btniher
And a friend, nlm s'i'aks ImiTl far,
Be us one then with eaeh felier,
-lt'lcr
'.ales, us Now vc a i c
If il seems n tliintr t nhnli
Free. I. mi's soil by slavt
Vet. be ins; ! and i-iijelv,
Id till.
luwl v,
Nnb! v cure that a neioii! iii :
Slnwly hast,. js f,lti, ,.-rr :
Nobly !i'l i-in.l liiitli ye ruar
S;me!v not it; wialh In sever
Sister Slates, us Now ve are !
Clinnn'd wilh vntiv enriitrii:i'.'!.'d be.'itily
Knu'ainl sends t ?i si:'.n:il round,
'I'.very man must d i his duty"
Vo ledeeni finni bonds Iho boiinil !
Tlo'tl iodeod your banner's brightness
Shin i :lt clear 1 1 o:m v.-ry r
Shall piiM'!;.i;:i yi:r j .it.i i-pi ialitmv,
Sister Males, us Now ve are '.
N n p"erio-r- eon-
May lhese ria's
Throe a'l.i-leii-l'.iii
(in aV-.td i'l p n
Like the many bri
Tin rtne i u'l I: 'i'
Be one lie. ill ia 1
Sister Slates, as
lot 1:111
-ever L':i;'o !
Itieelnld nation.
and praise !
:e.l lo.I loss
l!'OM,;:i our,
l.y holies!
ii w ve a re !
r !Yt!!hin Stovn.
I'm,-. I'..- r. . ; i, . ...... " I;.::.!.-.
THE Hill IATUH3.
A l.YNClSINC
m t:i: i-; .'.!. i roiiMA.
To the year 1
".i. .In : i : . - I ito hot month
tie
of August', 1 left Sacramento City, with a
pari v of siv, including mvself. for there
mote legion; of Fcath'T river. I had tried
several of the o'li'T livers without iv.uch
siieci's-, and as s i:ne friends whom 1 met
in town, endeavored to convince me that
this was the fiulv true and legitimate spot
where II;:' 'y-'V':'' could be made, 1 very
unwillingly gave my cons, ni to make one
of their parly.
We sol! kd all !) arrangements to our
satisfaction, and then bought provision:;
enough to last lis for three mouths, hired a
six mule team, packed our .stuff on their
backs, anil one afternoon about six o'clock,
took up our line of marc! for the above
named place, distant about one hundred
and fiflv miles I mm Sacramento City.
One among our company played the
Inrrlo decently well, an I us the soul In
spiring notes rang out through the valleys, !
we all imagined ourselves worth, at the :
least calculation, tiny thousand dollars i
of soon would be.
Alas! v here are they, and their hopes;
and expectations now '. All but one have j
laid their bones in a strange land. I amine,
disease and murder have taken them one
by r.r.e, ur.lil I tdi'.ii'.' am left, a monument
of ( iod's no ; cy.
But 1 am digr-s.-ing. Nothing worth
noticing occurred on our route, and ai i.T
four davi
hard trave
ve
ling
rvb..
arrived, with
bones: every
V as disagree..
blistered feet and at
body imh 'ppv and. ev
able as any six u ;i c.
( cr.ven'ently be.
After imload.iu
the team, and ta!;:ng a
good bath in the ch ar, eld waters ol the
river, ve'pitch.d our t-uit, cooked supper,
and then as men generally do in such ca
ses, felt better. All retired eatly, and en
joyed a guod night's sleep, fir upon the
next nay we were to coeuuenre our nnors,
hut somehow', nobody yerrricd to broach
the subject of work, so we tpent the day
in visiting w hat few people there were en
camped in the immediate neighborhood of
ourselves. They did not talk very en
couragingly, and alter surveying the dif
ferent '''oVv," 1 came to the conclusion
that tr. fortune was some way from me
yet. llo'iiever, it would not do to get dis
couraged so quick, and I look a stroll along
towards the so)',", as it w is called. Th-
store c. -nsis!ed of a large brush tent, where
they retailed everything that was likely to
wauled among a set of hard-working men,
including a plenlilid supply of all kinds of
liquors, retailing il -it tin rate of seven dol
lars a h..tle for brandy, and five for gin.
