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satUeUairejessrs taki. , .
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If subscribers neglect or rcfuM to take their
' papers from ths office to which they are directed, they
are responsible until they have settled ths bills Bad
ordered them discontinued. ,
Poitmutori will plcuo sot a onr 4fH, tod
frank letters containing subscription mT-. "X
1 are permitted to do this under the Pott Otto 1W.
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r.:Tr:i
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square.
Auditors', Administrators' and EiMotors' iTetioe
(3,00. Obituaries (except the uraal announcement
which I free,) to be peld for et advertising rate
Local Notices, Booiety Resolutions, As-, 10 state
per line;
Advertisements for Religions, Charitabls lad Rdo.
national object, one-half the atiTB rates.
Transient advertisements will be published antlt
ordered to be diMonlinned, ud charged aeoordtngly,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY H. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
teleoted JOB OFFICE, whisk will Mwtlt as to
execute, la the neatest style,! every varlsty of
PriDtiDf
NEW SERIES, VOL 3, NO. 42.
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST; 3, 1867.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 42.
AIEEttffl
Site.
1 Saner,
t column,
t "
fV
BUSINESS CAULS.
e. I. saui-xm.
t. a. vita.
Attorneys and Couanellore at taw(
Cheroot Street, Wert of the N. C. ud P. . RaU.
road Depot, la the building lately ooaapied by
F. Laiarus, Esq.,
BUNBUBY, PENN'A.
Collections and all Professional business promptly
attended to in Northumberland and adjoining Coun
ties. P' .
C3-- W. HAITPT.
Attorney aad Combs Uor sat "Lnw,
Office en eouth side of Market ttraet, Bra doers Bast
ofthsN. U. Rallrosd,
BUNBURY, I A.
Will attend promptly to all professional bunasaa
'entrusted to bii ewe, the oolleeUon of alaima is
Northumberland and the adjoining counties.
bnnbury, April 13, 1807.
EDWIN A-EVANS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Market Square, near tlie Ooart lion,
BUS BURY. Northamberland Coanty, Pa,
' Colleottont promptly attended to in thil and adjoin
ing Counlie.
April 13,1667. . , . -
J. R. HILBUSH
BUBVEYOR AND CONVEYANCE
AND
JUSTICE OF THE TEA CE.
Jiahonoy, Northumberland County, Penn'a
Offioe in Jackson township. Engagement eaa
be made by letter, directed to the abora addree.
All busineei entrusted to hit care, will ba promptly
attended to.
April 22. 186T.--ly '
ytu. M. RocKcrELLin. Lmtb T. Rocauca.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH-
NlnUlllY, PESS'i.
OFFICE the aame that haa bean heretofore ooca
pied by Wm. M. Rojkefellr,e., nearly op
posite the reaidenco of Judge Jordan.
Bunbury, July 1, 1364. ly
Jaoaea Hill, ' Bimou P. WotTnTo.
HILL & WOLVBRTOW,
ttvrweya and Coanaelon nt Law.
SUNBTJBT, FA.
WILL attend to the eotleetton of all klnd of
claim, including Baok Pay, BountT and Pan-
i0M. P'- l
ATTOHNEY AX LAW,
Kortb Bide of Public Square, one door aart of the
Old Bank Building.
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Colleotioni and all Professional bneineee promptly
attended to in tha Court of orthumberlend and
adjoining Counties.
Bunbury. Sept. 15, 1866.
JN0. KAY CLEMENT,
Business in this and adjoining counties sarsfuliy
and promptly atttended to. ... i.t.
OSes in Markst Street, Third door wert of Bmll
A Qenther'a Stovs and Tinware Btors,
HI III HY PE.1.VA.
ii. it. siA!ii:n,
irnfT at Ijih. BL'NBCRY,
PA-
r Collections attended to m the oonnties i or hor
thuinbortand. Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia
and Lycoming.
bem-rexcbi.
Hon. John M. Reed, Philadslphla,
A. O. Cattell A Co., "
Hon. Wm. A. Porter, "
Morton MoMichacl, Em., "
E. Ketoham A Co., 2H9 Pearl Btreet, Saw Terh.
John W. Ashmsad. Attorney at Law, "
Matthews A Co, Attorneys at Law,
Bunburv. March 2, 1862.
JACOB SHIPMAN.
riBI AND LIFE INBTJBANOB AOKT
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
BSrSSI5TS
Fanners Mutual Firs Insuranes Co., York T.,
jumbcrland Valley Mutual Protection Co..
,ew York Mutual Life, Oirard Lifs of Phll'a A Hsrt
ord Conn. General Aocidents. ..
unbury, April 7, ly. ' ;
W. J. W0LVERT0N, ". !
AXXOKXKlf AX IA1V
Market Street, 6 doors west of Dr. Systar's Store.
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All professional business in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to. . i
Bunbury, Norember 17, 1866. ly '1
DB.E.D. LVmTt'''"
PIIY8ICIAN AND SURGEON
NORTHUMBERLAND, PA.
DR. LUMLEY ha opened an olios la Northam
bsrland, and oilers hit eervioes to ths people of thai
place and the adjoining townships. Omee next door
to Mr. Boott's bhoe Btore, where be can feaad as all
Jlours.
Korthnmbarland August tt), 186").
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
Attorney A Counaellor at Law.
HllBl'KY, Pt.
ty District Attorney for .tortlinien-
berland Connty.
Sunbury, March 81, 1866. '.J
V. BEASBOLTX, C. WOlvaaTOK, C. . laSBObTS
COAL! COAL! COAL!
r-IlHE subscribers respectfully inform thesltisea of
X Bunbury and vicinity, that they have opened a
C0A.Ii YARD '
t J. Haas A Co's Lower Wharf. WunbuiTr. Pa.
where they ar prepared to supply all kinds of Bha-
ui. r.i ..htuLn rates. Families and other
jromptry supplied. Oountry oustom respeetfully
wlicitod. WkA-suui vu.
