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DIRECTORY.
;i;r. tXPRESSLY FOB "IBS ALLECHAXIAX."
list or post orrjcus.
of Mjstfrs. Districts.
Joseph Graham, Voder.
Joseph S Mardis, Dlackliek.
Benjamin Winner, C.irr.dl.
Danl. Litsinger, Chest.
John J. Traxell, Wajhint'u.
Mrs. II. M'Oague, EPciisijurg.
Isaac Thompson, White.
J. M. Christy, Galliizin.
Joseph Gill, Chest.
Wm. M'Gough, Washt'n.
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3 S p.'lU
u Ti:eoer,
ieVniei!,
.I'll lv.
II. A. Rog-s,
Wm. Gwmn,
K. AVissinger,
A. Durbin,
Francis Clement,
Andrew J. Ferra!
(i. W. Bowman,
Joseph Mover,
George Conrad,
15. M'Colgnn
Jo'lllil'wU.
I.orot to.
Coiito-ni'gh.
M mister.
Conem'li.
Snsq'h'in.
White.
ClenriielJ.
Richland.
Waiht'n.
Croj le.
Washt'n.
S'lLnnerbill.
;:;;-.;ri! Point,
j ..a.;ler.
1 ' r
I Si'-
Win. Murra
Miss M
Gill esuie
Aadrew Beck.
C':jri.CI3ES, .IIIXISTEHS,
m'. Hiriut Rev. D. IIaeqisos. Pastor. -
every Sabbath morning' at 10
:x:ii iii the evening at 3 o'clock. Sal
i 'ol at t o'clock, A. M. Prayer luttt
. Tharsday evening' at 6 o'clock.
Episcopal Church Rev. J. .Si;.::r,
?:.-.C:r i.i charge. Rev J. M. rjMiTit, As
i. j.'...'.. Preaching every S.-i-balli, aUcioatvly
t; ! t j.lck in the moralijjr, cr 7 in tLo
t o'.... .Sabbath School at l o'clock. A. M.
:aAc-:ing every Thur;
eve:::
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T-ideprndcnt Ret. Ll. R. Poveli..
Preaching every Sabbath iaorniii;z nt
':!;:!-:. and in the evening at G o'clock.
ju:'.i School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
the first Monday evening of each
.': : a:id on every Tuesday, Thursday
"r.L'v cveuicg, excepting the fiis,t week
.. . j .Xf'thoJist Rzv. Johx WilT-Iams.
r. Preaching every Sabbnth evening at
i 1
ili'v
jabbath School at 10 o'clock,
.vor meeting evcrv Friday evtuintr
W . , to , ,
;'. W I J . iV,
Society every Tucsi-y evening
r .i k.
?.ET.7v.LiovD, Pastor Preach-
i'1
Si ?: to
ry Sabbath moraing at lo o o'.oc.i.
i. .'.it Is.jtifis Rev. David Jesxixs.
I'rca-hing every Sabbath evening at
v '.'. :';. Sabbath ichoo! at 1 o cock, P. ....
t''''i.'. Uev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor
S.rri.-tj every Sabbath taorning at loi o'clock
iii Vi rs It 4 o'clocU ia the evening.
1 MAILS ARRIVE.
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::oc.-:,
A. M.
P. M.
at
MAILS CLOSE,
ill , nt V o'clock ?
- at 0 A.M.
' Mails from Buth r.Indiana.Sti e.ns-
uri.-c on Tuesday and Friday
o;
lOCtv, l .
- iv,) Loeiioourg on Jionaays nau i uurs
y. 7 o'clock, A. M.
l?IiThe Mails from Newmnn'3 Mills, Car
...' ,v. a, ic., arrive on Monday uai Frld.-y of
- it 3 o'clock, P. M.
l-'i'ivi Lber.sburg on Tuesdays aad Satur-
Post O'llice opea on Sunday:
o cue. A. M.
from
WILMORE STATION,
it Krr.ress Train, leaves at S. .".." A. M
iiv.
Mail Train, "
8.07 P. M.
7. is r. M-
12.12 P. M
t.ei A. M.
. ram, "
t .t.,t .'.ine,
Mail Trail
COl'.VTY OiTItL'EIlfS.
J'j:s of the Courts. Pre.-ider.t, lion. Goo.