By ruch rates as this the store-keeper man
aged to put about tvvo-tbrrds of the miner's
earning in his own pockets, and conse
quently was becoming enormously rich.
When I arrived at the tout, I found some
twenty or thirty people assembled, drink
ing, smoking ami playing cards.- Their
day's labor was over, and they were now
spending what they had earned, I per
ceived .some few weie already in a happy
state, and were trying to kick up a row
with .somebody, ijo matter whom. There
were one or two Frenchmen, one or two
Chilians, t wo negroes, and the rest were
mad- up ov rlan l an I 'Ipgon men.
SUNJiUfiY, N()UTJIUMlU:ilLAM) COUNTY, VA. S AM V)!)AY, MAY 31, 1881.
As I slooii leaning npuin.st a barrel,
watching tits dilleienf expressions (hat
played on their countenancr, t yonttg
mat) ol ahijiil t'enly-ei";lit years, came lip
and inquired w lmt jutrt of the country I
was from. I informed him, and niter a
(ew more v.'ord.-, he informed ins that he
was from New York city, and asked me to
drink wilh 'him, w hich respectfully tie
rimed. J !e did not
lie diil not appear to relish mv
refusal very well, and turned abruptly !
avvnv, and commenced helling on motile.
"What did that fellow say to you, n. is-
tor?" inquired a larjp, broad shouldered
man, who went by the name of Jones. j
"Only asked me to drink with him, j
that's all,"' replied I. j
"Well, stranger, f am fran Oregon, and '
my mime is .lories; I have been on the
river about five months', and some people
call me the alcalde nl these (liirgin'rs. lint
that has nothing to do with linn. Lot me
advise von, as a fellow-countrymen, o
have nothing to do with that fellow. I
have had my eye on him for some time,
and if he does ever come under my disci
pline, I will serve him out, I warrant
you."
"Of what o.lbnre hns he been guilty .'"
I inquired, looking nl (he man more closely.
'Well, we have not been able to prove i have a particular favor to ask of you.
anything against him, as yet, hut there has Perhaps yon will laugh, and think it a
been a good deal of the dml lost out of our weakness; but I can't help it. Have you
tenls whenever they have hee'n left alone, a Bible nt your lent ?"
and you will never see this Cello'.'.- at work, j I told him that I never travelled wilh
if yon should stay here ten years. Ife has: rut one, and that I should be happy to
not got it in h i in. 1 et he has always dust
to lose i it the gambling table every night.
Why, before that follow came here, I could
go out and leave a doen pounds ol the
real si i ill in my tent, and come back and
find it sale : but it won't do to do il now,"
he said S' .t row liil ly, as though he was
grieved to find so t:":ch didionesl v in the
woi Id.
Join s bade me grval
towards his tent, w hib
the s-us-p.'cted person,
portttnily lo examine
the card' tabic.
j
and walked j
in
1 slopped nearer to !
nd b-.'.d a good op- !
:.iin as he stood at !
lie was, us T have said, f v. i ni v :'".t ' one hour more to live. I went to the
years old, with small dark eyes, that never . head of my bed, and taking my lih!e le!E
seemed to he at rest: heavy board and ! for the store, whore the prisoner was slill
moustache, and very white teeth, which .- confined. A large collodion of people
he was at considerable pains lo show. He bad assembled from the dill' rent fairs, and
was about five feet eight incbi .; higli, and wefe passsng the time away in taking one
rather strongly built, with a certain reck, or two drinks, to give them an appetite for
loss appearance about him, that denoted the tragedy that was soon to he enacted,
the lowest cla-s of gamblers. He went by "Make way for the sherifl','' shouted one
Hie name of Morgan. 1 finished my ex- or two noisy' fellows, as I endeavored lo
animation of him, and then repaired to my force m,- wiiv into the presence of Morgan.
tent, where, after smoking, and relating "Looks a d d sight more like a min-
the news 1 bad beard, 1 turned in and was ;,.,. r )ou't you see his Bible," said an
soon dreaming of the dear friends, whom 1 other.
