BY S. B. BOW. CLEARFIELD, PA., ATEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1859. VOL. C.T0. 16. i i r. - I 1 J- - t e - THE LAST HOO OF ATITU2IN. 'Tia the last hog of Autumn, Left squealing alone : All his grunting companions Are butchered and gone ; No pig of his kindred, No porker is nigh. To help empty the swill-trough, tJr share in his sty. 111 not leave thee, thou lone one, To starve in the pen ; Since thy mates are all pork now, Die shalt thou with them. Then thus do I offer The knife to thy throat, And thou strait be pickled, Like every dead shoat. And may I be present, V.'hen thou art the treat ; For ham, souse or sausages, Who would not eat? Vi'hen people are hungry, And beef can't be had. For calming the appetite l'ork it not bad. JCOrTRIGHT SSCURED.J CLEARFIELD COUNTY: OR, REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST. In 15:27, the building which has been re modelled and is now occupied by L.J. Craus, Vq., as Lis office, was used by Christopher Kratrer and George S. Irwin as a printing of fice. At this period they commenced the pub lication of a county paper named the Pennsyl vauii Banner. The establishment was small, but it was in that day quite an undertaking to fctart a paper in this neck of woods. The type wore procured in Pittsburg ; a screw lor the prts was manufactured in Philipsburg, and iLe frarue-work of the press was made by Sir. Kratzer out of a maple tree which be cut in the neighboring forest. The paper was Dem ocratic in its proclivities and compared favor tib'y with its cotemporaries in point of matter and mechanical execution. Mr. Kratzeronly . remained in connection with the office a few months, and then sold his interest to his part ner. We are not aware that during this time he derived much reputation as an editor, but kiicw that since then in his public and private relations he Las earned the name of a consci entious and upright officer, a good citizen, d 1 an honest and worthy man. The estab lishment soon passed into the hands of Thoni s Moore and S. Townsend Shugart, the latter U-ing now first assistant in the Patent Office, Washington city, a post which ho has held for many years and where, in the discharge of bis duties, his promptness and his urbanity have gained him many friends. In the fall of 18C0 Joseph M". Martin, an Attorney at Law who re moved here from Milton, Pa., became the edi tor and publisher. Whilst the paper was con ducted by Mr. Martin it was warm in its advo cacy of a National Bank, a high Tariff, and th favorite measures of the Whig party. Mr. Martin was not a practical printer. lie engag ed William L.Moore, of Centre county, to come out here in 1831, and take charge of the office. Mr. Moore published the paper until November 1831, entered into partnership with Matthew Erown, and they becime the proprie tors and editors. Brown was at this time en gaged in the Mercantile business in Clearfield. "He was a citizen of Lycoming county had acted as Treasurer there, and then removed to this county. When he reached here he had with him a &ix-hors3 load of goods, which he unpacked and commeuced selling in a room in an old building where the Mansion House now stands. He had littlo business tact, was close and penurious oft, through economy, going barefooted even when on a journey. He would sometimes say to his customers, "yes I have the article the price is so much il you intend to buy I will show it to you." His goods were seldom marked at less than one per cent,(Archy Campbell's per centageof course) and when other stores were established and were out of goods his would sell. He left here some years ago. The Pennsylvania Ban ner whilst owned by Moore & Brown professed to be Neutral in politics, and published for ei ther party such articles as they desired. But whilst professing neutrality, many political ar ticles appeared. Moore was a Democrat and Brown a Whig. Each editor wrote or selected such articles as he pleased for publication.and when of a political tendency, signed them Ju i ior or Senior editor. The Democratic party was in the ascendancy in the cdunty. The members were not satisfied with a paper which professing neutrality only contained articles wnich neutralized each other, and desired the publication of a sheet which should be the or gan of the party. With this object in view the Clearfield Democrat waa established about 1S34 William Bigler being the editor and publisher. A split in the Democratic party, and a change in the management of the Ban ner, made the rival papers organs of the differ ent wings of the Democratic party. In the triangular