rcwna ojpthh "American." - ' M ' ' i:,; OA..,;. .- g , .- ... " C " II I. ! I II J MaMS-TWO OOIXAU pet aanam. Bx a, tf i paid wlfcta tha yaar. No paper dlwonttawd 1 all arrearages ere paid. Tb.es terras will be strictly adhered to heroafter. Ifsubwribersnegleetor refuse to take their new, pen from i th offiee to whloh they ar direoted, they .rank letters containing subscription none. They .re Dermltiad an J (M. T-J .1.- r, . " TKBna Tog : i.orr.iTij4 Tha following ate the rates for advertising- (a Una Amica, ..Tuoie hsvibg adTuliicg to do will Bndlt tonyenlant r refereno J s IB BE AIE1 Sise 1 " U. 1 1 1. lm. I 2ns. I 6n I 1 y. 1 ,6lfr,i0;i2,l0f,fl6,0(Ktl'.0( . MIW NIV fHH VUQO MWi ; JOB ;'PAZVTZKO... : " nave aeanteted wits, oar establishment a wall selected JOB OFFICE, which will enable tu to exeomta, la the neatest style, every variety of .Printing . ...... . BUSINESS CARDS. X..H.KASB, - ATTORNEY A I" LAW. Two doors east of F, ling's Hoi Market Square, SUNBUttY, PENN'A. Business prompt);? attended to in Northumberland and adjoining oeunttes. Is aim duly authorised and Licensed Claim A rant for the collection of Bounties. Equalisation Bounties, Pension, and all manner of laimi against the Uovernment. : Sunbury, Sept. 16, 1868.. o Wo ATTORNEY AT X.A.W. .Worth Side of Publio Square, adjoining residence of ueo. mil, n., SUNBURY, PENN'A. Collections and all Professional business prompt! attended to In tha Courts of Northumberland ani . adjoining Counties. Banbury, Sept. 16, 1806. JlOBOBHlLL, , . 6l0 P. WOLVBBTOW. HILL & WOLVEBTOK, ttornej o and Counselors at IjIW. SXJNBUBT, F.A.. w1 riLL attend to tha eolloction of all kinds of claiaii, tooludinx Saok Pay. Bounty and Pen Hons. apl. l, '65, JACOB SHIPMAISV- JTIEH AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT SUNBURY PENN'A, KEPRXSEKTi farmers Mutual Fira Insurance Co., York Pa., Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co., ,ew York Mutual Life, Girard Llfo of Phil'a. A Hart- ord Conn. Ueneral Accident. Sunbury, April 7, ly. ' D r7 CH A S. ARTHUR, Pomccopatf)ic $)ijpicfan. draduataof tha Uomoeopathlo Medical College of rennsytvania. Orrica, Market Square opposite tha Court House SUNBURY, PA. March 31, 1866. oa.v BOWClf, LITI SIESBOLTS. Bowen & Seesholtz, WHOLESALK t RETAIL DEALERS in OTery Tariety of ANTHRACITE COAL, J. Haas Co's Lower Wharf, Knnbnry, Pa. Orders solicited and filled with promptness and -despatch. Sunbury, June 2, 1866. S0L0M0NMALICK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, Northumberland County, Fa, OFFICE in East and of Weaver's Tavern, Market Street. All business entrusted to him will be careful y and fiunctually attended to. Consultation in tha Eng ish and German languages. Sunbury, April 8. 1165. AMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH GrAXiIjEiRrxr. Corner Market Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa. 8. BYEULY, Proprietor, iPhotograph, Ambrotypea and Mclainotypes token in the best style of tha art. apl. 7, ly t7rThilbush SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER AND JUSTICE Of THE rEA CE. Muhonoy, Nortkumherland County, Penn,a Office in Jackson township. Engagements ean be made by letter, directed tothe aboreaddresa. All business entrusted to his care, will be promptly attended lo. April 22. 1866. ly Wh. M. Rockefeller. LlotoT. Robbbach. ROCKEFELLER & ROHRBACH. MIill llY, VEXyi'A. OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu pied by Win. M. Rockefeller, Esq., nearly op posite the residence of Judge Jordan. Sunbury, July 1, llfli. ly II. II. MASSER, Attorney at Idw, SUNBURY, PA. Collections attended to in the counties of Nor thumberland, Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. ftEVERENCEI. Hon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia, A. U. Oattell A Co., " Kim. Win. A. Porter, " Morton McMichael, Esq., " E. Ketoham A Co., 2si Pearl Street, New York. John W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law, " Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, M Sunbury, March 29, 1862. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER ia every variety of ANTHRACITE C 0 A L, Upper Wharf, SUNBURY, Penn'a. ISPOrderssoliolted and filled with promptness and m patch. Sunbury, May 12, 1866. J j 23. C. GOBIXsT, ttorney and Counsellor nt Law, BOONVILLE, COOPER CO, MISSOURI. TILL pay taxes on lands in any part of the Y State. Buy and sell real Estate, and all other .ttera entrusted to him will receive prompt atton- fuly8, 186S. ootli, '64. DR. E. Is. I.1IJUEEY, EI Y SIC I AN ' AND SURGEON NORTHUMBERLAND, FA ; R. LUMLEY has opened an oSca In Northum land, and offers bis servioce to tha people of that a and tha adjoining townships. Otlca next door Ir. Scott's Shoe Store, where ba ean feand at all rs. orthumWerland August 19, 1864. .OUR & FEED STORE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. IK subscriber respectfully informs the publie that he keeps constantly on hand at his new iEIIOUSK, near the Sbainokin Valley Railroad .t, ia SUNBURY, Flour by the barrel and sacks 1 kinds of Feed by the ton a above ia all manufactured at his own Mills, vill ba sold at the lowest eash prices. J M. CADWALLADEB. abury, April 1, 1866. JEEEMIAH 6HYDEE, T .torney A Coanstellor at lav r, B151IIKV, PA. . District Attorney tor ftorthanv. and Coanty. , . ' . bury, March SI, 1866. Zj' 3-- "W. srney and Coaasellor at Law on south side of Market street, four doors west of By star's Btorn, FTT BTTt.Y. XA. I attend nromptly to all profeasioBal bulla o ted to bis ear, tha oolleotioa of elaisal to umber land and the adjoining aonnuaa, -bury, April I, 16- cklayer and - Euilder, kat Bar eat. A doors Zaatof Third St NBUBT. PBSTXv'!A. H.