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VOL. 19. NO. 12.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, M'AY 20, !.S(5.
Volume 29.
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL Cb'd. 1
CHEAP FlihTlUZlUlS.
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Co , (n Company chatterud ii; the legislature ei'l'onii,
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, n practlro Mue iho cheapest, most prDlltnl'leaud host,
V' t"r llio 'farmer, Cardcncr ami I'rnlt-growrr, of nil
M conrentratcd manures now oifrri-il In nny uiarket. 'llio
.'nmpau's list embraces Win following .
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& ?PlTMlfff 'This Fertilizer is com.'
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Mr, such na meat, tone. hsfi, Icnthrr , tinlr nnd wool,
loectlier Willi chemicals nnd llinrennlc. fertilizers.
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lis excellent 'lunliUM, strength nnd ihuapm bj. have
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pollution. It w ill previ i ' and cure ilVeanol condi
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It is composed of .tj.'li . If en-ills us make it a.l.ipted
to the growth of all kind nfirops in all 1.1ml- of mils.
'the lurmnl'i or inriliol of C'lnl'tiitiu its constituent
erli!lr.lng Ingredients fcavu received the. hlhi rt up-
fruwil tf eminent iheini.la .: uleif.iiie iuilculmriUs,
PHOSPHATE OL1' LIME,
The Agilculttiral Chemical Company m.inuf.ictiiri' n
1'hoMph.ili' ol I. line in areordniica with n new and val
uable lormul.i by whirh a very s p. tior artitl' i pro
'itoceil. so ns to lu nlt'ir.led at .1 los- priee id. in other
Jiianuf.n Hirers charae I'm -t,i :,l l. -'. luvu proved
that lis value, a. a iuitilizr i, equal to tliu Lest I'll. 13.
jihate of 1. 1. 11 : in til ' mark I.
T HUMS Oami. All urticrs of a Ton or
more, will be di liveied lit the Kailrond M'.iiliniw nnd
die VVIiarM s of Shipment, Iree of 'cnttnjie. I'artnge
will lie ih.irged on all orders ..f l f.arrel. or less
IJiii! ill liar per Tun iillownore for rnrlnjje will bo
111111I1) on .ill ah s deilv.-ie.l at ihe Woiks of thu t'om.
. my. on 1 anal Wharf.
uku;l, 11 u it i. i-. 111. .11 1'; ai.i.imii .i n'luna
' i 1 (.'al Wharf, on hii: IIllawahk
'loice. 4131 Arrh St., I'liiladelplila, I'a.
II II H lTr, riem ral Agent.
The Cnmpaiij s rat..p.il.l 1 Ireul-T, eiobiai 101; lull
t'lrettioiis tor using the abovu 1'. riilicr, sent by
mii,. free, when r''pt "iled.
lnrh II, leii."i.-;iiu. Nov, 1:01 A- i;
UP D GR'AFF'S
1 liriJ AM) l:A2t IFniltAHV,
j, ,On the H'lii.iri', T ti liur Irnni Ptt HottM
1 ' WILKE3BAHRE, PA.
f PUIS 1N8 ) U I'.IUN i noiv opi tied and
I furnisiied lu tit. uio.it rotlv style, deception.
, I'll vale ami llpcratiui! Ilooiu" lire laij"', 1 iiuveiiient mid
. well a.l.ipted. 'I'lty rorairal .1 p.i , 1 111 11 1 eoutnins the
lloeft Li.lleeliou o! ni.ti'om '.its in this nmotrv, nnd
Inn his l o allies ni.l . nabli lninto meet any Sod all
emerveoi les ill pmitii'i He will oj'.'rate ('poo all thu
, ariou f.irios i.l III A nS'Ur1, C.itarai I, Drel.iun ,(
I lie Pupil, J'ros. fcie.. 1 it!re of the 'r.'.r lloeia, In.
V,.'rV. ifthe Cj Ills. I'l. r tinii. Ac.. .c. An I will
4 treat a I forms i.l for s l,y.: fir.iimleil I.I.Ih. DpaeelieH
, of the I'ornea, iin.i !eiululo is d.. aes of the I, ye ':o
t p-ihcr w 1II1 nil 'the uti-eiiM'S to which thj lljo is sab
jert. ' III! M'.N'KiH - Will treat all the di. eases rouinioii In
the ornan. Jik Harm from the I ar, NoToeb in the I n-
5 Catairh, ditlicnliy of In arlnMolal lie Inesa liven where
; t.ie llrom i dcrlriy, il. Vil1 insert an aitifii lul one
f niiswerin neatly 11V : tip purposes of fie u.iiural.
l)lr"i;.!Ji:S nr T"i: I IIIIOAT. All diseases roui
inoi. to th" Throat .,. .. N'ose w .II be in aleil
OlIMlltAI, SI'Hi. I'V -lie wid ov, iate fion Club
feet. Hair l.ip, C'leli Pi,i ite.'l 11 hit r. L'nnrers, I'.nlar
j yml Teucils, ' r. Pit b i o,ier..ti.iin bv hea'ihs new
' tlrsh into, ilelortm.il purls nnd (i ueinl !iuin"iy ot
vhalever charaiur it may picoui.