fight for Governor, the Democrat supported Henry A- Muhlenberg and the Ban ker George Wolf. Mr. Brown had sold his in terest in the Banner to Levi L. Tate a citizen or this county, now editor of the Columbia Democrat, and the pajr was then enlarged and published under the name of the Pioneer and Banner. The Gubernatorial contest was conducted with much warmth in the county. It was characterized by personal abuse and vi tuperation and engendered much bad blood fcd hostile feeling. One cause of the inter na! strife was, that Thomas Hemphill, who bad hen selected as a delegate to the convention through the instrumentality of the friends of Gorertor Wo.lf in Centra and Clearfield conn- ty, owing to some difficulty at the organiza tion, voted for Mr. Muhlenberg, and on his re turn home worked and voted for the nominee of the Lewistown convention. Mr. Hemphill, now deceased, was a well known citizen and politician of Clearfl-eld town. He was a native of Ireland and had resided for some years in Bellefonte. He was a radical Democrat, a man Wot determined purpose and strong prejudices. lie was for many years the proprietor of the Hotel which bears his name, and which, being the place of general resort, gave him consid erable influence. The new paper was short lived, it received little patronage and acquired no celebrity. When the Clearfield Democrat ceased to exist, and the dissensions in the Democratic party were healed, its editor became the Clearfield Democrat. He was selected as a leader, and through the partiality of his political friends acquired name and position. His prestige was not due to his political friends alone. He was popular with the mass of the people, and, when first a candidate for the State Senate, received every vote cast in the county, save one. Mr. Bigler deserves much credit for his success. He has always had in view :one ob ject political position. If be has not attain ed the post which his ambition prompted him to reach for, it is not because he has not kept the darling project near his heart. He, rising from obscurity, has received more at the hands of his constituency than one in a thousand of those who embark on the sea of politics, ever attains. S William Eigler was born in Ferry county about II is father died whilst he was young, throwing the support of a family of young children upon the widow. When able to assist in supporting the family, the boys turned their attention to industrial pursuits. William studied the art of printing under his brother. He removed to Clearfield county in August 1S33, and, as we have said, was con nected with the Clearfield Democrat at its com mencement. In March 1835 he married a daughter of A. B. Reed, Esq. He soon en gaged in the mercantile business. He became largely interested in the lumber trade. For several years he was the principal lumber dealer on our stream. His business relations thus extended and ramified throughout the pine region, and through his advances made, the lenity and forbearance he showed to his debtors, and the interest which he manifested in the welfare of his customers, he secured their friendship. In 1841 he was elected to represent this district in the State Senate, and iivl844 re-elected. He served six years, du ring which time he was recognized as a work ing member, and a strict supporter of party measures. He occasionally engaged in de bate, and made some reputation as a ready, plain and argumentative speaker. In ISIS he was named in this and several other counties as a candidate for Governor. Mr. Longstreth was the successful man in convention, but was defeated at the polls by Wm. F. Johnston. When it became necessary in 1831 to elect an other Governor, Mr. Bigler received the nom ination of the Democratic party, and succeed- led by a largo majority over his competitor, TThe Christiana . riots and the unfortunate bill which his competitor kept in his breeches' pocket, tended to increase Gov. Bigler's ma jority. It was during this campaign that Si mon Cameron, thinking an effort to overthrow Mr. Bigler would prove abortive, brought a bout the defeat of one of his earliest and warm est supporters. Pretended opposition to Judge Campbell because of an unfounded charge of want of ability, but in reality sectarian preju dice, caused his defeat. It was a master stroke of policy in Gov. Bigler to appoint Judge Campbell Attorney General, on his accession to office, and then urge his claim for a seat in President Pierce's cabinet. Had he not pur sued this course, when personal venom had caused a political friend to bo struck down through religious bias, Democratic