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OLUME 8.
fT"rI LllA-1 - ' -.-..nt j
IV Eben.burg, Fa.
rffESLO'S, Attoriiey at Law,
!.-?-C--'e opposite tte Bank. jan24
COKGE M. I1EADE, Attorney at
ir Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
rOi'-e ia Colonnade Row. jjanJ-l
p. TIERNEY, Attorney at Law,
Elerisbnrg, Cambria county, Fa.
05c e in Colonnade Row. jan2-t
HNSTOX & SCANLAN, Attorneys
at Law, Ebenstarg, Pa.
;; STOSi. j--lJ
J. i. SCANLAS.
,MT EL SINGLETON, Notary Pub-
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i-p. i ,'.V.--ev-;-ril Drawings and Specifi-
J. WATERS, Justice cf the Peace
It and Scrivener.
v?-C--:e adjoining dwelling, on High St.,
rr. Pa." jtb'-Cni
T
K1NKEAD, Justice of tte Peace
and Claim Arent.
ce re:
jred o the o5ce fcrm
erl
.j ; f H.isson. Eso.. on Il'ch street,
Fa. jan31-em I
" 'tnirM AKF.ll. Attorney at
1i ....... , y
, " La'. ELeusburg, Pa.
fVi-ui.ir attention paid to collections.
,',.r c-e door east of Lloyd A Co. '3
-fcuiL SINGLETON, Attorney at
n Liw, E;?r.Urg, Fa. OSce on High
"f.i. west cf Ftsier's Hotel.
f .:! rra.-ri'ce the Courts of tamcna ana
.sirg counties.
j-?" Attenls also to the collection of claims
I Meiers against the Government. jan2-4
UORGE W; O ATM AN, Attorney at
- - . - t . T'U V..--.
Mw ana ..aira Agent,. Lutasuui,
: countv, Pa.
Per.riccs, Dack. Pay and Bounty, and
j..'.itary Claims collected, iweal Estate
V;: and sciJ. and payment of Taxe? ftt-
: to. T3ook Accounts, Notes, Due Bills,
lz :::s, &c, collected. Deeds, ifortga-
. r C t .. C.n.ii
s-.'.y written, and all legal tusicess
':! "attended to. Pensions increased,
2. :V.ized Bountv collected. jan24
0. VILSON", M. I., offers his ser-
ci'.'.'.eni &f Ebensbuxg and surroucding
ce?a arrointed E23r-.in.i1j .Va--(,
if i prepared to examine all Pension
itzi apVlicants for Pensions who may
c h i 3erices.
yf c .ace on High St.. three doors east of
I cli-rc'a. ia ofMce formerly occupied Ly
i - 11. .3 : . 1 ' . . 1 rt J ; :
u e. (jan24-2ni
1 IT.'' T XT f - T v
il Sucrtssor cf i?. 6'- Euan,
n Dealer in
HZ:?.rG5 AND MEDICINES. PAINTS,
t:T. AND DVE-STLTFS, FEP.FUME-
1-v an'd fancy" articles, pure
T:ne avd bt. an dies fou m.di-
FUr.Pvi'ES, PATENT 51EDICINES, &c.
Alro:
.yr, , 1 v. Paper?,
f i'-zr. ?.;:.. ".Is, Superior Ink,
J Ai cher articles kept
J Lv Druegi?t3 generally.
f"f,:-':-:i-:ns e.rtj'u'.iy compounded.
- - i'iin fctreet. opposite the llotn
Ehensburg, Pa. fjan24
:-:.N'TIiTKY.
f Ti? nndrs:.gned, Graduate of the Bal-
" (- :.leze of Dental irarg?ry. re.pecifQi.y
- ? professional services to tne citizens
urg. He has spared no means to
:ii!y acquaint himself with evtrrr im--tr.t
in his art. To manvvears of per-
I irerieace. he has sought to add the
ce. lie simply asks that an
"-t- Kv rnrpn tor ! wort tr
i: -:s CTa r raise.
