ranks or i-nu "America."
tKUMj-TWO COLLARS per annum. V it If
aot paid withla lb tw. - Ho ppt discontinued
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f If luWlbert negleot tr reran' to uic their ewt,
papers Irem tb offioe to which they are direeted, taey
are responsible niilth.ybTe settled the bills and
ordered them dleooatinaed. '. i . j .
Postmastere will pleat aot as our Agent, and
frank letter! eontaining subscription money. They
art permittad, to do this under the Pott Offioe Law.
,. ,JOB PBINTINO.
We bar eonneoted with onr establishment a well
leleoted JOB OFFICE, whloh will enable u to
execute, In the net teat ityle, every variety of.
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which la free,) to be paid for at advertising rates
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY H. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A,
NEW SERIES, VOL. 3, NO. 31.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 18G7.
OLD SERIES, VOL, 27, NO. 31
BUSINESS CARDS.
0. I. BROKER
t,. B BUS.
c WiWSMSL & BASIS,
Attorneys and Counellori at Uw,
Chesnnt Street, west of tbe N. C. and P. K. Rail,
road Depot, in the bnilding lately occupied by
F. Lataros, Esq.,
BUNBTJRY, PBNN'A.
Collections and all Professional business promptly
Attended to in Northumberland and adjoining Conn
ties. P'T
Attorney and Connwellor at Law,
Offioe on south side of Market street, five doors East
of the N. U. Railroad,
sxjisrBTjinr, ia;
Will attend promptly to all professional budnoes
entrusted to his oare, tbe eolitetion of elaims in
Northumberland and the adjoining oounties.
Bunbury ,A prll 13, 1887.
EDWIN A- EVANS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Market Square, near the Court Uouse,
BUNBURY, Northumberland County, Pa,
Collections promptly attended to in this and adjoin
ing Counties.
April 13, 1867. .
J. R. HILBUSH
STJBVEY0R AND CONVEYANCE
AND
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
ifationoy, Northumberland County, Penn"a
Office 'in Jackson township. Engagements can
be made by letter, directed to the above address.
All business entrusted to his oare, will be promptly
attended to.
April 22. 1866. ly '
W. M. RocKirKLLRR. Lloyd T. Rohrbach.
ROCKEFELLER & ROHRBACH.
uiixky, PEfVi.
OFFICE the same that has been "heretofore occu
pied by Wm. M. Rojkefoller.Esq., nearly op
posite the residence of Judge Jordan.
Bunbury, July 1, 1886. ly
jIrorobHill, Sihon P. Wolvsbtos.
HILL & WOLVERTON.
4,ttrnej and Counitelors at Law.
WILL attend to the collection of all kinds of
olaimt, including Back Pay, Bounty and Pen-
Sons.
apt. 1, oo.
ra w J o
ATTORNEY AX X.AW,
North Bide of Publio Square, adjoining residence of
Geo. Bill, Esq.,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Collections and all Professional business promptly
attended to in the Court of Northumberland and
adjoining Counties.
Bunbury, Sept. 15, 1860.
JN0. EAT CLEMENT,
Business in this and adjoining counties onrefully
and promptly atttended to.
Office in Market Street, Third door west of Smith
A Qenther's Stove and Tinware Storo,
sursmuv ie.v;a.
Ill u7iuassi2ik,
Attorney at Law, SUNBURY, PA
Collections attended to in the counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia
and Lycoming.
REFERENCES.
Hon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia,
A. ti. Cattell A Co., "
Hon. Wm. A. Porter, "
Morton McMicnael, Esq., '
E. Ketcbam A Co., 239 Pearl Street, Now York.
John W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law, "
Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, "
Sunbury, March 21, 1882.
JACOB SHIPMAN,
FIRE AND IiIPE INSURANCE AGENT
SUNBURY PENN'A.
REPRESENTS
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., York Pa.,
Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co.,
,i York Mutual Life, Qirard Life of Phil'b. A Ilart
,ord Conn. Ueueral Aocideuts.
Sunbury, April 7, ly.
IK. 12. 1. Ll'JILEY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
NORTHUMBERLAND, PA.
DR. LUMLEY has opened an office in Northum
berland, and oilers hi. services to the people of that
place and the adjoining townships. Office next door
to Mr. Scott's Shoe Store, where he can feund at all
hours.
Northumberland August 19,1865.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
Attorney &. Counsellor at Law,
rylitrW't Attorney lor Nortliuiu
berland County.
Bunbury, March 31, 1868. ly
I.. SE1SUOLTI, O. H. WOLVEBTOM, C. P. SEASBOLTI
COAL! COAL! COAL!
TUE subscribers respectfully inform thecltiiens of
Sunbury and vicinity, that they have opened a
COAL YARD
at J. Baas A Co's Lower Wharf, Knnliury,Ia.
where they are prepared to supply all kinds of Sha
mokin Coal, at cheap rates. Families and others
promptly supplied. Country custom respectfully
elicited. BEA6U0LTZ A CO.
Bunbury, Jan. 12, 1867.
bricklayer and Builder,
Market Street, 4 doora Eaat of Third Bt.,
BUNBURY, IBN-3STA.
3(. II. All lobbing promptly at
jtensl to.
Sunbury, June 2,1866.
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
GRANT &c BROTHER,
JSulpper & Wholeaale Sc Itetall
leulera la
1VII1TU A Ki: ASH COAL,
in every variety,
stole Agents, westward, of the Celebrated Henry
Clay Coal.
Lowsa Wbabf, Eukbubt, P. .