Bunbury, Jan. 12,1867.
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
BhlDDera A tVholevnle A Ketall
Dealera in . j
WHITE A UKU AUU. COAaU
In ...rv varletv.
Sole Agent, westward, of the Cala'w Bear
"U' Lowaa Wnr, BcMoaT, Pi.
Bunbury, Jan. 18, i6.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEB ;
la avsry variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
TTnoer Wharf, BUHBUnx.rsna s.
y Orders solicited and 8 promptness and
(,aiou- j .
truubury, 4iay n, o.
. .. ...
BOUNTY FOR SOLDIERS
. it vtr .r.nr.menta In Washington City,
I r. .1,. ..mmnt aolloetioa of Boouty under the
w ...wr- r- -- . .-,
its Aot or t'ongrees.
i.i..l. in nr.tviua the olaiuis. bold
this Bounty should apply ImmedjaUily,
mated that it will rauuire torse year.
. ,', . , i.. ...il.tAt for three Tsar
i i m. than 1100 bounty are entitled
rthebenefiuof this Aot, as wall a Jie"h
av enlisted fur throe year and discharged after a
irvioo of two years, by reason oi .um.
8 nnkury August 1. !
'Dr.'CHAS. ARTHUR,
omcropat!)(r t)pstctan. !
Oradnat of. h f omceopalhla MedioU College of
PenaaylTanU.
' Omca, Market qdareoppoeit the CertnoM(
BUNBURY. PA.
Office Houn T to nttofnUfTrxto aiUrnooa ,'
7 to 9 erentng. "H. , j ;i
4-
May 18.
JAOOBO.BBOK,
MERCHANT BAILOR,
. And Dealeria - !
CLOTHS, LiSSX2IE8E0t- VESTING, Ac
rawn mtrU aoaitla f Weatrer'a
Hotel,
BUN BtT b t . y A.
March SI, 1H66.
AUGUSTA HOTEL,
RAMVEL ! A.K.t, Proprietor.
(Formerly of ths Mansion Bouse, Mahonoy City,
Schuylkill oonnty, Pa.)
In Cake's Addition, near ths Machine Shops,
BUNB1TBY, PENN'A.
Transient and permanent boarders will find this a
most comfortable house and possessing the ad Tan.
tagesof convenience to the railway and business part
of ths town. Being newly furnished with all ths
modern household improvements, thsra is svsry fa.
clllty for ths convenient accommodation of guest.
Hood stabling and experienced koetlers in attend
ance. Bunbury, June M, 2867. '
ELEVENTH A MARKET STS., PHILADBL'A.
THIS new and elegant Bouse is now open for tha
reception of guest. It ha been fitted up in a
manner equal to any in the oountry. Ths location
being central makes It a, vary desirable stopping
plane, both for Merchants and parties visiting ths
city. The parlors are apaalon. and elegantly furn
ished. The tables will he supplied with all the dell
cacles the market will afford, and it i tha intention
sf ths Proprietor to kssp la every respect a Pint
Class flotvT.
Terms 83 CO per day.
CCRU3 DA VIS, Proprietor.
febrnary I, 139T 6n
DB. J. S. AHOLB.
GRADUATE of Jefferscn Medical Collegs, with
five years practice, otters his professional sar
vices to ths oitisens of 8unbo,ry and vicinity wall
attend ail calls promptly.
OFFICE Market Street, opposite) T savor's Betsl.
Or r re a Boca 1 from 8 to 10 A. M.
I ' J to 5 P.M.
Punbnry, April !17. 1867.
AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
Corner Markst Pawa Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
& BYERLY, Pkopbibtob,
Photograph, Ambrotype and Melalnotypes taken la
the beM style of ths art. apl. T, ly
D-D. C. QOBIN,
Attorney and Connacllor at Law,
BOOHVILLB, COOPER CO .MI6S0URI.
WILL pay taxes on land In any part of tha
Slate. But and sell real Eetats, and all other
mature animated to him will reoelvs prompt atten
tion. JulvS, 185 -t II, '64. '
UNION HOTEL-
CHAN. IXZEL Proprietor,
la Cake's AddlUta to BUNBURY, near the Pean's
Rallroad Company' Shops.
PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS,
kenl who will find ample aasommodalions. . Good
cooks and waiters, boarders can enjoy the quiet son
forte of horns with fare equal to the best hotels.
H is Liquors are of the choicest kinds.
eonrtury, June b, leoi.
DOUTY HOUSE,
J. B. IIAL.L., Proprietor,
Corner Bunbury and Bock Btirtet,
. 8HAJIOKIN, PENN'A.
TBI3 BOUSE is now open for ths reception of
russts, and being nsw, sessions and attractive,
ha all the facilities and advantages of a FIRST
CLABd HOTEL, Ths sleeping apartments era airy
land sasnfortable. and the furniture until el V new.
The Bar and Table will be supplied with the beat In
the markst.
The patronage of the public Is solicited.
April 13, 1B&7.
1 Mount Carmel Hotel.
MT. CABMir Northumberland Co.. J.,
i TflOS. I1CRKET. ProPRTKTOB.
Tt.1. tu.. eAmmodioos Botol 1 located near the
depots of lbs enamokin vallsy ana us vaacaae
" n : . . . , t
I New York Railroads. Trains arrive and depart dally.
This house is located in the centra of tha Coal Re-
1 gton and affords the beet accommodation w iraveiers
and permanent easterners. . j7
CHESTNUT STREET, PBILADELPBTA.
THIB well known Botel, situate near tha corner
of Ninth A Cheenat Streets, Philadelphia, is, on
aeeount of tl superior location ana sieetient ecoom-
modations, one or tne Deal ana most aesirsoie stop
ping places in the city.
a. r. aajaua, rrepriewr.
