r 1 J 1 0 t t. .V. U. JACOCY, Proprietor. Trntb and Right God and oar Country. Two Dollars per Annua. VOLUME 13. BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 1861. NUMBER 37. SAX t a tn) rni win. ii (I t -c? STAR OF THE NORTH . r'CBLIIRCIV tTlRT WEDHKSPAT BT W. II. J1C0BT, Office on Bala St.,lr. Square below Market. TERMS: Two Dollars per annum if paid within six months from the time of subscri bing : Wo dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription taken for a less period than six months; no discon tinuances permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. The terms rJ advertising ici be as fallow : One square, twelve lines? three times, $1 00 Every subsequent insertion, 25 One square, three months, 3 00 One year, . 8 00 LIST OF IIEITJIv!rS TO II AWARDED AT TBI SIXTH ANNUAL. EXHIBTION OF THE COLUMBIA COUNTY Agricultural, Horticultural, AND MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION, To be Held at BLOOHSB U RG, PEU7TA, On Thursday, Friday & Saturday, OCTOBER. !Tth,lStU & 191b, 61. Class. 1st HORSES. Bet pair Draught Horses $3,00 2nd do o,vv 44 Carriage " 8.00 do " 5,00 " do Mares 6,00 " do 44 ' .0 Stallion , do 5.00 Stallin between 2 A 4 yean 4.00 44 Znd 41 Snd " 44 Jnd " 2nd do do S,o 44 Brood mare with colt at ber side, both owned by exhibitor 6.00 9nA do do 4.00 4.00 2.00 3,00 4.00 S.00 S.flO 2,00 3.00 44 Single Carriage Hrse 2nd" do do j do Mare " Galding Colt between 2 & S years - Mare Colt do '-'- Horse Colt between 1 ft 2 years ' " AI are Colt do .... rjlorse or Mare colt under 10 months j.. do 2.00 iQU " ' - - Exhibitors under this class are expected to hare their borsej on the track for examination on Fri day, at II o'clock, A. M.. when the Judges will in inanMt til Pill- 9 viwnu ' 1 ' Elias Dietenck, Montonr, 1 . B a i..,elr . x rems x ww - i Keifer Smith. Jersey town, Judges. Ja. Kestenbader, Franklin, Franklin L Shuman .Bearer. Clas 2nd CA TTLE. " DURHAM STOCK. r..t Ttnrhkm Bull 3 rears k uowards 6 00 2nd do do 4.00 4.00 3,00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1,00 5.00 3,C0 3.00 2,00 do do do do do do do do do between 2 4 3 years do 2npM t 2nl u '2nd" M 2nd" 44 2nd " 44 between 1 A 2 years - . do 44 Calf under 10 months " do Cow do Heifer or cow between 2 and 3 years do do do do Calf .under 10 months DEVON STOCK. 2,00 6.00 4.00 4,00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 Best Devon Bull, 3 years A upwards 44 do ao do ' between 2 A 3 years do do do between 14 2 years do do do calf under 10 months 44 dO 44 2nd " u ad " M 2nd 44 a 2nd" Cow do Heifer or eow between 2 4 3 6.00 3,00 years 3,00 2.00 2nd 44 49 do do do Calf nnder 10 months Z,U(i WATIVE STOCK-- Best Satire Bull 2 years 4 upwards 5.00 2nd" 44 do ao do between 14 1 years 3.00 do do 2,00 do Calf under JO month 2,00 do do 1,00 Cow 5.00 do 3,00 Heifer or cow between 2 4 3 years 2.00 do do 1.00 do Calf un Jer 10 mos. 1,00 : 2nd " it 2nd" 44 2nd" 44 44 . 44 44 44 2nd " 4T It 44 - ' nXF.V AND STEERS. Best Yoke Oxen owned A worked by ; - TJihihitor . - 5,00 3.00 4,00 2,00 2nd' 2nd - ,do . .. do do Steers between 2 4 3 years do " do Franklin McBride, Hemlock,! Andrew Freas, Centre, DaridTeager, Locust, Judges. ' JL Bittenbender, F. Creek, John Wolf, Mifflin,' J . . Class Zd -Sir USX. Best Boar of any Breed ' 3.00 2,00 S.00 2,00 2,00 1,00 3,00 2,00 3,00 2,00 2nd i do ao Brood Sow do do do Lot Pigs, 6 or more, nnder 8 woeks do do do Display fat hogs, 2 or more . . do . - - do Lot Store Hogs, 4 or more , . 2nd L 2nd 44 44 -2nd" ,44 2nd" I An - - do ' .Ton i TTarman. Greenwood, Eli Mendenhall, Benton, I Judges. Alioas Cole, Sogarloaf, Isaac Irwin, Roaringcreek Class ith SHEEP. Best Blooded Back 3,00 2,00 1,00 J,00 1,00 2nd do ' do i 2d ( ; i I fnd ITatire Buck - do Blooded Ewe- 44 V.lin In 2,00 an Mmniinn nnder this class must furnish the Secretary with a statement of the Blood an4 the amount of wool last sheared from the animal. r. i . Benjamin JSrea, ureenwooa, ' . . Lewis Roftt, Montoer, . f . . John MeKenry, Jackson, 5 ' Peter Brngler, Hamlock,' ' Isaae FUher, Locust, Judges. Class 5th FO ULTRY. Best and largest display of Poultry Jnd"- do "do - Pair Cock J any .variety : .u Hens do . , J, 4i u Turkey cocks , . -m Turkeyhenl ' ' Geese m 44 Dacks ; ' '; ; 44 T.nl. ,ffl Ptinvinl . 3,00 2.00 0,50 0,50 "0,50 0,50 ) 1 0.50 0,50 0,50 Competitors entering for the -first premium n w dsr this class cannot compete again with, the same fowls, ' . 