bad left in (.1.1 Massachusetts. p;,ssed into the store, where I fmnd
The next day we put our "rrinil's'' to- Margan seab"d r.'n a h -ex. He looked pale
gelber and commenced operations, opposite j thoughtful, but a smile illuminated his
liidvvol!'s ranch, but 1 cannot say thai vc countenance when he saw that I had
made (he amount daily that my sanguine I i,,,,,, t;, !,,, wilh me.
friends had anticipated. At any rate, we j "I ba.l alme.i elv.-ii you up," he ob
work' d easy, and managed to lay up a lit- j served, as 1 seated mys-li' by him,
lie; but il we bad been obliged to buy i made no reply, hut commenced road
provisi.ui s at the rale they were selling for j a chapter in a low voice. In an in
at the More, we should have bad t send : .. cvorv bead was uncovered within
home for money to pay our debts with, or j
el-e taken the heredit of the bankrupt act.
All vent on smoothly fr a week. We :
I u.ide the i-.cijuaiiitance of most of the mi- j
.. . . , . ..... ; .. . i : i. i . .a i i .
no,.; ,:i luiiMti ,e noiiiia owu, ,...
lounti them to he a;l jiretty good lellows; !
their worst fault appeared to be drinking,!
but then thev worked hard, and jdeaded as i
an exciu;e tliut the climate Was so bail, that '
drinking was beneficial.
I
One inoriihig, ju..t day was brejTung, !
our ncr;:. demod hour for getting uji to I
brei.kl'a-t, we observed a large crowd gatb- I
ered round
store, and curiosity
i'lling
the belter of us, we slatted to see what the
mailer wa--, leaving one to cook the brcak
f.i.d. As we drew near, I could see ihe
t.;!l f.rni if Jones mingling with Ihe
crowd, an 1 ge.dii-idaling violenlly. I in
quired of him what h;d brought so many
together, thus early in Ihe moiuiug.
'Matter enough," he replied. 'Here's
that d d scoundrel of a Morgan stole no
less than three thousand dollars from Dory,
the store-keeper."
'N be taken " I asked, astonished pt
the robbery.
"Yes, we have hi in r-.fe f nougii, and the
money aisi," (buckled Jones.
Al't. r some inquiries, 1 found that about,
two o'clock i;i the morning, Dory via
awakened by a slight noise inside of the
tent. In :.n instant all was quiet, but
thinking that everything was net right,
took his revolver from under his bed, and
lis revolver from under his bed, ;
commenced a search about in the dark
All at once his: hand curie in contact with
a man's head.
"Who is this?" he a.-ked, and received,
for answer, a tremendous blow, which
nearly itunned him, but instantly rallying,
he discharged hi.t revo'-ver repeatedly r-.t a
form th.'t darted past him, and then follow-
ed as swill iy es
tlblo ill
purs
nit, shout-
lag, ".-..top luief !"
Some dozen or two turning out, gave
chase, and succeeding in capturing Mor
gan, afti r a desperate resistance, in which
be li'ed his knife rather freely. About (I1'
yards from the store he had thrown away
the two huclcskiit bags that contained the
dud, and that was .tle)y delivered to the
owner. They were now about funning a
jury to try him for robbery, and twelve
Americans were accordingly chosen, Willi
old Jones as judge. The trial win soon
over, and the jury were not out more than
hall uu hour before they returned, and pro
nounced him worthy of Jnili, leaving it to
the judge to decide in what manner he
should die,
"Well, boys, you have acted wisely,
and, as I am a merciful man, I decide that
at ten o'clock this forenoon, he be tied to
a tree and six nf our best marksmen load
their lilies and have a crack at him, and
may Ood have mercy on Ida soul. Mr.
. Jones continued, "I appoint you,
with as many assistants as you want, to see
I In; 1 1 w r il I i. d in'o of! it "
I intimated to the honorable judge that
I should like to he excused from perform
ing so disagreeable a duty,- hut with a sav
age look he ordered me to "perform the
task he had imposed upon ne, and make
no more words about it."
