Tvstns'WP tow AreaicAtt. H. B. MAB8ERi-M 'Pv.ititBi Abb S' JOSEPH ElSEI.Y.w 'I PaoraiSToae. 'J0ice Irt Centre 'Alley? imTiKtrtorof Hi IF. Jas ,!':;.!;,!;! aitoi),i risvoi; THE" AMERICAN" Wprtliensal every 8alor. dav at i TWO DOLLARS trer Annum, to be paid balf yearly In sdvsnce. TSo paper diacontln. .'II A J V . ..!.! f-T .V '-4 '..I I , ' i No subscriptions received for a lees period ihtfri si stoftTRs, .Atlommtnieatloni oa .letters on business rotating tntho office, to insure, attention, mist bo POST PAID. .... ... ., .,, , .., mmmmmfmlimi i vn Ai vv r.i'f '. Ai.'V,- u :.4-.Vt'ii rxA ; 1 MiicEt otr Aivr.RTfsuG. " . ,,J -in -u a n J I ' . 0 75 1 . - i on k i a 0 85 1 i.i 'AWoluM aeuloMne la too dortJott bf the' majority, fee ViU. ttiWprfcof Republic Vmm which flioro il fiftt?rotell2o vttaf ptiriciplo srdmmedtoV parent of despoUsn ''t v..; ft' " 'ji 1 1" !' ' I ' i 'i' eit:'ii n . i r. i j,.n .1 ..J x ... . ; - , ... ... ' ' til oif'j liim. JtrtKBtoa. - lUKBUUf. "' '-.' lVdrth'nmlrlhid County, .:'.) - nvnmTAirU . . ME8PEUTEUI.LY. infnrme hit fri.njt and ibe public in tmeril, that ho, hna taken the Stand, formerly occupied by Gorge Prince at a publie houo, at f Ibe 8lal Howe,' and oppuaite the Court Houe,) where he it prepared to accommodate hie frionda, and; all other ,wbo, may favor him with their custom, in the beat manner,. ln ahort. "ho eiertlonfe riof ex pert AO wilfbeapa rd o fonder hio- Wtiae' la etory way worthy of public patronage. . . ,, r' -,. ,!-.? t( ..Panbury, April 4th, 1846-6m ,r 3 CARPETINOS AND OXL-OXiQTHS At the "CHEAP STORE" No. 41 Strawberry , . Slrret, " "" "' '. -q., "phllndcl p li la.1'1 . OflkUR Store rent and oilier oiprnaerbprnff fry 1 P licht. we are oiiahh-d to a-11 out CARPETS, !)IL-C1.0TH8, cc, holeiale and retail, at the owest pricea in the city, knd bnyew will find H xreatly to their advantngo: to call and etamino the argo aaaortraent we our inia aeaaon, oi ., (, . Beautiful Imperiol 3 ply " . ..Piw. and Medium i do i .-..Vr7? ATvilWJ and nlain Vi nitian J . . : ' . osether with a lireo a'prk of OIL-CLOTH S rom 3 feet to 24 feet wid. ery cheap, for room. lalla, Ac'; alao, Mattings, Floor t lot ha. Hug. Uot on and Haw Carpeta,, Ac., &c, with a od rtmnt of Ingrain (!HipHa from 25. to 50 Centa, nd Stair and Entry Currwie from 12 10 do ru.J "-ELDRIDGE & BROTHER, - i No. 41, Strawberry. Slrret, one door abote Cbea- tut, near 8ecnd Street, rhilauelibia. ,. March 2lt, 1848 3m. .In'" ' t.-,'iin1 a Iff ft rt . !!,. ;;X mm ill i I i gtmbury Iforthnmberiaiid Co. la- Satardayf Aagint l. 1846.' ( ' tol.' C-Io: 4S-.frt.oie No, 305. I aquare t ineertion, 1 do ' do 1 do 8 ' ' do ' d- -Eeory auhaeqaentlniwrlktn.' Yearly Advertieemenia one column, f 25 t hnlf Column, $ Id, three aiiiarea, $IS( two aqtiarea, 9 one equate, fit. Half-yearly t one column, f 18 ; nan coiomn, f i ; tnrpe iquaree, fa two aquarca. 5 1 one equate, 3 ftO, - j' !'". . .,, .. .f yv... AdTertiaementa loll without direction! at lo Itio .. length of time tliey (re to be publiahed, will be conlinuod until ordered out, and charged accord tatty. '; " " - Cj-Piiteen linet or leaa make a tqoare. ' BIwrder of Mr. Matr. We give the YollowYnff tddiiiorial particn- lots of1 th ti6fribr' affa.r from the TrilbralSu o mynerioui dirappearance or Mr, ! v. M f,??!!?'.?!" ..tWi ! tAt MeAlpln,ai Trlai to Ctiarleatotii A CARD. TO THE CIVILIZED WORLD t ! T B. PALMER, the American' New-paper y , Agent; duly authorized and empowered, by te pro prie tote of mo-t of the beat newnDapara of II the citiee and principal towna in the U. S. and Canada, to' receiie aulwcrtp iona and adertii tenta, and lo awe receipt for them, reepectfully otifies the ullie, that he in prepared to eiecute rdera from all parte of the Civil whI World, em racing Individual, Firmn, Societiee,' Clu'w. Rea. ing Koomi, CorporalionB; at biaaaveral ofS- ae in the citiea of Pliiladrlihii, Baliimqie, New, 'oik and Boston, and wbeie communieationa and iqniriea,' p.wl paid, may be directi'd.' ' Addreea V. 1. PALMER; Philwlelphia.- Ji. W. conto Third nd Chennut atreet; Baltimore, S-E. ooroer UaU more and Calvrrt, alreeta ; . New Yoik, Tiiburie luiUlingaoppoaito City Hall; Boston, SO Siale'ct. 