4 . Thomas Dolloan, Bloom, rimtnn 'Kfa.rffernm Catta'i a'sa, V Judgei, ockj " G. L- Shoemaker, Hemlock Class Zlh GRAIN & SEEDS. . , Best Half bushel Clorerseed ' 2.00 fad"- - do do ' ' 1.00 do Timothy seed ' 2,00 tad" do do 1,00 u Bushel Red chal, Wheat ... 1 2,00 " do White - 2,00 do Mediteraneaa ' 2,00 - do Rye , . l.0 ' Half bushel Gonrd-seed Cora, '1,00 - ' do - Tellow M i ' ". -1,00 u 44 White " 100 :': f 44 ;-Emoka ' - ' M , g.t-l3 Zr'-t Cem, 8 ert -5 44 Bushel Oats 1,00 " Half bushel Flax-feed 1,00 " do Buckwheat 1,00 Grain and seeds should be marked with a card stating weight, how long used on tame farm, and such other remarks as the exhibitor may deem proper. Samuel Eck, Roaringcreek, Philip Cool, do ' Wm. Huffman, Centre . Judges. R. J. Millard, Fishingcreek, Montgomery Cole.Sugarloaf Class 7th VEGETABLES. Best Bushel Mercer Potatoes 1,00 44 44 Prince Albert PoUtoes 1,00 " Peach Blossom do 1,00 Quarter bushel Sweet ' do 0,50 Bushel Field Turnips 1,00 Ruta Bagaa . 1,00 Six Sugar Beets , 0,50 Sample Hops not less than 51b 0,50 Three Heads Cabbage 0,60 Six Parsnips 0,50 Half bushel Onions 0,50 Quarter bushel Tomatoes 0,50 do Carrots 1,00 Two Quarts Lima Beans . 0,50 Threo Garden Squashes 0,50 Six Field Pumpkins ' 0,50 Largest Sweet Pumpkin 0.50 41 Mm l Uonnor, Orange, Enoch Rittonhouse, Briarcreek, Jackson Thomas, Jersevtown, Judge. eetn iiartman, f ranklin, John Rohison, Scott, Class 8th HOUSEHOLD MANUFAC TURES. Best 10 yards Flannel made on handloom 1,00 2nd ' do do 0,50 do 1,00 do 0,50 do 1,00 do 0,50 do 1,00 do 1,00 0,50 0,50 1,00 " 6 yards Woolen cloth 2nd "do " 10 yards Carpet 2nd " do " 10 yards Plain Linen " " Linen Diaper " Pair Knit Stockings " do Mittena " Home-made Shirt Emanuel Lazarus, Orange, Mrs. M. S. Appleman. IletnlTc, " I. S. Monroe, Cattawissa, " Peter Ent, Scott, Judges. BEDDING 2nd DIVISION. Best Silk Quilt 1,00 " Counterpane 1,00 2nd" do 0,75 3d do 0,50 Pair Woolen Blankets 0,50 " " Linen Sheeu 0,50 Discretionary premiums will be allowed under this dirixion of 50 eti each to the amount of $5,00 on articles belonging exclusively to bedding. Dr. it. W.iUcKeynoIds, Hemlock, Miss Jane Freas, Centre, ' Eva Creasy, Mifflin, " Kate Eyer, Cattawissa, . " Phoebe Lott, Oraoge, " Lena Armstrong. Bloom. Judges. Class 9th DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES. Best Leaf Bread 0,50 " Pound Cake 0,50 " Spunge Cake - 0,50 " Ginger Cake 0,50 . " Sample Preserve 0,50 ! 44 - Fruit Jelly . 0,50 ; Tomato Preserrei 0,50 " " Cucumber Pickles 0,50 ! " 44 Pickles and other kind 0,50 i " " Apple-butter 0,50 : " " Preserred Peaches 0,50 . " " Home-made Soap 0,50 " " Cured Ham 0,50 " Roll Butter not less than 21b 1,00 2nd " do do 0,io ; John Sharpless, Cattawissa, Mrs. Philip Cool, Roaringc'k, " Sarah Conner, Briarcre'k 'Nathan Seeler, Berwick, Judges. Class 10A FANCY ARTICLES. Bert Variety tatting crotchet trimming Ao 0,50 " Knit or crotchet tidy 0,50 " do Shawl , 1,00 " Sample worsted work ' 1,00 " Lamp Mat 0,50 " Fancy Cbalr Corer 1,00 ' 44 do OMoman or stool corer 1,00 a u do Basket . 0,50 Ornamental Shell Work - 1,00 Burr or Leather work , 1,00 Collection of Dahlias 0,50 do Roses 0,50 do , Verbenas 1,00 and largest variety of flowers 1,00 Boquet Flowers 0,50 Collection house plants in bloom 0,50 Hanging basket with plants 0,50 Collection Dried Grasses 0,50 Boquet Winter Flowers 0,50 Collection Artificial Flowers, Wax Feathers, 4c, 4c, 0,50 Drawing or Painting 1,00 Fancy Pin Cushion, Bead work, 4c, 0,50 Pair Embroidered Slippers 1,00 4t 44 John Appleman, 'Hemlock, Miss Isabela Robison, Bloom, " . Sarmh llarman, do " Eralina R. Barton do Judges. CLASS 11 FLOUR. Best Sample Wheat Flour, 2 00 Buckwheat, do 2 00 Jodges John Betz Hemlock; Wealoy Bowman Orange; James Barton Montour. CLASS 12 STOVES & TIN-WARE. Best Cooking Stove and fixtures, 2 00 Parlor Stove, 2 00 and Greatest variety of Tin-ware, 2 00 Jodg's Jodah Boon Bloom; S. O. Rein hard Cattawissa; G. W. Lott, M. D., Orange. CLASS 13 AGRICULTURAL IM PLEMENTS. Best Plow, 2 00 Threshing Machine, 2 00 Horse Rake, 1 00 Lime Spreader, 1 00 Portable Cider Mill, 1 00 Wine Press, - 2 00 Washing Machine, -100 Farm Wagon, 2 00 Wheel Barrow, ' 1 00 Sled, - 50 Roller. 60 Judges J. H. Vandefslice Mountpleasant Col. H. R Kline Orange; 3. P. Former Cat tawissa. ' CLASS 14 WAGONS & CARRIAGES. Best Top Buggy, ' open do -' ; .- ' Two Horse Carriage, Sleigh, -- 00 00 00 00 00 Judges John J. Nevis Hemlock; Joseph Haybarst Orange; Doctor Wilson Berwick. CLASS 15 DENTISTRY &C. : Best Sett artiOciai teeth,1 " ' . " 1 00 ' . ''Sewing machine, ! 