1: TV. a. JAGOST, Publisher, Truth and Right God and our Country. Two Pollas per Innun. v.. -VOLUME 15. BLbOMSBURG. .'COLUMBIA COUNTY, T A., WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1864. NUMBER 17. L ' 1 1 - X i : V EtSLttmcnt of tne Finances of the Csnnty of . Columbia . JKOM fhe First diy of January, A. D., 1863 lo the rrlay of January, A, D., 18SI. , : - ' ' . .The AuditorVelected li settle and 'ad just the public accounts of Colombia Co., , respecmili oeg. leave lo report that they have examined tbe fame ; from' the . 1st day of Jannary. A. D., 1863 to the first rfsy of Janury A. 0 ,1864 and respectfully Ay before, the honorable tlie Judge of the .Court of Common Pleas,': the following i Statement and report agreeably to the 22d section of lhe,"Act of general Assembly ot this Commonwealth passed the 4th day of April, A. D., 1864 JAMES S. McINCH,Treasnrer of Col nmbu county inaecoua; with said county: I8G3. DRi January. To taxes outstanding 3,56 32 do Cab balance in hands . . ' Treasurer, a per Audi tots Settlement ol 1862 $1085,87 February 3, to cash ot John Snyder, - Ex-Sht-rilT, Jury fies. Ala) 4. to cash .of L. Ye iter, land returned. " , June, amount of County tax assess 33 00 2 80 ed for the year 1863. ?10 C53 do Caso, received oi military fund , 96 34 40 August 31, l,an ot J. eh weppen- heieer, land redeemed. Sept. 9, Cash of B. Swank and Chrrington for old Bridge. Dec. 7, Cash ot N. C. Kustubader, land redeemed. 2ft Cash Jacob Eyerly Pro'y, fine, do Cab received of sundry per son for ase of Court room. 6 52 50 00 02 00 50 00 Cash of sundry persons, land re dammed ' " ' ' :" 662 Cash ree'd on sundry taxes, 100 Bal. of borrowed moeey en nand, 687 lo araownt outstanding. . . 283 66 93 72 87 522,263 45 CR. Atnonnl outstanding loi 1863, and . previous years. 6,273 23 Jxotertions allo'd colptor 137 61 . Commission allo'd collectors 520 8 1 678 42 Amount of Orders redeemed, . itlOo 0 Treas'er's commiion on 513,988,24 at 4 per cent. " " 559 52 ' Balance in hands of Treasurer, 649 26 .22 265 45 ,,'' JAMES S. McNINCH. Treasurer of Col ombia county in account with tax on Dogs. 'Amonni oattanding uncollected - for 1862, ; 1016 35 Amotinf assesfd for 1863. . 1385 00 -Ualtnce due Couaty Treasurer. 194 03 i i - " ' -. : ' ' 52595 , . CR. Balance doe Traa-'arfr per Auditor's" report of January 7, 1863, 17 Am't. oj(stan 'in2, ui.coiiecied 1 -ICS Eronjraticn a!lowd Coil-c-or, 43 Co i!inno:K aHlowfd Collector, 39 Am't sheet darna'i order re- "deem'ed, '" , 1,275 TreaKVr'.-coirjmi-sion on 31,275 79 51 38 9S 04 50 04 79 03 -' ' , 2,595 35 I. IXPENDITURES. AUDjlOUS AND CLERK. Aoant paid Auditors and Cl.-rk. 40 50 Am'e paid C. G. Bartlej, auditing Pro-h'y and Register's account. 12 50 ' 553 00 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Amount paid saH Simety, S100 00 ASSESSOR'S PAY. Aroocal paid Assessors for spring assessment. 427 22 BRIDGE AND ROAD VIEVYS. Amoout paid sundry persons,- .118 00 ' - BRIDGE CONTRACTS:- " ; Am't pai l Swank & Co., and others, . . 2,387 61 BRIDGE REPAIRS. - -Amount paid sundry person. 179 66 BLANK BOOKS. Am'l paid sundry persons for Pro thonotary and Rnis'er's affipe. 68 41 CONSTABLE'S RETURNS. Amount paid the several Constable '--during ib year. 93 11 . . . COURT CRiER. . .. Am't paid M. Coffman, Conn Crier 44 35 CLEANING COURT HOUSE. Am't paid sundry person. 32 64 .... , ;. COUNTY BUILDINGS . . Am't paid sundry person for re-, pairs in and about Coart House nd Jail. " 'M 67 COMMISSIONERS AND CLERK. Am't paid R. C Fruit, Clerk. 400 00 . Jo Wm. Lamon, Comrrsioner, 131 00 - do Chas: II. Hes, An 178 60 do- Rohr McHeary, do 126 00 " do T. J. Yanderslicc,' ' do 13 50 8t9 00 ' COMMISSONER'S ATTORNEY. Am't paid J. G. Freeze, Attorney. 60 COMMONWEALTH COSTS. Amooot paid sun.lry persons. 207 DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Amoantpaid E. H. Linle. 93 ELECTION EXPENSES. . 'Am't paid at spring election. 335 do Jo General. 363 00 08 00 56 40 '' -: " ' 758 96 ' FOX AND WILD CAT SCALPS. Am't paid suudrt -personi.' 40 ; FUEL " . 53 Am't pax y fael for Court Hoosa t -A 6S 72 . INCIDENTAL. Am'l paid for Stationery for Court &C.32 40 . , INSURANCE. - , : "Ara't paid Lycoming Insurance Company, . , . - - - .'619 ' ' INQUEST?. -? Amount paid Lewi Yetter,Eq., for - inoaest on body of S. MaUon. 