Morgan had had a fair trial. His ptilt
w as too evident, and as ho lay in the Store
wi'.h his feet and hands botmd with strong
cordu, looking dirty and langi
with the
blood slowly dripping frorn his arm, where
a ball had lodged from the revolver of
Dory, I could not help pitying the poor
wretch. lie must have read couif usion
in my lace, for, making an I'lliirl to sit np-
right, in which he was not successful, he
ask"d me for a drink of water. I in lantly
handed him some, and, alter drinking
heartily, he appeared lo fi el relieved. I
diked bint if there was anything else that
I cottld do for him, when In
inoti'ineii me
to come closer to' him. He remained si
lent tor a moment, and then said :
"The judge has appointed you to see
that the sentence is carried into effect, has
he not !"
"I am sorry to say that he has, Morgan,"
I answered.
"Well never mind. 1 would rather it
were you than some others here. J!ut I
read it to him.
"Thank von," he said. "I have
von, lie said, "l r.ave noi
looked into one for years, more shame to
me ; if J had followed its precepts, 1 should
not have been here."
J left him and walked hack to iny tent.
How I hated mvsell'1'..r the part that 1 had
g.'t to ydav in the murder, for T could call
it no b. iter, jl was
ed plans to escape f.
m vain that I ponder-
nn mv task. 1 could j
see no remedy, and Ihe idea that I must i
as. ist in the execution almost drove me
frantic. j
Jt
a-; now about nine.
!,,,( nlnn Mnr.-nn fin.l
......
hearing, and all was still within the store,
q iV-t. tn-d with great attention, but
,v t, (im,, finished the third
chanter, the loud voice ofjoivs cr.lled cut.
'
i.'fi :,;l.'.s U p, 1 11 l.g Out
ime . up, l ring out me prisoner."
slowly closed toy book, and arose.
Morgan also arose, and 1 cut (he cords that
bound his feet and .stepped towards the en
trance of the store, lie was now very
pale, whether Iron) the Icsr of h.ooii, or
anxiety, I did not know;
While I had been reading In him, they
had drawn lots on Ihe outside, ami sir; of
the best marksmen cm the river had (he
chance of shooting at tin? 'poor fellow.
Their lilies were taken and loaded by a
third party, two of them with nothing l"it
p iwder, so that it should not be known
who shot him.
We walked along wilh tile prisoner, to
(In- spot that had been chosen. It was a
high plain just back of the store. I asked
Morgan if be was ready;
'Cut these confounded cords, and take
mv jacket oil, s-1 that I can stand up like
a man," he answered.
I unbound his bands, r.nd rommrnred
removing his jacket, when s.ui.elhing fell
lo the giouud. 1 stooped to pick it up,
and loimd that it wai a miniature. It rep
resented a young and beautiful female,
hol.Kn.' in her arms a babe, apparently
nnlv a lev months old. 'Ihe mother was
! issuing
t the child with such a look aj
on I y
mother can give, wniie ine cnim
ap
red l o he making a .-. mi enon io
reae
a vinirl.-t of her hair, which fell in
long curls i.bout her neck. 1 looked up
and asked, "Morgan, whose portrait is
Ibis!"
He then for the frsl time observed that
I bad it.
"That is the nortriit of mv wife and
child, whom 1 k-ft in New York," he said,
and burst into tears. "Bury it with mr-,
for it is all that I hav e now."
I felt
though a good crying spell
would do me good, about that time, and if
a
drop fell upon the beautiful I.mvv that
was gazing so sweetly r.l In-r cinhi, I'M me
hopeiMiat it did net tarnish the blight col
ors of the picture.
In the intanlinif a huge crowd a sem
bh d, and were gazing over mv shoulder at
the picture, With evident delight. I pass
ed it round to them, and every one of
those lough men appeared to have a spark
f human feeling in their breasts that only
needed to he touched to produce good re
sults. I had never made a uprech in my
life, but a new leeling seemed to flow
through my veins. Springing upon a large
log, 1 commenced a rambling address. I
knew that a human being. was in danger,
and that I might possibly save him. 1 al
luded to his poor wife and infant child,
their dependence on hiin for support ; and
the anxiety and sorrow they must feel
sho'iLL. they never hear (mm him again.
riefore I had finished, I heard the loud
voice of old Jones; exclaiming
"Darn it all, boys, let the fellow go. I
have got nn old vt-omln myself, and half
dozen childien; and I can kinder guess
how they would feel, if I should pop off."