; iiaatiiigdoa ; As.tM.I-te;, GccrgeW.
j"- Richard Jones, Jr.
i'' th'jr.oturij. Joseph M Dono'd.
a:r iin.l JieconUr. Michael Ilassor..
t -fi'.j H'jUtcr ond Hecorder. John Scan-
Robert P. Lin'.on.
!'"'' Sii'ntr Geoi 'e C. K. Zahra.
b
'wrlct At.'ofn.';. Phili;) S. Noon.
"i.? Cntnir.siontr. John Bearer, Abc-i
i --."I. Uavid T. Storm.
f '-Vi 1 1 Co;a.-nisionr. George C. I-
1. Zahm.
''tiutl to Commissioners. John S. :
T,.:,!.u,.,r r ,im A. B'air.
Iv.'.c .
O'U.irro,
V ,;r H.jut DirtdG-r!. David
'" v-l M'Guire, Jaci)b Horner
P 'it ll-mst Trmsurif. (Jeor 'T !
Zalim.
P ',t ll.ttzr Steward. Jamer. J. Wfiylor.
M '-" tutd. .Ij j.rius- r. Ti.oia:- s M'Conuc
-1 -if.'jrs. lleui-y Hawk. John F. Stui
r,4
"n'l Surcr'or. K. A. Vickrov.
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T(,r. Jnii.es S. Todd.
tyfrinfnJatt of C'o!..;uen Schools.
c'ilre.
-T. A.
CBnsi.tRG :soi. orrit'EBS.
J'lfir.-m ,.f ,1 . It Ti,-;.l If Pi.lirrlJ
of the PiL'cr. David
Ji-'on Klukead.
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r7'.'. n,!,nu' T...vvis
J"'i ';t.irU. William KitteH, Wiliinni K.
i"", Charlci Uweu3, J. C Noon, lidward
'-'"k ;.. Cunrtl.T. D. Litzinger.
',. Treasurer. George Guiiey.
M-iitcr. William Davis.
-. 1 rc-ton. Edward Glass, William
j 'p'3 u ese S. Lloyd. John J. Lloyd, Morris
'ai3, Taotuas j". Davis.
Jriurer cf School UoardEran Morgan.
"1al.e.GeorK Gurlev.
Ja Collector .George Gurley.
yutSor. Richard T. Davis.
st f EUetiu,,. Isaac Emn-.
'"..'. -J,ht S kiitv J oil a J F.tei.
Oltl rrlciidi Togctl.cr.
Oh. time is sweet, when roses meet
With spring's sweet breath around them;
And sweet the cost, when hearts are lost,
If those we love have found theml
And sweet the mind that still can find
A star in darkest weather!
But nanght can be so sweet to see,
As old friends met together.
Those days of old. when youth was bold,
And Tiiiie stole wings to speed it,
And youth ne'er knew how fast time flew
Or knowing, did not heed it !
Though gray each brow that meets us now
For age brings viutry weather
Vet naught can be so sweet to see
As these old friends together.
The few long known, that years have shovra
With hearts that friendship blesses;
A han l to cheer perchance, a tear,
To souihe a friend's distresses!
That he'ru-d and tried still siue by side,
A friend to (ace hard weather :
Oh.
kjt vce
?t joy to see,
And ;.uU old frit:
to-'' ether !
EWm AT BILLIARDS.
There is a l-.vly in this case.
For three day hhc had sat opposite me
at the h.ble ot' the pleasnntest oi' White
.Mountain resorts. (f eonr.se I c;:re no hint
a.s to which th'tt is tastes diii-.T,) ami 1
Lad trrttduallv become enthralled. Her
e;l
w
s dazzlintr, and her name was
Tarlinc.ford.
I was hide1.:
For the first of these item
1 to mv owu inteilitrence
for the second to the hotel register, which
also iu formed me that she was from JN'cw
York.
I, too, had come from Xcw York ; n
coincidence too startling to be calmly
overlo jked.
Our siequaintancc began oddly. One
morning, at breakfast, I was. musing over
a hard boiled egg, and wondering if 1
could perforate her affections with any
thing like the success which had followed
my fork as it penetrated the shell belore
me, when I felt a timid touch upon my
toe, thrilling me from end to end, like a
tciegra'.h-wire when the insulation is per
fect, i looked up, and detected a pink
iiuh making its way brow-ward ou the
lovely countenance across the table.