11 Klt I A (or HUTI'Ilt:.; lie wil piif.1,1'1 'l.ul.ius
. opi.rall.Jii for th riilieal (eoieplet'l iiir" o," llerni i,
llus Is iiu.ii.'kii.iu,'iI lv 1 p. r' 1,1 1 1 r an I ts m im with
little or 00 pain, toil ofmeov Irn ilred opern'te.l iipouin
llot. in there lia-b 'ei 00 f, liar's it hanm im t the
'perfi ' t approbation ol all w ho'.i.ive snl nilted " It
AltTlr'K'AI, i: I r: - l 111 In ert aitif em! J')es olv-
iiilf them th" mot ion .ml rxpr. i on of thn natural.
. i.lev ntu insertril with thu least pain.
,s IIKllOltllf'.Ulliy, (.I'lles.i-'lhistioublc.nme disenne
'' is readily lured. 'J'h ,-u soil' rinj Irom it will iliiwil
to call.
l)r Up lie iir.nl' vMts Wilkes. llarre e. ilh i v iew of
i buililiiij; op a pi rii.a.ieot l,i-iitale fur Ihe. treatment f
T the Eye. Il.ir.md (. a. 1 .,1 .i. jery. .The t M" '1' w
more than a quart.'r ofa 1.. iitaiy in llo-pital am! Kener
jf ill practice, he hope., w ill b ,1 suiiit'i?ut guarunleo to
Y those who may .:i. i..si,l to employ him,
May 1 1. iU.-ir.
1SG5.
riilla(lriilii;i k Mrio
ISO 5
- ., TJ( "ureal line tiaMii'scs the Xurthern and N'oith-
Vvct't counties of Peeiii-jlvaliia to il.u city of line, on
. 't,Kke Drie.
H has lie. -n lea.ed by Ihe Peunfj I-. al'.ia Hailroad
i ('ompany, and is opert'il by them.
' its entire length was open, d fur passnngor and
fni.iht bn-iuess. (Ii'lnb.ir 17th, li'iil.
TIMK Of I'VSet.SOLK IR4IM' M XOIll liUKL'SlltASIO
. lail.Tr.iin leaves, liist III id 1'. M.
,- Kliira KipreisTraln, 31 '."7 V. M.
'' (,oek lla en Arcoiniuodaiian, . II V7 A.M.
VilliaI11sport Areoiumoilalimi. 5 v'5 P. M.
, . LKAVi! WUhTWAIin.
Mall 1 rain, . t"t A. ,M.
tllmir.i i:pre-is Trail .' 2d A. M.
J.oid: llavi ti Accomino.Ulion 4 111 1'. M.
U'llliauiFp.'rt Acrommoil tllon II I.) I'. ill.
l'ussviniera Cars run tlirotish on Mail Train, wnii
' X'01" uiahiii both ways uuweiii rhlladelphia and Urie,
.1, nnd llnlliuioru and Kria. '
, Kleganl Sleeping Cars on i:iinlro llvpress Trains
'bnlli ways between Williainspurt and lljltimore.
l'or Information respecting Passenger business, ap
Iply uttlio (,'or. lluth anil Maiki t Htj.
And for l-'relelit businessof tie Co:nnanv' Agents.
ti. II. Kingston, Jr., Cor. 13th and Market tits., i'lul'a
J, W. Uoynolds, Urie.
J..M. Drill, Agent N. (J. It- It., Ilaltimnre.
II. II. lloiisloii, (ien'l. iJnight .U't . i'hiladilphu,
11, W. Cwinner. (Jeu'l, Ticket Agt. rhlladelphia.
Joseph I). Polls, Ceu'l. Manager, Williauisport. '
Jan. 7, IstiS.
B It 0 0 K 3 & R 0 E N II E I M
WHOLESALE DEALER,
No. 431 MnrUet Street, north tido.Plilla.
slavo now nppned their usunl Imndaoms
' m . variety o( Ribbons, Bonnet Mate.