-AH wwoBspdy at PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, ; BY jH. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY PENN'A NEW SERIES, VOL 3, NO. JACOB O- BEOK MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer In CLOTHS, OA8SIMERE8, VESTING, &c l awa street, sontlt of wearer's " Hotel," " ' STJNTJB I A. March 31, 1866. 2 If SH(CIS2 GEO. C.WELKER & SON, FIRS ft LIFE INSURANCE AGE NOV Uutoe. Market nrreet. R1TNRTTRY. PA Risks taken in First Clan Stock and Mutual Compa- vbiiusi ivopresenieo aiaVVO,VVU. Banbary, May 12, 1866. y COAL! COAL!! COAL!!! QBANT te BROTHER. snippers A Wholesale St, He tall tealers la WHITE V It EI A It CO A I., in arorv varletv. Sole Agents, westward, of tha Celebrated Henry Clay Coal. Lowbr Wbarp, Suiiicbt, Pa. Sunbury, Jan. 13, 1886. Pensions Increased. Tha lata Aet of Conerees srires additional oar to tha following Pensions, Til : 1st. To those who hare lost the siarfat of both eres. or both hands, or totally disabled so as to require con stant attendance, the sum of 624 00 per month. 2d To those who hare lost both feet, or are totally disabled in tha same so as to require constant attend ance, the sum of f 20 00. 3d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot. or are so disabled as to render them nnabla toper form manual labor 614 00 per month, and other oases in proportion. The subscriber is duly prepared for the immediate procurement of these claims. a. a. bui til, Att y at Law. Sunbury, June 16, 1866. THE following persons are entitled to receive an increase of Bounty nnder the Act of Congress passed July 1866, to equalise Bounties. 1st All soldiers who enlisted after the 1 9th day of April, 1861, for 3 rears, and served their time of enlistment and hare been honorably discharged, and hare received or are entitled to receive a Bounty of $100, are entitled an additional Bounty of s)l0. 2d All such soldiers who enlisted for 3 years, and have been honorably discharged on aoeount of wounds received in the line of duty, are entitled to an additional Bounty of s)IOO. 3d The Widow, Minor Children, or Parents of such soldiers who died in the service of wounds or disease, are entitled to an additional Bounty of 100. By application to S. P. WOLVERTON, Era , of ukblbv, Pennsylvania, who is an authorised Claim Agent, all such claims can be speedily oolleoted. tsunpury, Augusta, isoo, EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTIES. Xu. XX. KA8E, Attorney at Law, Sanitary, Pa. TS duly authorised and Lioensed by the Govern ment to eollect all unitary Claims against the United States. Bounty money due soldiers under the late Equalisation Act of Congress, and all mili tary claims against the State, due soldiers of 1812, for Pensions and Gratuity. Claims due soldiers of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps from enlistment to the date of muster, promptly collected. Sunbury, August , 1866. Ho on ties Collected. U. W. HAUPT, Attorney at Law, Sunburv, Pa , offers his professional services for the collection cf bounties due to soldiers under tha late Equalisation Act passed by Congress. As an authorised claim agent be will promptly eollect all Bounties, Pensions and uratuitios uue to soldiers or we late war, or tno ar of 1812. Sunbury, August 18, 1866. HsWi Sheet Iron and Stove 19 Market Street, near Engel's Store, SUNBURY. PA. AN iminenso stock of erery kind of Tin Waro, and Sheet Iron Ware of all descriptions. STOVES, 500K, OFFICE and PARLOR STOVES of the best Brands wuiuh are unsurpassea lor oeauiy oi noun, simplicity of arrangement, combining cheapness and durability ana eaou suwe w&rrauicu w jrcriuriu uu they are represented. Coul Oil, Coul OH lisspM, lanterns, Shades, Cbunnys, and all articles usually kept in an establishment of this kind. COPPER, BRASS and IRON KETTLES, of all 'fRItIT JARS and CANS of the latest improved Ieis also prepared lo do all kinds of Spouting and Roofing. Range and Furnace Work. Repairing, cheaply and neatly executed. ' BENJ. ZETELMOYER. Sunbury, July 7, 1866. ly To Officer! of the U. 8. Volunteer Army ! 11 Be it enaeted by the Senate and Home o f Hep- rterntativti of the United Statee of America, in Coiigreee oeeembled. That section four of an Aot entitled "An Actmaktng appropriations tor ma sup port of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eiirhtaen hundred and sixty-six." be so oonstrued as to entitle to tbe three months' pay proper, provided for therein, ail officers of volunteers below the rank of Brigadier General who were in service on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and whose resignations were presented and aooepted, or who were mustered out at their own request, or otherwise honorably discharged from the service after the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. . See. 4 "And s it further enaeted. That all officers of volunteers now in commission, below tha rank of Brigadier General, who shall continue in tha military service to the close of the war, shall be en titled to reoeiva, upon being mustered out of service, three months' pay proper." Approvea narcn a, loo. The subscriber directs the attention of officers to the above Aet of Congress, at the same time solici ting tha collection of their claims, tie baa ua blanks for that purpose, and will giro eollections uuder this Aot his prompt attention. LLOYD T. ROHRBACH, Attorney at Law. Sunbury, Sept. 8th, ISM BOUNTY FOE SOLDIERS. HAVE made arrangements in Washington City, for the prompt collodion of Bounty under the lata Aot of Congress. I have also received the pro. per blanks to prepare the claims. Soldiers entitled to this Bounty should apply immediately, as it is es timated that U will require Uiree years te aujuwau an imim mha anliatad for three years and who k... nnt r-wJvarf mora than 1104 bounty are entitled ik. k.n.M r this Ant. aa well as eoiaiers woo have enlisted for three yean ana aisouargoa aiur a service of two yeara, oy reason oi wounoa raoeneu, disease contracted in line oi uuiy, or JjlAriU A SW11IVDAVU. Sunbury, August 18, 1866. KBTABLISHED IN ldlO. Vaacy yetac Iietsllnhsent. To W. JONES, No. 432 North Front Street, - above CxlUwhill PhiladalnhU- dvea Silks. Woolea and Fane Goods of every description. Their superior style of djetnc Ladies and Gentlemen's tsarmenie la wiaeiy anoww. Uraps ana aei &hals dyed the suoetbrillUator plaiaeolors. Or asd Marine Shawls eleaaed to look like new. A uenueweu s aww, vwi.na. o., oieanea or re dyed. Kid Q loves cleaned or dyed la look like new Call asd look at OH work before going elsewhere. & - Sept, II, lo&6.