Febrnsry 16, 1867. 6m
IIEUDIC HOUSE,
V.. A. WHO, Pt,
WILLIAMBFOKT. PA.
May 25, lM7.-m
AVER'S SARSAPARIUiA.
. j
IB a eoaoentratad ex
j t iraet oi mm vawww root, wu
Yf , combined wiia other sub-
Vjuim iA .till imlii al.
IteraUva newer as to afford
an sBeotosl antidMe (or
iseaaes SsrsacartUa is re
puted to ours, ouch a
remedy is sorely wanted
by those who suffer from
Strumous complaint, and
.1.1 l,ink -ill unn.
eoswulcawtllaooom.
r;rMrT.r'uin"g..li-i To? o.?r ImciZ
r.llnw -nltli.ris . How com oletel T this oomnoond will
I do it, bs been proven by experiment ea many of ths
worst causes to be round in we following oompiaiou ;
Berofnla. Borofulous Bwellints and Bores, Bkln
' tlluuM PlnnlM. Puatules. Blotcbes, BrapUons, St.
Anthony's Fire, Bote or Erysipelas, Tetter or Salt
Wk.iim Rw)it mA Kineworss. Ao.
BysAtci or vtnsreoi jjtnotm m wim imm
. t . . .1 . 1 ... . UI. U. . A A .
UIIMIimDTlDI mwwraBWil .... .......
ti i l .nd tha natiant is left ia comparative health.
I - T 1 ..... . , a r . . , ; . l. .
rtmtu Ituuu are aaaeea oy wbitjiui. mi
blood, and are often soon cured Ipy this Kxrsacr or
a. ..a. a. ,t t.A
i. aot reject tnu invsiaaoi siwinm.,
you have been imposed upon by something pretend
ing to be A'arsaparUla, while it was not. When you
he eased Avaa'a then.and nottill thea, will yon
know tha virtues of Bsrssparilln. For minute par
tioulrttedieseHeuree,wsrs..r7?.j
American Almanac, which the agent below a.mca
.in r.Hiik mtti. t. .11 a ho sail fur ii.
CoiliT,nees, Jaundloe, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Dye-
AVER'S CAXtlAHTlU riLiW, tor ins
.re of
I sntsry. foal OtoaaMn, ueaaaone, ..,
tkun. Heartburn arising Iron luseruerea oium.uu,
r..:. uhj rnutloa nf the Bowel. Flstulescy,
Loss -f AppetiU, Liver Complalat, Dropsy, Worms,
Uoat, Neuralgia, ana ass uuium fin, . ni")-"-
saedisiae arsrywhera.
June 18, 167 et
TCB CREAM FREEZERS rV7 laUot
ICWrthaWruarsffcasrawv f wT
sblrary. Jsly T,
IWMI
hsB r u v" 1
1 . a.j tV., IV. nr.1 uniitlTI I
mA ti.. .m. i i ill, are mkw ' w . . . . : I .1 m. rmtn tita aiirain ni xna iiriatin. urtr-
Tnu - Ui. ?',..J "JXIXZ W V Z com. at Tine, and U. . man Whom
"JLI . trjr M - " " . bad mat a twelvemonth before a. a nM
w puin ... r-p- j. c. ATIRS CO.. Loweii. dewrter now doomed to die aa Union de-
I a , . i .ii n ..iAia aaas aaaiars tn I
wax 1 Mass.. eaa sow j w "'-ever- r-- r ivr ' I ..rtor I
P 0 E T I C A L.
OOilE AWAY.
I see tha farm-hoaoe red and old, ,
Abort the roof it maples sway ;
The hills behind are bleak and oold,
Xh wind ooojee npand dies away.
I gaie Into each empty room.
And as I gaaa a gnawing pain
Is at my heart, at thought of those
Who ne'er will pan the door again.
And, strolling down tha orchard dope, .
(do wide a likeness grief will orave,) .
Each dead leaf seems a withered hope,
Each mossy hillock looks a grate.
They will not hear me if I eall i
They will not lea these tears that start ',
'Tis autumn autumn with it all
And worse than autumn in my heart.
0 leaves, so dry, and dead, and ears !
I oan recall some happier hours,
When summer's glory lingsr'd there,
And summer's peauty touohed the flowers.
Adown the slope a slender shape
Danoed lightly, with her flying carls,
And manhood's deeper tones were blent
With the gay laugh of happy gills.
Ostolen meetingsatthe gats!
0 lingerings at the open door !
0 moonlight rambles long and late !
My heart can scaros believe them o'er.
And yet the illena strange and still,
The air of sadness and deoay,
The moss that grows upon ths Bill
Yet, Lots and Hope bars goo away t
Bo liks, so liks a worn-oat heart !
Whioh ths last tenant finds too cold,
And learss forevermore, as they
Have left this homestead, red and old.
Poor smpty house ! poor lonely heart !
'Twere well If bravely, side by side,
Ton waited till the hand of Time
Each ruin's mossy wreath supplied.
1 lean upon the gate, and sigh ;
Some bitter tears will force their way,
And then 1 bid the place good-by
For many a long and weary day.
I orosa the little toe-bonnd brook,
(In summer 'tis a noisy stream.)
Turn round, to taks a last fond look,
And all has faded liks a dream.
TALES AND SKETCHES.
TUE BEPRIIiYED SOLDIEK.
BT BET. C. I.. yTOODWORTH.
la the iDrineof 1864, there was confined
lo the city prison at Norfolk, Va., a Union
oldier a young mnn of twenty-two
charged with desertion. A court martial
had already aal upon tlie case, anu ne was
awaiting his sentence.