12 10 John Doak; Esq.; Jor inquest- on body ef Thomas. St ookey, JO 62 J. B. Kntiile Esq., for iaqaest, ", ; , - on bod or G. McDonald, 15 43 Adara Silf, Esq , for inquest ; on body of Salt ChiUren. ' 14 S7 L.- W. VoIley, Esq., inqaest ' on bod?t.f an onknown woman, 13 S3 J.M; Charaberlin, Eq-inqaest cn body bf Wm Milier. 1 1 12 - . 6 a do . 'r; " : :: . 77 99 JUHOR'S WAGES AND MILEAGE. 'rr,U n.il ! 'J irtir i? sirfal CO'ltS.1.2 5 97 SERVICES. flarri-ja, at'- ,:.t' ? on nr 5 1)0 ' T D L i - - - 61 122 4 87 00 00 323 340 PENITENTIARY. Amount paid E. S Penitentiary, 83 protronota nr. Am'l paid J. Eyerly, Proth'y. . 167 16 POSTAGE, Am'i paid P John. Postmaster, 3 ROAQ DAMAGE, Am't paid sundry persons in Benton,' 8 do do Bloom. 73 00 24 do do Fishingereek, 115 00 do do Greenwood, 46 00 do do Orange, 30 00 272 24 RECORDER. Am't pai.t Daniel Lee, recording Treasurer' Bonds, &c. 7 75 REVENUE STAMPS. Am't paid P. John for Revenue Stamps ' 15 25 SHERIFF'S BILL I Am't paid J H. Furman, conveying pri sorters to E. S Penitentiary, and House of Refuse, and lunatic Asylum at Harri-burg. 229 do Boarding prisoner &e. ""316 60 72 545 72 SHEEP DAMAGE. Amonnt paid sundry persons, at foiiows . do W. H. Jacoby ( '' do'-' . J. S. Sanders, "do P.John,; Briarcreek township, 45 50 Baiitou " do " 46 12 Canawissa .do'. ' , ' , 27 Centre do 106 00 Fish'nucreek - do . .. 24 0o Franklin do 50 7o (Jreenwood do 35 00 Hemlock do 6g 50 Jackson do 4 00 Locust do 156 50 Mi. Pleasant do 242 00 Montour do 44 75 M.rEin do 108 00 Madison do 40 92 Oiane do 52 50 Pine do 32 0 Roarin?crdek do t3 50 Scott - do 14 00 Sugarloaf do 62 25 1244 29 TIP-STAVES. , Am't paid at several Courts, BORROWED MONEY. 01 oo Am't do do do do paid Wm. SloanJ borowed money, do Interest on same, J. S. McNinch, Treasurer, paid interest for county. 100 49 318 00 00 50 00 83 S. Kolenbader bor'd mony, do interest on same, 1090 32 J Shnrpless, brr'd money, 1250 00 Inre"ton same, and oo bal- r. nnre ct rona wrtica . ne yes hold. G. Hushes, int.cn borrowed money. 65 67 32 83 do do do do Francis Evansbor'd money 500 00 Interest on same and on bal ance of bond which he yet bold. 46 25 Mrs Mary S. McNinsh, bor'd mor?ey. 1000 00 in:erest on same. 32 83 I 5;330 91 TAXES BEFUN0ED. Am't laxfs refunded to Thorn a Hawei. -m ' 36 do do do Elias Hicks. 4 G9 Am't of road, school and poor re funded to the diflerent twps. 143 38 148 43 WHOLE AMOUNT OF ORDERS. Issued lor the year 1863. 15,468 20 Deduct arn'l Miep D:tnng criers .is-ued for.same year.! 1244 29 Deduct taxes refunded to .. . ( ; twp., &c. I"3 43 do Am'l of bor'd money- , , repaid, interest on same. 5330 91 ' 6722 63 Actual expenditures for 1863. 8744 57 We, the undersigned Auditor of Colum bia county, beins duly elected to adjust and settle the account of the Treasurer and Commissioners, do certify that' we met at the office of the Commissioners in Bloomburg. and carefully examined trie accounts and vouchers of the same, from the first day of Jan. A. D., 1863 to the first day of January A. D., 1864, and find them correct as set forth in the- foregoing state ment, and that we find a .balance due Col ombia county o SX . hundred and .forty nine Dollars and twenty-six cents, S649 26 from James S. McNinch, Treasurer of sat J County. " ' ' Given under ocr hand, thlssixth day oi Jan. A. D. 1864. - J. F. FOWLER, J R. YOHE, A.J EVANS, Counfy Auditors, AtUtlyV. WIRT, Clerk. We, the undersigned, Commissioners of Columbia county, do certify that the fore going is a correct statement of the accounts of said county for the year A; D. 1863. Witness our hands, Jan. 6k, 1864. CHARLES H. HESS, J Comraisionerg ROHR McHENRY, of T. J. VANDERSLICE, ) Columbia Co. JiteslR. C. FRUIT, Clerk. ' " . ' FINANCES OF COLUMBIA CO. i Blance due from Collectors, 6,273 23 Deduct for' exonerations arid com- missions, . 627 32 5,645 91 Due from J S McNinch, Treas'f. Jory fees and fines in bands Sheriff Furman, 649 26 20 00 of 6315 17 Deduct orders onredeem-: ,ed for. 1861, 14 24 . do " do 1862 4 35 ' do, do 1863 ' 154 60 ; 1 Deduct redemption money 662' 66 Bal. of bot'd, unpaid ; 2,750 00 3585 91 Bal. in favor of Coontv S2J29 23 ; STATEMENT OF DOG TAX. . Bal. due frora Collectors -"''1,168 04 Dednct for exonerations and com- .- missions , . . ,-. : 116 80 .1,051 24 Orders unredeemed for 1862 10 00 -do-- do - 1863 165 25 . f- Bal. daa Treasurer ? : - 194 02 S369 28 Bal. in favor of said Tax $631 , Feb." 1st,'" 1864. Directed 'to "be filed By the Court. : '. Since paid to Traasafer elect. -.. ; , Bloomsburs, Fb..6t.iS54. , . 