"i beg your pardon," said 1, with much
concern.
i;lt was my fault, sir ; excuse mr," said
the, permitting the pink Hush to deepen,
rosil v.
'Shall I pass you the- buttered toast V
said 1.
''.Muffins, if you please," said she, and
0 sweetly that I was blinded to the sib
sence of sugar in my second cup of couce.
I was c n:fued by this incident. Many
men would Lave concealed their clisqu e
tude ov an affectation of tudueii appetite,
cr by "bv Hying the w alter, or by abrupt
departure from tue scene.
oia neittit r.
I feit I had a right to i
e coniuscO, a:;U l
1
7
gloried in it.
Very soon Miss Tariingford withdrew,
and 1 cxi erieuced an aching void within,
WhlCIl CllO:
s and intters had lo power to
repieut.-ii.
l
I (,r,c v.'l a chambermaiu s l.-ar
hali'-d ollar, and the treasures of her knowl
edge uere revealed to me. The beauty
and her paity were to remain a fortnight.
Among her companion.-! there were no
males," except a youthful irresponsibility.
JJj u';-))i(s .'
Later iu the morning I heard the tink
ling of the parlor piano-forte. Music has
.1 1 . 4" . - 4l. ..,,.. ! 1 lt.v-r
Sool.Iiinir c.iaiins loi 11. v, uiu";-" i.., j
not a savage breast. I drew ueur, and
f.:.md A::.,s Tarlinn-ford triilii."' with the!
keys which lock together so many enaius
ot human svin'-athy. irhe rose, and gave
ou
demonstrations oi linpecuiug uisap-
r-.ca ranee. 1 iut
tteruo.-'cci
1
"Fray continue. 1 am famished for
music, and came specially to hsteii.
"it is Liiialy worth wlme.
"IIuw can vou say so?
It is I who
know b'.-t what 1 need."
"1 f.-ill play fr you, then."
And she did. This was wonderful.
Fstiully a long and j ainlul struggle pre
cedes feminine acquiescence 011 such occa-
Sloli
lU'r.oated lcitis us, deciarau.m . oi
inea'-aeiiv. partial con
1 f.nsent voueh.-ucd and
t.....1 t-..v.-:;-..!c withdrawn. 1 .outings
tl.V.l H Ik ) 1.... I ' .
he
-ad-tos.-in-s, feebler murmurs of disin
flation, and final reluctant yielding,
r- h 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 J 1
form the fashionable order ot proceeding.
The charm of it all is, that the original
intention is the same as the ultimate ac
tion. Whence this folly ? Having been
many times wretchedly bored by this sort
of tiling, F was now correspondingly glad
dened by the contrast.
Miss Tarliugford played well, and I
said so. , . ,.
:Prctty well," s-he answered, frankly,
but not a- well s I could wish."
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JULY
Shock number tvro. It is customary in
good poeiety for tolerable performers to
disavow all praises, (secretly- yearninsr for
more,) and to assail with invective their
own artistic accomplishments. Here was
u young lady whj played well, and had
the hardihood to acknowledge it. This
rather touk away my breath, and a va
cuum bean to come under my 'waiscoat.
1'or three blissful days, ISiiss Tarliug
fovd and 1 were seldom separated. Her
sister, a pale, sudate nudumi, of amiable
uppc;.r.iuce, and her brother, a small, rude
Lov, ot intru.-ive habit
3 ana uii"ii;uucu
.1 1 . 1
speech, I consented to undergo,
sake of conventional neccscity.
for the I
To the !
mother of the Tarliugfurds additional res
pect seemed due, and v.a-s accorded.
Three blissful days of sunshine, mead
owy rambles, forest explorations, the n;a,
jeic tranquility of nature spiced with the
sauce of il.rtation, or something fctioiier.
Sometimes we took our morning happiness
ou loot, sometimes our mid-day eet..ey
served up on Leaseback, sometimes our
evening rapture in an open wagon at two
forty. 'lhe puerile Tariingford, interfering at
kit, v.t.s summarily crushed.