"7c., let him go," said half a doiieli of
the most inlhtonthil men on the river.
"Pitt it to vote box a; put it to vote,"
fnid another.
"To vote it is, then," said 1, overjoyed
at my success. "All those in favor of let
ting "Morgan go, will please rignify it by
saying yes."
"Yes! 'yeii!" roared nearly every voice
in Ihe crowd.
I now turned lo look at Morgan; lie
had sank on his knees When the result of
the vote had been declared, and I sincerely
believe that he made a short acknowledge
indnl to Heaven for his wonderful preser
vation. 1 le rire:ie from his: knees, and ta
king my hand he thanked me with tears in
his eyes for the interest I had taken in his
trial. I walked nlong with him towards
my tent, and observed that it would be
tie; I for him to leave and go to some other
mines at once.
"I shall leave to-night," he replied, "hut
there is one thing that I should like to ob
tain from you, and that is your Bible."
"Willingly,' I replied, "and may it do
you as much good as it has me."
I gave him some supper, and when he
arose to go, I put the l?ible in his hand.
lie squeezed my fingers, and then taking
his wife's miniature out, he forced it on
me saying, ' keep that to remember me
by," and was gone belore I could reply.
I have the miniature now. And each
dav when I p-aze at it a sweet smile seems
to play upon the lovely countenance of
that young bride, as though she tlmnl;ed
me for helping the partner of her bosom to
escape from such an ignoble ('.eatn.
As for Morgan, I never heard of him
afterwards. Whether he is alive or dead,
I cannot tell, and my object in writing
this siielch, was to obtain, if possible, some
i.i: ,1 !.:, W 11 T
Ul III. II mi
T I KlU'.lt ATIOS.
An A.i fritii mi iiiipiililislicil Urania.
Dii.vmai is Pkusosx. .Li editor end two
I OP'S.
Scknk. Kililnr's sanctnui.
Filler two bores.
Fir.-t l"re (bio.l moiuiug, Mr. KJitor
line nioiiiing !
F.ditor (looking hard at his work, and
scribbling fin imisly ) Yes sir, line weather,
lor ,ei.jiie who have leinurc to enjoy it but
its iiolhing to me, sir.
Second llore Why. yours is Ihe prettiest
business in the world I should liko to be at;
editor myself.
. litnr ll has iln vexations, however.
Fiist lime -Ah ! indeed ! What are
they 1
Fdilor Why, perhaps the worst is lores
' people wini woiiy an editor becauso ibey
! can't think of anything else to do.
Second Here (;; it possible ?
I F.ditor Worse than that -its a fact.
; Fiisl lioie Well that is comical !
j K-litor -Vtf to peibaps I mean, In
iho bores but its cmifumided tragical to
: every body cl.-e.
i Second nine (Try ing lo change, the sub
: jet, mid returning to the weather again)--;
Vegeiatir.;: iias taken a rnpi.l start,
j Kditnr Yes, sir, there i a lesson for
some people in that.
! First lioie And tho lire are begining to
I leave.
i lvlilor So they are--lhe trees arc very
1 reasonable in that respect they (fo leave
' sometime or other. Allow me, (.'entleinen,
j lo recommend their example to you as wor
thy of imitation. Isveui.t bores in an.ae
meut. Editor bolls tho d':r.:1, and falls into
reverie, fimn which be is presently aroused
Ly the devil'-; call fer i:copy."J-- BoArr,
i'o-f.
MI W.lv Ili .M IVl.,
This excitm" and nianlv sport c'oiiitr.en-
' ced for the season on i-unday last. I he ear
! case of a horse having been procured, it was
pinperlv prepared and set adrift towards ihe
I close of Ihe ebb tide, find having floated
I down opposite iho lbitfery, its convulsive
. mniionsoavo evidence that iho sea-wolves
i Wero at llieir feaft. Three of unr young
Urmtlemen; who are enthusiast in tbi-g sport,
,,. ,.,lvi,i.i ,i,,lla,.K...s will, ihn iimner
j . ,!,. ; ,, k..i .