96 i-, PUBLISHED ItlBT WEDNESDAY BT WM. II. JACOIJY, Office on Main St., 3rd Sqnare below Slnrket. TEUMS: Two Dollars p.r annum If paid within six months from the time of subscri bing: two dollars and fifty cents ifnot paid within the year. No subscription taken for ig i a Ies period than six months; no discon 'tinnar.ee permitted until alia rrearages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. The terms of advertising will be as follows : One square, twelve lines, three limes, SI 00 Every subsequent insertion, ..... 23 One sqnare, three months, 3 00 One year, l. ...... . w ...... 8 00 C 1)0 ice J3oetrn. Sot" For 'Ton.' You tell me I must bear you upeatc J What you would say I know ; ' It brought' the ose to this pala cheek, From ki$ lips long ago ! - '. "I love you !" you would tell ma this, Mut then our converse end f You have interpreted amiss . . The feeling of a friend. Love once on these poor lips of mine Has set his sacred seal, '"' """" A pledge that I will ne'er resign. Though vainly pledged I feel I Against my father's wish I loved, Against my mother's will ; False, as they prophised, he proved, And yet 1 loved him still I And so I was alone alone I For years I had not heard One accent fond, one'geutle tone, Oue cheering, kindly word. You came ! your roble nature brought, And a;! unhoped-for balm Of sjmpathy, and pityin? thought, And counsels wise and calm. Bat, ah too well I saw, at length r I felt 'twould nd in this. And yet my poor heart lacked the strength To turn from that brief bliss. I smiled the smi! was not for you ; I sighed not yours the siffh; One love for ma, my whole life through, Sufficetb till I di. Yet o'er the bi'ter bitter pat, Yon flung a garland sweet; I prized, it though it might not last . Forgive the poor deceit. Forgive me for the selfish fears, That kept nie mate so1onJ Let me wash oat with ih9e hot tears, - The memory of the wrong. Bat all your hope to win my love, For ever, frieruf, resign ; Onward for aye apart we move, You your way, and I mine ! A THRILLING TALE From the New Yoik Daily New." A OAlWTFD HOUSE IN NEW JERSEY Fcarfnl Scenes and Martllnz Discoveries. The day when .the shades of departed spirits were ntlowed to visit this moral world, and to ease their troubles by un folding a tale which harrowed 1 op the in most soul to the listner, and "made each particular hair lo stand on - end like quills upon a fretlul porcnpioe,y we supposed had passed away with oor Dutch r.rogeni" tor,vso graphically described by that most erudite and veritable of all historians, Died rich Knickerbocher, Esq. If ibis belief were true of the Island of Manhattan, where now our goodly city stands, it is not so of our over-the river neighbors in ibe "Jar sies," for there, even now, the grave gives up its sheeted dead, and "ghosts do squeak and jibber,'' as they did in :he streets of Rome the "night the great Julias fell.'' ; The thriving village of South Orange, in Essex. County, has been the latest scene of ghostly operations, and if not true, it is a hoax so well played and so elaborately got up, as to stju'e the whole community from its propriety and to make a talk, such as that most respected individual, tbe oldest inhabitant, never dreamed of during his long and eventful career. We tell the tale as it was told us, by one whose troth is not to be doubted, for be believes, what he says to be trne as the Gospel he bears each succeeding Sunday, every word: of which be holds that he who doubts is, or will be d d. This belief is so strongly diffused throughout the'whole section, that our re porter found not a single doubter in that whole region. The location of the "murder willout" scene is less than three miles from the vil lage. The dwelling where the ghoMly visi tor made the darkness visible is an old fash ioned frame r house, on the road leading down the Passaic Riverj surrounded by ce dars almost as old and quite as somber as the dwelling itself. .Tradition states that the building was of aate-Revolationary qri. gin, built before the colonies threw off their yoke, and inhabited by subject as loyal to King George as, if living, they would be lo his successor, Abraham the First, and in God's name, we hope, the last. Stained and weather-beaten, 'its dark, onpainted sides, for nearly all tbe paint which once gave it a brickdust red, is gone, the grounds which ; surround it saddly .neglected, but few urchins ever dared in their atternoon rambles after berries and bird seats to 'let the declining 6aa catch them within- view of this'now dismal horne'df iba odea well to do old Revolutionary Tory.' ' '. ,' . Many years after the. death, of the ,4'at. proprietor, the old bouse and grounds pass, ed into the possession of a Mrs. Walel, whose. hnsbsnd, on his disease left- among . his personal effects several slaves, with a codicil in his will giving them not only free dom, but entailing upoo the estate the bur den of support during their natural lives. At the time of the thrilling scene we are about to relate, Mrs.. Watel and. all the slaves, save only the youngest, had paid the great debt of nature, and for a time the old homestaid was left in all its ghostly grandeur and decay to the mercy of the winds and the marauding expeditions of the neighborhood, guarded alone by the faithful negress, who amid all its gloom, still remained, for it was the only home she had ever known Some two months since, a Mr. Halroer, a sturdy Teuton, as brave and phlegmatic as over, Teuton was, with his wife, a descendant ot the same hardy and fearless race, took the homestead with tbe incumbrance of the old slave, and commenced preparations to improve it. But it seems he got more than he bargain ed for. Wearied with moving and fixing op his new abode, the couple retired, but not to sleep that blessing was denied them. The witching hour of twelve brought no rest to their heavy eyes ; when, just as the last vi bration of the old Dutch clock announced that the hour of midnight bad passed and been buried with the centuries which pre ceded it, a strange and unusual noise was heard in the unfurnished room over head. At times it appeared as if devils were hold ing high carnival there; aeon a rush like that of many waters would be heard, and then a stillness as profound and as deep as that which is supposed to follow the wreck of rnatier and the crush of worlds after the last note from Gabriel's trumpet proclaims the end of time and man. Thus did it con tinue until the first gleam of the morning sun dispelled the noise and confusion which reigned in the chamber above, ant! restored the old Tory's homestead to its natural quiet. Strange to say, the negress U d heard naught ot this ; her f-Ieep had been like that of the seven sleepers, as deep and as profound as if fanned by summer zephyrs while reclining upon a bed of poppies a bed, be it known, that will brin sleep to the brightest eyelid that ever looked love or anger to mortal man. Thu morning dawned fair and . mfd as that which u.hers in a May morning". The Tenton and his Teutonic wife, rose with rueful countenances from their unblessed slumber, yet determined to unravel thi mystery to solve the night's problem and the night's horrors, to their very depth. Af ter in axious consultation they visiied the chamber above a rude floor beneatn, run ning the entire length of the dwelling,;Iiglit ed by a single window, the glass of which had long since been broken. Their search was long and anxious, but no hiding place for a nocturnal visitor could be found, and the twain made one in kin and flesh by the by menial sacrament, determined to be one in a midnight watch for the cause of the strange noises they had heard. Paising along, the woman saw a dark stain near the centre ot the room upon the floor a stain wfticn seemed to have eaten into the dark oak floor and by its deeper darkness to be strangely visible from all parts of the room; glowing, as it were, with a luster which seemed but to make the darkness more j visiDie. iLach had passed over tne same spot, and repassed it moments before, when they saw nothing but the dull oak, yet now the dark, the blood spot, fahone bet as with a livid luster. The night was devoted to watch and ward in tbe haunted chamber, and there, at twenty minutes past eleven the German and his brave wife took their stations, with lighted candles so placed as to illuminate all parts of the room the husband, as in duty bound, for why shonkl husbands peril their lives unnecessarily, nearest the stair way, whence escape was easiest, while the obedient wife took her's at tbe far 'end of the room. Time seemed to move with leaden wings, so slowly the minutes moved on. Everv rnstlin? leaf, which the Winter's . O T frcs! had spared upon a grove of oaks I which stood near by. brought that