1 00 ' "Sample building brick, 50 ' Lot Eatthenware, ' ' ' : 1 00 ; Judges Dr. F." C. 'Harrison, Bloom; Dr. Conner Madison: Dr .H. C. Freas, Berwick. CLASS 16 BEES HI YES. 4 Beit -bee hirer -1 ! . 1 00 swarm bees1 ' ' . .1 00 '", 'sample honey :' '"''' 1 00 Judges Hiram Reader Franklin; Levi A. Hotcboson Centre; M. S. Appleman' Hem lock. - 'r t " " ' " CLASS lTt-M AN UFACTUR'D ARTICLES. j , Best display cabinet work, ; t-- 2 00 do smith -do ' 3 00 ' pair fine boots 1 00 do coars do . . 1'00 ' i doz. Windsor chairs,: ? 00 do. spring seat do '1 00 ' rocking chair, I 00 ; bedstead - " 1 00 ..aettea r ' - ' I DO ' t K ... I.' - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Judges Wm Roat, Locust; Hugh Mc Collumn, Madison; John We rich eiser Or ange; Robert Rohn, Bloom ; Jacob F. Diet erick, Greenwood. ; CLASS 18 WINES AND LIQUORS. Best lqt currant wine 1 00 00 00 00 00 00 do 1 blackberry do 1 1 ' grape do - 1 1 ' cataba i 1 cherry i 1 ' rye whiskey i 1 Qt cider vinecrar Jnd:es Isaac S. Monroe, Cattawissa ; Seth Bowman, Berwick ; Samuel L. Bettle, Light Street. CLASS 19 FRUIT. CD . Best i bushel winter apples 00 00 00 50 50 50 do t do tall do i do standard pears 6 dwarf pears sample dried peaches do do apples do - do cherr'iAa do do do do do Judges Thos. J Welli Vfr. fnnnlnl9,ni- Andrew Creveling, Bloom; Levi Aikman! Centre. CLASS 20 MISCELLANEOUS. Best sample leaf tobacco 50 do do broom corn 50 Judges John Staley, Greenwood; Mich ael Mensch, Franklin; Geo. A. Kelchner, Centre. CLASS 21 TRIAL OF HORSES. Sporting List. Best trotting mare or horse time not over three, minutes 2d do do do pair trotting horses or mares time lour minutes 2d . do do FARMERS LIST. Best trotting hore mare or colt single double or under the saddle two loll rounds of the course and not less than three to enter 2d best do An seti single harness do double do 2 sides sole leather 2 do upper do 2: kip 2 calf skins sausazs machine. 15 00 8 00 j 10 00 , 5 00 10 00 & 00 Judges Neal McCoy, Jerseyiown ; Johy P. Smith, Greenwood; John Hartman, Hem lock. CLASS- 22 TRIAL OF MEN. Best and fastest runner once around the course 2d do do Bet do walker do 2d do do do 00 00 00 00 RULES AND REGULATIONS. Article 3d of the Constitution requires every person lo pay to the association one Dollar, to constitute membership. The practice heretofore has been to buy a fami ly ticket on fair days and have their names recorded at the same time. Erery exhibitor i required to become a member of the association, before entering his article for Competition. Minors can be come Exhibitors by right of their parent or guardian membership. The field of competition is open to all. Persons Irorn other counties, can come as sured that this county will extend to them a hearty welcome, and give them a piace by the side of their own productions, an open field and a fair start is guaranteed to all. All articles offered for competition roust be owned by the competitor, all fruit, vege tables, flowers &c, must be the growth of the competitors, and all Manufactured arti cles must have been made by the competi tors. All articles for competition must be on the the ground by 6 o'clock, on Thursday the 17th P. M.. and remain there until 12 M, on Saturday 19th. when ihey are at the dis posal of the Exhibitor. No shows. Flying Horses or other t muse ments that tend to distract the attention of the visitors will be allowed. Persons, desirous ol erecting stands for the sale of Provision anil fruit, must obtain permission of the President, or Secretary of the association. No license will be granted to stands tht sell spiritous or malt liquors. The Judes are earnestly rejiie.ted to be on the ground by 9 o'clock on Fri.lay morn ing, to receive their instructions in order to proceed to business by 10 o'clock A. M. CALEB BARTON, JR. Prtsident. A Madison, Seciefmy. Blnomsburg, Sept. 11, 1861. SaWSMeisiijoiiMSSweawBSSMeaissswMBaesisssssssssssasaaissM ' Sob Law. The Chambersburg Times, in an article of some length, descants ably upon the spirit of lawlessness and anarchy which has re cently manifested itself in various parts of the North, and which has resulted in the destruction, (or "gutting," to use the mod ern phrase,) ol a number of printing offices. These acts, have in several instances, met if not the approbation, or at least the quiet acquiescence, of men previously occupying i a