Toe circumsmncea, wnicu were oocpiy
interesting; and excited wide aympatby in
behalf ot the prisoner, were simpiy tuese:
A Virginian bv birth, the remorseless con
scription had forced him into the rebel army,
hut withfull ourDoso on his part, as be al-
ways maintained, not to ere a biioi against
the old nag, ana to auscn to iuu umuu
lines at the earliest ODDortunitr.
It 80 happened that the chauce which he
onght occurred during the iege of Wash
ington. -N. V., in tlie apting oi iouo, auu
with six otcer viriitniana ana tnree x.i-
Tenncssccans, he cntne over to our pickets
and surrendered himself a prisoner ot war.
I well remember their appearance when
they were brought in, and how our feelings
were narrowed up oy tue taies oi crueuy
and tuffering which they told. Professing
to be Union men. however, they were soon
liberated bv our government, ana permittea
to w North and reside where tbey choose.
This man, it would seem, made his way to
Portsmouth, N. II , and during tne excite
meat which followed the President's call for
troops the ensuing fall, he was persuaded
to en'.iBt in the Tenth regiment of that State,
Soon after, bis regiment was sent to toe vi
cinity of Norfolk, where it went into camp
for the winter. Here it was that te was
tempted to commit the crime for which be
bad lorleltecl ns me.
The soldiers quartered in the country
around were in tha habit, as often aa tbey
could, of coming into the city on passes
properly endorsed by tbctr oracers. uui as
the privilege Iiaa ueen irequenuy nnusea,
the regulations concerning it bad gradually
j . . . I I. : . j; r
become more strict, till at length it was dif
ficult to get a past for such a purpose.
Now it was that the ingenuity of the sol
diers set to work to outwit their comman
dera. The Dlan hit upon was this: They
induced a fanner living near the camp to
lease or sell them a suit of bU clothes. A
soldier had only to doff bis uniform ami put
on the farmer s suit, tuereiore, ana tie couiu
cross the lines of the camp unchallenged
and come to the citv at his leisure. Quite
a number bad done this with complete sue
cess, not considering that tbey were viola
ting a rule of war whose penalty was death,
The prisoner was among tne numoer. rail
ing to get a pass after repeated attempts, he
bad put on the farmer's dress, walked bold-
.. T I' ll.
ly out or camp, ana atartea ior norioia..
Six hour afterward bo was brought back
aa a deserter, bavins been met on tbe road
by bisColonel and Captain, recognired and
i .,.j v., .in i iui tli imnr In o
did not dream of tbe nature of tbe crime he
bad committed, aud what were the charges
that would be prvteired agninst him. It was
not till a few days, when be was arraiKnen
before a military court, and put on trial for
his life, that be understood bis position,
It was in vain that be asserted his mno
cenca of anv intent to do wrong, least of all
I tn Ho..i . ,l,t ho nlalni that othera had
I "1 . " " V . . , ,,
i. .',, h. h.H l.n- .ith no evil
gl. Au were all against him.
lie was without bis uniform, diaguueu,
fleeing from bia regiment. He was also a
isoutberner, ana a aeseuer iroa tue reuei
srmv. and it waa presumed tbat at) was
either uvine to play the aamo Knie on us,
or else was a rebel spy on bis way to tue
enemy. In either case he deserved death,
and death was hi sentence, lie Uacl nara
Iv thought such a result possible. When,
therefore, bis sentence waa read to him, be
waa overwhelmed with amazement and
agony not tha unmanly and contemptible
acony of a cowaiu, out tue auooy mat
shrinks from a ereater dishonor, lie bad
- fulv anticipated an acquittal, thinking that
.t)lM1 iv nni.n h a fau t as lie did.
- - ...... ,.,,,:
But the cruel verdict, falling with withering
and stunning force, crushed out all light
and hope. By a singular coincidence It was
the lStu or April, just one -fear irojn tne
time lie bad come into our lines at Wash
ington. I bad been to the hospital, but bad
returned to my quarters, ana was amiui sit
ting down to diuner, when a note was band-
The recocnltion waa mutual.
Moaning
piteoully, be said t
It's murder, its
murder. Tbey won't
kill me, wUl tbey T
"My friend," I TwjilUd,
tblt It a itrsBj
and tad meeting. I hadn't dreamed of see
ing you here. I deeply feel for you, and
hope you are not guilty of the crime for
which you are conclemed."
"Oh. sir! God knows I am not I How
could they think so t 1 didn't mean to do
anything wrong. , I never lUuuuht to desert.
I only wanted to tome to Norfolk to buy
some things that I tieeded. I asked my
captain for a pass, time and again, but he
wouidn t uive me one. I ouly put on the
clothes ss others did. I know I must die
for it. O God 1 O God 1 I never thought
it would come to this."
Stop I stop I I can't bear this. You are
not afraid to die. Be a man. Be calm, and
let us quietly look at your condition, and
determine what is best to bu dons."
"That's true, sir. I am a soldier, and can
die as a soldier. But to have my uniform
stripped off, my ryes blictlfolded, aud be
shot down like a dog 1 I can't bear it."
"Hut it is better to die Innocent than
guilty. Better die under false charges than
true. If you were a deserter, the dishonor I
would be real and indellible. If. on the
other hand, you are guiltless, the dishonor
is only iu set in ing ; your own soul and God
will clear you of all inherent shame."
"1 bat s so, but it is bard to have one s
friends thiuk that he is Kuilty when be is
innocent."
Yes. But it would be harder to have
one's friends think be is guilty if he were."
1 know. But it s dreadful, dreadful 1
What shall I dot"
Do ? Be a man. Do your duty. You
are sentenced to be shot. I expect you will
meet your fate like a brave man no coward
ly fears, no pitiable displays of weakness
and trembling."
"1 am not atraid to die ; but to have my
comrades think me a deserter."
"Perhaps they will not. . But if they do
it will not make you so, unless you intend
ed to be."