practice would have given the lie to Democraticteach ing, and the party might have been scattered to the four winds of heaven. Y During his term, Gov. Bigler showed fair administrative capacity. Ilia administration was not characterized by any marked event in the State, but viewed as a whole it was com mendable. The Kansas policy of the Nation al Administration, united with other causes, disturbed the elements. The political waters became troubled, and the dominant party in Pennsylvania seemed in the throes of dissolu tion when Gov. Bigle rs term was about expi ring. He was re-nominated by his party. A new element appeared in the political field, which, like the child's snow-ball, increased in size and weight as it rolted along, by its ac cessions became unmanageable, and then dis solved in mist. Know-Nothingism reached its culminating point on the eve of the elec tion at which Gov. Bigler was defeated by an overwhelming majority. Like a besom it swept all before it. Shortly after retiring from office, Mr. Bigler was elected President of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, and held that post about one year. (TO BE C0STL5CED.) Why should society visit with such seventy the departure of woman from the paths of in nocence, and refuse her all. chance for refer H.n? The most lovely type, of purity we : ever 6aWf ftwater lily, grew Irorn a stagnant, nadd pool ot green winy w.w .. ADVENTURE IN A GAMING HOUSE. - It was the Spring of 182o, that I found my self gliding upon the waters of the mighty Mississippi,and bound for New Orleans. With a single exception, I had formed no travelling acquaintance .on board of the boat. The in dividual with whom I singularly enough fra ternized, seemed like myself, to have but lit tle inclination to extend his acquaintance a ruong the passengers, though he seemed to be constantly upon the look out for some one, and the close manner in which he regarded the operations of two or three of those individu als, whose profuse display" of vest chains and jewelry, and proficiency . with cards at the tables in the saloon, betrayed their profession, made mo at once set him down as some sort of police detective in disguise. . He called 'himself George Thorn, of Ken tucky, so his card read, which he gave me in exchange for mine. : Full six feet in height, light curly hair, muscular arms, and the chest of a Hercules, he challenged the admiration of more than one of the passengers, as with his serious never smiling face, he paced the promenade deck, or sat apparently buried in thought in the saloon. "Do you ever play at cards ?" said I to him, as he left the group that were standing about a table of four players, and noting the progress of the game. I had frequently seen him invi ted, but he invariably, like myself, refused to participate in the game. Oh, yes, he replied, "but where is the use of playing here ? these fellows, nodding to wards the players, can tell any card in the pack by their backs, and they are trying to pluck some poor pigeon from among the pas sengers, but as yet with indifferent success ; beware of them, sir." To convince me of the truth of what he said, he called the steward of the boat, and ordered a fresh pack of cards, which were brought, and he handed the pack to me, bid ding me to shuffle them. I did so when he immediately selected nearly every ace and king from the pack without looking at the face of them. Next ho dealt them in two parcels, one to mo and one to himself, when upon ex amination, I found that all the cards of real value were in his hand, although! could de tect no unfairness as he dealt them. "You see," said he, "the advantage an ex pert has over even a skillful player." "I do, indeed," I replied, astonished at my fellow traveller's dexterity, and beginning to think he might be a reformed gambler, or one "playing possum" for some purpose or other; but as he did not urge or even invite me to play, nor had played with any one else, and threw the cards aside with an expression of disgust too natural to be assumed, I came to the conclusion that my suspicions were unjust, and my travelling acquaintance was a riddle yet to be solved. ' Early the next morning the boat arrived at New Orleans, and amid the hurried bustle of debarkation, I lost my friend,the Kentuckian, not even seeing him to bid adieu. The same evening, however, after visiting the theatre, I was enjoying the cool air, and a fragrant Ila vanna, in the rotunda of the St. Charles Ho tel, and conversing with a friend from the North, whom I had lortunately met, when who should I encounter but my