, tcrialsjStraw & Fancy Hon.
. nets, Ladies & Misses'
m HATS.
VMIU'Kltrf. ItUCIlIU, I.AUKd, and .nil other arti
us rc'i'iired by tho
M LLJNER TRA DE!
im Imiircinerienco nnd tttlit attention to this branch
1 l Dullness exclusively, wo flatter ourselves that wo
1 m offer Inducements, in variety, H)les, miulity nnd
"te ileratu Virfci iiotoM'rywhcVe to ho found. Tho
!i".'iition oiMillliieriijand Metclunti. U rcupeitfully
C9- Particular atter.Hoti pal 1 to filing Ordets.
Slarcli II, Itr5, am.
sTtlOLASUH'S FOR SiLB.
rittsbiirgli Commercial College.
Jllnghaniptlii " "
Crittenden's " " VhiladolpliVl.
. Stralton, Jlryant& Co.. " ". ,
' 'riicsrcrin1nruinniimuiitsnfJ13aml IJSO and are
w so mutli cqsh, I'V the attideut on enlrlng either ofthc
'shove Colleges. YouHg men desiring touktaln a tluish
ti Cnllcgiato education, will hore nnd a good specula
im by applvlngut the oflUc of tho
May I. IBOI - COI.U.MIIIA PlIMOCItAT
bTaNKS! BLANKS! 1
t5f every description, far sale at thisofB90.
Sclcci poctiii.
God Dices the Plow.
Wl 0 nro the truly grcst 1
.Minions nl pomp nnd stale,
Who tho knee now T
(live us hard lianJs in J free,
CultHrers of field nnd true ;
l!r friends of libeity
Cod save the plow !
Then to ih'j Holds yo bravo I
Yours ba the world to save
1'rom our life's fou
Want, with Its ttithless train,
hies from the cultured plain ;
Toil, ye, with might mid main
(lud bless the pljw 1
.Vow lay the furrow deep.
On vale and hill. side steep
lu hope e sow,
Trusting that mother earth
fiivu to the s'lee" its birth,
SliiS ye in lralnsof inlttli
Cod bless the plow I
Then when the harvest coine,
I'lonty Ui rough oir lovjd homos
Joy shall bestuw,
I.nu.l (hout the reaper train,
While o'er thofcrtlle plain.
Iliih waveuhe tolden yraiil
Cod bless thu plow I
Wreathes for our ywomiiury,
Crecn as the ictur's be
Toil crowns their brow.
Theirs is the itol'i.t dce.'t
Th.irs i the liriahVit meed.
While they llndr culling heed
Cod ble's thS plow I
The Beauty of the Crystal Palace
HY nU'.nKllICiv-sDUrONT.
XJ HA PTE It 1.
Thcrt! wa no cscuso for sucli an art of
folly, but 1 cculd n'6t help if, I was
madly in love with a picturc, tits mere
sfmblnnco of a huma'rs bring upon tho glow
ing canvao. It is true she was an angel
in the mind nnd heavenly rspie3sion of her
ft' ( urea Thero was an angel in her
bouI, (hero wits heaven its her eye.
I CMild not help loving her. It teemed
not 'ike a rieturo to tnc, but more as tho'
the pearly gates ol Paradise had opened,
a:.d .-he tle-rtaded before mc and Smiled
npon mo.
She 7,-aa -rriscli'-'s nnd inanimate to the
renfc'on, but ginning fancy endowed her
with all the requisites of a living, breath
ing loving nrgul. She smiled fro'n hor
canvas ihron , and I fait 'hat she loved
me. .iy Musnn csuld liiivc tught me
that .-he eo'ii l net speak, but my entliusi
Aitic heart would not listtn to its vo:ci),and
dny after day, and month after month, as
I Mood before my idol, I fully expected
Ito would address Hie .
It wis very foolish if mo fo I'jinU so, I
know ; Lut try as . hoard as I might, T.
could not divest myself of the pleasing
idea. Tho picture hung in the gallery of
aVt wi the Crystal Palace, and 'every day
for several months I had been a regular
visitor. I paused not to gaze upn other
scenes ; all the gloriea of the whole world
could not lure for an hour from my bliss
ful homage of the dear divine ideal that
had won .uuch a marvellous ascendency
over mv heart
Oh, I could have given all the world to
see tho living form of the nngcl cf that
picture 1 I could hate been her 6lave,and
kissed the chains that bouud mo to her !
Heaven has given mo an abundance of
this world's goods. I am lich iu houses
and land, in money and iu stocks, but I
would havo given all, every foot of land,
every doPar of money, to have taken the
origiual of that paiuting hy tho hand.
