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SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCE
: AND
JUSTIClt OF THE PEACK.
Miihtmov, Xortiiumherlind County, 2V'u
Offioo'ln Jackson township. EnRapcuicnta can
be mado by letter, directed lo tho above address.
All business entrusted to his caro, will bo promptly
.itk ted to.
April 22, 1867. ly
IVm.M. kockefeli.I!. LloypT. UonnnAcu.
ROCKEFELLER & ROHRBACH.
st in kv, ikwa.
OrFICK tho samo that has been herctoforo occu
pied by Vu. M. lto;kofcllcr, E.i , noarly op
hite the rosideneo of Judge Jurdnu.
funbury, July 1, ly
mumSB Kill, Simon P. Wolveutox.
IIILIi & WOLVERTON,
tlloi-nrvM niitl 'nift'lif nt Inw.
ITII.t. attend to tho collection of nil kinds of
IC ooliccmni wi "ii iwtmn ...
back Pay, bounty and Pen
npl. 1,'OB.
f V clniiut, including
' S, 'Wo STiS'S-LiSM,,
attokney at r. a.w
"vrtb dc of Public Niunro, ono door oait ul tho
Old iiiiuk Duildiug.
SUNBUUY, TENN'A.
Collections and all Professional business promptly
tended to lu tho Courts uf Northumberland nud
inininir Counties.
tSunbury.Scpt. 15, 1K.
9. DRUMER.
L. O. RASH.
norncyts unil :oiiut.-llorti nt I Jnv,
t;nut strict, west of tho N. C. nud P. E. Kail
road lcpot, in tho building lately occupied by
. Latarus, U'q.,
QUNBURV PENN'A.
llcciioiis and all lWclonnl business promptly
ended to iu Nortliumbcrlund nnd adjoining Coun-
iiplfj
llwriioy CoMswIlor at Ijim'i
,eo on south sido of Market streot, fivo doors East
uf tho N. C. Uailroud,
SUNBUBY,
VIII attend promptly to all professional business
riifte.l to bis care, tbo collodion of claims iu
'lliumbcrlnnd and the ii-ljoiuiug counties,
.unbury, April 13, 1SB7.
EDWIN A EVANS,
ATTORNEY A.T X.A.W
Market Square, near the Court House,
SL'NBL'KY, Northumberland County, Pa,
.ections promptly attended to in this mid adjoin
ing Counties,
pril 13, 1SI-.7. .
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
.Horney V 'onij-llor lit I.iim'.
m;.iii icv, i.
' IHjslrW t Atloi iM j for ortlmni.
-lixl t'ounly.
iiibury, March SI, 11(1. !y
EISIIUI.TX, C. 11 V0LVKr.T0!, f. P. RBVSIIOLTZ
!,0AL! COAL! COAL!
IU subscribers respectfully inform the citizens of
.-unbury and vicinity, that they have opened n
COAIj YARD
Haas & Co's Lower Wharf. HniilMiry, si.
o they are prepared to supply nil kind? of Sha
lt t'oal, lit clic:ip rates. Families and others
i.tly supplied. Country custom respectfully
,,.,1. SKASUOLTZ A CO.
ubury, Jan. 12, 17.
" JN0. KAY CLEMENT,
-iu'as in this and adjoining couutloa carefully
.M.ntlv ntttnnilntl lo.
in Market Street, Third door west of Smith
4 tienthor's Stove and Tiuwaro bturo,
MI Mil ICY l'Rf.WI.
II.
11. MANNIIK,
nt Ijiw. StXBl'KY, PA
'.,ii..oii.."n mtumlL'd to in the counties of Nor
..tImii.I. tliiiun. Snvder. Monlour, ColumUn
.yeoiuing.
nurEiiKM r.3.
i. John M. Heed, Philadelphia,
'. Cattell A Co.,
I. Win. A. Porter. "
m..m;.wi. i:fi..
Wtt! una i Co.. 2.-0 Pearl Street, New York.
u W. Afhiuciid, Attorney at Law,
:lhcws A Cox. Attorneys at Law,
bury, March 20112.
" JACOB SHIPMAN,
3 AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT,
BUNBUUY, PENN'A.
RETHEHRNTS
.n mim,,1 Firo Insurnnco Co., York Pa.
...I.....I vll,v Mutual Protection Co.,
'ork Mutual Life, tiirurd Life uf Pliil'k. & Hurl-
!oun. Cleneriil AceiUcnls.
djury, April 7, ly. .
W. J. WOLVERTON,
A'ITK'-V AT M.WV
l Street, & doors west of lJr. liyster's Store.
SUXBUHY, P ENN' A.
iifusfionnl businea In this and adjoining coun-
oinptly utteudea to.
bury, Novombor 17, 1SC0. ly
VL! COAL!! COAL!!!
MA
pern
T .As 13 . OTH
Al WliolvNitle .V Itctall
eiilern iu
t ill Jt K: ASH C'OAI
In iiunr varintv.
Agouti, wostuuid, of tho Cclebratod Henry
m Lower Wbakf, Suuev, Pa.
jury, Jan. 13, Jhftd.
H'lLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
In evory variety of
NTHHACITE COAL,
r..-, Wharf. BUN11U11Y, Vonn'o.
'Jrdorssolioitod and filled with prumptnc-3 and
ih.
.uryMoJJSM-y
B0UTY FOR SOLDIERS.
VE made arrangtmcnU in Washington t ity,
Uio prompt culloctiun of Bounty under the
t of Congress. I have also received tuo tru
nks to proparo tho claims, boldiors euUtlod
B..niy should apply immediately, as it u es
d that it will require three yean lo adjust all
'idicrs who enlisted for throe years and who
I recuivod more thau 100 bounty aro entitled
k i r.i..f ihi. Act. us well as soldiers who
iilisted for tbroo years and discharged after a
i of two yours, oy rea-:ou ui wouu-. ---,
contractta IB line o, uu j, .r -
LliOlU . UVUU-nvu,
ury, August IS, Wl-
ao3 o 33 a i
IEKCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer In
'II;, CASSIMEUEd, VESTING, &o.