'Aa no other pernon oriraolie era in'ony man-' ar ronnerted with the euherijber, in ttto Amrrican 'ewspaper Agency, all lettet and communieationa t him, nhould be carefully directed a above', and rro other peraon. ' Thia caution bat bee5hia'ie saary, in older lo avoid mietakee. and put the pub : on their guard aginat all pretended Aaenta ' r V. Bl PALMER," ""' .nilii 1. 1 i,'..v Ameticart Newipaper AgentJi' Editor. Arouahout the United Statea fr whom ,, B. Palmer ia Agent, will promote the advantage ' nil concerned, bv nnldiehiug the aove. ari!L,lC KOTICE V. B. Plmr ia the Iv airtlioTise,! Aral f.w the -SoaacaT Amkhi- a." in I ociti aof Philidelpbin, New Yoik. iHton and Baltimore, of which public noiice ia rrby g.ven. ' " I4.tM6. TU.EXAN1)EU U IIICKKYT" rtjn it tvi a it n R ; Ho, 150 Cltranut Street, " , v . pHXljAOBUPHXil. -, VHEBE all kimla ol leati er trunk V value and carpet baga, of every atyte and pattern are inufsrtured. in tire bmt manner and from tbo boat itoriaU, and Bold at ho loweat fatev iMiiladMphia, July 19th. 1845fly. . . SIIUOKllT'S PATENT.-c. ASHinO- IrlACHIlTEo rll8 Machine kaa now Uwn teetod hy rnore ; than rtiirty familir in thia neighborhood, and given entire satisfaction. It ia so simple a ha 4istruction, that it cannot 'get out of order.'- It items no iron to nut, and no springe or rollers to t out of reipiir. It will do twice a mark- waah , with leaa fban halrtha wear and tear of an) of t lite inventions, and what ia of greater' IojOot. ie.it osts tHittitOe over half ea much aa other ishing inacrhnoa.-.' . : .- 1 anbfilr haa the eicl4ve right for Nor. amberland. Union, Lvcoming, Cotun.hia, l.u- -im' and C Unton coantiea. Tho myaterioua ditrappea ranee of Mr! F. Aa- olphua Muir an advertisement, of .which has a ppeafed y 1 'times it our paper- JeV at last been accounfed tor.' i'm body . has breri loonu ana luenunea. tie was muraerfo oy Captain Win, Dandrtdge Epe, o( the county of r.:'!.i.i: L.'rJ ".u ' Jl': uni wiuuir, wuu noi lur me urcscni, mane nis wj, :.,(), , i.t'i,; . .( . 'a : escape, but who, we truet, will be arrested and suffer the punishment due to his, venortnous ol fence krrainst the laws pt. God and rnsn., a. 1 . The annals of crime scarcely furnieh, asajf ersvsled a case of pool and deliberate murder., Whether, we look at lie "character othe i par ties, the motives which prompted the deed. or the mode of, its sccornpliihrient, thos of&oce stsnds out with an appalling hoty, jeljs , . aThe murdered, man was one of the most res- peclablo, amiable and , inoRensive men jn out country.. He was connected with, one xf Ibe mjst respectable' families q out ,Uie and pos sessed qualities which fommended,bitn ,to,the esteem and Jovo of all whp kneiy b'm- Tl'ere, was pot jn Uiowiddje cotinty a ,rrmn more un iversally popular, then F.Adolphus JHuis, ,,r, 7 His murderer is also connected with a family aa respectable as any in the country., , Ilia own character, oa far as we have heard, was ttnim peached up to the period of this horrible affair, and he was upon terms 'of friendship with his victimlo the vety momeht that he slew' him indeed, Mr. '' Muir had been at the house Or E pes the very day he was killed, snd had Accept ed an invitation to Tetnrn' there to dinner); brrt the rrrsn who tendered him his' hospitality be-' came his murderer.'1 What, H " wilt bo aaked,' was trie ' motive which ' prompted Epes to 1he horrible deed J The accursed Inve of ' money prompted the act! ! Muir held a bond, or bonds, amonntinp to fC,200i gainst F.pes it beirtfi tlir balance of which Epes owed for a tract of lnn( botightby him of Muir." It' was to "(ref posses ion of this bond that'Epes mordered Muir.' ' '' ': After pivinrr the letters snd the 'awkwardly' contrived story of Muir's absence,' which' we have already publislted, the Intellijjeijijer pro; ' This kwkwlrdly fabrlcatea ' eeconrit of the csnse of Mr. Muir's sbaence frbm home, of emitVe', excited the suspicion of hU friends. The bis ok, as it sppesrs in the first letter, and which refers to the payment for Ihe lend,' was in the original, fitted with the name of Captain Dan- d ridge Epes.' -'""i ",r " .