SAMUEL BELFORD, D. D. S.
m: Prof. C. A. Harris : T. E. 3ocd,
" 1. Handy; A. A. Blandy,P. II. Aus-
2atiraore College,
'""ill beat Eben?burg on the fourth
''-T cf each month, to stay one wjek.
7 -4,
7.
i-'-iL i: CO., Banker.
v n
Silver, Government Loans and
- Securities bought and cold. Interest
e i oa Time Deposits. Collections made
' CP-35vf- P-a ia the United States,
Ir M. LLOYD i Co., Banter
J . Altooxa. Pa.
-:-;cn the principal cities, and Silver
VJ'- - for sale. Collection? r
interest, or cnon time-
t , ra;iulc c.r, aemand.
, witn interest
jan24
rite.
T T t A T Ti at p t - '
OF ALTOONA.
G 0 VESXMEXT A GEXCYt
N'ATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI
TF.n stitp?
Aitooca, Pa.
-:2E3 Capita!.. $200, OCK) 00
ital Paid I5 UO.oOO CO
-iJicess pertaining to Banking done on
-c-s terms. -
! Revenue Stamps of all deaomiaa-
f ys ca hand.
r tarchi5Pr .
, M C --.iapj, percentage, in
r P' C4ntV to 5200, 3 per cent. ;
) upjrwds, 4 per cent. rja&23
Saturday Afternoon.
BT H. P. W1LLI3.
I lore to look on a scene like this ....
Of "'ild and careless play,
And persnade myself that I am not old,
And my locks are not yet gray 7 -
For it stirs the blood of an old man's heart;
And makes Li3 palses f y, -To
catch the thrill of a happy voice,
And the light of a pleasant eye.
I have walked the world for foar-score years,
And they fay that I am old
That my heart ia ripe for the reaper Death,
And my year3 are well nigh toll.
It is very true it is very true
I am old, and I bid? my time ;
Cut my heart will leap at a sceae like thi3,
And I half renew my prime.
Play on 1 play on ! I am with you there,
In the midst cf your merry ring ;
I can feel the thrill of your daring jump,
And the rush of the breathless swiHg-;
I hide with you in the fragrant hay,
Asd I whoop the smothered call,
And n;y feet slip on the seedy ficor,
And I care not for the fall.
I am willing to die when my time shall cose,
2nd I shi'di be glad to go
For the world at best is a weary place,
And my pulse is getticg low ;
But the grave is dark, and the heart will fail
In treading its gloomy way,
Ar.5 it wile3 my breast from its dreariness
To see the vouEg so gay.
"I am entirely at a loss to know ivhai
to do with that boy," said Mr. Barton to
her husband, with much concern 00. her
face, and in an aDxioua tODe of roice. "I
never yield to his imperious temper; I
never indulge him in anything; I think
about him and care about him at all
times, but see no good results."
WLiie Mrs. Burlon was speaking, a
bright, active boy, eight years or age,
' came dashing into the room, and, without
heeding
anv
cue, commencing beating
e sticks against one of the
witn two jar
wind
iuw-siila
in J
makin;
a
deafening
noise.
'Incorrigible boy exclaimed his
mother, going quickly up to him, and
jerkisg the slicks out of his" hands,
"caa I teach jou neither manners nor
decency ? I have told ycu a hundred
times that when you ome into the room
where any one is sitting you mast be
quiet. Get up stairs this moment, and do
! not let me see your face for au hoar."
j The boy became eulky in an instant,
and stood where he wa3 pouting, sadly.
"Did you heir what I said
up
stairs, this moment.'
Mrs. Bartou spoke ia a very angry
tonr, looking quite as angry as she spoke.
Slowly moved the boy toward thedjor,
a seol darkening his face, that was but a
moment before so bright and cheerful.
Ilia tep were too deliberate for the over
excited feelings of the mother; she sprang
toward him, and seizing him by the arm,
pushed him from the room and closed the
d'wOr loudly after him.
"I declare I am out of all heart I" she
exclaimed sinking down upon a cbair.
'It is 'line r.pon line and precept upon
precept but all to no good purpose.