nnic- counlable thrill to the heart? of the twain, which supernatural terror alone can give. At lentbg the whizz of the old Dutch clock commenced,' and soon the measured strokes from one to twelve announced that the fa tal moment, and perhaps fatal hoar, had come.' Scarce had' the clock ceased its count of twelve, the very candles seeming to emit a blue flame, when a rushing noise for a moment was heard, and a vaporseera ed to overipread the center of the room. Soon it seemed to gather into form, and the startled watchers saw it take the human outline of a female dressed in the costume of past ages, while a long hand, detached from the drapery, pointed sorrowfully to the dark stain, which seemed darker, and yet more visible in the floor beneath. Thus for a moment it stood unmoved, and as the poor Teuton's face showed the more of fear, the s erner seemed to grow the face of the dark, unearthly figure which stood be fore him. The pooTt wife, ber retreat cut off for 6he ceold not reach the Btairs with out passing the shadowy' figure between her and escape remained crouched in her corner, not daring to move. Thus for the space perhaps. of a moment, but which seemed an age, ; when, the, German almost unconsciously burst forth with a shrieking voice., . . , ". ., . ,.- . . . ,-, - u ..VGot.ia Hiinmel., . vol , is . it , , Vot'e yoa vontt" Instantly the female figure,, teem j ed to dissolve a rash was heard, the catt- dies resumed their wonted light the spec ter had Vanii-hed. Sadder and wiser, the couple as soon as their urengih, paralized for the time, returned, slowly left the haunt ed chamuor, casting wild glances behind, and it was not until full an hour after their own bed-chamber had recieved them, that they, each gTaspIrig the oiherTs hand, dared even in whispers to speak of the learlul scene they had witnessed. Daylight brought with it courage and self confidence, and after a long consultation, and bringing in a neighbor to aid in their counsels, they determined again to explore the haunted room. Tbe dark spot the blood plain gloowed with a darker bright than before. The old floor which covered the spot was eoon removed, and the second floor was seen, securely fastened to the th ick joice, and going down into a cavity, which formed the upper part of an old cor ner cupboard below. The upper part of this was removed, and there a skeleton bead and body, the outline being for a mo ment complete, was found. Upon the air reaching it, and on the touch, the mass crumbled into dust with age. The ashes of the departed, and the scene where this strange occurrence happened, have been visited by hundreds, who can attest the truth of the main facts of this o'er ttue tale. That "murder most foul, as at bestit is," had been committed, none in the neighborhood doubt, but who the guilty person, or who the ranrdered, few pretend to guess. None now in life was tbe guilty perpetrator, because the bones have lain too long, and tbe mystery forms the sole subject of conversation for the aged and the young, the wise and the unwise in the neighborhood where these scenes, stranger than even fiction could make, and worthy the pen of Monk Lewis or Mrs. Radclifla to describe, transpired . Romor has it that the oldTcry, who first built and occupied the house, married for her beauty a young lady, surpassing fair and richly endowed in mental gifts, yet poor in this world's goods. It was a mar riage forced upon her by her father,. deeply in the Tory's debt, while her heart was giv en to a young sailor then on a distant voy age. Ad intercepted letter gave cause of jealousy proof upon proof accumulated, and a trap was laid lor the sailor on his re turn, and he was murdered; the ehadowy phantom, that of the wife, who pined in sorrovaiKl in captivity, tor srie was Ke.a to be deranged, end never left her living prison until death claimed her as its own and a stop to her mflering. If this wild tale, believed by many to be mere myth, got up to account for the strange scenes which really took place, be true, then it is hnnl hrniru is at rest, and that the Teu- r ton and his brave wife, will long live with out hearing any more supernatural noises or seeing any more blood spots on their floor. Tbe 07 and the Xan. A celebrated arti't, in one of hi? rambles , met with the most beautiful child he had ever seen. "I will paimth? portrait of this child," he said, "and keep it for my own, for