steamboat acquain tance. After the usual greetings, our conversation turned upon our trip down the river, our fellow-passengers, etc., when my fellow-traveller remarked that, if I would like to visit the interior of a gambling house, or hell, as it is sometimes more appropriately called, he would be pleased to show it to us as one of the sights of the city. Never having witnessed anything of the kind, both I and my friend assented, and after a short walk, we found ourselves within the precincts of one of those glittering and gorgeously f urnished establishments ves tibules to the infernal regions where men are engaged in various games of hazard. The interior! of a gaming bo use has been too fre quently described to need repetition. The faro bank with its crowd of visitors, the rogue et noir table.with its anxious circle.and groups of other games, of which I was ignorant of the name, were all busily engaged as wo en tered. We had passed through two apartments, and reached the third, in which were but four players, playing in pairs at different tables. As we entered we sat down at an unoccupied table for .a moment, when, as we did so, we heard one of the two meu'nearcst to us say to his opponent: "That's the last dollar ; luck is yours, and I'm cleaned out. "But you wear a good ring," said his op ponent. "See, I will back my ring against yours on the next game. It's a ring that I won at play from a Kentucky boy that came to New Orleans to see the sights," said he care lessly. As the player, who was sitting with his back partially toward us, mentioned Kentucky in his conversation, I saw Thorn listened with eagerness, and as he twisted the ring which he offered to bet, upon his finger, ttie Ken tuckian tnrned deadly pale. His eyes glowed like fire for an instant, then his countenance again assumed its usual calm and placid look, and to our amazement, he rose and walking across the apartment to the player, who had lust been left by his companion, courteously nrnnosed to trv a hand or two with him if agreeable, and if we, his friends, would ex cuse him for a short time. Of course, wo assented so did the gambler, who appeared at first somewhat surprised at the proposition, bnt probably resolved to try his skill upon the new comer. The cards were dealt and the game commenced. We were sufficiently near to see that the piece of gold which constituted the first stake, was won by our friend's opponent ; so also was the second. The third stake Thorn gained. And thus they alternately went on, winning and losing, till at last Thorn careless ly observod : "That's a pretty ring you offered to bet a while ago, stranger ; will you sell it V "Well, as to that," said the other, "It's pretty enougb,and cost me enough,for a young fellow pledged it to me some three years ago, as a sort of note of hand, which he promised to redeem with five hundred dollars he owed me a debt of honor, sir, but he couldn't come to time very well, for he paid the 'debt of nature's as they say, the same night, and that cancelled my obligation. Ah ! the stake s mine, I believe," said he, as he drew the money towards him, "suppose we try a larger stake anything from one to Sve hundred 1 antLho threw a bank note ot that denomination, carelessly, upon the table. 4n nr surmise. Thorn drew a wallet from hi Docket, and produced an equal amount of money, tn6n,sweepiDg wiv using from the table to the floor, he called for a fresh pack, and passing them, as the atten dant brought them to him, rapidly through his hand, he gave them to his adversary, remark ing to him as be did so, to "mind his deal this time," fixing on him a searching glance as he went through that operation. The game was that known as "bluff." Thorn and his oppo nent having glanced at the cards commenced the game, and ia-a few minutes three thousand dollars lay upon the table, to be decided by the cards held by the players, each of whom seemed, from his bets, to be' confident of success, though their countenances betrayed not the least emotion. Thorn called. The gambler had three Kings and an Ace, while he had three Aces and a King. With his eyes fixecLsteadily upon his opponent, he folded up the money and crammed it into his pocket. "Fortune favors you," said the gambler, stoically, too well schooled to betray any e motion,or chagrin at the result. "But I hope to meet you again, sir, for I must have my re venge after such a heavy run of luck as this, and now I have no doubt your friends will join us in a social sit down, for if you are as good at cracking a bottle, or singing a song, or tell ing a story, as holding a band