HU kit li t, MOUlU VI . CttltT
Holt I,
JUHUUHY A" -fV.
C. A. 11E1MENSNYDER',
ATTOllNKY AT LAW, BUNItUUY, PA.
All business entrusted to his care attended to
promptly and with diligence " sept.U.
S. S.
Wkuku,
John Runklk
v
AllCU STREET, belwocu Third and.Fuuiih Street
. MIII.AIi:i.lMIIA.
WE 11 Ell & 1UINKLE. Propiiitors.
Juuo201JSti7. ly
ADDISON G. MARR, "
ATTOKNEY AT LAW,
DIIAMOKIN, Norlhumborlnnd Cjuuty, Fa.
ALL buetnotg attended to with promplncss nod
diligence
Miauiokin, Aug. 10, 18ti7 ly
j7l). JAMES.
ATTOllNKY AT LAW, SLNliLliY, PA.
Oflioe Market lilrcct, i doors wc?t of tho railroad,
lotely used ns u Pot 0(lico.
Will attend promptly to tho collection of tinims
nnd other professional business intrusted tuhi caro,
iu Northumberland and adjoining counties.
August It. lffllT.
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
?i)omcroiaat lit c mri n'a u .
(Jraduntoof the Itomocopathia Medical Cullegoof
Pennsylvania.
Office, Markot Square opposito tho Court llouso.
SUNUUKY, PA.
OIHco Hours 7 to!) mortiiug ; 1 to 8 afternoon ;
7 to 9 evening. May 18.
AUGUSTA" HOTEL,
MANI i:i. JIAX.1I, roprlctor.
(Formerly of tho Mansion House, Mnhouoy City,
Schuylkill county. Pa.)
In Cako's Addition, near tho Machine Shop',
a tjt ssr 33 tj n -5T , penn'a.
Transient nnd permanent boarders will find this a
mail cotnfortablo bouso and possessing tho advan
tages of convenieuco to tho railway and busii.oss part
of tho town, lieing nowly furui.-bcd with ull tho
modern household improvement, tlioro is every fa
cility for tho convenient accommodation of guests,
tlood stabling nud experienced hustlers in ultend
nuco. Suiibury, June 22, 18fi7.
D B. J. S. ANGLE, j
GRADUATE of Joll'crson Medical Collctfo, with
five years practice oilers bio professional scr
vices to tho citiions of Suubury and viciuity will
attend all calls promptly.
OFFICE over Thncher's Store, iu Plcarants' build
ing, Market Square.
Orrics Hoins from H to 10 A. M.
( ' 2 to i P. M.
Sunbury, April 27, 1S07.
AMBR0TYPE AND" PHOTOORAPH
GALLERY.
Corner Murkat & Fawn Street, SUMlLRi, Pu.
S. BYKKLY, PitoiMtiETon,
Photograph, Ambrotypcs and Melnlnotypcs taken in
tho best stylo of tho art. apl. , ly
E. G. 0033I3SJ-,
Attorney nnd Counsellor nt I aim",
1JOONVILLE, CCOPEll CO , MIsSOLKI.
WILL pay taxes on lands in any part of tlio
Statu, ltuy nnd sell real Estato, nnd all other
mutters ontrustcd to him will receive prompt atten
tion. Julys, 1865. oct 15, '04.
UNION HOTEL-
CIIAK. ''Zi:ii, roprtVtor.
In Cake's Additkntn SVNBCUY, near tho Penn'a.
lluilroad Company's Shops.
PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS.
kept who will find ample accommodations Wood
cooks ana watiers, noaraerscan eui'ty tiiuuim-b cum-
flirts of h'ltuc with faro equal to tile best hotels.
His Liquors aro ot tlio choicest Kinds,
buubury, Juno H, l!)07.
Mount Carmel Hotel
MT. CAKMEL, Northumberland Co.,
TIIOS. BUKKET, Phoi'Kietou.
Tl.i. I.inm nmnir mliniii! Hotel is locatod near tho
dcjiots of tho Shaiuokin Valley nnd tho Qunkako 4
Now York Railroads. Trains arrive and depart daily.
This house is located In the centro of tbo Coal Re
gion nnd allords tho best aocouiinmlulionsio travelers
nnd permauent customers. Jay !.
GIE.AP.3D HOUSE.
CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
MH1IS well known Hotel, ritunto near the corner
X of Ninth & Cbosnut Stroots, Philadelphia, is, on
account of its superior location and excellent accoiu-
niouutions, one oi uio ucst auu muai uuairuuiw ow
ping places In tho city.
u. n, aaaaua, x rupriuLur.
February 10, 1867. Cm
AYER'S CATHARTIC PILLS
... tnn il. . -l r..t
produce una, as we uiinK,
V . ....
. -.-
has ever yet been mado
by any body. Their ef
fects havo abundantly
.shown to the community
bow much they excel I lie
other medicines iu use.
They aro safe and plea
sant to tako, but powerful
ito cure. Their penetra
ting properties stimulate tho vital activities of tho
budv, reiuovo the obstructions of its organs, purify
the'biood, and oxgall diseuso. They purgo out tho
f .ul humors which breed and grow distemper, stim
ulate f ug;;isb or disordered organs into their nnturul
aoiion, and impart tone and strength to tho whole
System. Not only do tliey cure the every day com
plaints of everybody, but formidublu and daugcruus
disousos. Whilo they produoe powerful clfccts, they
aro at tbo sumo tiuio, iu diminished doses, the safest
and best physio that can bo employca lor cuimron.
tleing sugar-coatcu, inoy aro pieosnui io itiao aua,
being purely vegotnbio, aro entirely harmless.