I may never look upon its like again. He painted ' it ; and when trouble came, and evil pas sions moved his spirit to rebel, he gazed upon the likeness of the boy, and then passion fled, and holy thoughts entraced his soul. He said : "If I can find a being that will answer for a perfect contrast to this child, one in whom is consentrateJ every thing vile and ugly of which I can conceive, I will paint his portrait also." j Years passed away, and he ?aw no person 1 sufficiently hideous to anwerhis design. At length, white travelling in a distant land, he j went within a prison' wall, and there he, saw, stretched uyoa the floor of stone, the j object which his fancy had portrayed. A man whose soul was stained with blood, with glaring eyes and haggard face, and vritli H.pmnnisc rife, mrsinrt himself, his i fellow-beings, and blaspheming God, lay chained within that rauetable abode, and waiting for the moment of his execu tion. The artist transferred his likeness to the canvas, and blaced it opposite to the child's. How 6trkinaly 1 how complete the contrast. The aneel boy !the man fiend ! What must have been the feelings of the artist when, upon inquiry, he ascertained that both the portraits be had made were of the same individual being the beautiful, the innocent child, had grown into tho hid eous, the sinful man 1 A Darkey who blacks boots at the Na tional Hotel, in Washington, has the fol lowing motto conspicuously displayed over his stand : 1 ' ' No North; no South, No East, no West, -NO TRUST." A strong minded young lady in town was heard complaining that Lincoln does not call out any female regiments. She says she'd like nothing better than being in arms. A Chicago paper having said Abolilion its were in league with hell, Trentice sug gests that they are within less than a league ot it. . . , . What kind of tables should ' our soldiers be famished with ? Vege-tabfes. -, Oh ! Why. is a sailor's sword like a girl discarded by a beau 1 , Because it is a cut- 1ms. ., - .tit - f '', : . THE MISTEEI0C8 0RGAX1ST. "Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith ihan Norman blood," Years ago at a grand old cathedral over ooking the Rhine, there appeared a mys terious organist. The great composer who bad played the organ so long had suddenly died, and everybody from the king to the peasant, was wondering who could be found to fill his place, when one bright Sabbath morn, as the sexton entered the church, he saw a stranger silting at the capo-shrouded organ. He was a tall, grace ful man, with a pale, but strikingly hand tome face, great black melancholy eyes, and bair like the raven's wing for gloss and color, sweeping in dark waves overiis shoulders. He did not seem to notice the sexton, but went on playing, and such music as he drew from the instrument no words of mine can describe. The astonish ed listner declared the organ seemed to have become human that it wailed and and sighed and clamored, as if through us pipes. When the music at length ceased, the sexton hastened to tbe stranger, and said : Pray, who are you, 6ir ? Don't ask my name, he replied. I have heard that you are in want ot au organist and have come here on trial. You'll be sure to get the place, exclaimed the sexton. Why, yoa surpass him that's dead and gone, sir. No, no, yon overrate me, responded the stranger with a sad smile ; and then as if half disinclined to converse, he turned from Old Hans and began to play agaia. Aud now tbe music charged frora a sorrowful strain to a grand old pean, and tho mystre rious organist ' ' Looking forward full of grace, Played till from a happy place God's glory smote him on the face." and his countenauce seemed not unlike that of St. Micheal, as portrayed by Gaido. I Lost in the harmonies which swelled ! around him, he sat with his far seeing gaze ' fixed on the distant aky a glimpse of which he caoght through ar. open window, when there wa a star about the church door, and a royal party came sweeping in. Among them mi"ht be seen a vounz erirl with a wreath of golden hair, eye like wild oher ries. This was the Princess Elizabeth : all eyes tnrr.ed to her as she sealed i;er.e!f in the velvet cushioned pew apprspria''?! to j -uun. ivsuu.,n uw 1.10 .uuc ed her ears than she started as if a gLost . ad crossed her path, the blocm faded from cheek, her lips quivered and h-r whole t frame grew tremulous. At last her eyes met those of