of cards, those who are your friends are fortunate." "I must confess," said Thorn, "that I am not of a convivial or musical turn though 1 can occasionally tell a good story. I have'a little history now, sir, upon my tongue's end, that will be of uncommon interest to you." It was now past midnight. Absorbed in the excitement of the game, we had scarcely no ticed the flight of time or that the adjoining rooms were now nearly deserted by their oc cupants and that the players at the other end of the apartment in which we were, had finish ed their own game and been spectators of that between Thorn and his opponent, and were now apparently interested listeners. "About three years since," began Thorn, "a young man in Kentucky, a confidential a gent of a large business firm, was intrusted with a sum of money, and commissioned to transact some business in New Orleans ; it was his first visit to the city ; he started happily, leaving behind him a young wife and infant. Unfortunately, upon one of the Mississippi boats or immediately upon his arrival in New Orleans he fell in with a "professional" man man of play, I mean. By the management of this "professiorial," the young man was en ticed to a "hell" introduced to play,plied with wine, stripped of his money, in shoit, to use a professional word, plucked.' The young man was perfectly sobered by his loss ; he re turned to his hotel,stung with remorse and half crazy with excitement, he placed a pistol to his head and blew out his brains, leaving a tarnished name as an inheritanoe to his wife and innocent child." "But what is all this to me ?" said t he gam bler, now as pale as ashes, beneath the flash ing eye of the speaket. "Is it a moral lesson you are about to read here or a sermon you have to preach 1" "What is it to you ?" continued Thorn, his voice quivering with excitement. "Ah ! I'll tell you what it is to you. This meeting of you and me to-night, which, lor three long years. I have sought, is not mere chance. The amount he loot was just the amount I have this night worrirom you that very ring upon your finger, is his ! I am his brothcr,and you are his assassin !" Thorn pronounced these words in a firm, clear voice, and as he concluded, brought his hand down with a blow upon the table at which they were sitting, which was instantly over turned as he aud his opponent started simulta neously to their feet. They were scarcely six paces apart and both drew their weapons as they arose. "Die, liar !" shouted the gambler, discharg ing his weapon the moment he gained his feet. The bullet ripped open Thorn's waistcoat, and his watch flew in fiagments from the pocket, dangling by its chain, at the same time the pistol he held exploded, and the gambler fell back a corpse upon the carpet. This all passed so suddenly, ere we could interfere, that we stood as if paralyzed for an instant-the ser vants and the police alarmed by the noise,came rushing into tho apartment. Thorn quietly surrendered himself, merely turaing to us and the other two who were in the room saying, as he did so, "Genllemen, bear witness, I tired in self-defense, and that I received the villians's fire here," and he point ed to his shattered watch, and turning, left the room with the officers. He was tried, and acquitted, as it was clearly proved that his ad versary fired upon him first. The fact that the gambler being a notorious rascal, whom the community could well afford to spare, might have had some influence with the jury. I have never seen Thorn since, but the re collection of that fearful scene is yet fresh and vivid in my rnind,though many years have passed since it was enacted. For a long time it has been well known that an extensive gang of horse thieves had been in operation in the southern counties of Illi nois, and so daring and successful have been their forays, that there is hardly a farmer but has suffered more or less from them. During one of their excursions lately, one of them was shot, and being captured, revealed the names and whereabouts of his companions. The dis closure reveals the astounding fact that sever al of the most respectable persons hitherto, have been engaged in tho business. One young man was arrested in Princeton, the son of one of the most prominent families in the place. The various depots were disclosed, and in one farm of ten acres, in a cane brake, forty-three brood mares were discovered. Res pectablo parties in Peoria and other places, have also been arrested, and will be taken to Springtield for trial. The richness of the soil in some sections'of the interior of. California, is strikingly