- - "I ALL and aas those beaaUfal Bird Cages at tha V r r1" J. H. CONLIY CO. ALL roods bought for Cask sad sold 4 lowest " . ,2 jukurvv & nrt Bun'onry, Jobs 16, 16 if 1 f I vtnw Wyrtla Poaataa. at the Faaey Saw f I r-J&TI.: - - anma fainter 6. P 0 E T I C A L. THE OLD BOOKKEEPER. - It was an ancient bookkeeper, " And he was tall and slim ; ' . Though his face was mild, he rarely smiled, II is clothes were dark and prim ; And everything about his desk . lie kept exceeding trim. Ha always hung his hat and eoat - Upon the self-same hooks, And laid his rulers, pens and ink, la their respective nooks ; And the only exercise he had Was footing up his books. Each day, upon the self-same hour, Ha took his lofty seat, And bent his body and his mind Uis labors to complete ; And blots were neither on his fame Nor on his ledger sheet. The music of his pen was heard From morn till eventide ; - Up oolumns vast his eyes were east, ... Then down again with pride ; Quite pleased was he, though heaaw his work Incroased and multiplied. The cash that o'er his fingers esme Each dny was something grand ; And yet Jo scheme to bear it off By him was ever planned ; Although you saw with half an eya Thathe wrote a "sloping" hand. He had no wife, be made no friends, Uis joys and cares were few ; And his dearest hope from day to day Was to keep his balanoe true ; A good world this, if every man The latter thing would do. He never sighed when tittle ills His way of life would oross, And o'er the errors of his youth He showed no vain remorse ; But he set down all that came along To profit or to loss. One day the oreditorof all Dropped in for his amount ; He found the old man at his post, Though low ran nature's fount ; The books were olosed, and ha was borne Up to his last aoeount. TALES & SKETCHES. lookisu i ;.ii:u 'iiie iie. It is tbe habit of many persons to take look under tbe bed before retiring for the night. Mrs. Evcrp-rcen. my beloved wifn. indulges, if indulgence it can bo called, in tbis peculiar practice. I do not object to it in tue least so long as sho does not enforce tbe performance upon myself; but when, as is sometimes tbe case, she forgets it until sbe li&s put out the light and ensconced herself under tbe comforter, then it is hard that I, who am not troubled with nervous apprebensiveness, should Lave to get out in tbe cold and do it for ber. I have often re marked to Mrs Evergreen, when I have seen her prying nnder the bed, that it was a silly habit, and that the sooner sbe truve it un tbe better. To tbis eentle admonition mv better-half invariably rejoins : "La, Evergreen ! what harm does it do ? It's a kind of satisfaction to know that no body's under there, ahd then I don't think of such a horrible thing when I'm in bed." -i ttiitiK, my uear, you mmlit lust as well pursue your investigation further and look into me uureau drawers ana the clothes basket." - "Evergreen," sbe will rejoin, "don't men tion the idea, or I shall certainly do so. Como to thiuk of it, a man could very easily get into the clothes-basket." "Certainly he could,-my dear, quite as easily as Fulstaff. You should certainly in clude the clothes basket, and by-tbe-by there's the chimney ; why not look up that as well!" "Now, Evergreen, you're laughing at me. But I can't leave off tbe babit, and I never will. It's a comfort for me to know tbat there's nothing wrong about it, and I don't see why you should deprive me of it." So under tbe bed goes tbe candle, and no signs of humanity being discovered, Mis. Evergreen is able to repose in peace. But, as already observed, tbis precautionary act is sometimes forgotten, and I am myself obliged to rise, light tbe lamp and report. I've done it rather more frequently of late than is agreeable, and have intimated as much to Mrs. E. She says: "Very well, Evergreen, I'll do it my self." But this procedure is almost as bad, for sbe invariably lets the cold in on me both in getting in and getting out. If it were not for increasing tbis mental idiosyncracy tno part or Mrs. .vercreen, by eivinc ber some cood reason to aDDrebend dan ger, I should relate to her what I am about to lay before the reader. In tbis narra tion, therefore, I ask the public most par ticularly to bear in mind tbat Mrs. Ever green is of a most sensitive nature, rather pprehensive ana slightly superstitious, and what I nave to say must under no circum stances be imparted to tbat lady. If for two and twenty years (that is tbe period of our wedded me, ana nappy years nave they been) if, 1 say, 1 have lor this long period refrained from imparting the matter to the beloved sharer of my joys and partaker of my sorrows, surely the public (which, as we know always does keep secret,) will keep mine. All young men, I suppose, bavo love- affairs before tbey eventually fix their af fections on the one who is to bleu their lot in lifo. I know that I had, and I don't regret it Regret it! Far from it. Mrs. Evergreen is not present, and therefore 1 have no hesitation in saying that if I had my life to live over again I'd like to go tbrougn with tbe same sentimental expe rience, particularly if it was to be succeed ed by again leading to the bj menial altar tne present Jars. Evergreen. 