iair position in their respective commun itiesa (act so fraught with danger that oar cotemporary very pertinently asks Where will this end ; whither are tee of the loyal States drifting f If reckless n.obs shall continue with impunity to set aside one law after another, in view of all the valuable teachings of history, let us ask the question, is there anything before ns but the shoreless and tempestuous ocean of anarchy ? .The lessons of the French'Ravolution are fraught with warnings which should not pass an heeded. A few bread riois,fottered and en couraged by skillful leaders, swelled into great, popular movements which sweptover the whole nation, erectig their Bastiles and planting their guilotines, until the fair rivers of the republic ran .with' blood ; and then swept back again over the headless trunks of those same leaders. Those individuals and journals who encourage these lawless proceedings, should be reminded by the fate of Robespierra and his associate pan derers to' popular passions', that the mob which cheers to-day, to-morrow mocks at the face of those who invoked its aid that they might leap the power. There is no plainer truth nnder God's Heaven than that safety to life' and' property 'can ' only be maintained by sustaining the' fixed and eternal principles of jastio and organic law. He who takes the authority of law upon him self, becomes by that act a criminal, and shoold recive the punishment his crimes deserve ; for the law itself has prov ided a way in which offenders shall be Ueaied, sod safer so oca to interfere with i' THE LEFT-HANDED THIEF. 'How many young men have been injur ed and perhaps ruined by false suspicion!' remarked my mercantile friend, as wo were conversing on the 'panic,' a few evenings since. Suspicion is like an assassin in the dark. It stabs its victim, and he knows not from whence the blow came. Or it may be like the keen frost which seizes upon the ears, the cheeks, freezing the flesh or driving back the life blood, and yet the poor man is totally ignorant of his situation until he comes in contact with heat, and begins to feel the stirring pain. But I be lieve I never told you of the only time that supicion of evil was ever fastened upon me. It has nothing particular to do with the subject nnder consideration though it serves to show how merchants sometimes lose money. When a mere youth, I was placed in the store of Jacob Wharton, a merchant doing a good business. I was frugal, industrious and faithful, and at the age of twenty-one I wa advanced to the post of book keeper, with a good salary. I had charge ol the books and the safe, and all the money left over after banking hours was also in my care. I tried to do my duty faithfully, and I think I succeeded. Mr. Wharton was a close, methodical man, with a quick eye and ready understanding of business, and as I fancied he felt satisfied, I felt much pleased. I had been.book-keeper for a year when I thought my employer's manner towards me began to change. He began to treat me more coolly, and finally I was satisfieJ he watched my movements with distrustful glances. I became nervous and uneasy, for I feared I had offended him. But the thing came to a head at length. One evening when I was alone in the store, engaged in making op my cash ac count, Mr. Wharton came to me with a troubled look and spoke. His voice was tremulous, and I could see that he was deeply affected. George,' said he, 'I am sorry for the con viction that has been forced upon me, I fear you have no: been treating me as you should.' I managed in spite of my astonishment lo ask what he meant. I fear you are not honest,' was the re ply. Had a thunderbolt fallen opon me I could not have been more startled than I was then. Not honest ! And there 1 had been for years making it my chief aim and study how to serve him most faithfully. 1 do not remember what I said first I only know the tears came into my eyes that my lips trembled and that my utterance was al most choked. How long had he held these suspicions? I asked him, and he told me that it was more than two months. 'You have suspected me thus, and still left me in the dark ! After serving you so long after giving to your interests all my energies alter striving for faith and honor, that I might win your love and esteem to suspect me in secret to look upon me as a thief, and yet not tell me ! Ob, 1 would not have believed it V 'Let us talk the matter over calmly,' said the merchant, in his old kind tone coming back. He was touched by my agony, and I conld see that he was wavering. I felt at first Jike telling him that he should have done this before, but as he seemed ready to reason now, 1 found no fault. 