""I : I '
ihe busy scene, and porm found themselves
in the mid.'t of a la'rge fchool of sharks, who
not nf all ilis-mbed by their presence, con
fined (heir repast --:1m larser ones mofrng
, fasteniioMheir leelli in ii,
, UP to Ih" carcase,
j and then w ith a jerk rending oir a limb for
iheir portion, while the smaller ones weld. I
i snatch at the fiagmenU wliielr escaped
from thei: jiw.-i.
Oir young genllVrr.en soon went t wml;,
and in Ihe course of an hnllr nl'd Ibreo
qilarlc, ., killed lime of the ' inouKteis, six of
which ibey .-.iieceeded in bringing lo iho
wharf. Tho sport was of the mo.it exciting
ehaiaclery the uuiuialj not only making play,
but occasionally showing light. One of iho
largest, when struck, seized the bout by the
onrwaler, and etiouk it most violently, while
another came open mouthed at a colored
man who was culling a harpoon out of one
of those captured alongside, but was arrest
ed by a wed I directed thrust of a spear,
which penetrated far down Ids capacious
throat. The six sharks thai wore brought lo
lha wharf wore found to measure respoo,
lively as follows: I) fee. I threo inches ; 9
feet 4 inche ; 10 fc'iit 1. inch ; 10 feel 0
inches; 10 fe.ct 8 inches ; It feet 6 inches.
--('harlfitnn Mtrevril-
MaVSI'AfKR OIXI TIMI.
Vl'ritt for n Stuli Cnrolam I'airr, l.ut miiied to m.'t
Meri ilian.
Mt Df.aii Sin I have just returned from
a tour through this slate, anil proceed to
furnish you wilh' an account of my labors
ami their nnccess. 1 have been gone for
three months; and fissure yon, in all sinceri
ty, trial f am fully satisfied. You furnished
mo a list of onu bundled rind seventeen
owing subscribers, a.i you will recollect. I
( have ca'led upon one hundred and four
of them, nnd have the honor of paying over
to your order three dollars and twelve and
a-half cenls, bcimg the amount to which you
are entitled. 1 return lo you the list
numbered 1 to 117, and now givo reply nf
each.
No. 1 -T s a minister. tin ?fys, in ihe
first place, he never got one half of the num
bers, (a lie according to the account of the
Pnslmnsler.) nnd in the next place, your
johors column was too scurrilous, lie can't
think of aiding lo sustain a paper that ad
vertises horse races arid candor pollings
Hesides he knows from the tone of your ed
itorial that you drink, and paying yon
would only be the means of your enuiii
your days in the kennel, lie wonders at
your impudence in sending him his bill after
publishing the account of the gronej piize
fight between Left Landed Sinoko and Nat
tering lull, lie wants nothing more to do
with you never wants to hear from you
again.
Wo. 2 Is in jail for debt. He lias not
seen a half dollar for a year. Says be
wcul 1 pay wilh tiie utmost cheerfulness, if
he only had the money, but be bad lo bor
row a shirt lo put on last Sunday. Admires
your paper wntidetfully and hopes you
will continue sending it to him, lie wishes
you to take a bold stand in favor of lint abo
lition of imprisonment for debt, as he
thinks it would bo a veiv popular move
with gentlemen in his situation. If you
send him any mere papers, he hopes
you will see that the postage is paid, as
otherwise ho would ho unable to enjoy
your lucubrations. Sends bis best res
pects. No. '.I Is a young doctor. S,us your pa
per is beneath the nutiee of a gentleman.
Wouldn't give r. for a cart load of iketn.
Says you inserted an article reflecting on
the piofes.-'inti. Only wishes he could catch
yen hero would make you smell -. Is
uwit.g to. pursnado every body that takes
yocr paper to slop it. Cuss'd year bill, and
says you may collect it iho best way you
can.