.paiiig
to equestrian uistiuctions lie wrou
lit
u;;-jn maUrual luuuieiice, until, nut w uu
fat many misgivings, maternal anxiety
was stilled, and, with inductions, that we
.should hover proteetingly near him, he
was scut forth, a thorn in our sides. In
half an hour he was accidentally remem
bered, and was found to be nowhere in
1" .'I . "I
view : so we mirsued our wav. well plei
ed.
Lad dronned ouietlv oil at the lirst
.auter into a miry slough, and b.acl re
turned sobliitigly, covered with ii.ortiEea
tiou and mud, to the aims ol his parent.
Keen questioning at dinner was the result.
"Why did you so neglect him." de
manded foud mamma, adding, reproach
fully, '"the child's life might Lave been
s.aeriliced.
"Mother, we Icoked for him, and Le
was gone. "Why didu't he cry out V
i'lj I did," shouted this youtL of open
speech ; "but pm two Lad your heads to
gether, laughing and talking like any
thing, and couldn't hear, i suppose.
(Yitit a juvenile sneer.)
"Oh, lie, Walter ! Now I think you
were so frightened that you could not
ki i
"I shall know better than to entrust
him to your care again," s.dd indignant
mamma, as one who withdrew a blessed
privilege.
"Don't say that, mother ; it would be a
punishment too severe," said the mischie
vous little pale fister, in tones of pity, and
her lace brimming with mirth.
Everybody laughed, and peace was re
stored. On the third evening, misery came to
me in an envelope post-marked -Sew oik :
"Mv Dkau J'i.uvj.s I shall be with
you the niglitafteryou receive this. Jkiaage
a room for me. liaveyc u seen anything
of a Miss Tariingford where you are stay
in i You shutiid knovv her. Sdie is
. . , , ,
very brilliant ana accoiupusneti, nut is re
tiring. I am willing to tell you, but it
must go no farther, that we are betrothed.
Yours, ie., Fkank L.i.liv.n.
My heart was as the mercury of a thei
mc meter which is plunged into ice; but I
preserved an outward composure. Turn
jp.lc over the pile of letters awaiting u. ti
ers, I came upon one, directed in l.iliivan's
Land-writing, to Miss A. Tariingford, etc.
To think that a jaitry supor.-eriptiuu
would carry such u weight oi tribulation
with it I
I thus discovered that 1113' lines had fall
en in unpleasant places. 1 was fithiinr in
a pre-occupied sire.
. and had '"Otmvseli
entangled.
1 avoided the public table, and shianl
from society. iHiring the whole ot tac
; next morning 1 kept aiooi from the temp-
j tauous 01 jaiiingioiu, anvi iomiv. 10 un-
liards.
Iu the afternoon, as I sat gloomily in
ni room, with feet protruding from the
window, aud body inclined rearward, (the
! American altitude of tlxspuir) the piano
tinkled. It was the same melody whieii
had attracted me a few happy days before.
Htreniitbeuing myself with a powerful res
olution to extricate myself from the be
witching influence which surrounded me,
1 rose and went straightway to the parlor.
Could it be that a Hash of pleasure beamed
on Miss 'J arlingfoid's face? cr was 1 a
deluded gosling? The latter suggestion
seemed the more credible, so I cheerfully
adopted it
We have missed vou, Mr Plovins,"
said the fair enslaver, "I hope you have
not been unwell ?"
"Unwell ? oh, no, no."
"You have not been near me us to
day," (reprovingly) "not even at dinner;
aud the trout were superb."
A sudden Lope mounted within me.
"Miss Tariiugford, pray excuse me
vour first, name, may I ask what it is?"
'Arabella is my name, and" (whisper
ing) "you may use it if you like."
"Oh, hideous horror! And this is what
they call nutation," I thought. And the
hope which had risen blazing, like a rock
et, went cToiva fuliginous, like the stick.
"Mr. I'lovins, I will say you are very
very inconstant, to Le absent all day thus."
"Miss Tariingford. it is not inconstancy
it is billiards."
"liiliiards :"
"llilliards. I adore them. You know
nothing of billiards; women never do.
They are my joy. Pardon me," (with a
sudden uprising of Uie moral sense,) "I
have an enentreuient at the billiard room,
and I shouid be there."
"Dear me I I should like to do bill
lards. "Heaven forbid 1"
"Why so, sir?"
"Xo, I do not mean that; but ladies
never play billiards."