'You have spent considerable money, of late V 'How!' 'Have you not built a house?' 'Yes sir, and paid for it too, and have thus given my mother a comfortable home.' Mr. Wharton was staggered for a moment by my frank and feeling reply, but pretty soon he asked : 'What did the bouse cost you ?' 'Just fifteen hundred dollars. My moth er owned the land. And I suppose you would like to know where I got the money. You, sir, learned me how to save i I have been here six years. The first year you paid me fifty dollars, and I laid op twenty five of that. The second and third years you gave me a hundred dollars and I laid up sixty a ye?.r. The fourth year yon made me a clerk and gave me five hundred. My mother was able to feed me, as our litllo cot answered for the time. I got along that year upon an expense of seventy-five dol lars. The next year you paid me six hun dred dollars, on condition that I kept your books. I saved five hundred of that. This last year yon paid me one thousand, and I spent only the interest of what I bad previ ously invested, so that the thousand was not touched. Of course my mother has worked, but she wished to do iu I have paid fifteen hundred dollars for my house, and have five hundred dollars in the saving bank. That is a plain statemont of my af fairs.' My employer seemed more puzzled than before. 'Now,' said I, 'I have given you an hon est statement, and will jou be eqoally hon est and tell me all that has happened to excite this suspicion.' . 'I will,' be replied, taking a .seat near me. ' Within the last year I have lost more than two thousand dollars! It must have been taken from the store. I know this, for I know the amount of goods which have been sold, and I know bow ranch cash 1 have received. I began to be " watchful for four lars I put it in the drawer, and on the next morning before you came in I looked at your cash account and founJ only two hun dred of that set down. From that timet have been very watchful, and have detect ed a dozen similar cates. I have noticed every dollar that came in after the bank account was made up, and have also taken note of the amount entered upon the book, and during that time there has been a leak of over seven hundred dollars ! Now who has access to the drawer and the safe V I was astonished. I could only assure my employer that I knew nothing of it ; and I saw he wanted to believe me. I ask ed him if he bad spoken of this to any one else. Not a living soul but me he replied. 1 pondered a few moments and then said : 'Mr. Wharton, could I be made to believe that even ignorantly 1 had wronged yon to the value ol a dollar, I should not feel the perfect consciousness of honor I now feel. There must be a thief somewhere. Some of the clerks may find aoccess to the money. But are you willing to let the matter rest for a few days? I will strain every nerve to detect the evil doer. He finally consented to let, me try my hand at detecting a thief. He also prom ised not to lisp a syllable upon the subject to any one else, and also to leave the mat ter wholly in my hands for one week. He gave me a warm grasp when we separated, and said he hoped I would succeed On the following morning I entered the store with all my energies of mind center sd upon the work before me. There were four clerks or salesmen, and one boy, in constant attendanca. besides myself; and all the money received had to pass through my hands. Sometimes ( made up my cash account at night, and sometimes not until next morning. In the latter case I generally put the mon ey drawer into the safe, and locked it up. The key to the safe was kept in a small drawer to which there were two keys one of which I kept, while Mr. Wharton kept the other. The only other person who ever helped us in the store, was Henry Wharton, my employer's only son. a youth of twenty years of age. He was preparing for college under a private tutor, but found time to help us in the store when business was driving. He was a kind hearted, gen erous fellow, and a strong natural attach ment had grown up between us. At first "gni oi gelling mm to help me rind the theif, but as Wharton had promised to speak I thought of getting him to help me find the to no one eise on me suDject, I concluded