shown by the fact that, an old axo which was recent ly recovered from the ground after several years of burial, was found to be coated with gold dust which some of our men of science deem conclusive confirmation of the theory, that gold is continually forming in all the re gions where it is known to be a product. Bet ter bury the old axe again, and in a few years it will come out a perfect lump ot gold. In New Orleans, during the month ofjing her and the first three days or.Sfthtssa there were no less than twerO'i'Oved far affrays and twenty cases ortbvorabic termi three w ere accidental, aw3r treatment A tal, with the prospective should eay. nation in several ' XIeaaant nlace ' THE BEOWN PLOT. The confession of John E. Cooke, taken in connection with the letters found in John Brown's carpet-bag and those of Mr. Forbes, afford the means of forming a petty distinct idea ot the origin, progress, nature and extent of the plot which has thrown Virginia into such a commotion. Brown appears to have begun about two years ago with enlisting, a mong the young men who had taken an active part in the late civil war in Kansas, recruits lor the purpose, as he expreased it, of putting a stop to the aggressions of tho Pro-Slavery men. Cooke, who had served under Biown the year before, was one of his earliest re cruits, but though he understood that he and his associates were to spend the Winter in re ceiving military instruction, for which pur pose they were to betake themselves to Asta bula county, Ohio, in which vicinity Brown had one or two sons, Cooke supposed at this time that Missouri was to be tne scene of the enterprise. The first muster of the adventu rers, ten in number, including Brown and one of his sons, took place soon after at Tabor, in Iowa, where Brown first disclosed bis inten tion of operating against Virginia. At Tabor were stored the two hundred Sharp's rifles, and the two hundred revolvers, of which we have heard so much, and which formed the maga zine, or the principal part of it, for the inva sion as finally carried out. It was by the route ot Tabor, after the State of Missouri had been closed against the Free Labor emigrants, that several large parties of Northern and Western men had, tho year be fore, made their way into Missouri, and it was for the purpose of this emigration that these arms had been deposited at Tabor, and that John Brown, one of the most active partisans on the Free-Soil side, had at that time obtain ed an order for their delivery to him. This fully explains how he came into possession of those arms, and that they were intrusted to him for a totally different purpose from that to which he ultimately put them. The arms were sent on to Ohio ; but as Brown could not raise the means to send on bis recruits, it was arranged that they should remain during the Winter in Iowa, where they were drilled and instructed by Stephens, one of tho party, who took the place of the redoubtable Col. Forbes, who, it seems, was originally intended to be the drill-master, but who quarrelled with Brown as to the leadership and management of the enterprise, and returned back to New York. There can be little doubt, that the first intimation that anybody at the East had that Brown entertained any project of invading Virginia, was from the letters and statements of Forbes, begging compensation for his ser vices in going out to Kansas; and it appears from Forbes'a own account ot the matter, that although he begged pertinaciously of almost everybody he could meet who took any inter est in the freedom of Kansas, it was only to three or four persons that he made any disclo sure of Brown's Virginia scheme. That scheme was so absurd and xtravagant in itself, that those, to whom this communication was made might well regard it as a chimera unworthy ot serious attention. It would appear, however, from Cooke's narrative, that the most effectual means were taken to put a stop to Brown's fur ther proceedings, by giving him to understand that Forbes had bctra3-ed bis scheme to the U nited States authorities. Meanwhile, howev er, at the opening of the Spring the party pro ceeded to Cleveland, Ohio, by the way of Chat ham, Canada West. It was at Chatham, in the vicinity of the settlements of runaway negroes, where the party stopped for some time, that the famous Previsional Government was insti tuted, which has been made the foundation of the charge of treason agasnst Brown and his confederates. Some twenty-five or thirty cir culars were sent to persons to atteud this Con vention. Cooke does not know to whom ; but nobody attended except