Cure have been made that would surpass beliof,
woro they not substantiated by meu of such cxaitod
character as to furbid tho suspicion of untruth.
Many cminont clergymen and physicians ecrtify to
ilm rjublia the reliability of our remcdios, whilo
others have sent us the asourauce of their conviction
that our preparations contribute immensely to the
relief of uur utllioted fellow-men.
Tho Agent below nanioa is pleased io lurmsn
gratis our American Almanao, containing directions
fur the use of these medicines and certificates uf
their euros of tho following complaints :
Costiveness, liilious vompiainu, lvuouniausin.
fro ley, nx-i m . .
stomach, Nausea, Indigestion, Morbid Inaction of
rv 11 ... . 1 1 1 .. .l u.. I. .ri.mif I inin I. ml
the Vowels ana rain ktisiuk .miu-jr,
i..-,uf Ai.iu iito. and all diseases whioh roquiro uu
evaouaut modioiuo. They also, by purifying the
t.i.--i .mil uttniuiiLtinff tne svsioui. ourw uiout vuui-
tdaluUj which It would not be supposed tney ouuid
rvaeu, sucu a. iu&iuu, . ,
eia and Nervuus Irritability, Deraugouieuts ot tho
Livorand Kidneys, Uout, aud other kindrod disor
ders nrUlng from a low stuto of the body, or obstruc
tion ofils funotions. ,!,
Do not be put off by unprincipled dealers with
other preparations on which thoy uiafeo more profit.
Demand Ayer's and tako no others. Tho sick want
tho lt aid there is for Ihem, and thoy should
''"preparod by Dr. J. C. Aybr A Co., Luwell, Mass.,
nd sold by all Druggists and dculers in uicdicino
U7oyrTo by W. A. BENNETT, Pruggist Sun
bury, Pa- Aug.
"CLEANLINESS 113 NEXT TO OODLI-
NESS."
A FACT which is UooionsUated at UUNNISON
A CO S..
-alrMl Vlanm NbnvlsiK Hair CutllsiB
and HbanipounlMff Iloouis.
Two Brst-class J1ARBEUS always in atttudanoc
Particular atteuUon lo cuUiug Ladnw aud t hililrtu s
i,.r. liiveiua uall at tbo New Koomi ovw the
POETICAL.
"MY POLICT."
Oh ! Andy John, my Jo John,
Do busy, whilo you may,
For you will bo Impeached, John,
At quito an oarly day ;
Yonr raeo Is almost run, John,
Fow pardons more you'll sign,
Your name will bo a by-word, John,
Through alt tbo rest of tiuio.
Oh I Andy John, my Jo John,
You might hnvo left a nauio,
That you might wull bo proud of, John,
And stood high up in Inmo.
But it Is now too lato, John,
The pcoplo you're botrayoj,
In spito of J y 11 k,
They will leavo you In tho shade.
Oh ! Andy John, my Jo John,
Pray what has Stanton done,
That you Bhould pcrsocuto him, John ?
There is none boneath the sun
More faithful tohisoountry, John,
Or labored for the right
To put this groat rebellion down,
lie's worked both day and uight.
Oh ! Andy John, my Jo John,
Is Sheridan to bluuia,
For turning ull Lhose rebels out,
And earning a bright name '.
Tho pcoplo will support him, John,
Whilo you before tho world
Will stand disgraced forovcr, John,
Their chatis against you hurlod.
Oh! Andy John, my Jo John,
Tho peoplo havo u way
Ol doing up this business, John
Uonr what they have to say.
Tho fortieth Congress soon will moot,
We'll trust it in their hands ;
Bo ready for Salt Kivor, John,
And start fur foreign lands.
Oh! Andy John, my Jo John,
Tho time is drawing uigh :
Wo must render uur accounts, John,
I say it with n sigh.
The tiilents wo'vo abused, John,
Or havo nut used for good,
Will suroly tell ngniust us, John,
Bcforo the bar of Ood.
Oh! Andy John, my Jo John,
Thon why not throw asido
Such mean malignant acts, Johu,
Ambition, jump, nnd prido f
Act promptly for tho people, John,
Have all their rights in viow.
Tho world you know, oh ! Andy John,
Wus nut mado just for you.
WashisutuN, Sept. 1, lbT7.
TALES AND SKETCHES.
TMK UOiTOK'K KTOKY,
A CUUIOt'S l'ltOKESSIONAL ADVKNTl'KR.
"Anil now we'll have a cozy, cnmforttiblc
evening togetiicr," said my wife. "And
but wuut'a tliat, Irving ?"
My wil'o Blurted nervously ns it sharp peal
nt tho bell interrupted a brief interval uf
domestic ijuiet.
"Only the surgery bell, my clear. Some
body wanting me, I suppose."
I went down stairs secretly wondering to
myself if, .after all, there wns such a very
wide difference between a galley clave and a
country doctor.
The surgery door stood wide open, but
nobody wns there, aud through the blinding
darkness without I could discern the dark
outline of a close carriage, and a man stand
ing at the horse's head.
"Who's there ? what's wonting V I
asked, coming to the threshold und instinc
tively buttoning up the overcoat I had hur
riedly thrown on.
"loll re wantei!, iloctor," Ftiul too man,
t-peuking indistinctly behind the tuulUing
that surrounded his fuce.
'Yes, but what for ? Who wants nic ?"
"I urn not at liberty to tell.''
I had already entered the carriage, but
tli is suspicious answer inspired mo with dis
trust. I made a Btcp to descend, but it was
too late. The vehicle wus already iu mo
tion. "It is quite unnecessary to alarm your
solf, doctor," said a quiet, measured voice
nt my side. "Uelieve me, you arc quite
safe; aud I trust you will not feel any unea
siness wheu I tell you that you must be
blindfolded."