''Fred, what tho deuce aro you about
hero every day ?" siid my friend Karl
Langford to nio one day, when ho sur
prised mo at my accustomed devotion at
the ehriuo of my divinity.
I looked at him, and he laughed in my
face, Perhaps I looked 'sheepish.' i
have no doubt I did ; I felt so.
'You arc a little cracked, Fred,' contin
ued h's.
I pointed at the preturo.
'Eh'i
'Isn't 'she lovely?' eaid 1.
Karl deliberately raised bin eye-glass
and wit", the air of aoonnoissour oxaiiiiu
ed tho paiuting. I could havo knocko
him down for his coolness.
lli33ablo,' said ho coldly.
'Passable V sneered I.
'Very tolerable j painted by Orund, I
perceive.
'Karl you havo a soul.'
'I like that battle piece belter over tho
otairs. Tuero a coloring tor you.
Tho stupid dull! I determined to cat
him-from that moraeut. Prefer a battle
pieoe a daub of smoko and rod 'coats
to suoh an nngol as my divinity !
'Fred, you are a fool I' said ho, gasing
at mo with a look of compassion, 'Have
vou been hore every day for the lug t sis
months to look at that picture?'
'1 hnvo, I would havo givon tcti ihoiu
ami dollars for that picturo, if I could not
got it without. But I havo it.'
I is tolerable nothing more'
I tdrnod away from him in disgust j
but that was tho most blessed 'turn away'
that I have ever known.
CHAPTER II.
Closo besido the ttoud tho original of the
picturo I
I was transfiscd to tho spot. My blood
flew like a torrent through my reins. I
was about to throw myself on my knees
before hor, when Karl clapped mc on tho
back.
'What ails you, Prcd 1 Are you crazy?'
said he.
'Do you n6t bee hor ? I wildly cxclaim
od. 'Sea whorii V
'The lady.'
t see a lady.'
'The original of tho picture.'
Karl looked at hot for a moment, and
then turned to cao with a smile.
'She docs look a lfttlc liko it.'
'Iluih '. she cornea I' siid I, with molo'
dramatic flourish" perfectly natural, it is
true ; but il must havo lookod odd to the
lady and her party, who were advancing
nearer to the picturo
Tho lady took a position by th'o side of
mo, and beatowod her attention upon tho
painting. There was a gentleman by her
side who appeared to be lavi-hing extra
ordinary attentions upon her, V7hich she
but coldly received. Wai hen lover! 1
nould not doubt U.
Just behind them was in elderly coup,
le, whom my fancy assured mo wero her
parents!. 1'hay were all dressed in costly
apparel, and by their conversation and
manners, I judged they belonged .to tho
aiistocracy of New York.
The lady was tho very counterpart of
the picture upon 'a hieh I had so long be
stowed my insane admiration. Was I in
deed so blessed as to behold in flesh and
blood croature so beautiful as my idoalsf
The stare wcra with mc. She vvfci the
orTfjinal of Ih&t picturo,
'Lady,' said I, stepping up to her sido,
Her companions frowned at me.
'May I bo so bold as to nk pardon
me if I am impertinent if you havo ever
been in Germany V
She looked at me, and blushed like a
rcso in sumtoer- Whether it was the gazo
ot my admiring eyes or the suddenness of
ihe question, thtt broaghttho crimson to
her cheek, I have ndt been able to deter
mine. I am certain that my soul was in
ray eyes, that sho never encountered a
more intense look of love and admiration
than mine. 1 was sure she never did from
tho lover by her side.
IT I .., ,.i . .
i nave, wry two replied with a sweet
smile.
'Oh, how my blood leaped under the
warmth of that kindly smile 1 How heaven
seemed to oped to my view, and 'she, tho
brightest angel of the celestial troupe,
j cecmcd to bid mo hopo I might yet bo tho
blessed recipient of her lov'o 1
'Well, sir,' said hor companion, harshly
'have you anything further to say?'
I retired from hii presence, but it was
a miracle tlut ray fist had n'ot split the
fellow's skull. I took a position, neat tho
lady, and continued to gazo with fixed
etrnestneaa', spell-bound to the fport.upon
her. I .av her frown upon the nuppy by
her sido, and 1 knew that sho did not lovo
him. What a rapture 1
'Fred, you aro a fool !' said Karl.
I made no reply, and never removed my
gazo lor an instant from tho fair being
whoso imago had been so long thronged
in my soul. Tho lady turned to depart.
Sho saw my intouso gazo.