1 was not baa-looking when I was in my twenties. I think I may go further, and confidentially say tbat "Qus Evergreen" was decided favorite among the girls of Uakville, and 1 really believe tbat 1 could have any or them "for the asking." At I before remarked, Mrs. Evergreen is - not present and I indulge my thoughts tome what more treeiy man would otherwise be tbe case. I don't think that I cared par ticularly tor any ot tue uakville girls, now ever I might have kept my heart whole to tbis day ii it naa not been lor tbe circum' stances wbicu I am about to relate, Fred Evens, who bad been my chum at school, came to make me a visit at Oakville for "a day or two," as be said, when he came ; but he made it a week or two easily enough after I'd taken him about a little among tbe "young laaios," YYbea that time bad expired JTretl aaid be really muat jro and he didn't know what his father and mother would think of bis long absence but it ended ia hi relieving their anxlet; by a letter and aendine for bis trunk. - knaw . hovr. tha matte, was perfectly well and that Belle BronsoA had 1ewitcbed him OUt cf hie five senses." Fred-tried to put it on to tbe "country air and the aulet. which was benefitting to hi health, eto but It SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1866. was no use trying to deceive roe, and I told him so. 1 ben be owned up frankly, and promised to help him all I could, if he re quired any help in tbe prosecution of his suit I never thought Belle a flirt, or that sue would willingly distress any human be tag : but she had a way of looking in one i eyes as if to captivate him, for her mere per sonal amusement. At any rate sbe bad larger share of beaux than the other girls, but al! their attentions came to nothing. feared it might be so with Fred Evens, and warned him accordingly : but Fred said he'd "have her if be tried all his life :" tbat "without ber life was naught to him ;" that "she was the on!y living being who had ever awakened a real emotion in ins breast," etc., etc. Alter that 1 said ro more, but closely observed the lovers, and soon came to tbe conclusion that Fred was bv no means disagreeable to ber. Things went on in this way witnout any aetloite result until Fred received a sudden summons home on account of his mother's illness. When be came back to renew his visit he insisted upon staying at the Oakville Hotel rather than wear out bis welcome at our house, and finding re monstrances unavailing, there he went. The landlord (honest old Downsburv I wonder ii ne yet lives; gave Fred, at my suggestion, nis best uearoom, "jno. sso" l am particu lar in mentioning the number. "lie shall have No. 20," said Downsburv. "Anv friend of yours, Augustus, shall have the best I have to give as long's I'm landlord." It was a pleasant room, looking out on the distant hills and tbe beautiful winding branch of tbe Black water: but what cared Fred for scenery I he was in the blind god, and could not see even as far as his nose, except in the direction oi ueue s cottage, l usea to go over to Fred's room and smoke my cigar, while he, poor wretch, expatiated on his sufferings, doubts, and solicitudes. Did she love him f that was the question which dis turbed every moment of his existence, and to which, with tbe closest ,easoning. he could not bring himself a satisfactory reply. sometimes ne tbougbt a word or a sign set tled the point beyond a doubt in his favor : at others he fanced he read a coolness and indifference in ber eyes. In tbis condition of uncertainty he dared not press tbo ques tion lest a hasty step might bring him to grief. At Fred's earnest solicitation I promised to sound Belle as to her sentiments, if a fa vorable ODDortunitv nreaentcri itself, or at any rate to let ber know, in an Indirect way that Fred was languishing in distress on her account, and thus give her no excuse lor unnecessarily prolonging bis misery. It so happened, however, that my services were notcallcd into requisition. Belle Bran son, because of tbe sudden arrival at ber house of some country cousins, was obliged to give up her room her mother's cottage being a small one and to occupy for a sin gle night a room at the hotel. We would chcerlully have offered her guests accommo dation at our bouse, but we were in the same predienmcnt. An agricultural fair in the village had brought many strangers into the place, and our own guests were so nu merous that I hud given up my room to two t them, and had intended asking Fred vans to let me pas9 the bight with him. For this purpose I went to the hotel at a late hour, and proceeded at once to Fred's room, but to my surprise found no one there. did not even notice tbat bis trunk was gone, or suspect the fact which afterward became apparent, that "to oblige some lady guests for this night only," as tbe landlord ex pressed it, Fred bad consented to give up Ho. 20" and occupy a small room in tbe rear of the building. Tbe gas being turned up I took a book to await his return, and hearing at last what appeared to be steps approaching tbe room, and supposing it to be Fred, in a momentary impulse to play a joke upon him I slipped under tbe bed, a i i i.it. ii a- i - large nun mgu unu, mit-miing tu imitate a. cat (of which animal I knew he had a de testation) so soon as be entered the room. Tbe door opened, and I was on the point of indulging in my vcntriloquial faculty by giving a long-drawn mieoie, when from my