the organic, in a long yarning look.and then the melody lost its joyous notes and once more wailed and sighed and clamered. By my faith, whispered the king ts his daughter, this organist has a master hard Hark ye, he shall play at your weJJicg ! The pale lips of the princess parted, but she could not epeak she was dumb with grief. Like one in a painful dream she saw the pale man at the organ, and heard the melody which filled the edifice. Aye, full well she knew who he was and why the instrument seemed breathing out the agony of a tortured heart. When the service was over and the royal party bad left the cathedral, he stole away as mysteriously as he had come. He was not seen again by the ?xton till the ves pei hour and commenced his task. While he played a veiled figure glided in and knelt near a 6hrine. There she knelt till the worshippers dispersed, when the sex ton touched her on tbe shoulder and said : Madam every-boJy ha? gone out but you and me and I wish to close tbe door. I am not ready to go yet ; was the reply, leave me leave me. The sexton drew back to a shady niche and watched and listened. The mysterious organist still kept his post, but his head was bowed upoo the instrument, and he could not see the lone devotee. At length j the rose form the isle and moving lo the i organ 101:, pauseu oeswe ma rausiciau. Bertran 1 6he mcrrcured. Quick as thought the organist raised his head. There with the light of a lamp sua pended to the arch above, falling upon her stood the princess who had graced the roy al pew that day. The court dress of velvet, with its soft ermine trimmings the necklace the bracelet, had been exchanged for a gay robe and a long thick veil ; which was now pushed back from the girlish face. Oh, Elizabeth, Elizabeth ! ejaculated the organist, and he sank at her feet, aud gazed wistfully into her troubled eyes. Why are yoa here, Bertran? asked the primees; 1 came here to bid you farewell, and ar I Oared r.ot venture into the palace, I gain ed access to the cathedral, by bribing the bell ringer and having taken tha vacant seat of the dead organist, let the music breathe out tbe adieu 1 could not trust my lips to utter. A low moan was the only answer, and he continued : You are to be married to-morrow 1 Yea, sobbed the girl. Oh Bertran' what a trial it will be to stand at yooder alter and take upon me the vows which will doom me to a living death 1 Think of me rejoined the organist; your royal father has requested me to play at the wedding, and I have promised to be there. If I were your equal, 1 could be your bride groom instead of the organist ; but t. poor musician must give yon op. L ' It is like reading soul and body asunder to part with )ou, said the girl. To night 1 . must tell you this tell you how fondly I i love you, bat in a tew hours it will be" a 'sin. Go, go and may God bless you. . j She waved bint from ber, as if she would j banish him while he had power to do so ; j and he, how was it with him 1 He rose to ' leave her, then came back, held her to his j heart in one long embrace, and . with' a half smothered farewell left her. The next morning dawned in cloudless splendor, and at an early hour the cathedral was thrown open, and the sexttvn began 10 prepare for the brilliant wedding. Flam colored flowers waved by the wayside flame-colored leaves came rushing down from the trees, and lay in light heaps upon the ground ; and the ripe wheat waved like a golden sea, and berries drop ped in red and purple clutters along tha Rhine. At !ength the palace gates were opened, and the royal party appeared escorting the princess Elizabeth to the cathedral, where her marriage was to be solemnized. 'It was a brave pageant ; far brighter than the un twined foliage were the tufts of plumes which floated from stately heads and the festal robes that streamed down over tha housings of superb steeds. Bat the princess mounted on a snow white palfry, and clat in enow white velvet, looking pale and sad; and when on nearing tbe chourcn, she heard a gash of organic music, which though jubilant in sound, struck on ber ear like a funeral knell, and she trembled, and would have fallen to the earth bad not a page supported her. h fow moments afterwards she entered the cathedral. There with bis retina, stood the bridegroom, whom she had never be fore seen. But her glance roved from him to the organ loft, where she expected to see the