'Impertinent puppy ?' muttorcd her com
panion. 'Poor fellow!' sighed tho lady, in re
ply : 'ho has lost hii wita.'
They passed on, but my oyo followed
them.
'Fred you are a fool, I say.'
'Hush, Karl.you will dissolve tho spell,'
said I, nearly breathless with cseilcmtnt.
'Mako a dissolving view of tho wholo
thing, eh ?
'Pcaoo !'
'Do you knew her, Fred I' said he
No ; alio is an angol ?'
'Not exactly ; I happened to know sho
is old Sherwood's only daughter.'
'Do you know her, Karl ?' I asked oa-
gorly seizing him by tho hand.
'I do not ; but sho in bctrothod to Col
Kent, tho gentleman by hor aide. And
bv tho wav, Fred I will bet a thousand
you havo got into a scrapo with him.
'Why bo?'
'You accoutcd tho lady.'
'Well"
'Which to his nice Konso of propriety
amounts to na insult, Ho will call you
out'
'Nothing would suit tno better,'
'You want to die ?'
'To kill him, or dio myself.'
'Bah 1'
With that Karl left mo.
CHAPTER lit.
I left tho place noon after, and was walk,
ing lci3urely down Sixth Avonuo, thiuking
of course, of tho divine being who had
enslaved my heart, when I heard a shout
behind me. Turning I beheld a span of
horses, attached to a phaeton, dashing
madly down tho ttreot.
Tho vehicle contained two ladies and
two gontlomon, the former of whom were
shrieking in all the agonies of deadly fear.
On eamo the mad hor&cs, at (he height
of their speed, their terror tenfold increas
ed by tho cries of tho ladies.
I could not endure the sight. I was as
ready to dio as live, and springing into tho
stroot directly in tho path of tho infuriate
animals, I seiz.'d the nigh one by the bri
dal when they oatnoup with me.
But my feeble arm was nothing against
tho fury of high -mettled steeds, anil they
dragged mc liko a feather after them. I
was determined, just in the mood for the
most dosperato advenluro. Life and death
wore tho same thing to mo, and with ou
energetio bound, I vaulted upon tho nock
of the flying courser. Grasping the reins
with both hands, I tugged aud sawed upon
the bit; but it was of no avail. On they
dashed, to certain destruction
It had como to bo victory or death, and
that iu an instant, too; for directly before
mc, tho street was blocned up with vc
hicles on one side and a car on the railroad
was approaohing in tho middle, so there
was only room enough for us to pass be
twron them.
Loosing my hold of tho outitdo rein I
grasped the two short coupling roins, and
nulled unnn iheni with all mv micht. As
1 had intended, the effect was to draw tho
heads uf the hor.es together, which check
cd their mad flicht. At that instant the
wheels of the oarr'nge struck tho railroad
car, the vohiclo became a shapeless wreck
aud the whole party, borecs and all, were
entangled in the ruins.
My last impression was the sensation of
a flying motion as I was precipitated over
tho head of 'the hor o I had ridden, upon
tho pavement, where I brought up utterly
senoelcss.
Whefr I came to myself, I way lying on
a couch' in a magniGoent apartment
Around the bed stood two goutlemon,
and blinslul sight! tho Beauty of Crys
tal Palace the idol of my dreams. She
was looking down upni mo with an ex
pression of heavenly sympathy on her r.i
dient features. Her eyo was full of onrc
miseration, full of gentleness, full of love
and tondcrnoss,
I opened my eyes : I could see the
thrill of pleasure leap from hor hcart,and
colored tho alabaster of hor cheek, as she
realized that 1 was not dead. Oh, the
bliss, the rapturo of that moment! All
tho joys for which I had sighed in those
lon months of homago to tho painted can
vas, wero condonccd into that tinglo iu.
stant. I would have given all tho rest of
ray life for the ccstacy of that moment.
Sho blushed as her glanco mot tho gaze of
ray reanimated oye. I was euro sho felt
for mo that her heart and mine wore one.
Ellen, lot ns retire,' said Colonel Kent,
her lover, as ho saw mo opou my eyes.
'Ho will do very woll now.'
'Not till I hear what the doctor sayEi,'
replied sho, in a tcno that was muaio to my
soul.
"Bless you, lady !' ciolaimed I, at
tempting to riso.
'Do not stir,' said thu surgeon.
The admonition was usoless; t could
uot stir.
Tho doctor said my arm was broken,
and that I was much bruised j but with
caro, I should recover in a fov weeks.
I had beon bo'ruo to tho residenca of tho
Madonna of my dreams ; and I was not?
beneath tho sarao roof with her, and
what was moro, if tho medical man un
derstood tiio caso, I was likely to remain
thoro for somo weeks lo come.