to keep quiet also. That night I counted my money, but made no entry on the account. There were three hundred and forty odd dollars. I put it in a new calf-skin pocket-book placed that in the money drawer, and locked the whole up in the safe. On the following morning I found fifty dollars missing. I counted the money over carefully, and I was not mistaken. I began to feel very unpleasant. My suspicions took sn unwel come turn. During the day I pondered upon the sub ject, and finally hit upon the following ex pedient : When I had locked up the safe for the night, I spread upon the knob of the door, and upon the money drawer, some pale red lead, being careful not to get enough on to be easily noticed. I had left the cah account open, to be closed up in the morning. When 1 next opened the safe, all was as I had left it. The next night I fixed the nob in the same manner, and on the morning follow ing I found forty dollars gone. Upon the pocket book were finger marks of red lead; ' , , , , . i,i and when I came to opec my cash book I found the same kind of marks there. So I learned one thing; the thief knew enough to see whether my account had been made of the money before he took it. 1 felt more unpleasantly than before, for my unwel come suspicions were being confirmed I had gained new light. There was a pe culiarity in the red finger marks that told me a sad story. Still, I wished to try fath er. For two nights after this the safe remain ed undisturbed, but on the third night I missed seventy-five dollars more, and I had now set my trap more carefully. The red pigment was not only used, but I had put a private mark upon every bill in the drawer. The pocket-book and cash book ere fin gered as before, and the marks were very clear and distinct. When the week was up, Mr. Wharton came and asked me what I had done. 'Ah,' said he, as be noticed the sorrowful expression on my countenance, 'you have failed to discover anything.' 'Alas, I wish I conld say so!' I replied. 'I have discovered to much. In the first place the money has been taken lrom the safe, and the key left in the proper drawer and locked up as usual. Also, the cash book has been examined each time to see if any entry has been made of the money. There has been one hundred and sixty-five dollars taken in all.' 'Bat how do yoa know the cash book has been examined?' he asked 'I will show yoa 1 said, producing both the cash and pocket books. 'You see those red marks? I fixed a red pigment upon the door knob of the safe, and upon the edges of the money drawer. Yoa can see these finger marks?' . 'Yes he whispered. 'And now,' I continued, 'just examine them carefully. See how the leaves of the cash book were turned over, and alao how the strap f the pocket book was tucked 'Only that the finger marks are very plain.' 'But you cannot distinguish the thumb marks Irom those made by the fingers?' Ves, I can.' 'Then tell me this,' I returned. 'Which hnnd did the thief we most dexterously in the j work ?' ' I Wharton gazed upon the marks,' and fi- j nally grasped '77i left.' 'So he did, I returned, 'and all the marks have been the same. The thief is a left handed one, and he is acquainted with the store and the book, and can gain easy access here. But I have yet anoiher mark. The lait bills that were taken were all marked with a small red cross upon the numerical figure in the right hand upper corner. Yoa can follow those up, for I have neither had the courage nor the heart to do it. The merchant sank back pale as death itself. 'Henry is the only left-handed person on the premises !' be groand, gazing on roe as though he wished that I would deny statement. But I could not. I knew his his own son was the guilty party. 'Ask me no more,' said I, with tears in my eyes, for the father's agony deeplv mov ed nie. 'The secret is locked up in my own breast; and neither to you nor to any living being will I ever call the name of the j one whom I suspect.' The stricken man graped my hand, and with sobs and tears he begged my pardon for tl e wrong he had done me, and thanked me for the assurance 1 had given him. On the following morning be brought me fifty dollars in eight different bills with a red cros. 'I know all now,' he whispered, in bro ken accents. 