mysterious organist. He was gone, and she was obliged to return the gracefot bow c-f the king to whom she had been be trothed from motives of policy. Mechani cally she knelt at his side on tha altar .of stone ; mechanically she listened to the ser vice and made tbe responses. Then ber hosband drew her to him in a convulsive embrace, and whispered : Elizabeth; my wife, my queen, look up I Tren.bling in every limb she obeyed. Why did those dark eyes thrill her so? Why did the smile bring a glow upon Ler cheek ? Ah ! though the king wore the purple, end many a jeweled order glittered on hia tress:, Le teemed tbe came humble person who had teen employed to teach oran music, and had Uughl her the lore c' love. Elizabeth, mrrranred ths monarch, Ber tran llo:!rran, the mysterious organist, and King Oscar are one ! Forgive my etra'a grm. J wished to marry yon, but 1 would not drag to tha altar an unwilling brice. Your father was in ih 5 secret. While tears of joy ran down from . her blue eyes, the new made queen returned Ler husband's fond kin, and for or.ce, two hearts were cude happy by a royal mar riage. The Swiss Democrats. It has been for many generations the shame ot Switzerland that its citizens, re puoncans at home ; professed friends of civil aiid religious liberty aud of political independence, and who, in many wars and many a stubborn battle, have fought most gloriously to preserve fur their country its inJepeiidei.ee, and for themselves their lib erties, should, witb enameiess alacrity, for the miserable stipend cf frora five to fiitean dollars per month, place themselves at the service of the despois oi Europe, to enforce upon writhing subjects, by pike and bayoa et, the moat odious tyranny. We have among ourselves a class of politicaus more odious than those mercen ary Swi-s republicans, more odious in the shameful abondopment ot principle of which they are guilty, in the atrocity of meanness cf service they zealously render, in the character of the pay they hope to receive. Those politicians call themselves "War Democrats;" distinguished only in name from the Radical BUck Republicans and Abolitionists. By the .plainly written and indestructible principles of the Dem ocratic party in the United Slates, of which they call theraselvei member, they must believe injtbe sovereigutyof the States yet, wore than Swir-a mercenaries, who, when the liberty and independence ol Switzerland were in danger, woald promptly leave tor e.gn sereice aud ily to the rescue, we sea the War Democrats deliberately approving and supporting meuarni which they know are ii.tei.dedto destroy, and must result iu the destruction cl the liberty of the people and the sovereignty of their Stat. , They have stood b, and seen without resistance or protest, even with approval and aiJ, wuhe altar withe bound around tho stalwart limbs of our "Empire State" by tbe treach erous dehlahs ol Abolitionism ; and they now stand ready, as soon as the "seventh" shall bi well applied, thcmeelves to give the cowardly and traitorous signal: "The Paiiisttnes be upon thee, Sampoa !" God grain thai yaur Jell aul traitorous purpose ; may fail of its accomplishment ! God ' gram taat our "Empite State" may break the withes that bind her as "thread of tow' is broken "wbtn it oucheth the fire," and that she may yet long live to assert her owo severeignty, and cover with i;s regie tba liberties of hfcr children ! - Aud what isyocr pay ; War Democrats,, stipulated by your al.ies for this lalsiiy to principles and treason of State 1 Where are your eloven hundred pieces of silver?" One ot you xe know has received his twelve hundred. Some of you will doubtless re ceive your pay, as he, in cash ; some in othce, some in gra;ified vanity, some ia gratified pite, some in present security, ome in fat contracts, some in plunder col lected irora Southern battle fields and pil laged towns ; some hope for large pay ia tbe wholesale confit-cation of Soutnern property and distribution of Southern lands, at the close of the war. But to assure those rewards and win some little respect and confidence from your allies, who now usa aud despise you, yoa incst join the Aboli tionists in name as you have in fact. Rid Democracy of. your preseuce. We shall never cesse to protest against your assump tion of tht came oi Democrat, to which; you have now co ti.le. . 1
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