"I suppose there is no reason why they
should not V
"A thousand."
"Why, what harm ?"
"My "dear Miss Tariingford, if your first
name were not Arabella. alas, alas I there
would be none."
"Nonsense ! now you are laughing at
me. Come, you shall teach me billiards."
"It cannot lie, Miss Tariingford." (Low
tragedy tones.)
"Why not?"
"Dee uise vour name is Arabella."
"Very well, sir if you do not like my
name, you need not repeat it
"1 adore it; it is not that.
Forgive
me.
Then I will get ray hat," and her light
footsteps tapped upon the stairs.
Here was a state of things. Where
was my firmness and mv resolution now
Where was my Pythian probity for which
according to my expectations, Lillivan was
to have poured Danioniac gratitude upon
me? Was 1, or was I not, rapidly degen
eratinir into villainy ? I felt that I was,
and blushed for my family.
If her name Lad been anything but Ar
abella anything the initial of which was
rot A, then I could have justified myself;
but now and 1 was about to teach her
billiards'. To what depth of depravity
had I come at last !
r-die rejoined me, beaming with antici
pation, and radiant with the exercise oi
runnin' down stairs. Together we entered
the billiard room.
Now this I declare : the ball room with
its flashing lights, intoxicating perlumes,
stnrry hosts of gleaming eyes, refulgent
robes, mirrors duplicating countless splen
dors and ceaseless whirl of vanity, may add
a tenfold lustre to the chaim of beauty,
and I know it does ; the opera-box embel
lishments of blazing gas, and glittering
uttiK and flowers, fresh from native beds
of milliner', all odorous with divinest
scents of Lubin, harmoniously dulcified,
i have their value, which is great and glori
ous, no doubt, and legally doth won an ex
pand and glow among them ; in number
less w ays, and aided by numberless acces
sories, do feminine graces nimbly and
sweetly recommend themselves into our
pleased senses ; but this 1 will for ever
and ever say, that nowhere, neither in
gorgeous hall, nor gilded opera-box, nor
in any other place, nor under any other
circumstances, may such bewildering and
insidious power of maidenly enchantment
be exercised as at the billiard table ; espec
ially when the enchantress is utterly ig
norant of the duties required of her, and
confidentially seeks manly encouragement
and guidance. Controlled by the hand of
beauty, the cue becomes a magic wand,
. ana the balls are no
lie balls are no louder bits oi inani
mate ivory, but, poked resistlessly hither
aud thither, ch dilating messengers of fas
cination. I know for I have ben there.
Had Miss Tariingford turned her tho'ts
towards the bowling-alley, 1 might without
difficulty have retained my sclf-posscs
sion ; for her sex are not charming at ten
pins. They stride rampant, and hurl dan
ger around them, aiming anywhere at
random ; or they make small skips and
screams, and perform ridiculous flings in
the air, injurious to the alleys and to
their game, or they drop balls with unaf
fected languor, and develope at an early
stage of pmcccdings, a tendency to gutter,
above which they never rise throurhout
and all this is annoying, aud fit only for
Bloomers, who can be degraded by noth
ing on earth.
'But billiards ! what statuesque postures
what fredom of gesture, what swaying
"jace and vivacious energy this game in
volves ! And then the attendant distrac-
. . -i . . 1 jr j. v. 1 .1
tioiis the piuctiing togetneroi mc nanus
to form the needed notch, the perfect art
of which, like fist clenching, is unattaina
ble bv woman, who substitutes eonie
queer ness all her own the fierce grasp
ing and propulsion of the cue the loving
reelerision upon tho table -hen the lorg
20, J8G0.
shots come in the dainty foot uprising,
to preserve the owner's balance, but, as it
gleams suspended, detroyinic the obser
ver's all combine, as they did this time,
to scatter stern promptings of duty be
yond recalling.
First, Arabella's little Land must be
moulded into a bridge, and beiri:r slow to
cramp itself correctly, though pliant as a i
. . . . . - . . i ,
po.itK-.an 3 conscience, the operation ot 1
folding it together Lad to be manv times
peated. Next shot must be made for
her, she retaining her hold of the cue, to
get into the way of it. Then all went
smoolhly with her, turbulently with me,
until, enthusiastically excited, ehe must
be lifted on the table's edge, "just to try
one lovely little shot," which escaped her
reach from the ground.
