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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.
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gtmbury Iforthnmberiaiid Co. la- Satardayf Aagint l.
1846.'
( ' tol.' C-Io: 4S-.frt.oie No, 305.
I aquare t ineertion,
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auhaeqaentlniwrlktn.'
Yearly Advertieemenia one column, f 25 t hnlf
Column, $ Id, three aiiiarea, $IS( two aqtiarea, 9
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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 "'
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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' ' 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
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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-