No. I Is an old in? id. Says you are al.
ways taking a tling at siiiL'ie ladies of an
uncertain age. Wouldn't pay on if she
was rolling in wealth, and you hadn't as
much cash as would buy a eiest of bread.
Sent all the papers siie had hack a month
ami, and says, now tiiat she sent them back,
she don't owe yon any tiling. Says ilia1
she is even with yon, and inleuds to keep so
till tiie day of judgment. Asked mo not to
forget to lell you that you are no L'eutieman, i
or yon wouldn't undertake to slander a large j
and respectable class of tin: female popula
tion of Ihe country.
No. .1 Is a gamhler a sporting gentle
man. Says he got completely cleaned out
last week at the races. Couldn't accommo
date his -grandmother with a half dime if
she was starving. Lilies your paper tolera
bly would like it betier if you published
mote races and would occasionally fjive an
account of a cock-tight. Liked die descrip
tion of tho prize light amazingly it re
deemed a multitude of your faults. Hopes
you won't think hard of him I"- not paying
you now but has got a prospect of n-mr
having some loose change, as he is after a
rich ) uug green hum who arrived here
last week. Will pay your bill out of the
pluckings.
No. C Is an old drunkard. Hasn't got
...... ,1.;,,.. .,.,! nn...i- I'vmwis lo have. Oa-
Iheied up til! (ho papers ho had and sold
them for a half-pint cf tain lo the doggery
keeper lo wrap groceiies in. Wished you
would scud Mm a pile-, ,llL'" C0M 1,0 P-Tt-age,
his biolher-in-lavv being post-master
and permitted him to lake cut his papers for
iiolbiiur. Winked at me when I presented
your bill, and inqnred if t wasn't a distant
'relation of tho mail that butted the bull oil
the bridge-
jvjo. 719 11. magistrate. Swore ho never
owed von a cent, and told me that I was a
low rascal lur trying lo swindle Iiim in men
j a bare-faced manner. Advised me lo make
tracKS III a IlllIU lest- lli.t:i no mm-, u. ii
would -el out a warrant against mft as a
common cheat, and have me sent lo jniron.
Took his advice. Is, by all talds, the
meanest man 1 have seen yet. AVill never
;o near him again.
No. 8 -Is a politician. Says although
you profess to publish a neutral paper, it is
not so. Thinks ho has seen a considerable
squinting towards the side lo which ho is
opposed. Meant to have told you a year
ago to stop his paper, but forgot it. Tell.
you to do so now, and thinks yoil are gelling
ofr very cheaply in not lousing any more by
him. Jiulieves you to bo a rascal, and is too,
honorable to have anything l- do wilh you,
as it might compromise him and injure his
prospects.
No. 0 Paid up like a man. Tho only
one. Likes your paper first rale, and means
to take and pay for it as long as you publish
il or ho lives. Aakel mo to dinner and
treated me like a king. An oasi in the
desert 1 A man tit for heaven !
OLD SKK1KS VOL. 11. NO. 3tf-
No. 10 U a merchant. F.vpeets to
break shortly, must cave nil his small
change. Olfered me a pair of breeches and
a cotton handkerchief for the debt. Refu.
sed hiin wilh Hcorn. Had a long jaw.
Threatened to break my head. Dared him
to do it. Threw a hatchet at mo. 1 dodged
it and put out.
No, il lo 117 Mean as rot. Had nff
money wouldn't pay dicln't owe. t
swore I'd sue. Said I minht sue anil be
d 1. Cursed all tho little ones and hur
ried from tho big. Never got the first cent
from one of them.
1 ho foregoing is a true extract from my
nolo book. 1 have not succeeded a whit
belter with Ihe patrons of the other public.v
lions fur which I am ngent, as it is impossi-.
ble I'J collect from thoso who aro determi
ned not to pay. f have said t have been
away three months. 1 have expended id
that peu'od tv?o hundred and ten dollars,
travelling, and my entire commissions
amount to eighty-two dollars and twentyfive'
cents. 1 am very willing to do my share
towards iho propagation of news, but mora
than that no reasonable man can expect.