And at the fame instant a folded bandage
was ileltly (.lipped over my eyes.
"Hold 1" 1 ejaculated. "It strikes mc
that this is rather supcifiuous. The night
is as dark as Erebus, and you have no lamp."
"Possibly." returned the dry voice: "luit
it is best to run no risks."
Aud then ensued a silence of some ten or
fifteen minutes, while tho carriage rolled
swiftly along, aud the low mesurcd breath
ing of my unknown companion kept time
to my own uucomlortuuio thoughts
At leugth my companion spoke nguin in
the same solt, modulated tones.
"Doctor, one more little precaution is lie
cessary you promise never to disclose to a
humnn soul u word ot this night s visit."
1 hesitated.
"I cannot bind myself by nny such cove
naut. Tho relation between liiiysieiuu aud
putieut arc, of course, couGdcutiul, but
1 no carnatro paused abruptly Ueic, aud
the door swung open. At tho same instant
something cold touched my temples. It
was the muzzle of a pistol. I recoiled in
horror. ;
"You surely would not murder uie J"
"I promise 1" I gasped, recoiling once
more from tho chilling touch of tho cold
steel at my temples.
"Very well. Come?"
I wus lea up a narrow walk, through a
doorway, into a room, where the bandage
was removed suddenly from my eyes,
The spot was tery familiar to mo a ru
inous cottage, long since abandoned to de-
I !.-. . - f .1 .. .. I.
llow tho carriage had ever reached
at a loss to know. Upon a pile of straw,
hurriedly thrown into a corner of the moul
dering floor, lay a prostrate figure, moaning
at every breath, ilia Inco was concealed by
handkerchief, and the blood was slowly
dripping from a gunshot wound just abovo
tlio uuklc a wound wuicit Had oeeu tluui
sily dressed by some uuskillful hand.'
Moreover tuoro was a dark red stain on the
straw vhero bis bead lay, and his light huir
was matted with coagulated drops. I wo or
three men stood around, with rude masks of
black cloth drawn over their faces, in which
threo blitg wero cut for the eyes aud mouth.
and a female figure knelt by tho ht&p of
straw, veiled closely,
Tho men silently made way lor mo as i
advanced into the apartment, und bold their
lanterns so that tlio lund light suouiu laii
full upon my strange patient, as silently I
atnnnnA .nil A Vfllll 1 DmI luith tllG WOUllda
"Well t" asked mv e&riiaco couiiiauion.
"I can do nothing. Tho man must die."
"Nonsense I A more bullet through tho
i i. ,w. n.ni a.nnmvt tn t" liurri-dlv
gasped the man.
i i.a..i ,,1. . l,t Mint Mow iinrm
tba skull must prove fatal
A low. half suppressed try broke from the
face ns if she could not breath through its
heavy folds, revealing features as white and
beautiful in their morblo agony as so much
sculptured stone. She did not seem more
than thirty, but I afterwards knew that she
was nt least ten years older. Hut, in spite
of her present anguish, Low grandly beauti
ful she was 1 Largo dark eyes hair liko
coiled gold, catching some strango gleams
from tho shifting lanterns and a broad,
smooth brow it was a face you bco but once
in a whole lifetime.
And yet in the midst of her distress, sho
never spoke.
"At least you can do something for him,
doctor?" said my interlocutor, impatiently.
"Don't let us waste time here."
As I proceeded in my ministrations, the
moaning grow fainter, the convulsive move
ments becamo scarcely perceptible. A fuint
gleam of hope lighted up the face of tho wo
man who knelt with clasped hands opposite;
she looked appcaliugly nt me.
"Ho is better he is surely better?"
"Ho will be better soon," I answered,
moved to pity in spite of myself. "lie can
not live half nn-hour longer."
Tho horror of thnt sepulchral silenco that
fell upon us as my accents died away shall
I ever forget it ?" And fivo minutes after
wards tho breathing spasmodic mid painful
to hear, died into eternal stillness.
The young womau lifted the corner of tho
handkerchief, nnd gazed into the ghastly
face. It was that of a young man of about
twenty two, and who had evidently been
marvelously good-looking.
"Oh, heavens, he ia doad 1"
Her clear agonized voice was ringing in
my cars ns they led mo back into the dark
ness of the night. I felt a bank note press
ed into my baud ns I entered the carriage
once more.
"Doctor, you have done your best ; it is
not your fault that your efforts hnvu not been
more successful. Uemcmber you are pledged
to secrecy."
The next moment I was whirling swiftly
through tho November midnight with the
strange, unquiet feeling of one waking sud
denly from a startling dream alas 1 it was
a stnrtl'tng reality.
The carriage stopped' nt a cross-road near
the village.
"Please to alight here, sir," said tho driver.
"You are not far from home."
I obeyed, aud stood listening in the mid
dle of the road, while tho noise of the car
riago wheels died away, losing its distinct
ness iu the shriek of tho restless winds.
And the clock of the village church tolled
out the hour of one.
Late os it was, however, my surgery wns
still open and lighted up , the servaut from
lladdcnleigli Hall had just ridden to the
door.
"If you please, doctor, you aro wanted
immediately at tho Hall. The Colonel said
you wero to ride my horse, if yours was not
already saddled, and I can walk, so there
will bo no tune lost. '
I mecluinicully mounted the noble animal
that stood waiting for mc, and rode off,
rather glad of an opportunity to revolve in
mind the singular adventure that had be
fallen mc during the evening.
Haddcnleigh stood a little bock from the
road on a magnificent knoll crowned with
century-old chestnuts nnd beeches ; and 1
reached the broad stone steps in about half-uu-hour,
by dint of rapid strides.