-' '""-' On inquiry, it wss found that, on the 2d of Itiin os traded to him goi watch, which watsh ha had in 1843 cleaned for Mr. Muir.knd taken flnaril w.lm tuimhAP i lln AVimmaliAn .! sjAskife 1 , a.. . ... ... ....... . - . ft, ..u. J I a . i a m a . M . ! i o.f.corrnpunoea.a.a me menas ot nr. muir tlathfJ of . RribiW.'ln tbo -StahJ of .n-cmineo i.- waicn a n.vtnr ooiongea m, North Carolina, there lived in tunes past a msrf sno wen worn oy mm at tne nme m nis oissp- a Brook, wbo keot i irfoeerV trr pearsnee. This-1 develnpement,'' coupled with uirrei vifviiiiisuinvRv, juviinru mv arrrei in i:.pt;F, and accordingly a warrant Vas Issued foi 1 bis s pprehetisiori. ' It' wis, ho wevef , issued too Istei as Epes left hi ndirse on" Monday, add his not since bePn' Beard front. a number of years, and so had acqntred most of tho land around him. TUis waa mostly, pine barren pf small Value, bill, nevertheless Brooks was looked up to as a great land holder, and big men in the neighborhood. There was one tract, however; ' belonging1 ?to one' tol.1 i.amar, who On Yvednesdsv a nartv went to the nnnce of I . .- .i . i ... . .i ,. ,r i n,,.;.f. . . , rr.. ,i uvea in vnarieston, mar jommea in en nim so 5.r- 6 y sffonand beinjf withal better in quality than '..-i.i,.. i. " . . . . the average or his own domain, Ihal BfotK3 had tion , could ifn where Jlttir. bod; could ,be (o w'j ,crcB found. -ream for, think.ng so was, thator AccordingIy ,rounj htm ,nd yay. av.no u.n. p... c.pe. wouk, noi perm.i una nr-, he ejpresHJj if nha Bmlrteat man in the Brtj.to wj cnsstiseaior his .suits. ne nepro neii,hberbod..to wit. ono Aa,.is McAlvin W9 ; w r - was called up and interrogated, and, forthwith proceeded to spot about GOO , yards i.distant from the, bouse,, end pointed out thoigreve. On opening it, the body was found, andatthnugh a rood deal decayed, was readily identified by all the acquaintances of Muir who were pre sent. . !: ,..i,liil -Tl l!. 'Vkl l x'i-tii The account given by the negro-in, that on the day after' Muir was killed, his master took him to a spot rresr the grave where ' Moir' bo dy lay covered op with pine burr arid trash, and ordered him to dig' grave. 1 The nerrro ssys he wai for some time so much Agitated as to be unable to proceed with his work tfiat his master assured him he killed Muir acciden tally, and regretted it deeply. "The negro's' si lence from that period, until Wednesday, was doubtless produced by threats from, his master, This is substantially an account of one of the foulest and most cold-blooded murders that ever disgraced i huxnanity ; and wo nave to go to Char lesion and negociste with Col. La mar lor the purchase of this also. Being provi ded pretty well with bread, meat, and a bottle of jHUC'facd, winch were slowed sway in i pair of leather saddle bags) snd, like al other great plenipotentiaries, being provided with suitable instructions, MsC niounUd a piney woods tacky (named Rasum)rand bied him off to Charleston. The toad was rather longer ' than Brooks had supposed, or his sgent wis less expeditious, or some bad luck had, happened to him, pr , some- ing. Well, Brooks, ! hitched my horse to a meriky real grit 'etill- the same as'twss In tha ' brass thing ni tha door, nd walked in. ' Well, Revolutionary war. ' Toiler citiiens the cotiii-' when I got in t sees the floor all covered over trys safe while this here spirit of '70, ss we've With the nicest looking tbingt riicct than any ju,t wilnesseil, burns in the bosroms, of Oie fetr j patched worked bed quilt you'ever seed in your sects' but the kurnel cotild'nt go on ; his com-' lift. Brooks.' J waa trj ing lo edge along round plimenls to the wimin. sctj them as crazy as it, but presently I sees a big nigger como step, bed bugs,; VA dozen of 'em got up. at once, an, ping right over it. Thinka l if that nigger can give ua ao mooh of the spirit of '73, aa the kur-, gp it,' I can go it. too i So right over W. t goes nel called it, that I'll be shot and biled in ilo, , and takes my seat right before a pictore which if it didn't seem as thothar war two or three, at first I thought wss a little man looking in a Jrj0BO. nnrry csnM in the nou8C,, The deacon a window. Well, Brooks, there I sot, waiting hotrered Orderl Order 1 till he was aa hoarse and waiting for Col. Lamar, and at last he as