hi ding place I beheld Belle Bronson take quiet possession ot tne apartment I JUy astonishment was so great, and the sense of mortification so intense, tbat I did not, as I should have done, make myself im- mediately Known to ucr. 1 bus tbe oppor tunity for discovery and explanation was lost. I dared not move a hiiir, but hoped sincerely that some excuse might take her out of tbe room for a moment, and so facili tate my escape, blie, however, locked tbe door, removed the key, and, as I knew by the sound, prepared to retire. Finally sbe kneeled down beside the ued, ana clasping ber hands and bowing her head (so fearfully near to mine that I could bear tbe sol: words in my very ear), she offered up her evening prayer in a manner so full of feeling, and with such sweet accents of womanly tenderness and devotion, tbat I felt as if sbe was an angel bending over tbe vilest of mortals. 1 bat prayer went to my heart ; but one portion of it went through and held it captive. Never shall 1 forget my feelings of surprise and my deep emotion when 1 heard her utter these words : "Bless my dear mother, sisters, and friends: bless all around me, aud, O God I bless bim I love, Augustus Evergreen, and shower down thy mercies over him. Amen." "Ah, Augustus," said my divinity to berseii, as she arose from her devotional attitude, "if you but new that I named your very name n my prayers, you would be less indifferent to me I" If I breathed short before, after this my breath seemed to desert me entirely, and I verily thought that the beating of my heart would betray me. Belle, pure as an angel to me then, and white as a snow-flake, pro ceeded to turn off tbe gat and to get into bed. 1 leit ber son pressure over my bead, and shrunk closer and closer to the hard floor upon which I was exteuded. What thoughts rushed through my brainl Above me lay a young and unsophisticated girl wholly unconscious tbat tbe one sbe loved lay to closely to ber, and who had for the first time been made aware of ber interest in him, by hearing words which tbe supposed went only to Ueaven I I knew then that tbe nigbt must pass away, ana tne morning come, and tbat Belle must nrsi teavs tun apartment before I coda venture to enange even mv position. ' TU.1U liarl Iain rmrfectlV tDOtloLieM lor - - ... - unl mlniitM and warn. I flattered myself, l,..ln Walf in aleD. when suddenly the axduTmed to herself, "There-I haven looked lander the bedlv A horror ran xi ...i. . .11 ia loot : what ahould I dot Belle rose sod I herd her. feeling tor tbe n.,.Haa aha struck one and svaa moving toward tbe gas-light, when the lucifer went out, leaving all darkness again. Blessed re lief: .but Low brief! ' Again I heard her feeling for tbe matches and try to light one after another, as tbey fulled to ignite ; theq an "Ob dear, there axe no more t" escaped irom ner hps. 'Snft, I .Bfoi -i,i.n..A m I own. .v auu, niiu L III HF1 KPfl I4nn In ailatiAa for ny deliverance. Belle grouped back to iud ucu, uui uiu nor, immediately get in sne sioopea ana nited the curtains which hung around the bottom and cautiously passed her arm under and around as far as ii couia reacn. i almost felt her fingers graze my face as I held myself fearfully and silently back against the wall, too far. lust t r.- i u i .'. J. ii um icnuu. Apparently satianed that no danger was near her, she lay down in cue Dea again Ana i counted ber respire' tions till she was lost in slumber. At for myself, sleep was utterly out of the question. I never was so wide-awake in my life. How I lay upon that hard car- Ect and thought tbo night out I thought ot or, and ber love for me; thought of myself, ana mv love lor ner. lcs. i una rnnvinroH from that moment that the hand of destiny was in it and tbat a benign and a'.l-wise providence had seen fit in this extraordinary way to open my eyes to the path of banni- ness ana peace. With tbe morning light fresh fears camo upon me lest my unconscious room mate might yet peer beneath the bed for robbers before she left tbe room : but my fears were groundless. &ue rose and dressed expedi tiously, for sbe was to join her cousins at an early breakfast, and sbe had overslept her self. When at last she took tbe kev. un locked the door, and departed. I lost no time in slipping oat of my shameful place oi concealment ana escaping irom tbe hotel. On the stairs I met Fred coming out of his room, who exclaimed : Why. what's tbe matter with vou. old fellow 1 You look like the last davs of an ill-spent life. And your coat, too why, it's all over feathers and dust. Where have you been ?" "Why, I slept slept out last nlgbt ; that's all. Our house is full, and so I had to find quarters elsewhere. I'm just going home to dress." "I should ssv so. decidedly. I see it oil. old fellow t You've been on a lark, and had to put up in the watch-house ; come now, own up and tell us all about it." "JNo lark at all, Fred ; nothing of the kind. assure yon." "Well, if not a lark what kind of a bird was it t From the looks of the feathers I should say it was a goote." ' lou re tbe goose, Fred. But, seriously, 've a word to say to you of a most impor tant nature. Be a man, Fred, and make up your mind to hear something excessively disagreeable. It must be told you sooner or later, aud I may as well tell it now." "Good Heavens, Gus I how earnest yon look at me ; you don't mean to say that tbat anything has happened to Belle Bron son ?" "Don't mention her name again. Fred, or think of her any more, for she'll never be nytbing to you. I have it from one who knows all about it that she has long been attached to somebody else, and tbat some body else means to marry her. There's no mistake about it ; so bear up and try your luck elsewhere" But Fred