'How do you foci, sir?' asked Miss
Sherwood, in tho sweet tones of sympa
thy. 'Quito woll,' I exclaimed, iu & rapture;
'your presenco inspires me.'
aha blushed, but sno was not angry.
Colonel Kent, her lover, frowned ; hU
brow darkened, and ho rudely led her
from tho room. Ho was not a lover of
ber ohoico,! afterwards learned j slioonlJ'
tolerated him for her fathcr'n "fke. 1 co'd
read this much in hor looks and actions,
and I blessed my stara for tho fact.
I had not tiuio or space to toll how I
passed the sis weeks of my confinement
and convalescence in the presence of El
len Sherwood ; how sho watched over mo
with tenderness and sympathy ; how her
smile rewarded mo for tho month" of sus
pense and anxiety I had spent with her
picturo in llio palace j and finally how
her ttympathy and tenderness ripened in
to love ; h'ow wc plighted our faith, and
vowed to live and die for ench other.
I canuot toll how she hung upon words
full' of passiunnto eloquence, when I des
cribed my (.cvotion to tho picture ; how
she blushed when I told her my love a
lovo I had cherished and nurtured into a
flamifig passion beforo I saw her face.
Sho loved mo iu return, and X was as hap
py as tho dream of au nngol.
CHAPTER IV.
Col. Kent looked all this limo friib sa7
age interest. Ho had sworn to drink my
blood, I doubted not ; but I cared not
for this. I fully expected to be called out.
He had tho reputation of being tho best
shot in iho States, had already killed three
men on the field of honor, and I had the
pleasant prospect of being added to the
number.
Ellen told mc all this ; and in the same
breath that she both feared and hated him
She warned tno to avoid him and pleaded
with mc to declino his challenge. 1 could
not do this with honor, and though the
thought of parting with my fairy was tor-
riblo, I was obliged to evade her petition.
One day, after 1 had returned to my
rooms, I was surprised to receive a visit
from tho infuriated lover. He was cooler
than I expected to seo him, He promptly
accused mu of treachery, and demauded
satisfaction.
I attempted to reason with him ; and if
she had never seen mc, would not havo
consented to ho bis wife. lie thought
otherwise, and demanded a duel. He was
so cool, that I tried to reason further with
him: but ho was obstinate, ami insisted
on fighting inc.
'As you please,' said I, indifferently,
"My friend will wiit Upon you this ovo
nine' said he, nullum on his clovo, with
earelc.'J caso.
'Nay, Colonel, let U3 settle it hero.'
'Here ?'
Ho looked at mc with astonishment.
In spite of his reputation for courage and
skill in iho duel, I had long since couu to
the conclusion ihat ho was n 'bully,' more
''brag' than man. As it was, ho was
proficient in tho uso of the pistol, while
was a novioc. On the field ho was sure to
kill me, and I was disposed to meet him
on fairor term?.
'Certainly, here,' said I coolly.
'You aro a gentleman !'
'I am.'
'And I claim to bo,' replied I, taking a
a?c of pistols from my secretary. 'Liad
that to suit yourself ;' and I handed him
one of tho pistols, retaining the other my
self, whioh I pvoceided to charge.
Ho followed my crumple, aud tho pis
tols we'ro ready for ue.
'Now,' continued I. 'wo will firo across
the center-table.'
I saw his cheek blanch.
'Sit thcro,' said I, giving him a chair
and taking one opposito him niysolf.
'Who shall give tho word this is not
fair,' atauimorcd ho.
There was a church close by my room
and tho clock would ntiike in a few mo
ments. I told him wo would firo at the
Erst stroke of tho bell.
'Take your position,' said I; 'it wants
but two minutes of the hour.'
'It will bo certain death to both of us.'
'So much the better !'
Wo aimed at oaoh other's heart, and I
could seo his cowardly baud tremble. His
breast hoaved, and his lip quivered; it
wanted only half a minuto of the fatal in
slant by tho watch that lay upon tho ta
bio.
'Ready,' said I, fiercely. Fire at tho
first stroke l'
'Oh, God I' groaned he, and I thought
ho would sink through tho floor.
Only a second !' added I and 1 men
tally bade farowcll to Ellen Sherwood,
cxpeeting to bo a corps in another instant,
I saw hiin waver.
'Don't flinch,' said I.