Sunbury, Jan. IS, !86v . . , - . . L
WXlCiLEBALK AND RETAIL DEALER
. ; . in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Upper Wharf, BUNBURY, Feno'a.
ry Orders solicited and filled with promptDens and
despatch. , . . i ;
.6unbary, May 18, 1B66. y . 1 t . . .
BOUNTY FOR SOLDIERS.
IIIAVB made arrangemenU in Washington iCity,
for the prompt eollootion of Boanty under the
lata Aet of Congress. I have also received the pro.
per blanks to prepaa tbe elaims. boldiers entitled
to this Bounty should apply iuunediately, as it is ea
timated that it will require three years to adjust all
the claims
All soldiers who enlisted for three years and who
fcavo not received wore than 1190 bounty are entitled
to the benefits of this Aet, as well as soldiers who
bave asjuted for three years tad thjoharged after a
' service ef two years, by reason of wounds reoeived,
disease contracted in line of duty, or re-enlistment.
LLOYD X. KOUBBACU.
Sunbury, August IS, IBM.
T-A.0 0 33 O. BECK
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
CLOTHS, CA8SIMEB.ES, VESTING, &c.
Fawn ettrcct, ontli of Wcavtr't
Hotel,
8 XT NtJB "5T , I
March 81, 1866 - .
W. J. WOLVERTON,
ATTORKUY AX LAW,
' East end of Pleasant'! Building, Up Stairs,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.:
Ail professional business In this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, November 17, 1866. ly
lloiintteti Collected.
O. Vf. HAUPT, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa.
oflbrsbis professional services for the collection of
bounties due to soldiers under the late Equalisation
Act passed by Congress. As an authorised claim
agent he will promptly collect all Bounties, Pensions
and Gratuities due to soldiers of the late war, or the
wnrofl812.
Bunbury, August 18, 1866.
ELEVENTH A MARKET STS., PHILADF.L'A.
TIIIS new and elegant ITouse Is now open for the
reception of guests. It has been fitted up in a
manner equal to any in the oountry. Tho looation
being central makes it a very desirable stopping
place, both for Merohanta and parties visiting the
oily. The parlors are spacious, and elegnntly furn
ished. Tbe tables will be supplied with all the dell
caoles the market will afford, and it is the intention
of the Proprietor to keep in every respect a First
Clem Hotel.
Terms $3 OOperdnv.
ClTRLIS DAVIS, Proprietor.
February S, 1867. 4Jm
AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
O-ALLERY.
Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
S. BYERLY, Pkoprietoii,
Photograph, Ambrotypes and Melainotypes taken in
the beet style of the art. apl. 7, ly
e. a. aoBiisr,
Attorney and Counsellor at Iutr,
110ONV1LLE, COOPER CO , MISSOURI.
WILL pay taxes on lands in any part of the
State. Buy and sell real Estate, and all other
matters entrusted to him will receive prompt atten
tion. July 8, 18C5 oct IS, '64.
Pensions Increased.
The Inte Act of Congress gives additional pay to
the following Pensions, viz :
ist. To those who have lost the sight of both eyes,
or both hands, or totally disabled so ae to require eon
stunt attendance, tbe sum of $2i 00 per month.
2d To those who have lust both feet, or are totally
disabled in tbe seme so as to require constant attend
ance, the sum of $20 00.
3d. To those who bare lost one hand oronofoot,
or are so disabled as to render them unable to per
form manual labor $16 1)0 per month, and other
cases in proportion.
The subscriber is duly prepared for the immediato
procurement of those elauns.
S. B. B0YER, Att'y at Law.
Bunbury, June 16, 1866.
acjmnsi
THE following persons are entitled to receive an
increase of Bounty under the Aot of Congress
passed July 1866, to equalito Bounties.
1st All soldiers who enlisted after tbe 19th day of
April, 1861, ior 3 years, and served their time of
enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and
have received or are entitled to receive a Bounty of
flOO, are entitled an additional Bounty of sjlOO.
2d All such soldiers who enlisted for 3 years, and
have been honorably discharged on account of
wounds reoeived in the line of duty, aro entitled to
an additional Bounty of tlOO.
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 8100.
By application to 6. P. WOLVERTON, Esq., of
Bunbuuy, Pennsylvania, who is an aulboriied Claim
Agent, all snob claims can be speedily eollectcd.
Sunbury, August 4, 1S66. tf
CLEANSE THE BLOOD.
WITH corrupt, or taint
ed Blood, you are sick all
over. It may bunt out
in Pimples, or fiure. or in
tome active disease, or it
muy merely keep you list-
lor uuiuiug. jjut vuu vuu
not have good health while
your blood is impure.
.1. : ...
Aran's bARSAi'ARii.LA
Jpurges out those impurities
it expels disease and restores health and stimulate
the organs of life into vigorous aotion. Hence it ra
pidly cures a variety of complaints which are caused
by impurity of the blood such as Scrofula, or King's
Evil, Tumors, Ulcers, Bores, Eruptions, Pimples,
Blotches, Boils, St. Anthony's Fire, Kota or Erysi
pelas, Tetter or Salt Kkeum, Scald ilead, King
Worm, Cancer or Cancerous Tumors, Sore Eyes, Fe
male Disease, sueh a Ketentiou, Irregularity, Sup-
Eroasion, Whites, Sterility, alto Syphilis or Venereal
iseasea, Liver Complaints, and Heart Diseases.
Try Avea's Sabsapahilla, and see for yourself the
surprising aotive with which it cleases the blood and
cures these disorders.