Evans was not to be disconr- ged by mere hearsay. That very day be went to see Belle, determined to know bis fate from her own lips. Soon after ho left Oakville, and I did not see bim again for several years, when, meeting him in town one day, I insisted on bringing him home with me and presenting him to his old flame, Belle Bronson the preseut Mrs. Evergreen. aii, r rea r said be, alter dinner, when my wire and tbe little Evergreens bad left us to ourselves "Ah, Fred, you served me shabby trick when you allowed me to lose my heart to the girl you were all along in tending to marry yourself a very shabby trick, one of which I never suspected you 1" So I bad to tell bim (in strict confidence, of course, as I tell you, reader,) all about the bedroom affair at tbe Oakville Hotel, aud tbo love that grew out of it. MISCELLANEOUS. From the Toledo Blade. Mr. Zasby Uream a Ireniu A. Johnson King-. Conkedrit X Roads, (which is in the State uv Kentucky) S.r)' October 24, 1800 Dreams is only vouchsafed to persons uva imaginative and speritooal nocber, uv whom am wbicu. 1 ner nint anything gross or sensual about me that I know uv. Troo I eat pork, but tbat is to offset tbe effex uv whisky, wich, et twasn't counteracted, wood make me entirely too ctheria for tbis groveiin world. I eat pork to restrain my exuterant Imap-inashun and enable me to come down to tbe dry detail uv ouisb'i lite to nt me lor tbe proper discbarge uv dooties ec a post master. Whisky lifts me above tbe posisbun pork brings me back agin. Its fat and greasy like tbe pay and perquisites uv the Fostmaster it comes from tbe most nasty, senseless and unclean uv animals, like our comuiishuns in short, I recommend all uv Johnson's Postmasters to eat pork. Its their nateral diet Last nite I partook uv a pound or so too much, and ez a consekeoce, uidn t sleep welt While I wuz eatin Imoistenin my lips with Louisville coslation, tbe while , I wuz a musin onto Seward's question whether tbey wood hev Johnson President or King, and while musin I fell in2 tbe arms ut Mori us, My mind bust loose from the body aud tored, Ez I sunk to slumber tbe narrow room wich is at wunst my offis and dormitory, widened and enlarged, the humble chairs became sud denly upholstered in gorgis style, tbe taller dip become multiplied in to tboosamis uv gorgus cbandilecrs.tbe portraits uv uis uigu ness tbe president, ana tne otuer uemuvrave on tbe wall became alive. I comprehended the situation to wonst Androo Johnson had cut the Gorjan knot with someooav s sword, and hed carried out bis Policy to its natural conclusion. He wuz King and wus reignin under tbe title ut Androo to I, ana I wuz (in my a ream, ny wui-j,; - -.-n-j ball. ' ' It wuz, methawt, a reception ouo. u High Mightiness wuz a sitten onto a elevated throne covered with red velvet and studded with diamonds, and perals, and onyxt and other preeiona stonesonto bis head wuz a crown, and he wuz enveloped into a robe ut black velvet, bts nose ana ins uaiauce uv uia face gleamio out like a flash uv litenin from a thunder cloud. Lyln prostrate at tbe foot ut the throne, doth tbe offis ot a footstool, wu Charles Summer, wunst Senator, wich wua typikle ut the complete triumph we hed won over our enemies, while doin other menial offices about the balls, wua Wade, Wilson, Feseenden, Sherman and others who bed opposed tbe change from a RepuUie to a Kingdom. They wus clothed in a appro- prit costoom, kdee breeches and sich, and Draaentod a nekoolterlv imooain anuoaranee. Carriages containing the nobility began to arrive, and ei they entered, the Grand OLD SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 6. liigu fjord Chamberlin uv the Falis, the warKis von-Uandall announct cm. "Dook ae .Davis" woz ejackelatid and Jefferson en tered. "Earl Ton Toombs," "Sir Joseph E. Johnston," "Markis do Bonregard" and so lortn. JNoticin that the titles I hed bcord wux mostly tacked to Southern men, I asked Giddy Welles, who wuz stnndtn by, why it wus thus, and he sed that Northners wuzn't reeiy nt lor it. We wuz, he said, a low grovlin raco ana coodent adapt ourselves to the uaoiis uv nobility. The south wux shivel- juh ana cooa do it. They wui given to tournaments and sich they had got accus tomed to cirkus clothes and cood wear a ?hi "uttoeettin awkwardly between f ! Z:; .n men'.'".cl.?z were faith. ....ill i orsK in tne smiles ut uui, wuz in sich positions ez sooted their cspacity. He, for instance, hed charue u, iUO roys, poultry yard, a position which he hlnprcrl lm fllln1 n . .. , .. lies.. l . .. . .P. i u i 1 , u enure aaiisinction uv his beloved and roval mb.r it i.j now four hens a sittin. pneli nn r- and he hoped in tbo course uv two ycare. ef - u ny Ttiou vu i u instances, 10 11CV fresh eggs for the roval table. It wuz a nn. sition uv great responsibility and one which weighed upon bim. Seward wuz rrl-r counsler, Doolittle wuz steward ut the bouse- uoiu. antl iburlow Weed wuz Keeper ut the King's revenue, and wuz a !-; n n-n , ' - w-- IV. . 