a bulllrOr:-. ont old wimin held out in spite did'nt come, but they began to bring in dinner. Thinks I to myself, here's a acrspe, , But I made up my mind to tell bar with a genteel bow that 1 hnd no occasion to eaL ,, But, Brooks, she didn't sx ine to eat she axed me if I'd be so good as to carve that turkey for her, and she did it with one of them lovely emilea that' makes the cold streaks run doWri the small of a feller's back ''Certainly, Madam, says f, and I walks of him y they'd got the steam fuilry on, on didn't seem to know bow to shut it off". " " At laat Ensign Pflte an the town clerk hnd to gnttpsnd gagthein with their own shawls, andfhen ttie meetin went on.' " ' '" ' ' We passed great many mentions---cim regular clinchers, tell you. 1 1! show one or two jrmt for curiosity, , v i?co?i;f(7, That no people in tha hull, gincr. up to the table there waa on one side of the si universal world are so free, virtuous an' hep turkey a great big knife ae big a a bwie knife, py as the people of these sovrin stated, am) a fork with a trigger to it on the other side. , JletoheJ, That Texico, lUMefornlo, Matty VV'eJl, falls to work, and, in . the first ; e fort, moras, Korpus Chrifti, and Medywosky, was slashed the gravy about two yards over the whi- originally part of the Union an' ort to be re-an test table cloth you ever) seed in your, life, nexed right off. , Brooks! Well! I felt the hot steam, begin to Resolved, That tho hull millintsry force of gather about my cheeks and eye,., But fna not Horrby be pieced at the dispnsor of gineral tbinir was 'the matter that Angus did not return mo to back out for trifles, so I makes another Jackson ss the case may be ; provided they are ..bpeo Ibna until long after the, day hsd . trnspirt'd, which was fixed on for his return. f Brooks in the mean while hsd got hiroseif into a very fury of imps, tience. . lis kept his eyes fixed on tbo Charles ton road he was crusty towarda hia cuetotnera harsh towards bis wife and child row, I and scarcely eat or slopt for several days anc nights; for he had set hia whole soul upon baying the Lsmar bjndi' One dsy, however, Angus was c4brt and the darned thing look a flight and lit right in Mrs I-arrmr's Jap! Well, 1 yon see. Brooks, then I was tsken with a blindness, and the nextthmg I remember I was upon the hath a-kicking. Well, by thia time I began to think of rrvifatkig.'' fSo I goes out and mounts Ra' sum, and cute- for North Carolina ! ' Now,' Brooks, yotl don't blame mc ! Do you V minntem for the porpnse of ministerin to a deierW ,ofV,y ,lld ,dly wending his Way op moroto appmtte tor ine norrioie, out tor ine pur- he BtTe,ch of mnif ,,hl mi0 u to Spike. tin... of. Ilornhy, writes lo the. Boston poseur spresaing tar ana wwetne isctntne (hft ,, Tjrook,wen(m,0,ineethim,nd; ChroimtyDC. as follows; , ' ... .,.,. ha won for him our highest lippa thai a knowledge ot t,hem may aid W the apprehension of the fntirderer. s n .. ri' A rewsnl of $?A0 is offered for Enea''ppf hensionV"- " ' """ ' ' to '1 innsl l(f' "it; ' ' i ii"a i'1 ' ; ,!-,i'.;.! 1 ! without further ceremony, he accosted hurt. '' ""Well, Mae, have you got the land !' " The agent, 'In whose face was anything but sunshine,' replied ' somewhat gruffly that ' 'he triffht let a body pet down from his Wee before notobleeged logo further thsn Portland. licrolvei. That if any of the pesky Mexir.iims dare to show their yaller faces up in old Ox ford we'll g'rvo Vm" some. ' Resolved, That any ind'rvidoal wlio aiu't ready to go these sentiments, is no friend to ginowine liberty, and ought to bo sent to'tio tel in f7ie Wfs ofMonlyutmy ft n.lU.H lUaa mis aaalvf4 tt (all A ft I ttt TI1R Will , afVlt Vru I lin uui jmn jwviv iciioi in avv-n, That well known, pntrintic , indiviual, Ethan mister leftenant Libby, by his intrepid knoduct n startmg tight off to rescue gineral VaM Chronotrpc, as follows; 1 ; - :!:'' ; -.if fci jSt , ,7; lloENiiv, Oxford Co, Me. -This here resolution, mr, nto wasn I finished . ..May 19, 184G. J . , cos jest as wegot so furEphe Libby burst into ball, half way Up the spired to 'rest his feet' oh, anil from which position, he could lake the vane off with his right hand, ,i While he wss in the very scathe