During late years the publio have been misled by
large botUoe, pretending to give a quart of Extract
of Sarsaparilla for one dollar. Mouof these have
been frauds upon the sick, for they not only oontuio
little, if any, BarsparilU, but ot'teu no ourative in
gredient whatever, lienoe, bitter disappointment
has followed the use of tbe various extracts of Sarsa
parilla which flood the market, until the name itself
has become synonymous with imposition and cheat.
Still we call this compound, "Sarsaparilla," and in
tend to supply such a remedy as shall rescue the
name from the load of obloquy wbicb rests upon it.
We think we have ground for believing it has virtues
which are irresistible by the olass of diseases it U in
tended to euro We can awure the sick, that, we
offer tbem the best alterative we know how to pro
duce, and we have reason to believe, it is by far the
meet effectual purifier of the blood yet discovered.
ArBB'a Cheny Pectoral is so universally known to
surpass-every other medicine for tbe oure of Coughs,
Colds, Iufiuema, Hoarseness, Croup, Bronchitis, In
oipient Consumption, and for the relief of Consump
tive PatienUia advanced ktages of the disease, that,
it is useless here to recount the evidence of its virtues.
Tbe world khowa them.
Prepared by Da. J. C. AyxR A Co .Lowell, Mass.
and sold by all Druggists and dealers in medioiue
everywhere. - , - ,-- - , -April
20, 18T. 2m -
T. S. SHANNON,
j 1 j I , , FwoUcsU . : . .
watchmaker
i Aim . r
JEWELER,
From PHILADELPHIA.
' la Simpson's Building, Market Square,
STTlTBTOYrPElTlT'A.
TTAVINO become the successor of Mr. A. K. 6a
XX vagi, he would respectfully solicit tbe eustem
of the eitixens in general. Hoping by striet atten.
tion to busmen that they nil) favor him with their
patronage.
Mr. tj. bas beea eonneoted for the past ten veara
with some of the beet house in the city, in tb
Watchmaking trade, and ali work entrusted to bis
ear win do aonewun prompiness ana aispatcn, ana
warranted to give entire satisfaction.
Ilia stock of American,: Swiss Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry and Silverware, will be sold as low as can
be purchased in the oity, and of the first oualitv.
particular attention paid to tbe repairing of Fin
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. '
LjTAII order promptly filled. MaeonU Marks
mad to order.
Bunbury, Mareh I.186T. ' . ' ' . -
BIRD CAGES, II different kind. If yoawant
good and cheap Bird Cages, go to
CONLEYACOS
POET I C A L.
A-MAYINO.
Thou com est with thy sunshine clear,
To ehane tb April gloom away ;
Of all the months that make tho year,
Thou art the loveliest, gentle May.
Thy sweet white blooms, like strings of pearls,
Are wove In bands of shining hair ;
As merry groups of laughing girls
From Woodland glades their treasures bear.
My heart hath been a-Maying too,
In oool, green valleys far away ;
These are not tears, but drops of dew
Shook frem dead blossoms, gentle May.
I may not join the sportive round
Of dances 'neath the flower-wreathed tree ;
By other hands thy queens are crowned,
And others twine thy w renins for thee.
The thrilling voices now are stilled
That ohanted onoe thy ohoral strain,
And eyes that thy soft sunshine filled,
May never ope on earth again..
A ad yet my heart goes Maying too,
But not among the glad and gay ;
For thoughts those bright ones never knew,
Have made the holy, gentle May.
t rise no more before the sun,
To bathe my brow in dow or stream ;
I seok no rooro, when day is done,
Tbe four-leaved clover for my drenm.
Not all the power of stream or dew,
Not all the dreams on midnight's track,
Could light my cloudod brow anew,
Or bring the faith of girlhood back.
Yet still my heart a Maying goes
To lonely valleys far away,
Where willows bend and cypress grows,
And graves are garlanded by May.
lTAIJS SKETCHES.
iicki:i iim tiii: now.
A 8T011Y FOUNDED ON FACTS.
An ominous cloud bad been gradually
growing up from tbe western borizon, and
at lust bad crent over tbe face of tbe sun
and bidden bim from sight. But tbe riders
and walkers took no uotice as who ever
(iocs take notice when pleasure is ct the
helm f of tbe coming shower, but laughed
and chatted es thoui-h it were the first day
they had come into the beautiful world and
were to last forever. A brave sight Rotten
How was that morning, a sight such as is
not to bo matched in any other corner of
the world. Tbe ride was tilled with a
dense crowd. The lovely English girls,
flushed with tho exercise, passed by like
goddesses on their beautilul Lnglisli liorscs,
while ever and anon a low mumcai laugu
broke on tho bum of conversation, which the
stillness of the air the sure presage of a
Btorm rendered sensible. Among them
and beside thera rode the cavaliers, now
restraining with firm hand tbe impetuosity
of their horses, now, perchance, bentliug
low in whispers not meant tor the common
ear. The flower of the gentlemen of Eng-
lund were there. The Heir Apparent to tne
throne, at their head, cantered down the
row on his favorite grey, through a grove of
doffed hats, returning with scrupulous con
sideration every salute made to him. Chan
cellors of the Exchequer, past aud present,
were there, seeking relief from official toil
and s renewal of strength to deal with dull,
dry figures. Civil servants were there, rid
ing oil the effects or brcaktast, Dclore giving
themselves up to the crushing labor of their
respective ollices. Ambassadors, attache,
and secretaries of legation were there, iutcnt
oo performing the agreeable duties of society
which are so targe a part oi inuir uusiucm,
Idle elder sons with titles and estates were
there, smiling and happy in the conscious
ness of a balance on the right side at their
banker's. Idle younger Buns without title
or estates too were there, not less smiling
and happy, though with tho consciousness
of a balance on the wrong side at their tai
lor's. All the various elements of which
fashionable society is composed, in fact, were
there, cantering, trotting, walking, and fol