Suddouly ho sprang from hischair.throw
down tho pistol, and fled from tho room 1
I wiped the cold dummy sweat from my
brow, and tried lo recover from tho gony
of that momout. Ho was gouo j tho cow
aril had fled 1
It was an hour before I could becomo
entirely composed, I had passed tho
ohasm of. death, and waB a living man
My foe w.v vanquishud without t f Imt.
I have not seen him ftincc. I learned
tho next day ho had sailed for Europe in i
tho steamer of that morning, and I was ,
forever rid of my rival. My dear Ellen
almost fainted when I told her how the
affair had been fcttlod. Sho roproaohed
mo for tho peril to which 1 had cxpo?d
myself: asked rao what sho should have I
lone if I had been shot, I pressed her to
my bosom, kissed her beautiful lips, and
told hor wo wero rid of my rival.
Wc were married ; and when iho exhi
bition of tho Crystal Palace closed, the
picture of my wife was transfened to my
rooms.
Ex-Prcsident Pierce.
MOIJ "CALLS" UrON HIM HI8 SPEECH.
Letter id t ho Manchester Union.
I alluded to a call made on Presidont
Pifii co on Saturday night. Tho Patriot
of to-day contains an account of it,and al
so the General's rcsponse.whioh I enclose.
I'ho Patriot says :
At, about 9 o'clock ihis mob,
numbering from 200 to 400 appeared
about the door of tho residenca of Gen?ral
Pierce and surpriced him by vociferous
calls. Immediately tho doors wero thrown
open and iu the blazo of tho entry light,
tho ex-Pro'idcnt appeared upon the steps
and addressed the assemblage tho remarks
which follow. It is due to the crowd to
say that the moment our distinguished
fellow citizen appeared and uttered one or
two sentences, with tho oxception of oc
casional remarks, such as "lhat's so," and
''that's good,'' absoluto silenoe and quiet
prevailed while be was speaking. When
he uttered his 'good night' thoy responded
with a hearty "good night,'' and three
cheers for the general, and retired as quiet
ly as though thero had been no scene of
cscitamcnt in the day. This at least was
crcd'.'cib'.e.
grEECIl OF GEN. PIERCE.
Fellow Townsmen. I come to ascer
tain (ho motives of this call. Whatisyour
desire ?
Some person in the crowd replied :
"We wish to hoar some words from you
on this sad ocoaiicn," General Pierce
then proceeded
I wish I could address you words of
solace. But that can hardly bo dono
'I'ho magnitude of tho calamity iu ovcry
respect is overwhelming. If your hearts
are oppressed by ovents more calculated
to awaken profound sorrow and regret
than any which havo hitherto occurred iu
oar history, mine mingles its deepest rc
grets and sorrows with yours
It is to bo hoped that the great wicked
uess and antrocity as confined, morally
and actually, to tho hands aud hearts of
but two individuals of all those who still
survive on this coutiuent ; and that thoy
may speedily, and in obedience to law
meet the punishment duo to their unapar
alleled crimes. It is well that you it is
well that I well that all men worthy to
bo called citizens of tbo United States
tnako manifest in all suitable forms the
emotions incident to tho bereavement and
distress which have been brought to the
homes and hearths of two of tho most oon
epicious families of the Ilepublio. I give
Ihotn my warm, out gushiug.sympathy ,as
I am Euro all persons within tho hearing
of my voice must df .
But, beyond personal grief and loss,
thcro will abide with us inevitably the
most painful momorics. Bocauso, as citi
zens obedient to law, revering the Consti
tution, holding fast to tho Union, thankfnl
far tho period of history whioh succcdcd
the revolution in eo many years of pcaoc-
ful growth and prosperity, and loving
with tho devotion of truo and faithful ohil
tlrcn, nil that belongs to tho advancement
and glory of the natiou,wo can never for
get nor caso to deplore tho great crimo
and deep slain.
A voice from tho crowd," where is your
flag?"
It Is not necessary for me to show my
devotion to tho stars and stripes by any
special exhibition upon tho demand of any
man or body of men. My ancestors fol
lowed it through iho revolution ono of
them at least uovcr having seeu his moth
er's roof from tho beginning to tho end of
that protracted struggle, My brothers
followed it in tho war of 1812, and I left
my family in tho Spring of 1818, among
you, to follow its fortunes and maintain it
upou a foieigu soil,
hut this you all know. If tho period
during whioh I have served my Stato and
country in various situations commencing
moro than thirty-five- ycaas ago, havo left
tho question of my devotion to tho flaj;,tho
Constitution and Union in douht, it is ton
lato now to rotuovo it, by any suoh oxhi
bitiou as iho iuquiry MiggcMs
Bc-mloV
mMnner
to remove such doubts from minds where
thoy may havo bson cultivated by a spirit
af domination and ronoor, if such a thiDg
woro possihlo, would bo of no conscqucnoo
to you, and it is ecrtainly of nono to mo.