ball on which hj feet rested gave way and ran down the spire, . At this rnomeol he wis rsising the vane over the end of it f aa February, Mr. Muir had gone tcf the house of he did so, the spire growing smaller, made a Mr. Epes that after'- he had remained ' there convenient place for hie tbambta keep the. UU some time, Epes remarked" to htm that there ance in the gudgeon bore, when the bal gave was a deer in the woods, and proposed that M. I way under him and he snnb. The vsne falling should accompany bint and see him'' kilt it, and back with hia thumb in the gudgeon bore, held they together left' the house ' on horseback, him fast willi his feet dangling in the sir. - lie -AwvvLSitVATionA man sscended the stee ple of a meetlng-hotrse' In Kingslon,' R.. I. lately he put st him with quest wnaot businrss. to fake off the vane for gliding, and baying. b?ft But Brookswss in a fever of aoxicty snd rc- tne ladders, eitmocd the von .spire to toe eis pested the question ,( tance of 13 to 15 feet above:, velyine- viprm the I . 'Did vou set ill .. Shaw, now. Brooks, don't press upon a ,lody in this uncivil wsy. It is a long story and I must have twrip.Vn,;,?--..', 'i HA .'? .Brooks urged, and Mac, still parried the question till they got into the bouse. ,., , ,'Now, surely,', thought. Brooks, 'lie will tell me.' But Mac wss not quite resdy. t : .. 'Brooks.1 ssvs he. 'have you anytbinff, to drink f, ! .l-.i-.-i . I !- .- To be sure 1 have,' said the othor, and im mediately had some of bis best forthcoming, Having moistened hiselsy, Mae tonka' seat Epes with a double-barrelled gnn snd Muir en- remained in thia portions srtustion until a man anj t9 Employer another. ' Mac tirely unarmed was seen in This account . . most oeep.y omireveeo wire or r.oea, oeioro sno iMCItli,-. TU- ir ... Editor. . .1 a . i' - a a !' i f 1 1 was aware mat ner nuaoana was mispecieo oi i - ... K, K-if. G.xoUe, MiertiRR rite Sur: Fathers's bin over, to Paris Hill to see aunt BcUey, snd ssys how he seen one of your pupers, and thought . by the i cad in that was into it, that cenjust everything. And so, ss we sll wanted to know something most purtikler father said I'd .belter Wright to you., ,,i . , , .. :, , ? : -,. Wal you sec, uncle Jwiah, went . down lo Portland last. week with a lode of .hoop-poles and beans, and when be conro back, ha set us all in a muss by the news he lotch. He ssys the Mexicom have taken Oregon; after a bat tle of fifty four minutes and 49 seconds, and shot Mr.. Polk right throfjffh. And it was thought every dsy they would come over into Vsrmnunt to tske gineral Csss, and set the niggers loose. Tell you what mr. rite, 'twould done you hesrt good to seen the way our folks danger riz when they heard if. " Leftenant Lib by run over to his house, as hsrd as he could . i - , . i .1 . ' . . 1 .1 . . : ino crime, one runner aieieo, .n.i cpe. rr- . dMirrihin lh. -f pBDf, lurea to niencnm atone. d uemg aaaen UuedUof uf ,b. Republican, of thai place, i v, , .. iroduces the fallow ids- aUectinsr incident, in . . ! a .t . - ar .- - - wv - mm promise w return io ninner, vepiieo. tna sauw which Ut slwwbing affectioo of cluWhood was nsu , muoa. unnecessary to go. to, tvunawicx Prieo f aingte ms die ft. ' " : t , H. U. M AtWKK., Tho -.Itovrirrg eestiUcate is from a tew of those lohavo iheee machines in use. , , i i Hunbury, Aug. 34, 144.""" We, (tie Mbacribara.eerlify that we have oow m our famtliea, "Shugett'e Patent W.ah j Macl)ine,and do not hesitate saying that il is aoiit. excellent invention. ' Thai, in Washing, will save more man one half tho awoal boor, iai It dues not require more than one third tho ual quantity of soap and water; and that .there no rubbing, and consequently, little or no wear- or tearint. That it knocks off SM butloua, and it lbs finest clothes, such aa collars, laeea, locks, la, Slc., may be washed in a vary short lime thout tho least iiriofV. and ifl fact wilhout "any ajsent wear and tear, wkaUvrSo W therefore crfuly recommend it to our friende and In the 'jIic, as a moat uaetul ana lanor eavma marnuie, UHAKLG3 w.ncuine; , ,' JORDAN i ,, , .. t!H8. WEAVER. , , CHS. PI.EA8ANTS,' ' ' ' tilDEON MARKLE-"1'' , ' ) Hon. GEO. . WEI.KER, ..,,.. ... ( BENJ. HENDRICKS, , GIDEON LEISEN RING ' Hotii. fformerlv Tremont House, No. 116 Chesnut' street,) Philadelphia, Septeraber I Iai. 1R44.' tl.'