lowing out, meantime, each one bis own
particular scheme of love, pleasure or busi
ness. Those who were not riding, saunter
ed up and down the side-wulk, or lounged
upon the iron chairs which the far-seeing
enterprise of a considerate speculator had
provided for their uoc. The walk itself
Btretched from tbe Apsley House to the Ser
pentine like a gay and living parterre, and,
by the brilliaucy and freshness of the toilet
tes, in which white of course predominated,
served to form a contrast with the more
sombre hues of tbe riders, with whom at a
hundred points it was holding gay and uui
muted converse, caressing with delicately
gloved hand the shining coats of tho horses,
looking up from under huts with temerity
or from under infinitesimal bonnets with
timidity, and bet raving, in spite of all efforts,
the hopes and fears, the agitations and de
lights which go to make up the old, old
title of love. To tho most superficial ob
server the scene is delightful ; but bow
much more delightful to him who lives be
hind the scenes who holds the key to each
one of the little dramas that are being en
acted around who can trace to its source
the expression on each face, and appreciate
tbe force of situations which to tbe gallery
appear commonplace. lie knows why Miss
Lane puts down her veil when poor young
ltasper comes by; why Sir John, her father,
breaks into a canter when tho Marquis bas
passed them ; aud why young ltasper, who
is counted a good rider, gets cannoned
against and objurgated for not looking
where he is going to. lie knows why Clara
Westlund bus come cut alone, with tbe groom,
and why she rides right along to Queen's
Gate, where nobody ever goes. He also
know why that young scamp Tom Kutller
likes to stand down in the same direction,
under a tree, in order to admire tbe Albert
Memorial. He knows, too, why handsome
Jack Fairfax is talking politics to tbe wick
ed old Adullamite Lord Swanadowo, in a
loud voice, on one Bide, and something else,
in a lower tone, to the daughter, Lady Jane,
on tbe other. He knows why Jack sudden
ly recognizes somebody be never saw before,
in the side walk when poor Miss Julia Mor
ton passes bim ; and he understands why
Julia insists on going home to lunch, al
though it is out yet oue o'clock.
Thinking of all these things, and takiug
credit to uiyBelf for being a philosopher,
and so moved myself by none ot them, I was
walking ray horse quietly along and reflect
ing with economical regret upon tbe da
mage I was doing to tbe brim of my hat, in
the performance of the half-summersault
which represents the only proper mode of
saluting ladies, when, suddenly, in the
middle of my fortieth bow, I was conscious
of a great movement among the riders, and
at the ame instant an enormous rain-drop
fell exactly on tbe top of my uocoved lieaJ.
Tb shower waa coming at last, and its ad
vent was like the irraption of a hawk into
a nest of doves. Every rider put spurs into
his or her bort and started off at full gal
lop, some for shelter and tbe more timid for
home. It waa a perfect stampede ; and the
mounted policemen who bad been stationed
in the Row that morning, for tbe first time,
to prevent "furious riding," looked on help
lessly, not knowing what course it would be
proper to take consistently with their in
structions when everybody was aiding furi
ously. My old hunter Charlie pricked up
his ears at the unwonted movement, and
thinking, probably, that thero was a fox
somewhere, or reflecting, probably, that the
time bad arrived for being frightened, began
to plunge and rear violently, which, for
him, is so extraordinary a proceeding that I j
indulged linn with tue spur as an encourage
ment, when he bolted forward and all but
carried mo through a party, consisting of
two ladies and two gentlemen, immediately
in front. I turned to apologize, and saw
that one of the gentlemen was Fred Fel
lowcs, who was looking quite radiant and
smiling. the ladies I did not know. Never
theless, 1 had seen tbem riding every day
through the season, and, in common with
others, bad remarked the singular beauty of
the yflunger one, who was a beautiful blonde,
with a white transparent complexion, a
wealth ot hair of a pure golden hue, and
limpid blue eyes bearing a constant air of
surprised candor. The little mouth, with
its thin lips, in constant though almost im
pcrcepticle movement, and evidenced as
the mouth does more than any other feature
of the face a high intelligence, while the
dainty nostrils ever and anon dilated with
something like scorn, and tho eyes flashed
with a light quite surprising as a contrast
to the simplicity of the same face when in
repose.
It must not be supposed that I noticed all
this at that moment, lor, in fact, I had been
studying the face all through the season,
and hud come to the conclusion that it was
the most beautiful to be seen in the Park.
Nobody seemed to know tbe young lady or
her mother, and I waa astonished to see
Fred riding with them, because I had often
mentioned tbem to bim and been met by
the commonplaces which it is proper to de
bit about pcoplo one does not know. I pul
led up under a tree, and the whole party
passed me, but immediately afterwards Fred
dolled bis bat, and leaving the rest, who
went on townrds'Albert Gate, came and
joined me with the air of a man perfectly
contented and happy with himself and all
the world.
"Your bay is quite skittish to-day," said
he, "You nearly galloped over me."
"That would have been a pity, under tbe
circumstances. So you know the blondinette,
eh ?"
"Yes," bo answered, smiling ; "I know
her a little."
"Just like you sly dog I You've got a
monopoly of her acquaintance, eh V
"No ; not quite. There's one other fellow
who is not likely to forget her."
"How did you get introduced to her?"
"I introduced myself; or rather, she in
troduced herself."
"Threw herself into ytur arms, cb t"
"You'.ve literally bit it. But it is a long
story; and as I wunt to tell it to you, sup
pose you come to my rooms and have some
lunch."