As 1 entered tlio vestibule, Uolonel Glad
den, who had beeu pacing up nnd down the
nun in a pcncct ugony vi mipaiiciiee, euiiie
to meet me.
"Is that you. Dr. Sb-llcr ? I thought you
would never come. We're iu n pretty stuto
of confusion here 1 Durglars in tho house
my wile a set of diamonds gone nobody
kuow.4 what else but old Hopkius left his
sign manual upon one of tho fellows. I ucy
cau't escape far. For you sec "
"ics, but Uoionel lladden "
"Oh, aye I understand you you want
to sec your patient? It's Hopkins, tho but
ler j lie got an ugly blow on tho left nrm
and afterwards my wife went herself for Dr.
JIaynard no cllcipie, Meller, but ho lives
nearer than you but ho wns out. She has
ouly ju.st returned. I couldn't very well
leave Hopkius and Mrs. lltulden, is sucu a
kind, L'ood soul, she insisted ou going her
self to fetch Mayuard "
"But, my dear sir "
"Ah, true I Come alcug to Hopkins'
room."
Hopkins, the butler wns as valuable as Ins
master, and ten times ns circumstantial; nud
by tho time I had set his broken forearm 1
was pretty well in possession of all tho par
ticulars of the uttempted burglary at Had
dculeigh. And. thinkin!: of mv mduh'cnt patient,
whoso life hud ebbed out upon the pile of
straw, I felt a strungo guiltiness as 1 listened
to Col. Hadden's eager conjectures as to the
whereabouts of the desperadoes who liucl
fled.
"And now, doctor, we 11 tako a glass of
wiue," said tno tiospitnuio oui gcniieman,
uahering mc luto Ins library.
It was brilliantly lighted, and warm witii
the crimson glow ol a genial lirr, before
which, in a siucuhirlv cracclul attitude, sat
a lady, wrapped iu the gorgeous folds of an
Indian shawl.
My wife, doctor. Isabel, my love this is
Dr. Meller."
Wo stood before ono anther in silence. I
could not speak, for I knew I was looking
into tho startled, nconized eyes ot tlio wo
man who knelt scarcely an hour bko by tno
dviuir couch in the desolate cottnire Col.
lladdcn'B now wnc, or wuoso oeauiy i uau
heard so much.
Tho Colonel talked on, but I beard not a
word that ho said. I could not but marvel
at tho wonderful self-possession of tbo wo
man, who smiled and looked grave and said,
"Yes" and No" lu tuc ngut places.
"To be sure." tho Colonel was Baying, as 1
awoko to a sort of consciousness of bis voice,
"tho loss of Isabel's diamonds is something
serious, but of courso we bhall rucover them
again. Only, my love it was rather careless
of you to leave them on tho table."
"It was careless," replied Mrs. Haddcn
calmly. "Doctor, von aro not coingl Colo.
nel you have forgotten that curious old dook
you wero wantiujj to show Dr. Meller t"
- . ....... .
as tno aoor closed ucuiua tno uouesi oki
gentleman, Mrs. lladden glided up to me
und placed ner cold nana on miuo it was
liko tbo touch or an icicle.
"Doctor, you have my secret you suroly
will not betray It!"
"I am pledged to silence, inauam," i re
I tumfld coldlv! "but this deceit"
I "It is not my fault. Doctor,'' wailod tho
I woman, "it is my futo. llow I endure it 1
j scarcely know ; wero I to pauso and think
1 1 ahould co mad. The man who died to
night was my son 1 Col. lladden knows
I notlilnff of mv Gut mamatio, lor of tho
dreadful secret of my sou's criminal life that
I has weighed mo down for years.
Ovci and
C from it,
but it hns followed mv footstens like a doom.
To-night closes that chapter of my life oh,
heavens 1 how dreadful I But my secret is
safe the diamonds have urovided for Hint!"
"But your husband, Mrs. Hodden I"
She covered her nallid. beautiful fnrn nlHi
her hands.
"I know what you would snv. lr. Mrllc t.
I love and honor him beyond all men j but
what enn I do ? Believe mo I, havo never
dreamed of of "
She paused abruptly. Col. Hnddon
entering the room, nud tho smiling, casual
remark slio addressed to him filled my heart
with amazement almost admiration.
I rodo homo to my blue-eyed littlo Elea
nor, leelmg ns I entered the snug sitting
room us if I wero returning to tho homely,
hnppy atmosphero of every day life. But I
never forgot tho terrible excitement, tho
fearful suspense of thut November night.
I lie desperadoes who uod attempted to
rillu lladdcnleigli Hall wero never detected
or taken all track of them seemed to havo
utterly vanished out of the earth.
And were it not lor the bank note which
liberally recompensed my service, nnd tho
everlasting witness borne by Mrs. Hadden's
lovely face, I should almost hnvo been
tempted to fancy that nil the events of that
marvelous November niuht were the frag
ments of a dream.
This was my adventure the first nnd last
that over crossed the pnthwny of my life.
MISCELLANEOUS.
'I'll in-low Weed v. .Mr. Uucolu.
AS ISTEllKSTISO EXPLANATION AND A BITTER
ltF.HUKU. .
Thurlow Weed writes in the New York
Cvmincniul AJrcrtier as follows, under the
head of "Outrageous Mendacity," which
will be read with great interest in connection
with certain developments concerning Mrs.
Lincoln's wardrobe :
Wc have never approached a question
with half the sorrow that this one awakens.
To vindicate, shield and protect "Heaven's
best gut to tm.n. Is n gruteltu duty, while
to cveu reprove, and much more to assail
a woman, is paiutul, and-it without a per
fect justification, unmanly.
It tlic American people have failed to
meet tho pecuuiury expectations of Mr. Lin
coln's widow, it is because that personage
lulled, during his life and since his death,
to inspire either with respect or confidence.