That boy Trill break my heait yetl"
31r. .burton said nothing, but he saw
rliinlv
enough that it wa? not all the
chili's fault. He doubted the use cf
speaking out and saying thi3 unequivo
cally, although he had often been ou the
point of doing so involuntarily. lie knew
the temper of his wife so well, and her
peculiar sensitiveness about everything
that locked like charging any fault upoa
herself, that he feared more harm than
good would result from an attempt on his
part to show her that she wa3 much more
than half to blams for the boy'a perverse
nesa of temper.
Once or twice the little fellow showed
himself at the door but was driven back
with harsh words, until the hour for tea
arrived. The sound cf the tea bell caused
an instant oblivion cf all the disagreeable
impressions made cn his iiiiod. His little
feet answered the welcome summons with
a clatter that stunned the ears of his
mother.
"Go back, fir," the eaid, sternly, aa he
burst open the dining-room door,, and
sent it swinging with a loud concussion
against the wall, "and see if you can walk
down stairs more like a boy than a horse."
Master Henry withdrew, pouting out
his rosy lips to the distance of nearly an
inch. He went up one flight of stairs,
and then returned.
"Go up to the third story, where you.
first started from, and come down quietly,
all the way, or you shall not have a mouth
ful of supper.'
'I do not want to" 'whined the boy.
"Go up, I tell, you, this instant, or I
will sead you to bed without anything to
eat." ;
This was a threat which former expe
rience taught him might be executed, and
eo he deemed it better to submit than pay,
too dearly for having his ova way. The.
distance to tha third etory was made in a
few light serines, and then he came cat-
tering down as lightly, and took; his place 4
a w
) at the tabl fuietfy, bat eilently
I WOULD RATHER BE EIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hsbt Clay.
EBENSBTJRGr, PA., THURSDAY, IVIAUCH
uThere, there, not too fast ; you have
plenty to eat, and time enough to eat it
in. -
Harry settled himself clown to the table
as quietly as his mercurial spirit3 would
let him, and tried to wait Tintil be was
helped, but in spite of his efforts to do so,
his hand went over into the bread-baaket.
A look from .his mother caused him to
drop the slice he had raised ; it was cot a
look ia which there was much affection.
While waiting to be helped, his hands
were busy with his-knife and fork, making
a most unpleasant clatter. j
" Put down your hands !" harshly spo-:
ken, remedied this evil, or rather eent the ;
active movement from the little fellow's J
hands to his feet, that commenced a;
swinging motion, his heels striking noisily !
against the chair. , " I
""Keep your feet still!" caused this to i
cease.
After one or two more reproofs, the
boy was left to himself. As eoon as he
received his cup cf tea, he porred the en
tire contents into the saucer and then tried
to lilt it steadily to his Hps. In doing eo
he spilled one-third cf the contents upon
the table-cloth.
A box on the ears and a storm of angTy
words rewarded this feat.
"I have told you over and 07er again,
you incorrigible, bad boy, not to pour the
whole of your tea into your saucer ! Just
ec what a mess you have made with that
clean table-cloth ? I declare I am out of
all patience with you. Go away from the
table this instant V
Harry went crying away, not in anger,
but in grief. He had spilled his tea by
accident Hi? mother bad so many re
proofs and injunctions to make that the
bearing ot them all in mind was a thing
impossible. As to pouring out all his tea
at a time, he had no recollection of any in
terdiction on that subject, although it had
been made oer and over again very often.
In a little while he came creeping alowly
tack and resumed his place at the table,
his ejejon his mother's lace.-. Mr. Bur
ton was sorry that she had sent him way
for what was an accident; she felt that
sue had hardlv been just to the thought
less boy. She did not, therelore, object
to his coming back, and said, as he took
his seat, "next time see .hat you are more
careful. I have tola you again and again
not to fill your saucer to the brim; you
never can do it without spilling the tea
upon the table doth.
This was not spoken in kindness.