Tho proposal exactly suited me. So we
went down Constitution Hill at a hand gal
lop through the rain, pulled up at the door
of Fred's rooms and gave our horses to tbe
groom who was in waiting. Fred's rooms
are the most delightful bachelor quarters in
London, and, at tbe sutno time, tbe most
tasteful. And after luncheon we lit the ci
gar of peace ; and sitting over a bottle of
the most irreproachable Amontillado in the
softest of easy chuirs, and watching lazily
through the open widow the crowd of peo
ple sunning themselves, after the shower,
along Pall Mall, Fred told me the history
of his uew acquaintance.
"You know, my dear fellow,''ho said."that
I am not as some of my friends are" (and
here he looked at me, though for what rea
son I can't possibly conceive,) "a general
lover ; in fact, I am so fur behind the age
that can safely say that I never bad a flirta
tion in my life. The fuct is, I got tired of
the regular London girls almost before I
knew tbem. They are too graud, too inso
lent, and too conscious of what they deserve
in the way of settlements for me. I wander
ed about, therefore, with my fancy busy in
forming the ideal I longed for; and at last
I fancied I bud gained such a perfect idea
of what she must be like, that I should
know her as soon as I saw her that is to
say if I ever did see her, which I Boon gave
up hopiug. Well, one day I was riding
down the Bow at a canter, looking over the
people walking ; and as I passed the cele
brities of tbe season, bkssing my stars that
I bad fallen in love with none ot tbem. Sud
denly I heard a little stifled scream behind
me on the off side, and au exclamation
"Mamma 1 what shall I do ? the saddle is
slipping off." I turned in my seat, and
there, closer behind me, rsaw two lames, ot
whom the nearest was in the act of pulling
up her horse, while the saddle, badly girth
ed, was slipping, and the lady with it, to
wards the ground. In an instaut 1 pulled
my borso on his haunches, sprang from my
saddle on the wrong side, made a half turn,
and just caught her in my arms as she was
helplessly falling off. I placed her safely oo
the ground, and turning to the horse, put
the saddle back into its place, and tighten
ed the girths. Then, for the first time, I
looked at the young lady. 'Well, my dear
fellow, I won't tell you, because I can't, the
impression sho produced upon me. All I
can remember is, tbut it seemed to grow
upon me suddenly that here at last was tbe
ideal I bad been forever seeking, and I stood
looking at ber, quite speechless."
"And devoutly wishing, I suppose, that
you'd got to catch her in your situs again,"
I broke in.
"No ; I seemed to be lost In contempla
tion of her. She blushed, and stooped to
arrange ber riding habit. KecalieA to my
self, I assisted her to remount ; aud tliiuk
intr then, lor the first time, of my own horse.
I found that a groom had taken charge of
him. I remounted and said a tew words
I hardly know what expressive of a hope
that tbe young lady was not hurt. The
elder lady, who, evidently, from the like
uc.s, was her mother, tbeu began to than k
me for the assistance I had rendered ; while
I, having somewhat recovered my presence
of mind, rode oo only too glad of the op
portunity at her eide, disolaiiuiug, at
rather more length than perhaps was-quite
necessary, any merit at all in the case, and
expressing, as pointedly as I could, my
gratitude to the happy chance wbicb bad
enabled Die to assiet her daughter in any
way. She smiled at the word daughter)
ana as I still rode oo by her side, she asked,
might she know to whom she was to fuel
iudobted for the timoly help given tQ her
daughter. Ouly too pleased, I gave my
name; at which she smiled again. "I think
I knuvf some of your . family. . Is cot your
uncle a neighbor of mine, in Gloucester
shire!" she asked. I replied that I had an
uncle in Gloucestershire. "Then," said she,
"you turoly must have beard him mention.
his neighbors, the Flaxtons." I replied that
I had ; aud Mrs. Flaxtnn, as I now made her
out to be, resumed "I hope, then, you will
call upon us, and give my husband an op
portunity of thanking yon for the assistance
you so opportunely rendered to Constance."
As this was evidently a ovie, I turned my
horse homewards with a last parting glanco
and bow to Constance, as I already called
her to myself. Tho next day I passed in
longing for four o'clock to come ; and after
taking nearly an hour to dress myself, I
realized for the first time the fact that I had
not a single noctie, coat, or pair of gloves
that suited me; that my boots were too large,
my Hat too low, and my general appearance
as unsatisfactory as possible. However, I
took heart, walked to the house, and, strange
to say, found thera at home, Constance look
ing even more beautiful in ber light summer
dress, and with her glorious hair uncovered,
than in her riding-habit, which for any other
woman would, 1 take it, be simply an im
possibility. I did my best to make myself
agreeable, but went away in half an hour,
conscious that my best bad been a lamenta
ble l ui l u re, and utterly disgusted wltu my
self. Two days after they asked me to din
ner, tbe next day to lunch ; and very soon
scarcely a morning passed that I did not
rulo with them, or an evening tnat 1 did
not see them. All this time was delicious
to me. I was drinking in deep draughts of
tlie sweet poison ol love, and 1 could not
help thinking that Constance herself was
not untouched by my cvidetit assiduities.
Yet now and then she would suddeuly break
otf in the midst of a conversation aud turn
her bead away in confusion for a moment,
wlulo tho Borrowtul, pitying look with
which sho would again meet mo was as
alarming as it was inexplicable. Thus I
went on, alternately hoping and fearing, till
at length I could bear it no longer, and
resolved to know my late. Do you remem
ber how I worried your mother to get me a
card for Lady Swansdown's ball ?"