-.-i !. J V I ' k.. umA Shuaert'a Patent Washing Machine my house upwards of eight months, and do not ii.i. , that I deem it one of lbs aaost use- and valaabia labor -aaviog maehinoa e ioveo- . . I LirnMrlv keot Iwo women conUnuatiy oe ded in wsabiog, who now do as maeo in two s ss they then did in one week.' Tboro ts S)0 .r or lui k waahine. and it requires not mors n one-third the usual quantity of soap. I have I number of other roach inea in my family, bu ia .a (Ueuledlv suueriot to overv thing aU. and rutra liable to gat out of lepatf.ihet I would not witkout one if they should cost ten times the Ibey are eoUl for. DANIEL HEItR. 1 l7i iEElSTh bigbeat price will bs eiven for Klax Deed, at ine arara or . Tin wss the last time Muir ascended the spire snd plscing his Shoulders minarv hem He (hen turned suddenly srou life.' ""'' "' - ' ' - ' omler his feet, St once relieved him: The scene in Brooks, looked himstrsight "n the ' eyes, and was given by the amiable snd wss terrible to behold. ' 1 ''"'' "'' '". " ". alanned him 'on the thirh "' . - -el' -L-tJ. I )t,Uii';- asrl r.liai ,.l .. i 1 f 1 " J t 1 ... J . , . w . 1 'UrooKs, ssys tie, 'wss you ever in onirics- the bonse like a lokymotive an' nid his father wss in a fix and wanted us all to help him.. So we all started like a shot, thinking tho leftenant had met some of the enemy, an run as tight ss we could scratch down the rosd till we camo to a pickerel pond,' there right over info neigh bor Eastman's orchard, on the tip-top of one th biggest spole trees sot the ieltcnant yellin like an injun. and Dea Wiggm's great brindle bull, pa win and bellowin at the foot. ' ' We dr'rv the critter off, snd got the leftenant down, but he was about" the skeeredest feller you ever see. ' He went rite of hum, aud hasn't said a word about the Mexicums sence. i told you when i begun '.Ut i rit lor imform ation. Tho question i want to ask is this : Id them Mexicum injuns, niggers, or JarmauT Cos father sayd they is, an' I ssy they isn't . ,. Yours for the country, 'rite or rong. , , . .. - ETHAN SPIKE. P. 8. When you see the government, tell it to depend upon Hornby, if wust comes to wurt and that we hate the British wus than poison ." '- -- Tke first letter, dsted Peteraburgh, Feb. 4th, 184V hating aiad (hat Epes bad . paid the money due on ths land, E. was asked where he pa id. the money. ...He replied that be paid Muir oa the 4th wof February r at Jsrratl's Hotel, in this , town. On making, inquiry at , Jsrratt's, Muui's friends afcertsined that wither Mr. Jar fait or any one else . had seen him tUore nae could any one be found, in Petersburg, where Muir was well known, .who hsd ea him io town t that time, .,h yfj.io- p "w A careful examination waa. next tusde of the hsndwriting of the three letters the advertisement,' end it was sscerta they were ill written oy the same person, though an attempt ha J evidently been msde to vsry the hand-writing. ' These letters were next compared with the hand-writing of Epes, pnd a resemblance between Jhern detected Suspicion Sgainst T,oe was ppw strong enough to warrant Muir s friends in sesrcbing Ls pre snralsaasal aknsl arliBiBsw!s t-Lism flatillll tY A mttSil SSa saoaK.asyl BilIU vsssjss asstsfl sar mm SSiw M v S (, Aecofdingly,- on Tborsdsy of Isst week, large party went to Epes'tiouse. They found him at home, and told him that he was suspee ted ot the murder. : He, of course, " asaervsted bis innocence most strongly, but on being told that he would be sued upon lor which he hsd frav. a nrAli. nd I anu s ' 1 nl" great sworo inav me igis- Utoor gave htm, for his services in the Msds wooaky ' war snd back he come full chisel, swesring, he'd never sheth it agin till he'd ton1 " " '' 1 1 " "'.- I Fqtniiched it in the hearts blond, of some red Why you know 1 never Wss, replied the Mexicum, And off he started down the rode . k n . ..... .t...,. .. i . .... ..i, I l: : c . : . k lt: .A I . r I inner. - , Mla wnf irrinK o ncau linn oil, sou iwn PI I : . i u: l .- . .1 ... . . . , I - I eq some miners mj enow nun wnciniyui" , nicy Well, thetl.