They should not, therefore, be subjected to
tlio reproach, or rest under the imputation
of iugratitudc. Had Mrs. Lincoln, while in
power, borne herself becomingly, the sug
gestion of a Lincoln fund, by voluntary con
tributions, would havo been promptly re
sponded to. The national heart was warm.
It gushed out in liberal endowments for
Oraut nud Furragut. It would ns cheerfully
have met tho nppeal iu favor of Mrs. Lin
coln if it had not iutuitively closed nud
chilled.
In her conversations Mrs. Lincoln is rep
resented ns bitterly denouncing Secretary
Sewnrd, for which, of course, there is no
wnrrant or excuse, for he wrongs no man,
and much less is he capable uf injustice,
wrong, or even unkindncss, to women.
But we happen to know tho lato Caleb
S. Smith, then Secretary of the Interior, be
ing our informant a fact which incensed
Mis. Liucoln against Mr. Keward. The Pre
sident gave the Prince Napoleon a dinner,
for which Mrs. Liucoln sent to the Secretary
of the Interior for payment a bill of some
$'J00. This demand, though wholly illegal,
coming from the President's wife.cmbarrass
ed the Secretary, who called upon tho Secre
tary of State for advicc,whcro he learned that
ulr.Seward had also diucd the Prince.having
thi) same- number of guests, nnd giving them
duplicate oi tno dinner at tho Wbito
House. In fact, Mr. Seward ordered both
dinners from the restaurant, and, by his own
bill, knew tho cost of ench. For what Mr.
Sewnrd paid $:j00, Mrs. Lincoln demanded
'J0U. But whether three or nine hundred.
the claim was alike illccal and could not bo
paid. For this, however, Mrs. Lincoln quar
reled with the Secretaries Smith nnd Sew
ard. This amount, however, was subse
quently covered npin the gardener's account
uut occasioned scaiuiai, winch respect lor
Mr. Lincoln measurably suppressed.
Though Mr. Lincoln left au estate which
enabled his family to live as comfortably ns
tney ever lived, congress and tlio pcoplo
would have promptly nnd cheerfully provi
ded munificcutly for them if. Mrs. Lincoln
herself, with every advantage that high po
sition gave her, had made friends or inspired
respect. And tnis last cxiiution proves now
nstinctively right tho popular estimate of
her character was.
The fact for which Mrs. Lincoln seeks
largo publicity, namely, that sho received
presents valued at $21,000, is a pregnant
und suggestive one suggestive, at least, of
offices und contracts, uuless tho more chari
table construction is reached throurrli the
assumption that they wero expressions of
regard and iricndship. lint is not known
that the wife of nny (it her President, however
estimable, was so loaded with shawls, laces,
furs, diamonds, etc.
Slrs.I.incolu s propensity to sell tilings was
manifested early, and bcforo any necessity
was foreseen. If our information is reliable,
eleven of Mr. Lincoln's now linen shirts were
sold almost before the remains, which wero
shrouded iu tho twelfth, had started for
that "bourne from whence no traveler ro
turns."
Individually, wc are obliged to Mrs. Lin
coin for an expression of bcr ill-will. It
is pleasant to remember that quarter. And
it is equally pleasant to remember that wo
possessed the friendship and coufldeuco of
Mr. Litcoln to tho last hour of his lifo with
out paying court, as others did. to Mrs.
Lincoln, and iu spito of her constant efforts
to disturb our rclatious.
This mortifying revelation will go abroad,
and, as is natural, the press of Europe will
mnko tho most of it. in denrccatiuir the in-
gratuudo or our government ana want oi
liberality in tho American people, inis
consideration alone constrains us to dis
charge tho unpleasant duty of showing that
neither tho Government nor the pcoplo are
justly obnoxious to tueso accusations.
Who Starts tub Fashions? The New
York WrrUl and Z'twui are disputing about
the ladies' fashions. Tbo Timet proposes a
"Congress of American women to decide
what style of dress American women shall
wear." The TiVrlisays:
"Wo havo no sort of objection to such
Congress ourselves : but it is certainly a de
ligbtful fancy that its members would ever
agree upon ouytning."
Then, attain, the W'utid says :
"The Ficucli fajhious, which all tho world
toutiuuca to pattern alter, arc imw, uud fci
a long tiuio have been, set by tho demi
month the worse than doni-tnonde of tho
Freuch capital. Thn short dresses, all tho
latest nnd most extraordinary novelties of
street nnd drawing-room costume, were
originated by ono or a conclave of tho Pa
risian lorcttnt."
But all this, according to tho Time, "is
pure nonsense. Tho 'French fashions1 havo
no such origin, though it is very common
for men who know nothing about tho sub
ject to soy they have. It would bo as vfcll
and as wise to say that the fashions and the
novelties in male costume nro invented by
blacklegs. Tho fact is that tho 'French
fashions,' which tho Americans nnd nil tho
world copy after, nro the inventions of pro
fessional arthtc in Paris, and especially iu
Bcrliu arlitU who, ns such, havo nothing
whatever to do with the demi-monde, anil
who do not even, as a rule, get their styles
adopted thorough that quarter. By far tho
greater part of tho novelties in ladies' dress
really havo their origin in Berlin with tho
skillful, ingenious nnd fertile artktes of tho
Bazaar. Tho Parisian governors of Btylo
take up somo of these, and by tho facilities
which they possess, establish them through
out the civilized world. Tho demi-monde
doubtless adopt them ns well as tho luvut
monde, but it is more to the patronage of tho
latter thau tho former that their universal
currency is due.
Tlic l'ofcilion ol'dicn. 4rnnt.