"I thought that you were rather anxious
about it tor you."
"It was becauso I knew she was to be
there. I arrived at half-past ten o'clock,
and was stared at by the liukman as though
I were an extinct animal. I was made to
dance the first quadrille, I remember for the
first time in my life. After that I resolutely
stood in the doorway watching the arrivals.
At last I saw the little fair head gleaming
in tho crowd of people coming up-stairs. I
made my way to her and asked lor the next
tlance, but with no thought of dancing. I
led lier through the ball rooms, to the little
boudoir you know it, hung with blue silk
at the end of them, and then and there,
trembling with emotion and hardly know
ing what I said, I whispered tho burning
words, the hopes and wishes that had beeu
so long on my lips. For an instant she
stood quite still, and I pressed the arm
wuicli still lay wttlnn mine, anu clasped Her
hand. Her head drooped ; she disengaged
ber band and stood before me with ber eyes
cast down. V'Mr. Fellowes,"she said simply,
'I am engaged to be married. I was thun
derstruck. The room seemed to turn round
with me, and feeling that in an instant I
should fall, I dropped rather than sat on one
ot the couches. She uttered an exclamation
of alarm which aroused me, and rising again,
I took ber hand and kissed it; then making
a supreme effort, I hurried out from the
room, and rushing down stairs left tbe he use,
feeling as if my heart would break. When
I got home I remember I sat down and in
stinctively lit a segar. It was a long time
before I could actually realize that Con
stance was lost to me for ever ; I bad waited
but for her to give me some hope that
hope had been given in a thousand ways
and even now I said to myself, and savagely
repeated it, that I was sure she loved me.
I felt angry with ber, too that she had not
told me this before. Then I made excuse
for her and cursed myself for an idiot. I
can't tell you, my dear fellow, what I went
through that night, and if I could, I
wouldn't, tor you would think me mad.
The next day, although it was the middle
of the season, I went down to Scotland.
"In a week's time, however, I tired of
that. I always thought of her, whether
walking through tbe heather, wading in
salmon streams, or sitting, as I ditl, for
hours together, under huge cairns, listless
aud Idle. Tbe longing to see her once more
was, at lust, too much for me, aud I started
off suddenly one morning, caught the mail
train, and that evening was in London
again. Tbe next morning I mounted my
old horse once more and went out, as usual,
to the Uow. After riding up and clown sev
eral times, at last I met her face to face.
She turned deadly pale and I saw the thin
tinder lip quiver and the teeth meet in it.
I simply raised my hat, and we passed each
other ; but I saw her no more that morning.
After that I never missed riding in the How
a single day; sometimes I met her, some
times not, and when we did meet, I used to
think that she looked as if she pitied me.
I tell you, my dear fellow, I lived on those
looks. 1 could not make out who it was
she was engaged to, as sho seemed to ride
as little with one gentleman as with ano
ther, nor, indeed, did I care much to know.
It was enough for me that I bad lost ber;
and I had never thought that I should feel
for any woman what I felt when I remem
bered that.
"One evening, on going home to dress, I
found a note upon my table. I looked at it
carefully, and at once recognized ber cipher.
I was positively afraid to open it. At lust
I broke the seal, and imagine my astonish
ment when I found it contained an invita
tion to dinner for the next day, with tbe
time, half-past seven, doubly underlined.
I could not comprehend it, and my first idea
was to refuse. I reflected, however, that it
could not have been mero bcartlessness
which induced tbem to ask me. They were
probably leaving town, and her mother, bad
asked me without speaking to her. I could
not resist the idea ot seeing her once more,
perhaps of sitting beside her, and I at once
wrote and accepted.
"Next day, as the clock struck tbe half
hour, . I arrived at their door in Lowndes
Square. The servant seemed rather sur
prised to see me, bnt showed me up into the
drawiug-room, shaking himself iuto his coat
by tbe way. . She waa there alone, and rose
to receive me as I eutered tbe room. She
was smiling, and ber face was lit up with a
curious expression, which I could not fa
thom. - " 'I thought you would be punctual,' she
aid. 'Of course we don't dine till eight.'
: "I bowed and stood there, not knowing
what to say or think. She went on .
- "'I underscored half-past seven,1 because
I wanted to relaUi tia anecdote to you.' and
as she said this ber lip curled, ' her nostrils
dilated, and ber whole face assumed an ex
pression of tbe most profound soorn. 'Will
you not sit down I" she asked in an altered
manner. Mochauically I sat down, and she
continued 'YtSu were not riding yesterday
morning, as usual!'
"No. I '
" 'It is a pity you were not. You would
have seen, as I did, an instance of courage
and presence of mind quite surprising.
There was a gentleman cantering slowly
down the How with a lady, when his horse,
not knowing probably tbe ability of his
rider, began to cautcr rather faster than be
contemplated or wished, aud finally broke
into a gallop. The gentleman pulled at the
reins which I understand is the way horses
aro usually stopped or made to go more
slowly but in this case the horse did not
seem to miud it, for he galloped as fast as
before, or, if anything, faster. Are you
listening t" I bowed. 'Now his rider was a
young man of great coolness and judgment,
and he said to himself, 'It is quite clear
that my horse and I are of different opinion
as to speed, and unless I take precautions it
is probable that some accident will ensue.'
Ho therefore proceeded to tuke the precau
tions which appeared to be necessary in
such a case. lie first of all took his feet
out of tho stirrups, but the horse neverthe
less galloped on faster than ever. The next
precaution he took was to throw away the
reins, but that, too, failed to stop bis career.