-" Brooks.' Bars the) ' a rent 'VOU I l.ia rliil.lren lianirinrr tiaelr at hia contrails! hut .. . .. . , - -; -, niiuepd In rto it. nroviilco ha won IH troal to n ongut i n M't'o. . " i (was uo usp, inej- cuuiuu i bvoji 1110 luueni,. , 110 the facef the earth ! They've got houses there j swore he cared, nothing for wife or . children, on both sides of the rosd for five miles kt a when bis country . calif d that gineral. Csss stretch,' and d ri the horse track the whole wsy I needed, him go he would, if the old bsrry ttond i . r, t.J S . . .1 L-ll .J . A : l . rnrongtl : nrooas, i iniiiif i inn nvo inoueanu i ia nie way . fiua eo givin grcai uounbii wuu people in a minute, ana uoi a cnap wottiu loos I nis sworu wnicn sq eiiverea fire, xieuenani at me. , They have rot fine bouses there on I libby, that she lul her balance snd foil over a . - w - . . . ' ' I . . .... . ...... I - Lr il a -I. : ii : wheels. . Brooks, I saw one with six horses I tiarrer ttiai waa penind 4ier wnop , an kick in I a siory 01 a laeiiionaoio anu oasiung ioiiamC bitched Wit.pod bg df'f f. witli "a long whip " lth Epbe snd Bill from bis coat tails, he spinster, who a few days ago was attempting to .ninir it IiIca a whirlwiiui. I (iilhiwpit Jt inwn I set ntHuli ee'it. - .. '! ' I ' - tbrever Ibe sable collsn from the world, sup .... ,M . ... . . . , . . ,f .i ,K if . u D-.eor W.a-oin mnvod that we should all . , mo iiiwu ws aa iniiu mr M siirw mw my s-.,.j- wf mr nroppeo upon itie osra pouso wmcn coiiiainea . , ooked tn(J w)tt do hmh hera wa,i ,s th meetin 'ua an hold a public meetio, fhe precwua relic of beloved fslher, , clus fCothin'ii in it but one little woms'n ' aitting up an when we'd all got in, the deacon was sp in a corner. Well, Brooks, I turned , back up I pointed cheerman and me dark. ' Arter sittin escon got up snd ssid the object wss to consider the news from! affecting I Enough to break up the deep foun- . hm aiia uj, boiiu aa shliiiy as the Portland 1 that the meetin wss now open, and not hear the appeal of the lady until the outer tains of the most i rigid natore, Many a heart f nfan uD-countr nifffferV I called him intol the chcerwould listen to any remark'. llo'J dresa wss almost entirely torn off, revealing to astonished spectators the well known com- mercisl phrase, Pbiii Oi.b Java," written in characters upon the skirt underneath I save, rsvs str infer, Can ynu tell me where 1 inimi's of the country could heern it, . , , , The consternslion of the victim, and the amuse- Col. iVmsr lives t nd hst do you think wssl 'roller citisens,' says he 'this hesr is a great ment of the bystanders can be bettei imagined his snswer 'Co to you of J fool r " ' I country, and can lick sny other country under than cescnued, One stepped into a can im Well! Brooks I knocks a long 'up and down I Die high kanopy of heving f (cheers.) Didn't mediitel;, looking dsggers st the grinning spec '...i .tu,..t ."until srt fast I finds out where " Col. wo lick ibe all fired Britiofi tm ice. and set all torses she fl J an, and was conveyed hoo.e in m ...w . " " - - ...... I I jtmti liyed, gets down snd bangs sway at ready to do it sgsm flown usiiy wooers y iia- siste ot mino irienng on uiairucuuu. the door. Presently the door wss opened by ss now' says lie "who are these ondssbus Alsxi- FaianTKNisa A Rci:r.. In the St. fui. pretty, fine spoken, well dressed a woman as gums that have invaled the free aoyl of thia Recorder's Court, recently, Aletander M'Maw are they I ssy r Who Mus wss nnea s ior n.-annK uu hu.h ..rj bosutifully exemplified W After , prayer the crowd gathered around lb grava to commit tho corps to its Isst noma. ' Slowly and solemnly was it lowered to its narrow house. Among the sincerest mourners ' waa unaffected child hood. Pressing through the crowd to the very brink of the 'gfsve'csme alitlle deul'hter' and just aa the" cover of Ihe box'' was aboui to bide ter of flowers I as if bent on performing the ve mentioned in fy,U kct 'J"".? ' rf TP? PTil!irt u the road' snd as 1 was riding along"! aces ' fan- minit.the de ertained that !9 'ch...,.Tli'i , f . ..moat. tenCerlf cy uikng chap with iongctirly hair hanging of 'the meetin Profitable Hoax, Recently at the