A scene somewhat similar to this was
enacted every meal; but instead of im
proving his behavior, the boy grew more
and more heedless. Mr. Burton rarely
said anything to Harry about his unruly
manner, but when he did, a word was
enough. That word was always mildly
yet firmlv spoken. He did not think him
a bad boy or difScult to manage at least
he never found him so. "I wish I knew
what to do with that child," said Mrs.
Burton after the little fellow had been
sent to bed an hour before his -time, in
consequence of some violation of law and
order; "he makes me constantly feel un
happy. I dislike to be scolding him for
ever, but what can I do? If I did not
curb him in some way, there would be
m. living ia the hou?e with him. I
am afraid he will cause us a great deal of
trouble."
Mr Burton was silent. He wanted to
say a word on the subject, but he feared
that its effect might not bo what he de
sired. "I wish you would advise me what to
do, Mr. Burton," said. his wife a little
petulantly. "You sit, aud do not say a
single word, as if you bad no kind of in
terest in the matter. What am I to do ?
I have exhausted all my resources, and
feel completely at a loss."
"There is a way, which, if yoti would
adopt it, I think might do good." Mr.
Barton spoke with a slight appearance of
hesitation. "If you would speak gently
to Harry, I am sure you would be ab!a
to manage him far better than you do."
Mrs. Burton's face was crimsoned in an
instant; she felt the reproof deeply; her
eelf-esteem was severely wounded.
"Speak gently, 4odee4 " she replied
"I might as well soeak to the wind : I
am scarcely beard now at tho top of my
voice.
As her husband did not argue the mat
ter, with her, nor say anything that was
calculated to keep up the excitement under
which she was laboring, her feelings in a
little while quieted down, and her
thoughts became active. The word,
"speak gently," were constantly in her
mind, and there was a reproving import
in them. On going to bed thatnightehe
could not get to sleep for several -hours;
her mind was too busily engaged in review
ing her conduct toward her child. , She
clearly perceived : that she had too fre
quently suffered her mind to get excited
and angry, and that she was often annoy
ed at triflea which ought to have bees
overlooked. ' L
"I am afraLdJLhATe hscn unjust to my
child," she sighed over and over again,
turning restlessly on her pillow.
"I will try and do better," she said to
herself as she rose in the morning,' feel
ing but little refreshed from " sleep. Be
fore she was ready to leave her room she
heard Harry'a voice calling her from the
next chamber where the slept. The tones
were fretful'; h Tinted soai ttendae?r
and was crying out for it in a manner that
instantly disturbed the even surface of the
mother's feelings. She was about telling
him, angrily, to be quiet until she could
finish dressing herIf, when the words
"speak gently," seetjrfeispered in her
ear. Their "effect "was magical; the
mother's spirit was subdued.
"I will speak gently.' she murmured,
and went in to Harry, who was still cry
ing out fretfully.
"What do you want, my son ?" she
said, in a quiet, kind voice.
lbe boy looked up with surrrise : his
eye brighteoed, and the whole expression
of bis face wa3 changed in an instant.
"I cannot find my stockings, mamma,"'
he said.
-KThere they are, under the bureau'
returned Mrs. Burton, as gently as ehe
had at first spoken.
"Oh, yes! so they are," cheerfully re
plied Harry; "I could not see them any
where.
"Did you think crying would bring
them V
This was said with a smile, and in a
tone so unlike his mother's, that the child
looked up again into her face with sur
prise which was mixed with pleasure.
"Do you want anything else ?" she asked.
"No, mamma," he replitd cheerfully,
"I can dress myself."
This little effort was crowned with the
most encouraging result to the mother :
she felt a deep peace settling in her bosom,
the consciousness of having gained a true
victory over the perverse tendencies of
both her own heart and that of her boy.
It was a little act, but it was the first
fruits, and the gathering, even of eo small
a harvest, was sweet to her spirit.
For the first time in many month the
breakfast table was pleasant to all Harry
never once interrupted the conversation
that passed at intervals between his
father and mother. When he asked for
anything, it was in a way pleasing to all.