He then leant coolly and calmly forward and
seized the horse's mane, sitting, at the same
time, as nearly on his neck as he could.
Yet all this was of no avail, and as by this
time be was tearing at full speed down tho
How, he again reflected and said to himself.
'One only other precaution remains now to
be taken, and tbut is, to full oil.' And fall
off ho did with great care and judgment, on
his beud. The horse ran on and was Btopped
by Apsley House. His hat was picked up
at tbe other end of tho How. Both werp
brought to him as ho was wiping the mud
off his face and coat, in tbe expectation that
be would remount. But here, again, bis
coolness and Judgment did not desert bim.
' Take tho horse awuy,' ho faltered, 'I would
rather not ride bim again ;' and in spite of
the taunts and jeers of the crowd, be walked
away home, following bis own groom on the
horse. What do you think of my tale, Mr.
Fellowes ?"
"Astounded to bear ber talk thus, and
w ith so much soorn und animation, I remain
ed silent.
" 'You will see,' she resumed, 'it shows
tho fallibility of all human precautions, and
it is painful to think tbut the gentleman I
have beeu telling you of did not save him
self from accident, although he took the
precaution of showing himself in bis true
colors as a fool and a coward. Mr. Fel
lowes, I was engaged to be married to that
gentleman, but after what I saw this morn
ing, I would rather die than become hjs
wife.' "
"It all broke upon me now. The next
moment I had seized her hand and was
pleading for myself with all tho words I
could find ; and when her mother came
down I made my demand, and then and
there was accepted. We are going to be
married in a fortnight, and I want you to
be best man. We shall take a house in
Leicestershire this winter and we'll give you
a mount whenever you like to come down."
''1 contented, und as it was late I left Fred
to a private contemplation of his prospects
and walked home, thinking that the young
lady had treated her first lover rather badly
in throwing him over becauso be couldn't
ride. I delicately said so to Fred when I
next saw him ; b'c replied
"She only did what tbe borso did."
Blanc-Bec.
MISCELLANEQUST
Inliau War Again.
An Iudian war is again fairly upon us.
From our despatches it will be seen that
the Indians have commenced hostilities in
real earnest. The murders upon the Smoky
Hill are but the continuation of those at
Forts Heno and Mitchell. It can no longer
be charged that only small roving bunds of
Iudians arc guilty of the depredations and
murders committed.
The action' of the Indians at Fort Zara, in
refusing to treat with General Hancock, autl
in running away, showed their disposition
fully. They mean fight, just as they have
doue for tbe last three years. Their action
on the Platte is precisely similar. They
have kept partially quiet during the winter
because they were not prepared for open
wur. Spring has come now, the new grass
supplies their ponies aud they are prepared
for war; hence they reject overtures for
peace. They claim that in every encounter
hitherto that have come outaheud, aud they
do not hesitate to fight hereufter. All tbe
so-called treaties of the last three years have
ouly been farces.
The horses, money, clothing, provisions,
etc., given them by Major Wynkoop, on the
Arkansas, and by Taylor, at Fort Laramie,
last summer, were but the donation to them
of munitions of war.
Ou Monday morning we were promised
further report of the trouble on tbe Platte,
but those confederates of our Indian ere
niies, the commandunt at Fort Kearney and
the Indian commissioners, have issued orders
to the telegraph operators nut to tans
mit to us further news. Whether or not
they so cousider it, the practical workiug of
this shutting off of intelligence is to pre
vent us from preparing for the emergencies.
Never was there grosser mismanagement
thau exists in the management of Indian
affairs by our Government. How long we
are to sutler from these abuses God only
knows. It is suid tbe Almighty punishes
wicked people through the ageucies of go
vernment. That we are wicked enough to
deserve it is undoubted. Perhaps this im
becile course on the part of military and
civil officers can be accounted for m this
way; we know of no other hypothesis. Our
people have no resource left but to prepare
for self-defence. It would have been a mercy
which evety citizen of Colorado would have
gratefully recognized had Doulittlo und
Foster, when here, beeu sculped, as they de
served. This miuht have aroused a little
sympathy tor civilized men ou tbe part of
our barbarian murderers, even in our legis
lative halls. Cvkrado Jlnjuter, April 23.
... . i,
Prignkr4 at the Tortuoas. The re
cords of the War Department thow that 50
persons are now coo fined at tbe Dry Tortu
iras, nine citizens and torty oc soldiers.
The former are Mudd, Spangler, Arnold and
OXangblin, the aonspiiators; 8t. Leger
Qraenfel, seutenced to hurd labor for life for
consul rinir to release prisoners of war; John
P. Adair, a South Carolinian, sentenced for
five years for robbery; Joiin waiter, ten
year for manslaughter, and' 8am, Henry,
three years for assault with intent to kill.
Of tbe soldier, eighteen were sentenced for
desertion, seven tor assault witu iutcnt to
kill, aud six for robbery.
From Godoy' Lady's Book, for May . J
Ciood Coll'vc, aud the True Method
oili-viiarIiig- Uf
Nothing. 1 more common than com
plaints of "poor coffee," and there is cer
tainly nothing in the household economy,
either so little understood or so grossly
neglected, as the preparation of this article
of luxury,, which has now become an actual
necessary of life, This has long been felt,
and hence the numerous efforts to correct
the evil by means of new fangled coffee
pots, as if the evil was in the pot, and uot
in the prepuratiou of the coffee. Tho put,
which is of minor consequence, seemed to
engross all their attention, while tbe roatter,
the really important agent in making good
coffee, was entirely ignored or overlooked.