Tho malicioui questioners would return
to assort their supremacy and pursuit iho
work of injustice.
Conscious of tha infirrriitics of tcmpcr-
anient, whioh to a greater or less extent
beset us all, I havo novor felt or found
that violonoo, or passion was ultimately
productivo of boncfioial results. It is grat
ifying to per'ocivo that your observation,
briefer than mine, has led your mindB to
tho same conclusion. What a priceless
commentary upon this general thought, is
tho final reported conversation between
tho lato President and his Cabinet ; and
with that dispatoh comeO news to wanant
tho ohecring hope that in spito of tho knife
of iho assassin, that tho li'fo and intellect
of the Secretary of State may, through
'rovulcnoc,bo 3parcd to us in thia appall
ing emergency.
I thank you for the silent attention wilt:
svhioh you havo listened to mo, and for
tho manifestation of your approval as tay
neighbors ; and will not detain you in
thia storm longer than to add my best
wishes for you all and for what, individu-
lly and collectively, wo hold most dar
our country our wholo country. Good
night.
Eic-Governor Aiken-.
-View 3f
the War.
A correspondent of tho RocliC3tcr Dem
ocrat has had an interview with Ex-Gov
ernor Aiken, of South Carolina, ond
writes tho following ;
'Theso have beon four dreadful yoars,"
ho went ou to say, "but I told the robcls
from tho beginning what tho end would
be. I havo been disappointed in only one
respeot; I told them I would give thorn
two years to bo conquered in, and it has
taken four. Thoy have fought desperately,
every ooy partooK ot tno tanaticism and
went into tho fichtjand tho womcu cheered
them on, tind gave their jewels aud treas
ures to tho cause. You of tho North know
nothing of tho war in this respect. Every
family in tho South is beroived ; and I
told tucm it would bo bo.
He said : ''No, I lmc never cast my
lot with them. I told them ihev woro
wrong from tho first. I gave a toast for
tho Union at a nullification suppor in 1830,
and offended all my young associates, nnd
since tho rebellion commenced I have not
been to Richmond or Montgomery, and
havo declined offico from Mr. Davis for
myself and friends. When Mr. Davis was
my guest recently at Charleston, I defen
ded the Union, and scouted the absurd
doctrino of secession in a conversation
with him. Sinco tho war begun I have
never said nor dono a thing of which my
conscicnco accuses mo us an act of disloy
alty to the nation."
lie continued by saying that Davis was
not tho man for President, and never
should havo been chosen, He bad not tho
ability nor the weight of character of Hun
ter, and had been very unpopular ever
since bis election. South Carolinians had
denounced him without stint but it was a
position where success was impossiblo.-
lie nau not a uigu opinion ot Davis s mor
als or discretion, but it seemed to him in
orediblc how a man of education and cul
ture, of rofinad taste, a momber of the
church who sat at Christ's tablo and par
took of tho .sanctified body and blood of
tho world's crucified Redeemer, oould
possibly harbor a thought of complicity
in tho assassination. Ho supposed Presi
dent Johnson had good cvideueo, however,
but if such complicity was prdved it wo'd
materially damage bis respect for human
nature.
'I'ho Governor said tha war was sub
stantially over when Grant took Rich
itiond; all tho South agreed to that. ISc
organized guerrilla watfuro will bo carried
on. Tho people ofthc South will not per
mit it. A selfish instinct to dofend them
selves will stimulate them to hunt down
guerrillas. Ho spoko with p'rido of having
recently presided at a meeting iu Charles
town t6 express regret and indignation at
tho murder of .Mr. Lincoln. Ho said ho
had lost nearly all his properly in tho war
(some seven or eight million dollars) hut
if ho eaved onough for his support ho
should not mourn tho loss.
EOF "I suppose," said tho quaok, 'you
think mo a fool.' "Yes," said tho patient,
but I did not think you could ascertain my
thoughts by feeling my pulso.'1
tsr Did tho man who ploughed tho sea
aud afterwards planted his feet upou hii
nativo soil, evor harvest tho crops ?
CSf It is not a single sudden blow that
ctuahes permanently, but the long endur
ance of hoivy burdcns,or an accumulation
of smaller ones.
toy Thcro is nothing that so awaken
I the divinity williiu us as lofty iniuio. In
, Iho labyrinths of tho oar, is in- those ol
H0yrl K0'1'1 1' ''"riot!,