'Be kind lo me, and let this not go ont into the world.' I kept my promise, and lived to see the old man smile again : for when Henry saw the deep agony of his father, his heart was tonched, and not only acknowledged all Ins wild sins and humbly begged for pardon but became a trne and good man, and an honor and ornament lo society. rosilioos of the Body. Those persons engaged in occupations re quiring ine Hands alone to move, while the lower limbs remain motionless, should bear in mind that without constantly raising t. -. ... no uaum 10 an erect position, and giving a Bight exercise to all parts of the body ' snch a pracT.ce will tend to destroy their ura n u. iney snnum, nowever, sit in as T-l t I , erect position as possible. With seamstres ses there is always more or less stooping of the head and shoulders, tending to retard circulation, respiration and digestion, and produce curvatnre of the spine. The head should be thrown back to give the lungs full play. The frequent long-drawn breath of the seamstress evinces the cramping and confinemet of the lungs. Health cannot be expected without free respiration. The life 1 giving element is in the atmosphere, and ' without it ip proportionate abundance must disease intervene. Strength and robustness must come from exercise. Confined atti tudes are in violation of erred theories of health, physical development and the in stinct of nature. Those accustomed to sit writing for hours, day atler day, can form com? idea of the exhausting nature of the toil some and ill paid labor of the poor seamstress. A Mob Dispersed bv a Laot. We see it stated that the mob which went through Easton, Pa., the other day, compelling citi zens to go to the expense of purchsing flags to hang out of their windows, had everv " . ihuuw, u.u erery thing their own way until they reached the ....w -uc, u,ey re- I'caiGw i lie 1 1 vie in ai.ua iijb nag. i lie j uiige was sick, Dut one of his accomplished .1 i. . l L ... " v' " "I" dow, and in language mot chase and bean- 1 1 f 11 1 naanrnrl lh mrK rf ik. bl.. l , ""o oiiu reverence which the entire household bore for the Union and for its bright and glorious emblem, bat wished them to understand that though the house should be raized about them, the sacred folds of that flag would not pe unfurled by her or her family at the re quest of a mob." This firm and eloquent little speech was to much even for the mob spirit and quietly and almost silently, the demonstration broke up and the disturb ers of the peace sooa after repared to their , . homes to reflect upon, and doubtless lo re- fcici mo wuir. tuey iiau ueen engaged in. , 1 . 1. .1 i. J - Is it a wonder that the Republicans wish to change their names. Democratic Doctrhe. As far as we are able to discover amongst our exchanges, the Democratic press of the North may be said lo be a unit in favor of sustaining the Government in the energetic prosecution of this war. The Democracy of the North deny the right of secession in toto. They have always done so. They denied the the right of the New England States to se cede from the Union in 1814. They denied the right ol Massachusetts to secede, as she threatened to do in 1844, if Texas was ad mittedand now they emphatically deny the right of Texas to secede. They go for! sustaining the Union now ihh ,r done presenting no petitions for its disso lution, and scorning the men who wooid under any circumstances, "let it slide." They also go for the Constitution and its guaranties, including the Liberty of Speech and the Ft eedon of the Press. This we call the true, manly and patriotic ground ; and peace and harmony can only be re-established in Origin of the Bed fflao'.' ' ! The Nor Wester publishes a. repprt of - a , very able lecture delivered at Selkirk by j Mr. Frank Lamed Hunt, upon the Red Man. I In the course of his remarks, the lecturer said: . . '3 There has been a vast deal said, surmised and conjectured about the North American Indian, some saying that they are the de scendants or the lost tribes of Israel ; others that they are the branch of the Aztec fami ly. To a third suppositon, that they are of Tartar origin crossing to the New World and spreading over it, from Behrings Strait's I do most seriously incline. They show it so unmistakably in their faces as to leave in my mind at least, scarce a doubt; In a con versation I had the happiness to enjoy, one evening, with Pere Favor, of the Roman Catholic Miskion at Fort William, Lake Su perior a man of fine powers ot mind, and one of the (if not the most) accomplished Otchipa scholars now Tiring 1 mentioned this as my belief. He at once confirmed 'it and spoke of an early Jesuit