Once or twice Mrs. Btirton found it nec
essary to correct some little fault in man
nr,. but the way in which she did it did
not in the least disturb her chili's temper,
and instead of not seeming to hear her
words, as had almost always been the case,
he regarded ail that was said, and tried to
do as she wished.
"There is a wonderful power in gentle
words," remarked Mr. Burton to his wife,
after Harry had left the table.
es, wonderful, indeed ; their effect
surprises me."
"Love is strong."
Days, weeks, months and years went
by; during all this time the mother con
tinued to strive very earnestly with her
self, and very kindly with her child.
The happiest results followed; the fret
ftrl, passionate, disorderly boy became
even minded and orderly ia his habit.
A word gently spoken, was all powerful
ia its influence for good, but the least
shade of harshness would arouse hia stub
born will and deform his fair young face.
henever mothers complain to Mrs.
Barton cf the difficulty they find in man
aging their children, she has one piece of
advice to give, and that is, "command
yourself, and speak gently."
Almost a Prize Fight.
. The lloliidaysbarg Reji&ttr has heard
of a queer proceeding on the Allegheny
Mountain, ia Cambria county, which, as
an exhibition of braggadocia and con
temptible meanness cn the prt of the
principal actor, certainly removes the
dilapidated linen from the shrubbery. . A
short time since, a certain fellow, who
thinks himself able to "travel oa his
muscle," challenged a ycuog man working
in the coal mines to a fight, on an ap
pointed dav, to be conducted in accordance
with the rules of the prize ring, for a sum
of money. The challenge was accepted,
Now be it Temembered that the young
coal miner was a member of the Catholic
church, and, of course, would not have
agreed to take part in such an affair,
except for the reason that the public would
in all probability have considered it cow
ardly for him to back out. When the
challenging party saw that he would have
to fight for his laurels, or resort to in
trigue, he chose the latter course. Going
quietly to the Priest of the parish to
which the coal miner belonged, he in
formed him that his parishioner was
going to have a fight cn a certain day
with some Tom, Dick or Harry, and asked
the reverend gentleman to interpoe
and not as much as intimating that he
had any connection with the matter what
ever. This left a clear field for him, and
he took advantage of it. At the appointed
time, he, arrayed in the coatume of the
prize ring, appeared with a party of
friends at the place designated. The
crowd waited patiently, but the coal mi
ner came not, and there was no prise fight.
This gave tbebraggart something tosprcad
himself on, and he now rehearses' the
account of. his bravery (?) to the wonder
ing natives of the mountain regions, never
even dreaming that they know tha true
story.
A murderer in the Cincinnati jail
gives notice that he don't want to ee vis
itors unless they bring cigars with them.
"Radical rump rufiBanism' ii the la
test Coppirheaditorial pbrasa for patriot
xsni tod Unioa sflnrimeata.
28, 1867.
Governor Geary ou a National
Convention.
Harrisburu, March 14, 1SG7.
To the Seriate end House of Rrprcsenta
ticti of the Commoniceahfi of Pennsyl
vania :
Gjexto:men-A letter dated Gth inst.,
has ju?t been received from Hon. Jona
than Worth, Governor of North Carolina,
covering a set of resolutions adopted by
the Legislature of that District, both of
which, according to his request, are here
with transmitted to you. j
The object of the resolutions is to
invite "all the States North, South,
East and West" to a National Conven
tion, for the purpose of "proposing, in
exact conformity with ths Constitution of
the United States, such amendments to
the Constitution that the result will be
such mutual co tctssions 5 will lead to a
restoration of our former happy relations."
Under the ordinary circumstances, I
would be satisfied to simply submit this
communication to the Legislature without
comment; but in this instance the occa
sion seems to demand something more.