The speech of Congressman Washburnc at
Galena, 111., iu which lie defines Grant's po
litical status as in entire accord with the
Republican party, deserves attention, inas
much as Mr. Washburnc is an old personal,
intimate friend with Gen. Grant. Mr. Wash
burnc states that Gen. Grant was an old
Whig. His father, bo well known in Galena,
was always nn nctivc nnd influential member
of the Whig party, nnd after it went out of
existence, of the Republican party. Tho
General was always a Whig, so far as be was
a politician at all, and never belonged to or
had any sympathy with tho Democratic
party.
Gen. Grant was openly and strongly for
both Constitutional amendments, and hailed
the reconstruction net of the Thirty-ninth
Coucrcss ns a solution of our difficulties.
uud be entered upon the disebnrgc of his
duties under thnt net with zeal, vigilauco
and fidelity. Sympathizing with Congress
in its action, nnu appreciating the import
ance of its being in session, he urged aud
advised such action as would secure nn extra
session, if necessary. When that session
came he expressed the most serious fears of
the effect of a long adjournment, and, with
a far reaching sagacity, anticipating the pre
cise state of things that has occurred, be
U3cd all bis influence with Senators to have
them adopt tho House provision of tho
amended bill, requiring tlio assent of the
Senntc to a rcmovul of tbo District Com
manders. Favoring the reconstruction acts,
no effort of bis has been wanting to sccuro
their enforcement in letter and spirit, to the
end that the Union might be speedily and
fully restored. llarrislurg 2'ileyrapk.
Neveu Cive Ur. Many a premature
death has occurred in consequence of giv
ing up. The sick person becomes discou
raged, thinks he ia going to die, and dies.
Friends think they havo douo all they
could, death is inevitable, and let disease
take its course. There can be no doubt but
thnt in many such cases bopo still cherished,
and tho persevering use of moau3, might
havo saved useful life.
So also iu tlio struggles of active life.
The tirat speech of Disraeli, iu the House of
Commons, was a complete failure, his speech,
it is said, being stilled iu tlio derisive
laughter of the House. Ho thus closed :
'I shall sit down now, but the tiuio will
conio when you will hear mc.' Numbers
have Bunk into insignificance under a less
rebuff. Disraeli wus made of sterner stuff.
Though it took him scveu years to recover
Irom bis disaster, bo redeemed his promise,
and on becoming chancellor of tho ex
chequer, 'clad in the same garments ho had
worn at tbo tunc of las renowned failure,
delivered to n closely crowded asscmblago
tho most brilliant and tho ablest budget
speech that bad been beard biuco the day 3
ot William Pitt.'
Every one should feel that he is immorkfil
till bis work is done. 'Try a"aiu,' is as
good for the adult as for tho child. If con
vinced that our cause is wrong, tno sooner
it is renounced tbo better. Ceaso to do
evil, but when contending for tliu right,
admit no defeat as final. We learn some
times more irom a failure than u success,
and turn it to better account. Such should
ever be our aim. Use all honorable means,
rclv on tho ultimate triumph of right, per
severe in tho effort to deserve success, und
failure will never bo inscribed ou your uio
work. Tho irresolute aud half-hearted have
no good to expect, for thut would only bo a
premium ou imbecility.
'I Thought tiiev had STorrED yotjii
Gitoo." Tho following story is-told by
Mark Twoiu" of a gallant Dnvnl officer :
Twenty or thirty years ngo, wucn mission
ary enterprise was in its infancy among tno
islands of tho South Sens, Captain Summers
anchored his sloop-of-wur off ono of tho
Marquesas. I think it was. The next morn
ing bo saw nu American flag on tho beach,
Union down. This excited bim tearfully.
of course, and be sent off a bout at once to
inquire iuto the matter. Presently tho boat
returned, and brougut a grave ioouing mis
sionary. The Captain's anxiety run high,
He said :
"What's tho trouble out there T quick 1"
"Well, I am grieved to sayr sir," said tho
missionary, "that tuc natives uuve ueeu in
terrupting our sacerdotal exercises."
"No 1 Blast their yaller bides, I'll what
what was it you said they Lad been
doina ?"
"It pains mo, sir, to say tuey novo been
interrupting our sacerdotal exercises."
"Interrupting your your u 11 ! Man
them starboard guns I Stand by, now, to
Kivo 'em tno wuolo battery."
Tno asionisuud clergyman nastcucd to
protest against such excessively rigorous
measures, aud finally succeeded in making
tho old tar understand that tho natives bad
only been breaking up a prayer meeting.
"Oh. devil taku it. man. ia that all?
thought you meant that they'd stopped
your grog 1"
Photection Aoainst Moths. Tho best
security against tho depredation of moths is
to place tho muff, boa, cull's, etc, in a glazed
bollaud bnir. and tio them closely up. Sup
posing them to bo entirely free from tbo moth
wiieu thus enclosed, no uarui can uuppeu tu
them, ad these winged destroyers cannot en
ter to laj their eggs. Tbo moths that lly
about iu tho dark tlio not destroy cloth of
auy kind.
AGRICULTURAL, &C.
sWcnervInK I'nblmjrcK.
Tho following mode of putting up cab
bages for winter and spring use is endorsed
ns a good ono by thoso who have tried it :
"Cabbages aro preserved very simply;
they aro left out as lato ns they can bo
pulled up by the roots, in this section, about
tho end of November; they nre theu pulled
up aud turned upsido down, the roots up
and tho bends packed closo together, in
beds six feet wide, with six feet alleys be
tween, euro being taken to have tho ground
levelled whero tho cabbages arc placed, ho
that they pack nicely. They arc left in this
way two or three weeks, or as long ns the
ground cau be dug between tho alleys, the
soil from which is thrown in on the bctl.i
of cabbage, so that, when finished, they
havo a covering of four or six inches of soil.