This business don't exactly suit me I can't
stand il.
i'leasc ncoopf. my resignation and strika
my name from your list of agents. I admire
your pnpacr very much myself, but it
would be a queer looking sort of a concern
thai would come up to the requirements of
every body. Ono wants independence in an
ediloi - -another don't want any. One wants
all slang another wouldn't touch a journal
that contained an irreverent lino with a ton
foot xi!e. One sentimental, lackadaisical
Miss in panlelettes wanted nothing but lov
poetry, another never lead any thing but
the man iages.
All kinds of abuse I havo to beaf too. 1
wouldn't mind it so much if they Only cur
sed you and your paper, but they curse me
too 1 Swindler, ra.val, blood-sucker. These
aro some of tho names they think proper to1
bestow upon me. 1 tried fighting for a
while nnd thrashed several of your patrons
like blazes, but occasionally I got licked
liko lliunder myself. Ouco I was put in
jail for assault and lallery, and only escar
ped by breaking oaf.
Send nitf a icceipt for the three dollar
twelve ami a half fents, and believe me
yours in despair,
A A HON Sw tETWALL.'
Tin; win: in ii:.KR.(& jackso.
The inlluenre of this woman over her
husband is said to have been very rxtraonli-
nary. She wa? of ubscure origin and totally
uneducated; Vet she inherited from nature
those line and noble traits of her sex to such
pei feci ion lhat her power was very great.
(!en. jackson was attached lo her in early
life, but by seme means or other the matter
was iirterropleu, nint she- married another,
who pmved a villain, and the connection)
wns a iiiot Unhappy one. t!en. jackson
became Interested i her, and the conse
quenco was a divorce after which he mar-
lied 'her. Sba ii said lo have possessed
. . , . .' . . i - ii
i none ol inose .iccunipiisnmems wincn aro
supposed lo adorn fashionable life ; reared
in the back woods; seeing and knowing but
little of refined society. Yet her fine per
son stmig a 'fec i ions, and good sense, the
ihrce essential:- of u woman; enabled her lo
laiie hold with irresistible force of the bold,
string, p.nd fiery warrior and statesman to
whom she was wedded. It was lire lioii
held in the embrace of the fawn. The in
lluenre she exercised is said to have border
cJ on the superstitious. He imagined that
no power or act cf his could succeed, or be
carried out, averse to her will, or in opposi
tian lo her feelings. She seemed his guar
drail nrigel by day and by night, holiliiij? in
her bauds his life, his fate, his fume, his
all. An intimate friend of his says that so
long as bo lived, ho wore her miniature
near he' heart; and never alluded to her ex
cept in a manner no subdued and full of rer
crence. that tho listener was deeply impres
sed wilh her transcendent worth.
Tooit Wf.ak Woman-. Miss Susan Nip
per, who lives in a smi-dl tenement, a lone
woman, was quite ''duslraled the other
morning by an early call from a bachelor
neighbor.
'What did you come here after V aiil
Miss Nipper.
'I came lo borrow matches," he meekly
replied.
"Viatches ! That's a likely story. Why
don't you make a match ? I know what
yon tome fcr,'1 ciied tlie exasperated old
virgin .t she backed the old' 4,-iskelor into
a corner. " ou eomo here to hug and kit
me almost to death ! 1W you shan't with
out you'io the strongest, and the Lord tnou'i
yon arc !''
To t'i.EAV Hair ItitisiiKS and Combs
Subcaibrinate of soda or potassa, somolimcs
called rtn'.l of tartar, or salt of wormwood, i
lo be dissolved in boiling water, two heaped
teavspoansful will be sullioient for half-a-pint
j into this mixture dip Ihe hairs-of the-bru-.li,
and draw -the comb through many
times. The brush and comb, wild ihe help,
of this solulio.i, will simckly cleanse each,
other ; dry quickly,- mid they will be a
wUhe us new- Observe two llang ; the
palassa must be kept in a slop?iei bollliy or iU
will soon become liquid ;. when liquid it it
not injured for the use, but if left in paper
would bo wasted ; also the mahogany or
Kitin-wood back of the brush must be kep
out of the solution, as il is apt to discolm
wood.