Copper Mines on Lake Superior, a 'green horn ask- quart of 'prairie dew' which he did, and they set him to work, under a shady tree, in mere sport. Before night, he struck a 'Lead,' end tbo next day he sold out for $4,000. What did tha hoaxers feel like, we wonder, . , . : Conrcis Bao Ss.ib.tb Tho Boston Bee telle pass the ruins or tne old wooden ouiidmg in Beaver street. It seems tl.st a laborer was re moving a plank from the place, when the lady's light, smple dress which protruded "every which way,", wsa caught, by an envious nail which was stickiug from the sforesaid plank. The lady shrieked, but the careless fellow did o tains of the most .rigid natore, Uany a Heart ftce 0rin'np-mntry nigger 1 I called him into the chper would listen to any remark'. He'd dresa he'?el 'Rh.'r, tha vyes sronnd feathered ,ne'mVdhj of "the 1 road and asked him a civil no sonnef sot down, than up jumps Kurnal Pet- the as moisture, at sV.epsflecjed, so touching . die- q,M,ition,nd a civil quertion. you know Briioks, Osh' PesUaly, and O Jerusalem!' how he did merci j tte I filial love i. ..t r ti- Caja f0'f a civil answer sll over the world.1 I piitiV'inl I wih every federslit. snd other large v." "i1 'I ia ni. i, ,i ,.,! iMTiamiMo Facts im Saiciv-Out of' every thousand men,' wenty die annually. ' . ' '" " The number of inhabitants Of a city or roonty s reviewed svtry thirty years, Vl , Tbo number of old jneu whp die in raid wea ther, seven te four, .v,-,'-i'-i -w r--. s if The men sble to bear Srms form a fourth of 4U. l.L.v:..... Je. ui.ln' ' 1 ' 'K ' ' I Tk. nrnnnrtinn tuitweari tho death of women I ..... ...J in anu, K,,rn iiv, flinrifca Xitkt I I r.mthli 1 mtui . t.he bond or bond. ,b,, of roen; 0M hundjed Judy Kier poking her t.er ll.unib.1. and w s.ked to forkup'rjy n. ... . rt .i.ht. . . i I - ' " ' . ' I . . .1 . :l t. I " ...... t.l.r. .lw.l . . XV V:' '." ' . e" i i- i msr, 1 presume, ;oladam, says I. ,M am lure, grern ronnri over mo replied tnat rather than nave any trouble abott I , Tb probablo doratios) of fespaU lives is six it he would pay the bonds , over again. Thel,y; hut after that period the sslculatioo is more plsntstion and wooda were then searched;' but it. them than men." ' f " 1 no tract or vestige of (hs body could be found;! 6ns bslf of those who rs 'born, die before ...'.. a mm. .. '....a I - .'' t ,J . a . ind the trienos or muir not tninking thst tney i they attain tha agsof ssvsntse. i, .., ( hsd sny .right to arrest Epes st that time, per. I , . Among 3133 whodio, U appears by the regis milted him to remain t large. . , I ter that there is only ea person of ons Londred Matter stood thus until. Sundsy last, when I year of sge. ' 41 f presume, madam, says I. ., I sm mrs. grwn oonnri over no sjaiiery raurn-wnn are Umar. Sir.' 'Well, Madam,' aaya 1, '! have they indeed ! I'll tell you they'r jood" for come all the wsy from North Carolina to eee nothin, rotten, yalilcr faced,, snecki.n, snimal Col. Lsmar to see about buying a tract of land msgnslism, pesky frencli brittiahers, thst nt from.himthatisupinourpsrU!' 'Then,' saya ginsrsl Jsckson about tha banks, sad tried lo shej-ColLsmsr has rode out in the country, stop the veto, and got up a sUmp act! the but will be back shorllyi' Come in, Sir, and bloody minded villansr ssys she 'I could wsit a while, 1 ve no doubt the toi. win soon scratch tboir eyes out, I could.' 'C-C-c-csn t do it,- stuneres iie.a-a-a-ain ' t 0t th-th-the p-p pewter, your Honor. ' Are you a married man,' inquired th' recor s s-s-so fsr . pone ye to the work- ' Mr. Lumaden. respeiUbl walchtmjker oflhia Mors old men srs found in elevsted situations return,' and she hsd sinil on thst pretty fee ; MIoo roar!' shouted the kurnel, when aunt i,l 9, 14 . .'WENBV MAS9CB, town, atatd that in May last, Mr.Epea had sold I Un ja valley and jdains., of ber's that reminded body of Spring morn. ' Judy aot down. 'Iloo roar for the. wimin of A- J frightened jj;! der. N-n-n-not exactly sir." Well, I will have tn send you bouse,' Mid tho Recorder. , T lain't , nolhin' -t-t-o pr , thhere,' saiil Atck. 'M i ni used to til, W but when yon t-t-ulked aljout m ias'iria.&v llU follow vou f t-
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