I am by no means insensible to a noble
spirit of concession and forbearance neces
sary to impart vitality to our national
existence ; and, therefore, ia deliberating
upon this important subject, I would rec
ommend that local feelir.g and prejudices
be merged into a patriotic determination
to promote the public welfare. But when
we reflect that the people cf North Caro
lina, inviting this assembly, are not in
full communion with the loyal States ;
that they have been for many years in
the habit of looking with great indif
ference upon the national interests and of
tolerating disloyalty : that throughout the
thrilling and sanguinary war of the rebel
lion they used their utmost eflorts to
destroy the Constitution and the Union,
and to establish a hostile government of
their own; that tney have recently re
fused to ratify the mild and wholesome
amendments to the Constitution; tha:
Congress by the passare of the recon
struction act, has made a salutary provision
for their future military government, and
for that cf the other refractory districts
lately engaged ia rebellion; is net the
presumption with which these unrepen
tant rebels and hubjurrated traitor ask for
"mutual concessions," surprising ? The
people of Pennsylvania have alaay been
loyal to the Government, true to the
Constitution and the laws of the nation,
and Lave stood" io the foremost ranks of
the defenders cf the Union; They have
no concessions to make, certainly none to
those who have waged a treasonable war,
and who have been conquered nt the
point cf the bayonet. The doctrine is
certainly abhorrent that defeated treason
should ask the loyal men of this ccuntry
to meet them upoa equal terms in con
vention to amend the Constitution they
repudiated ard attempted to deitroy.
The guil'y failure of thosa men has as
signed them to a far different task
submission to the terms of the conquerors
and obedience to that aw which we all
obey.
While Pennsylvania has no concessions
to make, her people, desiring a speedy,
just and proper re-adjustmer.t of al! the
States in the Union, earnestly beseech the
citizens cf North Carolina, and of all the
Southern State, to return without delay
to the-teniga influences cf the Govern
ment while yet the terms of such a return
are easy, end not to wait for more severe
conditions and perhaps for more serious
punishment.
Government of the Rebel States.
General Grant, ia General Order No.
10, publishes for the information and
government of all concerned, the act to
provide for the more efficient government
of the llebel States, and concludes as
follows :
In pursuance cf this act, the President
directs the following assignments to be
made
First District, State of Virginia, to be
commanded by brevet Major General J.
M. SchoSeli. Headquarters, Kichmond,
Va. '
Second District, coni?ting of North
Carolina and South Caralina, to be com
manded by Major General D. E. Sickles.
Headquarters, Columbia, S. C.
Third District, consisting of the StrUes
of Georgia, Florida and Alabama, to be
commanded by Major General G. II.
Thomas. Headquarters at Montgomery,
Alabama. .
Fourth District, consisting of the State3
of Mississippi and Arkansas, to be com
manded by Brevet Major General E. O.
C. Ord. Headquarters at Yicksburg,
Mississippi.
Fifth District, consisting cf the States
cf Louisiana od Tesf o-be -commanded
by Major General P. II. Sheridan. Head
quarters at New Orleans, Louisiana.
The powers of Departmental Comman
ders are hereby delegated to the above
named district conmauders.
A man living in .Washington Terri
tory has named an infant son as follows :
John Elmer Sherman Sheridan M'Pher
son Kilpatiick Thomas Butler Farragut
Lyon Grant Mack Smith.
Call to the devil, if enly ia fun, and
ycu'll find hhn rrming en a run.
S8 IX ADTAXCE.
NUMBER 10.
Advertising.
Two illustrious instances of the pro2t,
of advertising are furiished by the histo
ry of Barnum's 3Iuseum' with its inciden-'
tal enterprises, aad Bonner's New York
Ledger. Enca of these men started with '
only a few hundred dollar. Barnura ,
shouldered a debt of $50,000, and in tea
years had cleared it off and amassed a
half million: He probably paid another
half million for advertising. Bonner in
vested a little of his money in getting out.
the first number of his paper, and the real
in advertising, aird behold! in ten yean,
he drives a 525,000 team of his own on'
Broadway, circulates 400,00tt Copies of
his weekly paper,-nnd luxuriate in a for-'
tune that would satisfy a nabob. Doctor
Townaend is another instance. He star- ,
ted with a receipt for making sarsaparilla,
(some thought out of molasses and water,)
and in five years he was .dwelling in a
pi'.ace of his own, costing ?!QQXA)Jt with
a quarter million behind for its support.