missionary upon the Lake, who, upon being transferee! to Tartary, to his astonishment met in one of the villages of that very distant country, a woman whom he had known in this They mutually recognised each other, and in answer to his inquiry, she said she had been taken across Behring Straits, and was last left where he saw her. The same fa ther, stricken by a similarity of the languag es, compared a list in which the respective tongues,Tartar and AUonquin.being placed 6ide bj side, showed without doubt a com mon root or derivation. The testimony from this trntbful scholar was more conclu sive to my mind than the piled op theories and vague speculations of a college of sa vans. How many centuries they took to traverse and cccupy this immense extent of territory, break up into bands which grew into tribes, by non-interconrse acquire dialects of their own, we know rot. Bet with their habits nothing could be more natural and easy, and with the abuudance of game and means of life came rapid in crease of numbers, sufficient a their wants and inclination prompted, to reach all parts of the country, even lo the broad Atlantic, where now their very name is a tradition. Wordiof Wirninj. .. . We presume that nobody will dispute the claim of General Jackson to have been a friend of the Union, and a far-seeing, saga cions patriot and statesman. Read, then, the following extract from his Farewell Ad dress in reference to the encroachments of the Federal Government, and its tendency to overstep the limits imposed upon it by the Constitution : "It is well known there have always beea those amongst ns who wish to enlarge the power of the general government; and ex perience would seem to indicate that there it a tendency on ihe part of this govern ment to overstep the boundaries marked out for it by the Constitution. Its legitimate authorit7 abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for which it was created ; and its powers being expressly enumerated, there can BE NO JUSTIFICATION FOR CLAIM ING ANYTHING BEYOND THEM, EV ERY attempt to exereUe power beyynd those int. Vs thavld be PROMPTLY AND FIRMLY OPPOSED. For one evil example will Und to other measures ttill MORE MISCHIEVOUS ; and if the principle of constructive powers, or supposed advantages, or temporary cir cumstances, shall ever be permitted to jus tify the assumption ol a power not given by the Constiution, the general government will before long absorb all the powers of legislation, and yon will have, in effect, but one consolidated government." Thc Right Chord Gen. Butler struck the right chord in his late order forbidding the nan of vrhiskav in lha oomn nA :. wouK1 be we for a officer8 of ;oIonteer. 1o carefully weigh his words. "Boys'he says in effect, ''whiskey is doing us a great i injury. Your general has no wish to con- ceal the fact that k haa bs.n in lU I ceal th or 08ing win and &. hip head I . . . . fo... nri nllorinn iham tn hi. f.. I- t J I -- "- o ",v alio llivuut, 1 f, I will not ask a sacrifice from his men be is unwilling lo make himself; therefore, no li quors or wines will be allowed either at hi headquarters or in the camp vbich he has the honor to commind." We repeat, General Butler has struck the right chord. There will be no more triumphs of whiskey in the camp of "Old Hair Trigger." Now that the campaign is open will not our officers emulate his exam I Pe in omer inings, and asx oj their men nc ..crificM theTv .ra nn, wiI1:r ln mat. ple in other things, and ask of their men no I J w ... eeves." . . : When Colonel Bcrnsidc so gallantly led his Rhode Island Regiment, he dismounted that he might know when his men were weary. Who wonders at the bearing of mea in battle fighting nnder such a leader ? The Grass Valley National relates the following incident having recently occared in that vicinity: A lawyer of this village was consulted a few days since by an injured husband who complained of the unfaithfulness of his, spouse. Repested acts of inconstancy on the part of the wife could be clearly proved, and the man of law told his client tha. ,here wooI1 b no difficulty in obtaining a. . divorce at the next term of the Court- Divorce next term of the Court ! exclaimed the now excited Benedict, "D a you, I only "want lo get an injunction to stay her proceedings V1 Happiness roust arise from our. own temper and actions, and not immediately, from any external conditions .
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