My game was up !
We were alone. Arabella r?rched uron
the table, jubilant at having acieved a !
pocket I, dismal and blue beside her. i
"There, take me down," she said.
I h'oked around through each window,
inclined my ear to the door, swept an arm
around her waist, and forgot to pro
ceed. "Oh, Arabella I Arabella ! wherefore
art thou Arabella?"
"Do you wish I were somebody else ?"
she asked slyly.
"No, no '. but what of Frank Lilli-
van ;
"Frank, do you know him?" (With
a luminous face.)
"And he has toll me yes."
"What ?"
"Of his relations with Miss Tariing
ford." "With Anna yes."
"What Anna ? Who is Anna V
"Dearjme I my sister Anna. Doa't be
absura .
'But I never knew "
No you knew nothing of her; the
worse for ou ! You avoided her I'm
sure I don't see why and she is reti
ring."
"Retiring ! the very word I"
"What word? You vex ine; puzzle
me; take me down."
"Forgive me, dear Arabella ! I'm too
delighted to explain. I never will ex
plain. I thought it was you ou whom
Frank's nfTections were fixed."
"Dear, no! Frank is sensible: he knows
better: he ho judgment ;" and she laugh
ed a quiet laugh, and made as if she
would jump down.
As she descended, two heads caromed
together with a click. It was the. irre
pressible influence of the billiard atmos
phere, I suppose. No one contemplated it.
That evening when Frank Lillivan arrived
I met him at the door.
"Cod bless you, Frank !" said I ; "I
forgive you everything. Say no more."
"Hallo! what's up?" cried Frank.
"Well, certainly, it was a little intru
dent for you to nealect writing the whole
address of the letter you sent to Anna
Tariingford. I thought it was for Ara-
Leila.'
"Dear me !" cried Frank, twinkling,
"what then r"
- The coming Prince of Wales is no ge
nius, if we may believe the best accounts.
He is said to have been from his childhood
uncommonly dull, and uuir.ipressible l-y
such objects as generally gain the atten
tion of children. His mental condition
was such as to excite great and constant j shoulder, but recovered. In 1852, Dan
anxiety in Lis mother's mind ; and the j ;c.i anj Johnson, two Richmond editors
first medical men in the kingdom were j ;0j a harmless set-to here, which ter
called iu frequently and anxiously consul- t m.nrited iu coffee. In 1853, Davis and
ted on the subject. They united in re- j Kidgeway fought here; Ridgewsy diow
eommending that his father's (German) 1 e,j his antagonist to fire without returnim;
system of training should be abandoned ;
and that instead of cramming and forcing
his weak intellect, his sruardians should
..;,-.v 1,;,,, lhrht find roTPcable v?.t rci.-e of
mind as well as of body. This course j withal a staunch, thorough-going Demo
was adopted; and the result is that a "at. During the Mexican war he was
child of naturally feeble powers, by good called upon at a regular church meeting
man. aire mcnt has"been reared into a youth j to pray, and he closed with this addition:
of bai-elv respectable intelligence. "Be with our army in Mexico; whether
' 99 i it be right, or whether it be wrong, blcs3
Hard Butteh without Ice. To it! We of the Democratic party ara
have delightfully hard butter in summer, ' charged with making a war cf conquest,
without ice, the plan recommended by but Ave believe it to be a war of defeaco.
that excellent and useful publication, the j But we would not enter into argument of.
Scientific Aincriccn, is a good one : Put ; the subject, and for further particulars,
a trivit, or any open fiat thing with legs, j would refer to the President's ti.csdage !"
in a saucer: nut oil this trivit the plate
of butter : fill the rrsueer with water :tarn
common iiov.-f-r p
, ,1. .....
urside d"wn over
tl
1 -'"-di Lc with
IO UUllCi, Sv. t 11.' V: .-i..;il IV- Hll.l-
in the saucer ami under 1 tie water : PlU'
the ho'.e of the fiower-pot with a cock,
then drench the flower-rot with water ; set
in a cool place iiuui morning, or u uune
at breakfast, the butter will be very hard
by supper time.
t-f Oliver Wendell Holmes says :
1 1 . : 1 - : 1' 1
"Our brains are seventy year clocks. The
angel ot lne winds them up once tor aa, j et room, wncre 1 shoua l-o unmterrup
closes the doors, and gives the keys into I ted in my devotions." Landlac'.y "Ob
j the hanv
' tion."
the hands of tto Angel o$ U Ivesurrec
NO. 49..