"True. But I could die in peace if I knew
they thought me innocent."
"uod will take care of tbat. Let us leave
it to him."
"Tell me then what to do."
"Have you any friends ?"
"Yes a father and Bister."'
"Do they know that you are a Uoion sol
dier ?"
"Yes. They are Uuion people I sent
word to them bv a colored mau that I had
enlisted in tbe Union array."
Have you any property tbat you would
like to leave them ?"
"No, I am a poor boy ; my father is poor,
we bad a mighty hard chance, air."
'But you have some mesxaee to send tucmi
You would, at least, like to have them know
your fate I"
"Obi no, it would kill tuera. wnat
would they say if they knew I was shot as
a deserter ?" It would kill them sure. My
God t my God I It must not be."
Well, then,, let s leave them. Is tuere
anything else you wish to say or do tor
yourself?"
Ao. sir, I would not have my lnencts
know tbat I am to die like a traitor. And
as for myself, I have no anxiety for tbe
present."
"I nen you nave only to loon to tne me to
come. Are you ready to pusn asicie tne veil
and to step inside the endless future I"
"It s awlul w exchange worlds."
"To the guilty. But if you have ever made
Jesus vour friend, vou rosy tread the dark
valley calmly ana trustfully leaning on mm.
"I Lavs: at least 1 uopts so. iiut i ve nau
a richt poor chance to net one."
"A few hours hence, and you expect to
be face to face with tbe splendors of his
throne. Can you trust your eternity in bis
hands I
"Yes. I can."
"Because you are ao good, or ao unfortu
nate, or both t"
"N, I am not good, hut be ia, and I can
trust him."
"Have you told him that aince you came
here?" ,
"I hadn't thought of it. I felt so bad I
couldu'tpray." .
"He came to bear onr griefs and carry our
sorrows. Suppose we kneel down here and
tell him everything. I will lead, you fol
low." "Yes."
And so after reading the 15th chapter of
John, with an emphasis and meating we
never comprehended before, we knelt to
gether on the cold stones. As best I could
I committed him and his case unto God,
asking especially that be might live if it
should please the Lord, but tbat, living or
dying, be might be bis. And then the pri
soner broke out into such a treaty of prayer
and recognition ni ,rui,t the most sweet,
eloquent and touching I ever listened to.
We rose from our knees. I said this man
is Bo traitor, and must not be shot. A great
wrong will be done if be it, and my country
must not be cuiltv of hia blood.
I left tbe cull. It was now near night. The
prisoner was to be shot between ten and
twelve o'clock the next day. I told my
convictions to others. We determined to
make a last effort to save him. A trusty
man waa dispatched to Fortress Monroe to
intercede with General Butler. He beard
our plea, acd entered into our feeling, but
be bad no power tbe President bad ap
proved and ordered the execution. The
General, however, at once telegraphed to
Washington, asking at least a reprieve for a
lew days.
But all the night long the operator sat by
hia inttriimnnt watr.hincr for a reply 1 but
none came. Morning dawned Wright and
calm and tweet, and it brought no hope to
the prisoner. I sought bis cell. He had slept
like a child, and was perfectly tranquil, and
looked forth to bia doom without dismay.
H mat ma with a pleasant greeting, and ex
pressed surprise and gratification that I bad
coma so earlv. And then we took our tes
tament, read and talked of the wonderful
thinns which God had prepared for thera
that love him. until our hearts were all
aglow under tbe vision of glory to be re
vealed.
Subdued thua. and aweetly realizing the
fruitions of faith, we bowed onee moie on
the cold naked stones, and prayed till the
cell was full of tbe light and peace of Uod
"I am ready now, were bit word. I gave
him mv hand, promising to tfeturn at nine
o'clock, to attend him to the place of bia
execution, four miles away.
' Nine o'clock, but bo reprieve. The last
hope Is gone. A company of cavalry, a few
infantry, and an ambulance form In front of
tha prison. , In a few momenta the prisoner,
guarded en either aide, comes forth, tbe
ambulance, while the cavalry formed into a
hollow aquare, received Into tba centra.
And now the wbole ttern array moves slow
ly off to the sound of the muffled drum,
beating tba tad, solemn death march. It it
the music of a man on tbe way to tbe scaf
fold, (low iu roll echoes and shivers along
tba depth of tha heart ! Qow it ttlUt and
almost freezes tbe pulses I I have wondered
since, when a lost soul sink down to its
doom, whether tbe angela muffle their barps
and fling acrots tbe responsive chords the
unetteralile sadness which a transcendant
event might be supposed to inspire. Ah
met who can tell t
We had crossed tho ferry to Portsmouth,
and were j list passing tbe telegraph office
when a messenger came out and put into
the hands of our commander a paper.. He
hastily read it, brushed a tear from bis eyes,
and ordered halt.' Our hearts beat quickly.
Can it be that a reprieve has come to the
prisoner after bis colli o and grave have been
prepared, and the twelve fatal men selected
by lot to execute the sentence of death I It
is even so, thank God I At a word, the
ranks open right and left, the commander
approaches the ambulance and reads : "Wil
lie Brumpton la reprieved seven days', a.
Lincoln."
The gracious words bad nearly killed tha
prisoner. Mercy bad been more overwhelm
ing than justice. In a moment he turned
deadly pale, gasped, and caught for breath,
as if be were being suffocated. Tbe guards
shouted i "He is dying t" But it was only
for a while. The poor fellow rallied, turn
ed to the soldier who sat by bia aide, threw
bis arms around bis neck and wept as only
a man saved after he baa tasted tbe bitter
ness of death, could weep. In all tbat mili
tary array there was not a dry eye. Officers,
soldiers, chaplain and prisoner wept. to
gether.