'I ... By this time the Comnnnv noooml.lot Tlio iiignness wuz in a merry mood and unbend ed himself. Ther WUZ a knfit llv tliA nnhilltv gathered in a corner, and after a earnest in terview uv a minnet, Count Von Cowan advanced to the foot uv the throne, and on bended knee demanded a boon. "Wbat,my faithful servitor.dost thou most desire I" said His Highness. "We wood, Your Maiestv. have the nrisnn- ers uv state brot into the presence, that we may make merry over 'em." "It shel be done," sed His Majesty, and forthwith Baron von Steedman. who hrl command ut the King's Household Body Guard, was sent for them. In a moment they wuz brot in. Thv lookin set. Forney and Wendell Philinrm wuz chained together. Fred. Done 1 AAA ftnrl Anna Dickinson, Dick Yates and Governor Morton, Ben Butler and Carl Shurtz, Kelley and Covode, while Chase wuz tied to Horis Grecly, onto whose back wuz a placard in scribed, "The last ut the Tribunes." at Which Raymond, who left the Rnriikela anil declared for the empire precisely the rite time, and wuz now editor of the Court Journal, laffed immodritlv. Some one ex claimed, "Bring in Thad Stevens," at which ia aiojesiy lurnca pale ana bis kecs smote togethcr'Don't don't." sez he. "he's streno-tli enuff left to wag his tongue. Keep bim away i Keep nun away !" and he showed ez much fear ez men do in delerium tremens when they see snakes. Methawt I made inouirics and found Hint things wuz workin satifactory. Gen. Grant wuz in exile, and Gen. Sheridan hed bin dc- capitatid for refoosin to acquiesce in the new arrangement. The country bed bin di vided into dookdoms and earldoms, and sich, over wich the nobility rooled with un dispooted authority. The principal men uv the North bed bin capebered and subdued, and wuz a fillin menial positions in the pa laces ut the nobility. No Lord or Dook or Earl considered himself well served, onless be hed a half dozen Northern Congressmen in bis house, while tbe higher grade uv no bility wuzn't content with anything less than Guvners. The indebtednia uv the South to the North bed been adjusted. A decree hed bin ishood to the effect that Northern merchants who should press a claim agin a Southerner shood bo beheaded and bis goods confiskated. The Question uv slavery hed bin settled forever, for the Dimikratic ijee uv one class to rool and one class to serve wuz fully establish!. There wuz now three classes uv society the heredi tary nobility, the untitled officials, and the people ; the latter black and white, wuz all serfs, and all attached to the soil. Bizinis wuz all done by foreigners, the policy uv the government bcin to make tbe native born people purely agricultural peasantry. The nobility desirin to make it easy for em giv em one-sixth uv tbe produx nv the soil, rescrvin the balance for their own uses. My dream didn't continyoo long enuff for me to ascertain whether I wuz a nobleman or cot, but I am nv tho opinion that I wuz, ior a servant nancno me a pin to stick into Gen. Butlerto make bim roar fur tbe araooze mcnt uv tbe company, addressed me ex "Yoor Grace," from which I inferred thnt I wuz one of tbe Lord's tpirtooal. Unfortu nately at tbis pint I awoke and a sad awak enin it wuz. The gorgus halls bed vanish ed, the cbandeleers hed vanished, tbe robes uv stait and jewels and sich wuz gone and I wuz in my offis, not "Yoor Grace," but merely a Postmaster in a Kentucky village. Well, that is suthin. Wat better is a noble man f He don't work, neither do I. He drinks wine, it is troo, bnt I hev wat soots me better, whisky fresh from the still. Yet my dream may be realized, and if it is, I will endeavoor to fill the position with credit Who knows I Petroleum V. Nabby, P. M., (which is Postmaster.) About Oysters. At the late meeting of tbe British Asso ciation Mr. F. Buckland read a paper on ovster cultivation. The author begau by explaining that it was difficult to give, in a few minutes, tne result oi a wnoie year s in formation. He would confine his remarks principally to the history of the living spat of tbe oyster, the chemical analysis of the meat and tbe mother liquor of the oyster, to the adhesion of the various substances to which tbey loved to adhere, and to the marketable value of the oysters aa tested by weight. He then proceeds to describe tbe evcecdiuolv interaatlnrr antlnn anrl mnwA menu displayed by the young oyster when nrsi emitted irom its mother s shell, giving tbe reason why tbey sometime float on- tbe surface of the water, and at other times sink to the bottom, the use to which the young oyster places it cilia, expressing it as bis opinion tbat these organs never dropped off, but were absorbed after the young oyster beeame fixed. He then exhibited a great variety of substances, to which tha oysters teemed to have a natural vrefereooe for ad hering. Among these were several curiosi ties, such as a "plague pipe," to which an oyster bad affixed itself, eav ordinary pipe, presented to bim by Sir Walter Trevelyan, la tbe bowl of which no lee than three oyster had taken up their position ; also, noma old fashioned win or spirit bottles. from the North Sea, tb Loch Ryan, pre tested by Sir William Wallace. He then proceeded to describe the result of the chemical analysis which he bad instituted it conjunction with A Pythian Tamer, Esq., giving tbt eniouct of mineral matter, the animal and also the fatty matter. The re a,WV ,0 ,ll I,VU 12.VB ,00 8,00 14,00 20, 10,00 14,001 20,6(M 36 00 lla.ftOj25.Oa.3A.Ool 60.M Ten lines of this all in. l. square. " M41 mfi,' ')'' "J Exoantors! Notkea sults obtained showed the phosphate were more important lq ftp composition of tbe meat of the ovster than any other of the in gradient, and hence their great practical use for invalids and ia sea sickness. He also gave practical deductions as to cbpica of proper places whero oysters should be laid in order to obtain a cood annnle these phosphates. Ho then described he process pf the growth of the oyster shell, and detailed the manner in which thp formed tJie shell from the mother liquor, the mode also by which tbe ijttle oysters wero enabled to form their shell inside tha mother shell. His observations enabled him to come to the conclusion aa to thn possible Way in which the vouncr nrotp.r van ' enabled to attach itself to various articles. He bad been enabled to eollect samnlca of oysters from almost every part of the United Kingdom. These have , been accurately weighed, and he gave a table showino the relative