Tlic "Ground of lcath."
Dladensbnrg, Ky., the celebrated duel
ling ground, is thus described by a corre
spondent, lhe place, so noted for its re
fined and polite murders, is about five
miles from the citv, fresh and handsome,
"11" (X " - .....
n idu in CT3-01 irrcen, auornci witn llowc:
and should blush in its beauty for the
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3
scv.ne. 11 nas witnc-ssccr. Here, 111 a beau-
tiful little grass plat, sur:cun led by trees,
forms made after the iuiage of God, come
to insult nature :nd defy heaven.
In 1814 Kdward lfor-kins was killed in
a duel in this place. This seems to have
been the first of these fashionable murders
on this dueling uround.
In 1S1!, A. T. Mason, a United States
Senator from Virginia, fought with' his
sister's husband, John M'Carty, here.
M'Cai-iy was averse to 5 h tin and thoi.o-.it
there was no necessity for h ; but Mason
vould ii-i.li t . M'Carty named muskets
Jopr
ded with grape shot, aud so near toceth-.
cr that they would hit heads if Ibcy fell
on their faces. This was changed by the
seconds to loading with bullets, and taking
twelve feet as the distance. Mason was
j killed instantly, and M'Carty, who had his
collar bone broken, still lives with Mason's
sister in Georgetown. His hair turned
white so soon after the fight as to cause
much comment. He has since been solicit
ed to act as second in a duel, but refused,
in accordance with a pledge he made to
his wife soon after killing her brother.
In 1820, Commo lore Decatur was killed
in a duel here by Commodore Baron. At
the first fire both fell forward with their
heads within ten feet of each other, and as
each supposed himself mortally wounded,
each fully and freely forgave the other,
still laying on the ground. Decatur ex
pired immediately, but Baron eventually
recovered.
In 1821, two strangers named Lega and
Sega appeared here, fought, and Sega wa3
instantly killed. The neighbors learned
this much only from the marks on their
gloves left on the ground. Lega was not
hurt. In 1822, Midshipman Locke was
killed here by a clerk of the Treasury
Department narced Gibson, The latter
wos not hurt. In 1826, Henry Clay fought
(his second duel) with John Randolph,
just across the Potomac. In 1S32, Martin
was killed by Carr. Their first names are
not remembered. They were from the
South.
In 1830, Mr. Key, son of Frank Key,
and brother of Barton Key, of Sickles
notoriety, met Mr. Sherborne and ex
charged a shot, when Sherborn said :
"Mr. Key, I have no desire to kill you."
"JNo matter, said Key. "I came to kill
you." "Very well, then," said Sherborn
"I will now kill you." and he did.
In 1S3S, W. J. Graves, of Kentucky,
assumincr the quarrel of James Watson
Webb w ith Jonathan Cilley of Maine, se-
' lected tins place lor Cilley s murder, out
the parties learning that Webb, with two
j friends, Jackson and Morel, were armed
an D rursu or purpose of assas-
! sinating Cilley, moved toward the river
i 'uut missed tho parties, and then returned
to the city, to whicu they were soon iol-
lowed bv Graves and the corpse of Cil-ley-
In 1815, a lawyer earned Jones fought
with and killed a Dr. Johnson. In 1851
R. A. Hoole and A. J. Dallas had a hos
tile meeting here. Dallas was shot in the
the shot.
EjswJosiah D-
is a most estimable
! trcntlemau. unricht. strictly nious. and
i KIT A fugitive slave ben.
(.uestior.ed
n Pi 1-,-s tr.vir.i::-nt bv his tuni;i r taa?t
; as to his treatment by nis lorm v ma.ner.
- answered that he nad always been Weil
: ireaiea auu una mi 1.,
treated and earcu lor
! this, his questioners told him he was a
! fool to leave so good a situation. He re-
plied, "Gentleman, my situation down
South is vacant ; you can easily Lave it
by making application."
to,Student seeking board (leing cf a
pious turn 01 mirid) ! wisu a nice, cpn-
- 1 in. that case, 1 always require tL pr:v ol
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