"Oh 1 how sweet is mercy when it comes
to the penitent offender I How grand and
beautiful the power that can say to the man
on his way to execution, Livel
The sequel is told tn a lew words, urump
ton was remanded back to prison, hia case
reviewed, and kind-hearted Mr. Lincoln
finally set his hand to a full pardon.
Tbe gratitude of tbe pardoned man knew
no bounds, and his after-life showed tbat
mercy had not mistaken its object. He re
joined his regiment, went with it to the
Held tbat sanio spring, was always at uis
post, and I casually learned fell in a dread
ful charge on the enemy, but with bis last
breath craved blessings on tbe flag and on
tbe bead of him who bad aaved him to die
for its vindication and honor.
I have witnsssed many trying and affect
ing scenes, but none that ever made a deep
or impression on my mind than the pardon
of that condemned soldier. So is there joy
in the presence of the angel of God over one
sinner that repentetb, when God aaya let
him live.
MISCELLANEOUS
Petroleum. '. Ifaaby.
Tbe bibulous New Jersey preacher and
subseauent nio lei postmaster of Kentucky,
who calls himself Nssby, is the creation of
David S. Locke. Last winter Locke dined '
with Postmaster General'Randall, in Wash
ington, and the first words Randall aaid to
him were : "Nasby, I wafit you to step up to
tbe department immediately and pay over
what balance you owe," at which, of course,
there was a deal of laughter, and the Post
master General felt tbat be aaid a thing as
witty as Nasby's best.
- Mr. Locke is a native of this State, ne
now resides at Toledo, Ohio, whore be baa I
considerable property including a wife and
two children. Hia career has not been all a
flowery one, as will be at once inferred from
tbe fact that be but been editor and pub
lisher of several county newspapers in bis
time. He waa bred at tbe case and is a
thorough practical printer. Before tbe war
Nasby was a Democrat, and be has always
been deep in political affairs. He is now
chief editor and part proprietor of the To
ledo Blade, a successiui and prontaoie jour
nal now, though it waa decidedly "shaky"
when be first became attached to it. Though
known to the general public only by bis
Nasby letters, be is far from being "merely
that and nothing more, as in the case witu
humorists of that sort generally Artemus
Ward and Josh Billings for example. I ruth
to say, close and discriminating cauicfsm
would not place Nasby in tbe same class
with tbe last named writers, but tuia gossip
does not profess to deal in careful criticism.
Mr. Locke, however is a clear ana lorciuie
writer on political topics, and aa such has
dono. cood service to hia party. He ia in
"close communion" with all the prominent
polticiana of tbe West and wields a power
ful influence. "
The Nasby letters were at first put into
type by Mr. Locke's own hands without the
. ,, r aa: .1
preiimioary moor oi puiwug iuciu uu ynyi.
Of late Ihev have been dashed off very rapidly
with tbe pen, and have appeared first in tbe
columns of the Blad4, one each week.
Last Winter Nasby made a trip to W ash-
ington for tbe first time in bis Hie. we
mean, of course, in JVas&v't life not in
Locke's life for Locke may have been to
Washington often before Nasby came into
existence. As Locke, ha would have been
one of the million merely; aa Nasby be waa
a lion, pur tang. Gen, Banks invited him to
the noor ot tbe tlonse, ana tne metnoera ien
their seats on all bands to pay their respects
to the humorist. He gave bis autograph to
hundred who solicited it then and there.
Business was so seriously interrupted tbat
Hnaaker Colfax bad to call tbe House to
order. Subsequently, Colfax remarked tbat
it was tbe greatest ovauou mai. uau twen
paid to any man by tbat body since Gen.
tirant went upon tne noor, sumo time pre
vious. "Yon bave done more for tbe cause
than any other writer living," said one mem-
4er, and the expression was immediately
echoed by scores.
Among those whom Nasby called on at
the visit In question were Grant, McCulloch,
and Chase. With Chief Justice Chase and
family be spent tbe evenings in social chat.
Secretary McCulloch was rather cool in bis
manner towaid the joker. Gen Grant was
about the most cordial of tbeu all, and de
clared tbat aa regularly at Sunday morning
camo be made it a religious duty to read
"one of tba He v. Mr. Nasby 'a sermons 1"
Mr. Locke is almut tba baldest worked
man in the West He goes to the Blad
office at eight o'clock in tha morning, and
only leave it "for good" at two o'clock the
following morning. He does not average
more than five hours sleep pur night, being
in strain at aeven o'clock aud again to tbe
office for tbe everlasting tread mill round of
newspaper lire.
In personal appearance Nasby is stout
built and round faced. He it genial and
jovial, lovea a good story at he does bit din
ner, telle many a good one himself and
laughs at it with an unctuous ringing laugh
that you might bear for half a mile. He
looks, talks, and act like ao active, wide
awake Western business man, which be is.
Hia judgment la all business matter U of
the shrewdest, and be makes business pay.
There ia not much polish or society culture
about Nai'py. Ha mgrt rather on, lb
coarse than the refined, at is clearly shown
in bia writings, which often contain passa
ges tbat make a delicate and cultured taste
shrink painfully. Nevertheless be is a gen
tleman in tbe highest and best sense of the
word, a kind hearted, whole-souled man,
true as steel to a friend, and utterly incapa
ble of a mean action. Witbal he is a keen
satirist, and as good a hater of ah am aa waa
Thackeray himself.
Tho American Army IT ago.
Malakoff, the Paria correspondent of the
New York Timet, has tbe following little
bit of sentiment : "May a man who bat
had tbe misfortune to live many years away
from bis native country be indulged in a lit
tle sentiment ? You wbo Have been actors
in the exciting years of the civil war, who
have been overhead and ears in the events
of that terrible period, are. it tnav be.
blunted in your susceptibilities, and mav
not exactly appreciate what I am going to
say. But as I walked through the Ameri
can department, admiring tho magnificent
samples of agricultural and other imple
ments, I stumbled suddenly upon a plain
wagon, all bruised and rusty, but yet solid
and capable, and I naturally said to mvaelf.