Brown's own party, and a number of the negro refugees of Cana da. Just, however, as this Convention had concluded its labors, the information above al luded to reached Brown, that Forbes had be trayed his plot to the Government. This, to gether with the failure of pecuniary means, and Brown's want of success in a journey which he made East, for the purpose of raising funds, put an end for a time to the whole enterprise, and led to the disbandment f tho party. This expedition having been broken up, Brown went back again to Kansas and there entered upon the enterprise of retorting the forays and plundering parties of the Missou rians during the lafe civil war, and by which Southern Kansas still occasionally suffered, by running off a body of slaves from that State, which he succeeded in conveying through Io wa to Canada. His success in this seems to have led him to revive bis Harper's Ferry scheme, and of the small suras of money which he was enabled to obtain from a few radical Abolitionists it is probable that the lar ger part was contributed undei the idea that he was about to undertake a secound edition of his late Missouri adventure. It appears from Cooke's statement that six or seven of the party did not know anything of Brown's intention of seizing the arsenal till the morning of the attack ; and if Brown was so reserved with those who were to risk their lives in the enterprise, it is not likely that he was more communicative with those ot whom he asked money. It is not likely that half a dozen persons knew any thing of Brown's schemes beyond the general idea that he was engaged in an operation for running off slaves. Nor even of those who knew this much, did the number amount to anything considerable. Neither is it to be supposed that more than a few of those who admire the courage and self devotedness of Brown, in risking his life on u. , vtiuui,oii vi jt v- ii, ill nonius u i J mc uu , . . " . . .. . . so aesperaie an enterprise lor the benent, nof, of himself, but of others, would before!" have encouraged him or any one els gage in so foolhardy an undertakifanj up. air. I know. "First class in natural p's" to her lover." What's attraction ?" j what inertia is ?" Tho look that a bIu?iT to remain where you "Right, sir, noH piece of calico experien "Inertia, sirJf'against a colored velvet." are; a ftt!i , . . . ces wKoense pigeon roost is now establish i'henango swamp, Crawford county, Pa. Ue pigeons are numbered bv millions. The hunters are slaying them by thousands. "My wife," said a critic, "is the most even tempered person in the worhi she's alwavs mad." V It is a good horso that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grnmbles. A BAKE NIGHT I remember, said a British officer at tho mess table, passing a winter's night in a very strange mauner. When I was about eighteen years old, being quartered near a country vil lage, I bought a tine game cock not to h'ght," but through a mere freak. He was as fine a feathered biped as ever strutted on a pair of legs. I had carried him home, where he and I had arrived about five o'clock on a winter's evening. It so happened that another youth and myself were obliged for a time to occupy one small sleeping apartment. I had a full sized bed in it ; my companion occupied a small traveling bed, which fitted him" like a coffin, folded into a portmanteau in the day, and was laid out at night by his servants. No sooner had I arrived than I was summoned to dinner; but what must I do with chanticleer? I was puzzled ; so I put him, for the time, into a dark wooden cupboard, close to the door, a mong a parcel of old shoes, coats and pants, and shut the door. Chanticleer, no doubt, made the best of his quarters, and went to roost. I went off to dinner, and in the hurry and bustle of a party forgot the roostef as completely as if he had never existed. - Now it so happened that my friend's littlo bed was planted with the pillow end close to this same cupboard, the sleeper's ear almost touching the key hole, the cupboard not be ing bigger than a good sized box. About 12 o'clock I came home, got into my bed, and fell fast asleep, still oblivious of chanticleer and all that was soon to ensile. My friend had been fast snoring in tlp arms of Morpheus for an hour gone. How long I slept I cannot tell, but I was startled with a lengthening roar, which mado me think some horrid convulsion of nature was taking place in the w hole country. All aghast and half asleep, I listened, and present ly was made fully aware of what had taken place, and would bo persisted in ; for thesa birds, be it known, crow