This is not enough to cover tho root, how
ever, which 'is left partly exposed, but this
is iu no way injurious. Some prefer to cov
er them up nt once by plowing a furrow,
shoveling it out wide enough to rcceivo tlio
heads of tho cabbages, and then turning the
soil in on the heads, and bo continuing until
bods of six or eight feet aro thus formed.
This plan is rather nioro expeditious than
the former, but it has the disadvantago of
compelling them to be covered up at onco
by soil, whilo tho other plan delays it two
or three weeks later, and it is of tho utmost
importance in preserving vegetables that tho
operation (particularly tho final covering)
bo delayed as late in the season as frost will
permit. Generally more arc lost by begin
ning too soon thnn delaying too late.
Onions, wo find, are best preset ved in a burn
or stable loft, iu layers from eight to ten
inches deep, covered up with about a foot
of hay or straw on the approach of Bcvero
frosts. Tho great points to be attained nro
a low tempcraturo and a dry atmosphero;
they will bear twenty degrees of frost with
out injury, provided they nro not movod
whilo frozen, but they will not stand a re
duction of tempcraturo much lower than
this without injury."
!cw Way tu l'ntleii IIoh.
During our visit to tho East wo were
asked to look at some fattening hogs in the
sty of Dr. Caleb Plaistridgc, of Lebanon,
N. II. They were very fiuo ones, but not as
good wo were told ns the doctor usually raises.
His system is this : For twenty years past ho
has planted one-fourth aero ot sweet corn,
and killed three bogs. Tlio bogs bavo a
good, large, airy sty, with feeding trough so
arranged that they cannot intcrfcro with
each other at feeding time, and frco access
to a largo, dry yard, through which runs
spring of clcur water. When his sweet
corn is largo enough to roast, bo commences
feeding it, stalk nnd nil, in tlio yard, giving
them all the swill they will cat. This ha
continues until they rcfuso to cat tbo stalks,
alter which tbo balance ot the corn is fed in
the car, and tho fattening process finished
with coru meal. During tbo whole twenty
years bo has failed but twico of killing hogs
of over fivo hundred pouuds weight each,
and be gives crodit for most of the weight
to tho sweet corn. He says properly fed it
adds nt least two hundred pouuds to each
of his bogs. Until the frost kills it, they
will cat tlio sweet corn, stalks and all.
Pvntup Jadsonian.
Autumn Plowing;.
In all heavy clay soils, nnd benvy clay
loams, autumn plowing is of great advan
tage. Tho winter frost is a muchanicul pul
verizer, aud disiutcgratcr of such soils, if wo
will but put them in the proper condition
to be acted upon. Potash is ono of the clo
mouts of such soils, and what gives them
one of tho chief values for the small grain.
This mineral is found under two conditions ;
one fixed, and tbo other free. Tho frco
potash is slowly dissolved in water ; it thus
unites with sand to burn the coating of thu
straw. Chemists call this solution grass, it
being composed of the elomeut of gross,
silicate of potash.
In tho other condition mentioned, it i:j
fixed and fti that condition is insoluble in
water, and, like tho humus, unfit for tho
food of plants.
To prepare the fixed potash in tbo soil,
that is, to disintregroto it, wc must exposo
it to air, moisturo and heat, hence wc must
pulverize tho soil by tho winter frost, to
admit of these conditions.! l'rairic Farmer.
Stohino Hoot Crops. Heavy frosts of
ten come the lastofthia month, and it is
quito important that sugar beets and mau
gcls should bo housed before tho crowns
aro frozen. Carrots and turnips arc not
damaged by light freezing, and often grow
through the mouth of November in this
latitude, and the only risk in leaving them
out is iu tho sudden setting in of winter.
The earlier potatoes nro put in a dark cellar
alter they get their growtu tno better.
They should bo stored in small bins where
they can be examined easily for the first in
dications of rot. Tho tops of turnips, beets,
and carrots, make excellent feed for cows,
aud if tbo pastures fail they will bo found
a welcome addition to their bill ot faro.
They will pay for carting, as ono cannot
turn the cows iuto tno neid wiicre incy uro
grown. '.' s practice of feeding roots iu
tho winter is steadily gaining lu all tho
Eastern States. American Afiriculturht.
A Plain Pi pbino. Two ounces of whole
rice not ground, first boiled in water and
then milk till tender. Well grease a pio
dibh, and have ready beat up six eggs,
somo 6Ugar and milk (tho milk should bo
Uil and allowed to get cold.) When tho
rice is done pour it iuto the dish, stir the
crrs, etc., into it, beat it all up A mull
pieeo of butter to keep it moist. Add milk
to till tho dish, sweoten to taste, and grato
nutmeg over it ; bako tlmio-quartors of an
hour. This is a good wholesome pudding,
inexpensive, delicuto, ami very nice.
Cottage Pvddinu. One pint of flour,
two teaspoonsfull of cream of tarter, a littlo
salt, a piece of butter as largo as an egg, ono
cupfull of white sugar, ono egg, a largo tea
cup of milk with a teaspoon full of soda well
dissolved in it. Bake half an hour.
Fiucadkl. Take two pounds and a half
of Ten 1 and a quarter of a pound of suet,
chop both fine us if for sausage meat ; add
threo eggs well-beaten, half a nutmeg and
some pepper and salt. Soak a elico of
bread in boiling milk, and mix all well
together with a littlo Hour. Boko it about
two hours and a half in a moderate oven,
or until it is of a pale brown, but tako caro
tho top does not become bard.
Chicken Socr without CiifCKEN. Tako
ono dessert toaspoonfull of flour nnd rub
smooth in one gill of milk; put one ounco of
butter, and Deppcr and salt to suit tho taste;
pour in a ball pint of boiling water, boil
leu minutes, and pour over toasted bread.
Thyme or ptiralpy, a is mnt ar?rf bli, may
be tddod.
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