'Why, how could they have been so careless
as to leave this old wagon in tbe Exhibition
among these handsome and shiny things t'
But as I looked at it closer, I saw to my
surprise tbe following inscription : 'This
wagon, after making the campaigns of the
Potomac, was transferred to Nashville, Ten
nesse, and made the campaigns to Chatta
nooga, Atlanta, and through with Sherman
to the seal' Brave old invalid I I thank
tbe man who sent you here I I think him
for this moment of deep and genuine patri
otic emotion. For ten minutes I could not
take my eyes from that silent but speaking
remnant of the great struggle. Its magnifi
cent neighbors, M'Cormick's reaper, Grant's
locomotives, and Stephenson s street car
were all forgotten and no longer dazzled the
eyes. Tbe owner of it sent it here to show
its superiority of construction ; to me it told
quite another tale. I could not enter into
his motives. To bim it was a mere ma
chine, showing the excellence of his work
manship ; to mo it waa a poem. In its bat
tered sides and rusty irons I could read the
advances aud retreats, the long marches, the
difficult passes, the swamps, tho corduroy
roads, the swift runniug rivers, the en
tanglement of the battle field, the carnage
of battle 1 . To me it told of the sufferings
of our brave boys, struggling for the dear
old flag ; it told of their toilsome marches,
of their fatigues, their endurance, their
bravery, and finally of their glorious suc
cess 1 Tough old wagon! How strangely
you look in the far distant land, surrounded
by the magnificence of all the eartb, and
passed by with indifference by the crowd as
something left by accident in tbe place you
occupy i"
Alexander II. Mtephensi.
Tbe "special correspondent" of the New
York Timet ba recently paid a visit to tbe
borne of Mr. Alex. II. Stephens, and thus
describes his personal appearance:
I had never seen Stephens before, nor
from his portraits should I have known him.
Imagine to yourself a figure slight and fra
gile, nearly six leet nigh, but with tbe
student's stoop in the shoulders, and a pale,
wan, careworn, wrinkled race, on which no
sign of beard appears tbat would be what
first strikes tbe eye. But this would fail to
give the impression of the eruemble of the
man. There ia in bis wbole personnel a
certain unearthlinett that moves one partly
witn awe ana partly with pity ; awe at woat
aeems almost a disembodied spirit, and pity
wuenyou eee mat it is nuroanity alter all,
and suffering humanity, too. I have fre.
quently Been Stephens' face described as
tha face of a boy, but a boy has not a face
covered with the furrows of grief. To me.
it is rather the face of a woman of a
mother who haa borne many Bufferings.
wbo baa met these sufferings with gentle re
signation, and whose resignation heaven has
rewarded by that inward peace which illu
mines tbe countenance with an evanescent
light from beyond the tomb. In bis physi
que he baa just enough of the material to
make bim subject to the law of gravitation.
1 bere is a pair or scales on the balcony ; I
took the fancy to stand on it and weigh
myself. Stephens, with a little laugh.
stepped on after me how much do you
suppose be weighed I Kintty four poundt,
avoiruupois i
Perhaps there are some other trait that I
might mention. - Hi head, without being
imposing, is very Hue in Ita contour, as
though modeled by tbe hand of the sculptor,
ana tne brain laid deftly where It beat
belongs. His hair is of a ailky flnenosa,
brown originally, and now growing grey,
Finally, ho bas a pair of marvelous eyes.
dark and liquid, aud full of intensity and
power. He is 33 years of age.
Stephens' life, aa you well know, baa been
one long story of pain and travail, through
which the struggling spirit baa, in ita work
mgs,
"Fretted tha feeble body to decay,
And o'er informed the tenement of clay."
Of late he has been rather ill, and though
I found bim much better, and up aud around,
ba waa atitl suffering a fact which be attri
buted to the east wind, for he is subject to
all the skyey influences. He finds that he
has better health here, at his birthplace.
than anywhere else, and be telle ina that be
enjoys the sir -of Crawfordvilla more than
tbat of any place at which ne ever was,
except Fort Warren, tha summer climate nf
which be spoke or aa encuanting ; ana this
is the only impression bia aix months' im-
pnsontneut there seems to nave, produced
on bim.
"Wild Bill" as am Ihdiak Klai&k.
The correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat,
who attended ueueral Hancock on bis Indi
an expedition, tells the following recent ad
venture or "Wild uiii," wno was lately de
scribed in Harper Monthly :
"Wild Bill," who is. an inveterate hater
of the Indiaus, was also chased by six Indi
ans, lately, and had quite a little adventure
with them. Taught by long practice witu
Indians to be always on his guard, be never
walks out of tha house without a brace of
fine revolver! swung to his waist, but on an
important errand ne goes arruea vt sue
teeth, and woe to tbe Indiana wbo cross bis
path. Riding about in tba late field of ope
rations, ba was seen by a group of tba red
men, who immediately gave chase. Too
aoan thav found whom they were pursuing,
and then coalman cad to retrace their steps,
but not before two of them fell dead before
tha weapons of "Wild BUI." A borne waa
also killed and one wounded, after wbicb
"Wild Bill" rode unconcernedly on his way
to camp, and in a very modest manner rela
ted tha little adventure, which report waa
verified by scout earned Kioraid, f ho
shot aa Indian en his way with dispatches "
CIsraro by MarBlneryt
It may Interest smokers to know that ti
gers, which have until now been made by
hand, may hereafter be made by machinery,
at a considerable aaving in uott, if wa can
believe reports.
A cigar-making apparatus ha recently
been invented in Germany and patented in
this country, which can, it ia said, turn our
one hundred and fifty thousand cigars a
week.