valqe (commercially speaking) of oysters from oyster beds, pr proposed oytcr beds of England. Ireland. Scotland anrl Wales, He stated that he was still carrvinp on bis experiments at Herne Bay ; and he was happy to bp enabled to report that the French system of oyster culture had been successfully carried out in a' creek near Havana, not far front Portsmouth ; and, al though he bad not yet seen the results of the experiments himself, he could not heln congratulating the managers upon their well deserved success. rf.firminri ti.ot should be well represented, and that ber oyster fisheries should not be entirely ig nored by our neighbors in France, he had at this moment one set of specimens at the Fish Culture Elhihltinn A mho itstm it the South, and another at a similar exhibi tion at Boulogne, jn tbe North of that coun try, as well as bis own collection at tbe Horticultural Gardens. South Kena! where he trusted to make a comnletn an! ries illustrative of the eulture of oysters, at weii as that of a salmon, The Early IJTe of Senator Wilson. Mrs. Hariet Beecber Stowe publishes in thp Boston Watchman and Reflector an inte resting sketch of Senator Wi lann. nf Maaaa. chusetts. Sbe says of his early life : Henry Wilson onr present United States Senator, was born at Farmington, N. H., February 12, 1818, of very poor parents. At tbe age of ten lie was bound to a farm er till be was twenty-one. Here he had the usual lot of a farm boy plain, abundant food, coarse, clothing, inceseent work, and a few weeks schooling at the district school in Winter, In these ten years of toil, the boy, by twilight, firelight, and on Sundays, had read over one thousand volumes of "history, geography, biography and general literature, boirowed from tbe school libraries and from those of general individuals. At twenty-one he was bis own master, to begin the world, and in looking over bis inventory for starting in life, found a sound and healthy body, and a mind trained to reflection by solitary thought He went to Natick, Mass.. to learn the trade of a shoe maker. At Will pi) wnrlrtnf mn t,A saved enough money to attend the academy at Concordand Wolfsborougb, N. H. But tbe man with whom he had deposited his hard earnings became insolvent! the mnnrv be had toiled so long for vanished, and he was obliged to leave bis studies, go back to Natick and make more. Undiscouraged, be resolved still to pursue his object, uniting it with his daily toil. He formed a deba ting society among the young mechanics of tbe place; investigated subjects: read: wrote and spoke on all the subiecta of tha day, as the spirit within him gave bim ut terance. Among bis fellow mechanics somo others were enkindled by his influence, and are now holding high olacea in the literary and diplomatic world. In 1S40 young Wilson came forward as a public speaker. He engaged in tbe Har tison election campaign and made sixty speeches in about four months, and was well repaid by his share in tbe triumph of the party. He was then elected to tbe Mas sachusetts Legislature as representative from Natick. Having entered life on the workincman'a side, and known by bis own experience tho working man's trials, temptations, and bard struggles, bo felt tbe sacredness of a poor man s labor, and entered public life with a heart to take the part of tbe toiling and tho oppressed. ur course he was quick to feel tbat the great question of our time was tbe question of labor, and its rights and rewards. He was quick to feel tbe "irrepressible conflict" which Seward so happilly designated be tween the two modes of society existing in America, and to know tbat tbey must fight aud struggle till one of them throttled and killed the other; and prompt to teel this, he made his early election to live or die on the side of the laboring poor, whose most expressed typo was tbe African slave. .... i . , i . i i - i : iu tuo legittiuiure lie imruuui-eu a uiuuuu against tbe extention of slave territory, and in 1843 went with Wbittier to Washington with tbe remonstrance of Massachusetts against tbe admission of Texas at a slave State. When tbe Whig party became inefficient in the cause of liberty, through too much deference to tbe slave power, Henry Wilson left it, and become one of the most ener getic efficient organizers in forming the Frecsoil party nf Masschusetts. In Its interest be bought a daily paer in Boston, which for tome time be edited with great bility- .... . . a. . Meanwhile bo rose to one step oi nonor after another in his adopted State ; he be came President or tbe Maasacnuaovw w nato, and at length, after a well contested election, was sent to take tbe place or tue accomplished Everett in tue unitea otaies Senate. Elephantine Plat. It b reported from Bucharest, that a Frenchman, named Poltia, bad arrived in tbat city to exhibit two ele phants, a male aud female, tbe tame which were shown in Paris, a few year since. These animal killed their keeper in a singular manner. Tbe male seized hiua with hi trunk and threw bim into the air; tbe fe male caught bim a be full and threw him back again, and this game of ball wa con tinued for a quarter of an hour. When as sistance arrived it was too late ; every bone in the poor fellows body wa broken. . ,,,, A Btory is told of a Western candidate that came upon "a poor white man," who bad a Tot to give, if he did do hi own milking. Tb candidate, Jonea, asked him if be should hold the cow, which seemed to be uneasy, end the old naa consenting very readily, be took ber by the horns, and held fast till the operation wa don. - "Hav you bad Kobiioa (hi rival) round her latolv I" be asked. "On, ye, be' behind the barn.. bolJius the calf 1"
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