full twenty minutes at a stretch, quarter minute time. I thought it quite unnecessary to awake my friend, since to sleep was impossible. On went the cock, yelling, at short stated intervals, more like a horse than any other noise I know. The cock was not aware that my friend's ear was only an inch distant from his back. Nor was he aware that the cup board door acted as a perfect sounding board. So on he went, roaring his orisons in a stylo which set the furniture of the room iri a stato of tumult. I beg that you will' not imagine an abrupt, short, deep crow ; every crotchet of it came from the throat, clear', angry, loud, and above all, long, very long. Piesently I heard manifest proofs of uneasiness from the tenant of the other bed. On went the bugle, again and again repeated. At last I heard a voice say : "O lord, what is that " The cock, was silent ror a moment, then again blew its angry pipe. "What is that horrid noise?" Again it was repeated loud enough to tear down the house. I could bear it no longer. The desire to laugh was icsupportable ; sol crammed the bolster into my mouth. Tho cock continued his matins; my friend strug--gled with the horrid annoyance, and aiso w ith? sleep, till at last chanticleer, with one violent effort, upset some metallic vessel or pariupon which, no doubt, be was perched. Tins' com pound clamor raised my friend upon his legs. In a dreadful rage, mixed with amazement and curiosity, he flew to the tinder-boi to strike a light. When I saw the expression of his face puffing at the match, it was indescribably com ic ; but it would have required ribs of steel not to explode with laughter, when his ques tion to me of "Oh ! dear, dear, what is this noise V was drowned by a yell from Chanti cleer ; and to see bis look, when, alter allow ing the cock to finish, I replied, as if awaken ing from a deep sleep, "what noise do yon mean ?" At last, wearied with laughter, I told him all, and showed him where the hero was deposited. Instantly he removed the bed. Determined on vengeance, he opened the -cupboard door, which was no sooner done than the terrified bird battered out the light with his wings, and escaped into some corner of the room. The candle was lost ; so down lay my friend, grumbling. At break of day chanti cleer again commenced, but he was quickly assailed with boots and shoes, and alt kinds of missiles from both beds, which silerced him until rising time. Such anight of restlessness and fun I never did pass before, and I fear never shall again. It is not often one gets so hearty and so innocent a laugh, although to be sure, my friend and chanticleer were suf-fereis. The contents of the dead letter office are ad vertised to be sold, the department being un able to find their owners. They consist of coats, hats, socks, draweis, gloves, scarfs, sus penders, patent inhaling tube, gold pens, pen cils, aBd all kinds of gold jewelry imaginable, under-sleeves, fans, handkerchiefs, box of dis secting instruments, pocket bibles, children's dresses, lace collars, books, buttons, cloth, purses, slippers, chemises, bed-qui'ts, boots, shirts, gafls for game fowls, . cornfield hoe, black silk basque, hoods, shawls, gaiters, cigar case, snuffbox, spectacles, false teeth, night caps, brogans, aprons, pantaletts, ear-trumpe' shoulder braces, silk flag, razors, one hnr'" catechisms, watch crystals, r.ipple-pl"""'nSf ' mi-veils, edging, and a thousand '-'oroker's such as usually embraced in sale of unredeemed pledoibtinruished Dem Col. Aaron Fitch "l?, d aome ooratir. nnl!tii.- uu meei- thomrht nf . "' vl luc country. i!"g- at were th? Inducements to re! , . r ' irom tua ask.r" -,bte Particularly he inquired the soil. The eenfu-ni.in inO.. I n . ' .. m , 4J 1 111 I. it th anil irao trr,A : dy. Col. Fitch then asked about tho ri;: " . ", t " some parts san- of Arkansas, and the prospects of a stranger getting ahead. "Very good," was the reply. "The Democratic party is strongly in the ina jorlty ; but to succeed a man must load him self down with revolvers and bowie-knives and fl?ht his way through." "Oh, well," said the Colonel, "on the whole, from what you say I think Arkansas wouldn't suit me. I rather think the soil is a little too sandy '" Some think that since the triumph of V' 1 ankees in steaming and sailing, Yanker0- . die-do, should be changed in Enirla kce-doodle-Did. j& night and The patient mule, whicrv1" day, will, in the end. than the Ara bian courser. -. . "T:- 7 PrCnts can A friend that, . ' bought froarr , - ' r' f . a-- iV-1 I. r i f s - :-' ' A
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