These instances could be extended ad & ,
itum. In fact, the whola commercial
economy of the se is based upon the dif
fusion of commercial intelligence. What
journalism is to literature or government,
advertising is to trade.
The chief advantage? ot advertising, it
should be remembered, lie ia so display
ing the matter that it will catch the eya
of the reader. An advertisement net
read is ot course valueless. Merchant!,
therefore, should pay for ppace, rather ,
than type, and in arranging the matter,
should put in such a shape as to elcita :
the interest of the reader and lead him to
inquire further into the merits cf th
thing. .
Advertising, to ba remunerative, rausl
be constant, unceasing. Stephen Girard .'
owed his fortune in great measure to ju
diclcus advertising all the yeir round.'
'Oct of sight, out of mind" this maxim
is eminently true ia trade. Those who
are most ia sight by means of spacioua
structures, attractive signs, 3nd conspicu
ous advertisements, vrill sell the most
goods. Those who keep their stock hid
oat of sight will sell no goods.
To make advertising pay, an advertise
ment must tell the truth. It assertion!
must be verified tc the letter. If it prom ;
ises to sell good calf-skin boots at six
dollars a pair, such bargains must be giv
en. To draw a customer ia and cheat
him onCe, may be easy; but to repeat. tha.,
trick on the same person, is a game not
often played. Cheating is based on the
principle that the public was made to be
humbugged; but the obtaining and keep
ing customers is based on an entirely dif
ferent nrt. The great secret is contained
ia the two principles of courtesy and
henesty. There is more friendship in
correct trading than is generally supposed.
All merchants ought to calculate some
what on this element in permanent busi
ness arrangements, and as a basis for
permanencv, their advertisements should
I specify only the truth.
A Strange Story;
At the beginning ot the late war, Vv'n.
II. Lewis, of Iowa, was a student in East
man's Commercial Colicgeat Poughkeep
sie, N. Y. He enlisted in Dodge'a Rifl
but was transferred from that organization
as Second Lieutenant in the N. Y. 152d
Infantry. Subsequently, he was made
Captain of Co. F ot the regiment -While :
engaged in laying the pontoon bridge at
Fredericksburg, he was wounded in the.
knee, captured, and taken South, where
he was detained for months and months,
and had no opportunity to eommunifiat
with his friend. When released, h
again joined the army, wa3 wounded at
Antietam, and afterward at Gettysburg,
where he received a shot ia the head,
fracturing the skull, and frpm July till
November he remained alnust totally un
conscious ia one of the hospitals ia Phil
adelphia. Recovering, be again entered
the field, and at Failors' Creek received a
wound through the lung, and was dis
charged frcm the service.
The father of young Lewis was a man
of large property in the State of Iowa,
was a Brigadier ia the volunteer Service,
and fell mortally wounded at Chattacccga.
His only brother was Lieutenant Cclontl
of the 2lst Iow3 Infantry, and was killed
at Antietam. His mcthcr died during
the war. While the young man was a
prisoner in the South, Gen. Halleck cer
tified to an uncle of Lewi?, living ia Towa,
that Win. H. was among the killed a:
Fredericksburg. Oa the strength of thi
certificate, it is alleged, the uacie secured
tho necessary legal papers to administer
upon the estate ot his brother and the de
ceased family. The uncle was declared
the only heir; he immediately pold the
property, receiving therefor 5150,000, and
then went to Europe. Young Lewi did
net know of the death cf hia father and
mother till after his reea.e from the
Southern prisons. He then wrote to hia
triends in Iowa to look after his property,
and was informed of what his uncle had
done. Young Lewis, after his discharge
from the army, resolved to pursue the
uncle. He found him living in Paris, a
man of property. The whole facts of the
ease have been laid before Gen. Dix, the
American Minister at Paris, and a dwel
ling house ia Pani and a deposit in one
of the bank, the property cf the uncle,
ba-r bee a tehd ocdr lgI pr-5:T!!rj.