Charred or burned coffee, like any other
charred or burned vegetable substance, will
never make good coffee, no matter how it is
prepared, or what kind of pot is used. Ex
cept as a matter of convenience, the style or
kind of pot is a matter of little consequence.
Oue thing, however, should always he ob
served ; the vessel should be so constructed
that it can be kept perfectly clean, and free
from all the lees or grounds of the cortvu
previously used. This rapidly becomes stale,
and imparts a most disagurublc flavor to
the fresh coffee, a fact which should, of it
self, convince tho most hkepticul that coffee
should be rousted ouly iu quuutitics neces
sary for present Use.
The great secret of making good coffee is
almost entirely in the roasting, and when
we speak of roasting, we do not mean tho
process of baking it by a slow heat in an
oven, or when it is partly burned or charted
by improper roasting ; from ono or the oth
er of which causes poor coffee must always
follow as a necessary consequence.
To make good coffee it should be freshly
roasted, freshly ground, ond quickly made.
The useful and agreeable properties of cof
fee are easily extracted and imparted to the
first waters of the infusion, and, therefore,
coffee requires but little or no boiling.
Those, therefore, wbo desire to have coffee
in its perfection, should have it roasted,
ground, and put into the pot, before it is
entirely cooled, if possible. Or, when it
cauLot be roasted immediately before break
fast, to do so at least the night previous.
But why cannot five minutes be devoted to
the preparation of this urtiole, when twice
as much time is often consumed on articles
much less important? Let any one com
pare stale with freshly-roasted coffee, and
his olfactories will soon detect the differ
ence. This is no secret in Frencb'restau
rants, celebrated for good coffee. To roast
coffee rapidly with a strong heat, as it should
be, is no easy task, as it is liable to be
charred or partially burned. This has been
the great difficulty, even with the best rotary
roasters, and the principal objection to fre
quent roasting.
This difficulty, however, has been re
moved by a recent invention, an ingenious,
but a cheap and simple mechanical contri
vance, culled Hunter Five Minute Cffe
lloatUr, manufactured by Messrs. Hudden,
Jenkins fc Magionis, of this city, at their
estabtishnicnl iu North Second Street. The
chamber, or receptacle for the coffee, is a
shallow cylinder, the upper half made of
sheet iron, the lower halt and bottom of fine
wire cloth, which is surrounded by a coni
cal flange to concentrate and deflect the
heat of the stove-plate. In its outward
shape it resembles a saucepau, and is quite
as convenient. By active stirring, coffee
can be uniformly roasted at any stage of
heat without danger of burning or phurring
it, even when the stove-plate is red hot, if
the stirrer is actively kept in motion. In a
8 inch roaster a cup of green coffee (enough
fur a family of a doaxn persons) can be
roasted by a strong heat, in jite minutes.
Half that quantity has actually been well
roasted in three minutes. In tho sumo
roaster double tbe quantity can be equally
well roasted in about ten minutes ; but as
the object is to roast it as it is wanted, no
thing is gained by roasting more than ia
needed for the occasion. The process is
plain and simple, and the construction of
the roaster Is such that the least experienced
person can readily determine the proper
moment wheu it should be removed from
the fire. The Sue wire cloth transmits, but
retains no heat, therefore the coffee cannot
be burned by coming in contact with any
heated metallic substance, and when re
moved cun be aired by simply stirring until
cool enough for grinding.
Coffee should be roasted with a uniform
heat, sufficiently strong to swell the bean.
If roasted bIowIj, with an insufficient
amount of beat, it will be merely baked or
dried out, und scarcely increase any in bulk.
If rousted rapidly it will develop its aroma,
appear oily, and increase in bulk fifty per
cent, or one-half. If not roasted sufficiently,
it will be tough, and possess a raw and dis
agreeable flavor of greenness. If roasted
too much it loees not only its streugtb and
flavor, but ulso in weight. The point at
w hich the aroma is best and most freely de
veloped is when the color is dark cinuamon
or a chocolate brown ; aud to determiga
that point, without ditliculty, as well as tu
avoid burning the coffee, which at this
stage is almost as combustible as tinder, bus
always been a difficulty in all ordinary
roasters. '
The aroma of coffee, when roasted, passes
off more rapidly than the fragrance uf the
most delicate flower. It should, therefore,
be rousted only in quautitics sufficient for
each meal, immediately before it is wanted.
It U not only much more agreeable, when
thus freshly prepared, but more economical
and wholesome.
Boasted coffee is a powerful disinfecting
agent, and is sometimes used, when ground,
fir the purpose of deodorizing or purifying
foul places. When freshly rousted aud
grouud, it rapidly absorbs moisture, and in
crease io weight. This simple fact alona
should be suiheieot to prevent tbe use of
stale roasted coffee. Unfortunately, those
that can least afford it, are the greatest suf
ferer. They purchase their coffee, general
ly, ready roasted, aud often leady ground,
aud of course are losers, not ouly in quality,
but io strength and substance, to say no
thiug of the faot that it i less wholesoiuo,
aud certainly lees palatable. .
A Plant, which has all the qualities of
fine silk, bas recently been , discovered ia
Peru. Preparations are being made to cul
tivate it upon an extensive scale. Tbe shrub
is three or four leet in height. Tbe silk is
inclosed iu pod, of which each plant gives
great number, and is described to be supe
rior, in fineness and quality, to the produc
tion of tbe silk worm. It is a wild perennial,
the seed small and easily separated from the
fibre. The stems of the plant produce a
long and very brilliant fibre, superior in
strength and beauty to the finest linen thread.
Small quantities have beeu woven in the
rude manner of tbe Iudiaus, and the texture
and brilliancy is said to be unsurpassed.