One of these machines is now in opera
tion in Detroit, and is thus described in a
paper of that city t "The apparatus consista
of several machines, through each ot which
tbe tobacco must be passed before tlie cigar
is ready for tho outsido wrapper, which is
put on by hand. It bas a number of valua
ble feature about it, tbe principal onee of
which aro that the tobacco can be worked
up dry, and when tho cigar ia made it is
ready for use ; that every cigar contains an
equal amount of tobacco ; that cigars can
be made at half the price they can by band ;
and that all the stock can be worked cp
with no loss of material. It reqniie forty
five experienced cigar makers to pot on tbe
outside wrappers as rapidly as thsy are mad
by tho apparatus, which can without diffi
culty make twenty-five thousand cigars every
ten hours. This ia equal to the average
work of ninety or one hundred experienced
cigar makers. It is estimated that tbe ex
pense of manufacturing cigars by this, roe
chine is reduced ftom seventy-five to eni
hundred per cent., or about one half.
Pennsylvania nickel.
"It is not generally known," observes tbe
Franklin Rtpoiitnry, "that among the moat
valuable mineral productions of our State
is Nickel, the metal ao largely nsed in the
coinage of cents. Fourteen miles from Lan
caster are the Gap mines and smelting works.
Tbe mines were discovered many yeara ago,
and about the time of tbe revolutionary war
were worked for copper, but were soon
abandoned, the crude machinery of that
period being ill adapted to working them
profitably. Two generations had passed
away, and the circumstance had been forgot
ten, whon about fifteen years ago the mines
were re opened by a company of capitalists
from Philadelphia, since which they bave
been steadily worked. They were reopened
with tbe view of obtaining copper, hut the
ore was soon discovered to he richer in
nickel, a more valuable mineral, and since
then tbey have been worked for that metal
exclusively. The introduction of nickel
cents by the government, and tbe war which
rendered small coinage so ecarce, gave great
Impetus to these works. The mines are now
owned mainly, we believe, by Joseph Whar
ton, of Philadelphia. Tbe final working of
tbe nickel ore is done in Camden. Ia all,
about one hundred and fifty men are em
ployed at tbe mines and smelting works.
Ges. M. Jeff TnoMrsojr, who was a dis
tinguished officer in the rebel service, from
Missouri, recently gave a puMic endorse
ment of Gen. Longatrcet's position, and ad
vised tbe acceptance of the Reconstruction
Act. He was instantly assailed by the to-
called democratic journals, north and south,
To one of them he replies, and bis indignant
response gives us a little insight into Sou
thern history during tbe rebellion. Democ
racy there, as bere, consisted in avoiding
conscription, and fighting with words when
other men were nsing bayonets :
Nkw Tom. July 13. 1887.
Editor of the Banner, Yatoo, Mia. :
bin: I eee in tbe fiew York Herald oi
this day an extract from your paper of tbe
5th inst., in which you have, in your oppo
sition to certain letters written by gentle
men of the South, thought proper to use
very disrespectful language about yonr su
periors. From tbo style in which yon speak
I judge you to have been one of those mis
erable, dirty dogs who published aa eight-
, . . J . 1 . V . I ,
oy-ien siieet uuring mo war ior no ennui j
purpose but to avoid conscription, and who,
to cover up their ewn cowardice, tried to,
and in some instances did, bresk down some
of the purest and noblest men in tbe Con
federacy. Probably some of Albert Sidney
Johnson's blood ia on your bands, and you
may be one of the hounds that barked at
Joseph E. Johnston, and it may be, if your
f taper had strength enough and waa pul
isbed to the end of the Confederacy, that
many of onr mournful mishaps can be par
tially attributed to your meanness. Vou
should bave started earlier, remained longer,
endured more hardship, braved more dan
gers, and surrendered with more regret than
either of the gentlemen you name before you
should have presumed to have written such
an article. 1 cannot for an instant imagine
you bare been a soldier, and suppose you
must be a "broken-down politician," an "old
dog," or a "little pup ;" and, therefore, I
will let you pan until I return Boutb, when
I will inquire into your antecedents, and if
you are worthy or notice 1 win teacn you
better manners.
M. Jitrr Tnosn-sN, of New Orlcsns.
The name of Maria Mathsdottor should
be recorded among tho e of the world's
heroine. She was a young woman in Lap
land. She was an only daughter, and had
tbe care of one hundred reindeers, the entii
wealth of ber parents. Yeara since she
couceived a desire to eatablish a school
among her benighted countrymen at Wil
belmina. .It could not be done without aid
from the Swedish capital. It waa winter,
and the capital waa distant aix hundred
miles. Alone she started to travel tba
dreary distance, (the pot on her akatea.
The cold was Intense. The days were short,
and tba nights long. The route waa new
to ber. Snow and ice on every aide, -an J
but lew signs of life. She arrived at
Stockholm on tbe 3d of March, 1804, and
accomplished ber mission successfully. She
bas recently achieved a success quite ss
remarkable. Tbe district became greatly
agitated last summer over some troubles
between the inhabitants. The only way to
settle it was through tba interposition of
the King. Not a maw waa willing to make
the journey to the capital. So Ms Aa was
appealed to, and with her cousin st out
upon tbe long journey, with ber ski tax', and
executed her trust. While ia P'-octholra
she gave an impetus to tba philanthropic
labora of tba women ot tbe city. On the
11th of November ehe sot out on ber return,
going by steamer to Ilsrmoaand, whence
she waa to travel one hundred and 8 fly
leaguea on ber skates. .
Thb force of emphasis in giving meaning
to a sentence is wall illustrated by this brief
colloquy, which we overheard the other day
between two person : "Do von imaglna
a scoundrel, air t" demanded rne, ladlg
oaotljr. "Ho," was tba reply, "1 sje s
(wutiw yen to bs enr"